commissioned officers in any one of the above named wars. The officers of the National Commandery are: Commander general, General Aleaxnder S. Webb, U. S. A.; secretary general, James H. Morgan, Waldorf-Astoria, New York City; treasurer general, Colonel O. C. Bosbyshell, Philadelphia, Penn.; registrar general, Henry N. Wayne; judge advocate general, F. M. Avery; deputy secretary general, Major David Banks, jr.; deputy treasurer general, James F. Sands. There are twenty-two subordinate or state commanderies. Next triennial meeting, 1908, in Cleveland, Ohio. National Association of Naval Veterans.

Organized 1887. Officers: Commodore commanding, Frederick M. Hammer, New Bedford, Mass.; fleet captain, Max F. Greene, Brooklyn, N. Y.; commander and chief of staff, William A. Hollman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; lieutenant commander. Carrington B. Slade, Bristol, R. L; lieutenant, E. 9. Nickerson, Providence, R. I.; paymaster, Henry F. McCollum, New Haven, Conn; surgeon, Henry J. Brewer, Philadelphia; chaplain, John B. West, Indianapolis, Ind.

National Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War.

Officers elected at Minneapolis, Minn., August 14, 1906: Commander (re-elected), James D. Walker, Pittsburg, Penn.; senior vice-commander, John Kissane, Cincinnati; chaplain, Rev. John S. Ferguson, Keokuk, Iowa; historian, Harry White, Indiana, Penn.; quartermaster general and adjutant general William C. McKelvy, Cripple Creek, Colo. Executive committee-0. A. Parsons, Wilksbarre; Penn.; Major W. D. Hale, Minneapolis, Minn.; J. M. Emery, Chicago; Charles E. Faulkner, Minneapolis, Minn.; J. D. Walker and Wm. C. McKelvy.

National Society, Army of the Philippines.

This society was organized at Denver, Col., August 30, 1900. Its aims are the perpetuation of the ties of friendship between individuals and organizations of the Army of the Philippines, and the preservation of the history and relics of the Philip pine campaign. Membership in it is open to every officer and enlisted man in the military service of the United States, or with honorable discharge from same, who served honorably at any time from the beginning of the war with Spain to the Fourth of July, 1902, in the Army of the Philippine Islands, either in the volunteers or in the regular establishment, and to all United States officers and enlisted men who at the time served on vessels which during the Spanish-American War co-operated with the troops in the Philippine Islands or served since that time and previous to July 4, 1902, In the waters of the Philippine Archipelago. The 1905 officers of the society were: President, Brigadier General Charles King, Milwaukee, Wis.; secretary, Albert E. Fout, No. 4,284 Cook ave., St. Louis; treasurer, J. E. White, No. 22 Fifth ave., Chicago,

Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War,

National Commandery, No. 78 Broad street, New York; New York Commandery, No. 78 Broad street, New York; Massachusetts Commandery, Boston; Pennsylvania Commandery, Philadelphia; Illinois Commanderyr, Chicago; Connecticut Commandery, Hartford; Ohio Commandery, Cincinnati; California Commandery, San Francisco. Objects To cherish the memories and associations of the Spanish-American War. The membership is limited to those who served on the active list, or performed active duty, as a commissioned officer, regular or volunteer, in the United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps during the war with Spain, or in the subsequent insurrection in the Philippines, or who participated in the said war or insurrection prior to April 1, 1901, as a naval or military cadet, or as an officer in the United States Revenue Cutter Service on any vessel assigned to duty under the control of the United States Navy Department during such war or insurrection, or as a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or enlisted man who subsequently became a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps, Commander-in-chief, William B. Dwight, Connecticut; senior vice commander-in-chief, Captain Taylor E. Brown, Illinois; Junior vice-commander-in-chief, Major Felix Rosenberg, Ohio; recorder-in-chief, Captain John T. Hilton, No. 78 Broad street, New York; registrar-in-chief, Major Samuel T. Armstrong, No. 78 Broad street, New York; treasurer-in-chief, Major George F. Shiels, California; chaplain-in-chief, the Rev. H. A. Hoyt, Cynwyd, Penn.

Naval Order of the United States.

Organized July 4, 1890. It consists of the General Commandery and the state commanderies of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, California and the District of Columbia. The membership is divided into two classes, the first including commissioned officers, midshipmen and naval cadets, or corps or staff officers with relative rank as such, or appointed volunteer officers in line of promotion, who were in actual service in the Navy, Marine Corps or Revenue Service under the authority of any of the thirteen original colonies or states or of the Continental Congress during the War of the Revolution er of the United States during the war with France, the war with Tripoli, the War of 1812, the war with Mexico, the Civil War, the war with Spain, or in face of the enemy in any engagement in which the Navy of the United States has participated, and who resigned, were discharged with honor, or who are still in the service, or those who served as aforesaid, but in a grade below that of a commissioned officer, midshipman, naval cadet, or corps or staff officer, with relative rank as such, or appointed volunteer officer in line of promotion, and who subsequently became a commissioned officer, regular or volunteer, in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Revenue Service: Provided, however, that this clause shall not be so construed as to include officers who at any time have borne arms against the government of the United States. All male descendants of those who are eligible as above specified, or in default thereof, then one such collateral representative as may be deemed worthy. The second class includes enlisted men who have received the naval

medal of honor for bravery in face of the enemy. The last Triennial Congress of the order was held in Washington, D. C., November 4, 1904. The general officers are: Commander, Rear Admiral J. B. Coghlan, U. S. N.; vice-commander, J. W. Miller, late U. S. N.; recorder, Edward Trenchard, No. 78 Broad street, New York; treasurer, Clinton E. Braine; registrar, William S. Wells; historian, William T. Salter; chaplain, the Rev. F. L. Humphreys; council, Lieutenant Commander Socrates Hubbard. U. S. N. (retired); George DeForest Barton, R. S. Sloan, G. B. Townsend, Jarvis B. Edson; Loyall Farragut, M. B. Field, W. DeW. Dimock; trustee of permanent fund, Charles Brantingham.

Navy League of the United States.

The Navy League of the United States has for its sole purpose the upbuilding of the navy and the maintaining of its efficiency. The officers are: President, General Horace Porter; vice-president, William McAdoo; treasurer, Clinton E. Braine; secretary, Robert S. Sloan; general counsel, Herbert L. Satterlee. Executive committee-Aaron Vanderbilt, chairman; Herbert L. Satterlee, A. Noel Blakeman, Jacob W. Miller and J. Frederic Tams. Headquarters, No. 78 Broad st., New York,

Order of Pequot and King Philip.

The preamble of the Order of Pequot and King Philip recites that it is conferred upon descendants of soldiers in those so-called wars, or of those who were subjected to and sustained the years of peril, privation and hardship which those struggles involved. No direct applications or credentials are considered or accepted, the sole eligibility being the receipt of the Invitation of the Order officially is sued upon nomination by a member. Membership is for life or in perpetuity. The insignia is worn around the neck, instead of displayed upon the breast. Founded 1902. The officers are O. L. Frisbee, chairman for New-England, Portsmouth, N. H.; Charles A. Williams, chairman for Western States, Buffalo, N. Y.; George W. Freeman, chairman for Southern States, Morgantown, W. Va.; acting general registrar during vacancy, Appleton Morgan, Westfield, N. J.

Order of Veterans of Indian Wars of the United States.

Organized April 23, 1896. Objects: To perpetuate the faithful services, heroism and privations of the officers and soldiers of the Army of the United States, as well as of the auxiliary forces of the several States of the Union, in the campaigns against the Indians on the frontiers, in the interests of civilization and for the settlement and defence of the Territories; also to collect and preserve for publication a record of these services and other historical data relating thereto, as well as to unite in a fraternal bond of union all those who are entitled to membership. There are two classes of members. The first class includes commissioned officers of the Army, on the active or retired list, or those who have become honorably separated from the service, of good moral character and reputation, and who have served since January, 1784, or may hereafter serve in the army in an Indian war in a strictly military capacity; also any officer of a State National Guard or Militia meeting the above requirements, and who regularly served under a commission from the Governor of a State or Territory; also the male descendants of those above specified who would have been eligible for such membership, but died prior to becoming members. The second class includes lineal male descendants of living members of the first class. Upon the death of a companion of the first class, all descendants who are companions of the second class succeed to first class membership. The principal officers are: Commander, Brigadier General J. D. Bingham, U. S. A.; recorder and treasurer, Major G. S. Bingham, U. S. A., 26th st. and Gray's Ferry Road, Philadelphia; historian, Brigadier General Charles King, U. S. A., Milwaukee, Wis.

Patriotic Order Sons of America.

The national officers of the Order are: National president, Edward A. Doan, No. 217 East 23d st., New York; national vice-president, W. E. Valliant, Laurel, Del.: national master of forms, M. B. Downer, Downer's Grove, Ill.; national secretary, Chas. H. Stees, No. 524 North 6th-st., Philadelphia, Penn.; national treasurer, Franklin P. Spiese, Tamaqua, Penn.; national chaplain, Rev. D. E. Rupley, Millersburg, Penn.; national conductor, B. L. Lyden, Valdosta, Ga.; national inspector, A. L. Thompson, New Britain, Conn.; national guard, J. W. Allison, Washington, D. C. The Order has Camps in twenty-two states, representing a membership of 126,000. Patriots and Founders of America.

Organized, New York City, May 13, 1896. Object: To bring together the descendants of the founders of the country and those patriots who fought in the Revolution: to teach reverent regard for their names, their deeds and their heroism; to inculcate patriotism among the members; to discover, collect and preserve records, manuscripts, monuments and history relating to the genealogy and history of the first colonists and their ancestors and descendants, and to commemorate and celebrate events in the history of the Colonies and Republic. Eligibility: Any man above the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character and reputation, a citizen of the United States and who is lineally descended in the male line of either parent from an ancestor who settled in any of the original colonies, from May 13, 1607, to May 13, 1657, and whose intermediate ancestors in the same line adhered as patriots to the cause of the Revolu tionary War. Officers: Governor General, -; deputy governor general, the Rev. Dr. John G. Davenport, Connecticut; chaplain, general, the Rev. Dr. Theophilus P. Sawin, New York; secretary general, Theodore Gilman, New York: treasurer general, William Scott Wadsworth, Pennsylvania; attorney general, Edward L. Perkins, Pennsylvania; registrar general, C. E. Leonard, New York; genealogist general, Edwin L. Ripley, Connecticut; historian general, Harry Atwater, New Jersey:

councillors general for three years, General Edward F. Jones, New York; Walter C. Faxon, Connecticut; H. W. Goodrich, New York.

Second Army Corps Association.

Officers: John Jay Edson, Washington, D. C., president; W. P. Seville, vicepjresident for 1st Division; Nathan Bickford, vice-president, 2d Division; James S. Wyckoff, vice-president, 3d Division; O. D. Thatcher, secretary; James S. Wyckoff, treasurer; Charles Lyman, chaplain; H. C. Kirk, historian; James McCrea, sergeantat-arms.

Society of the Army of the Cumberland.

Organized in 1868. Officers: President, General Gates P. Thruston, Nashville, Tenn.; corresponding secretary, Major W. J. Colburn, Chattanooga, Tenn.; recording secretary, Orlando A. Somers, Kokomo, Ind.; treasurer, General E. A. Carman, Washington, historian, Colonel G. C. Kniffen, Washington. Executive committee General James Barnett, Cleveland, chairman; General C. H. Grosvenor, General J. G. Parkhurst, Captain H. S. Chamberlain, Captain J. W. Foley, General Frank G. Smith, General Smith D. Atkins, Major J. M. Farquhar.

Society of the Army of the Ohio.

Organized 1903. President, General Thomas J. Henderson, Princeton, Ill; first vice-president, General J. S. Casement; treasurer, Major J. F. Stewart; secretary and historian, J. Fraise Richard, Washington, D. C.; executive committee, Captain A. F. McMillan, Captain Robert Armour, Colonel John A. Joyce, Capatin G. A. Lyon, Captain R. A. Ragan, N. N. McCullough, J. G. Burchfield and Theodore F. Brown; publication committee, Captain J. C. Morgan, Captain W. P. Pierce, J. R. Weathers, Clark Arnold, Captain E. A. Fenton, Lieutenant J. H. Simpson and Lieutenant N. H. Merrill.

Society of the Army of the Potomac.

Organized 1869. Officers: President, General Henry C. Dwight, Hartford, Conn.; recording secretary, General Horatio C. King, Brooklyn, N. Y.; corresponding secre tary, Colonel W. L. Fox; treasurer, Lieutenant Frank C. Holliday.

Society of the Army of the Tennessee.

Organized at Raleigh, N. C., April 14, 1865. Headquarters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Officers: President, Major General Grenville M. Dodge, Iowa; vice-presidents, Major C. A. Stanton, Vicksburg; Captain John B. Colton, Missouri; Captain John Crane, New-York; Mrs. Louisa A. Kemper, Ohio; Colonel Chas. A. Morton, North Dakota; Major J. A. Pickler, South Dakota; Captain Joseph R. Reed, Iowa; General Lewis B. Parsons, Illinois; General T. J. Kinney, Illinois; General D. J. Craigie, United States Army; Captain John C. Nelson, Indiana; Captain T. N. Stevens, Michigan; Colonel William B. Keeler, Illinois; Captain C. W. Fracker, Iowa; corresponding secretary, Major W. H. Chamberlin, Cincinnati, Ohio; treasurer, Major Augustus M. Van Dyke, Cincinnati, Ohio; recording secretary, Colonel Cornelius Cadle, P. O. box 35, Cincinnati, Ohio. Annual meeting, 1907, at Vicksburg, Miss.

Society of Colonial Wars.

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Principal officers-Governor general, Arthur J. C. Sowdon; vice-governor general, Howland Pell, New York; secretary general, Samuel V. Hoffman, New York; treasurer general, Wm. Macpherson Horner, Bryn Mawr, Penn. A deputy governor general is elected from each state society. For New York, Walter L Suydam. male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character and reputation, may be eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars who is lineally descended in the male or female line from an ancestor who served as a military or naval officer, or as a soldier, sailor or marine, or as a privateersman, under authority of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, or in the forces of Great Britain which participated with those of the said Colonies in any wars in which the said Colanies were engaged, or in which they enrolled men, from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, or who held office in any of the Colonies between the dates above mentioned, either as director general, vice-director general or member of the council or legislative body, in the Colony of New Netherlands; Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, lord proprietor, member of the King's or Governor's Council or legisaltive body, in the Colonies of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware; lord proprietor, Governor, Deputy Governor or member of the council or legislative body, in Maryland and the Carolinas; Governor, Deputy Governor, Governor's assistant or Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England, or body of assistants or legislative body in any of the New England Colonies. Membersihp, 8,500. Next triennial meeting, 1908.

Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba,

Organized in the Governor's Palace at Santiago de Cuba, July 31, 1898. The purpose of this organization is to record the history and conserve the memory of the events of the campaign which resulted in the surrender on the 17th day of July, 1898, of the Spanish army, the city of Santiago de Cuba, and the military province to which it pertained. The membership of the society shall consist of all officers and soldiers of the United States Army (including acting assistant surgeons and authorized volunteer aids) who constituted the expeditionary force to Santiago de Cuba, and who worthily participated in the campaign between the dates of June 14 and July 17, 1898. The officers of the National Society are: President, Major General J. Ford Kent; first vice-president, Major General H. S. Hawkins; second vice-president, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dick; third vice-president, Major General S. S. Sumner; fourth vice-president, General Chambers McKibben; secretary and treasurer, Lieutenant Colonel Alfred C. Sharpe; assistant secretary and treasurer, Captain Hollis C. Clark, 504 Colorado build

ing, Washington, D. C.; historian, Major G. Creighton Webb; registrar general. Colonel Philip Reade. Annual dues, $1; life membership, $25. No initiation fee. There are branch societies in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Callfornia and the District of Columbia,

Society of the War of 1812.

The Society of the War of 1812 was organized September 14, 1814. It is composed of state societies, organized successively by the original participants in the war and their descendants in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois, Destrict of Columbia, New York, New Jersey and Delaware, the members of each of which are borne upon the membership roll of the General Society. Any male person above the age of twenty-one years who participated in or who is a lineal descendant of one who served during the War of 1812, in the Army, Navy, Revenue, Marine or Privateer Service of the United States, and who is of good moral character and reputation, may become a member. The officers are: President general, John Cadwalader, Philadelphia; secretary general, Henry Randall Webb, No. 727 19th street, N. W., Washington, D. C.; assistant secretary general, John M. Dulany, Maryland; treasurer general, George H. Richards, New Jersey; registrar general, Henry Harmon Noble; judge advocate general, A. Leo Knott, Baltimore, Md.; chaplain general, the Right Rev. Leighton Coleman, Bishop of Delaware.

Sons of the American Revolution.

A society of the lineal male descendants of soldiers, sailors and conspicuous patriots of the Revolution, formed to encourage the celebration of Revolutionary anmiversaries, the preservation of records and relics and perpetuation of the memory and spirit of the men who established popular government in America. This society does not admit men of collateral descent. Originally instituted in California in October, 1875, and organized July 4, 1876. The several state societies organized a national society April 30, 1889. Officers of the national society are: President general, Cornelius A. Pugsley, Peekskill, N. Y.; vice presidents general, Moses Greeley Parker, Lowell, Mass.; Edward A. Butler, Rockland, Me.; Henry Stockbridge, Baltimore; Andrew W. Bray, East Orange, N. J.; L. L Lewis, Richmond, Va.; secretary general and registrar general, A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.: treasurer general, Isaac W. Birdseye. Bridgeport, Conn; historian general, Professor William K. Wyckes, Syracuse; chaplain general, the Rev. Julius W. Atwood, Columbus, Ohio,

Sons of the Revolution.

A society formed to perpetuate the memory and principles of the men of the American Revolution. The members are descendants of the active men of the Revolution. Officers of the general society: General president, John Lee Carroll, Ellicott City, Md.; general vice-president, Garret Dorset Wall Vroom, Trenton, N. J.; second general vice-president, Wilson G. Harvey, Charleston, S. C.; general secretary, James Mortimer Montgomery, No. 102 Front-st., New-York; assistant general secretary, Willlam Hall Harris, Baltimore; general treasurer, Richard McCall Cadwalader, No. 133 South Twelfth-st., Philadelphia; assistant general treasurer, Henry Cadle, Bethany, Mo.; general chaplain, the Rev. Dr. T. E. Green, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; general registrar, Walter Gilman Page, Fenway Studios, Boston; general historian, Holdridge Ozro Collins, Los Angeles, Cal.

Sons of Veterans.

The general officers of the Sons of Veterans are: Commander-in-chief, Edwin M. Ammies, Altoona, Penn.; senior vice-commander-in-chief, F. T. F. Johnson, Washington, D. C.; junior vice-commander-in-chief, F. O. Wolfrom, San Francisco, Cal.; chief of staff, R. M. J. Reed, Philadelphia; council-in-chief, Thomas J. Hannon, Dedham, Mass.; Ralph Sheldon, Albany, N. Y.; Thomas W. Blair, Fort Wayne, Ind; national secretary, Horace H. Hammer, Reading, Penn.

Thirteenth Army Corps Association.

Organized in 1889. Officers: President, General Eugene A. Carr, U. S. A. (re tired); secretary, Fletcher White, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.; E. C. Dougherty, Washington, D. C.

United Spanish War Veterans.

Organized April 18, 1904, by the consolidation of the Spanish War Veterans' Asso ciation, Spanish-American War Veterans' Association and the Society of the Service Men of the Spanish War. The officers are: Commander-in-chief, Captain Hamilton Ward, Buffalo, N. Y.; senior vice-commander, Captain Henry W. Bush, Michigan: junior vice-commander, Captain Charles W. Newton, Connecticut; judge advocate general, John Lewis Smith, Washington, D. C.; chief mustering officer, Charles F. Stroud, Ohio; historian, J. Walter Mitchell, Washington, D. C. Soldiers and sailors of the regular volunteer army, navy and marine corps who served honorably during the war with Spain or the insurrection in the Philippines are eligible to membership. This organization in scope, character and purpose is similar to the Grand Army of the Republic and has a large membership.

Union Veteran Legion.

The general officers of the organization are: National commander, Joseph W. Kay, Brooklyn, N. Y.; senior vice-national commander, J. Parke Postles, Wilmington, Del.; junior vice-national commander, Joseph A. Joel, New York City; surgeon general, J. P. McCord, Pittsburg; quartermaster general, John M. Keyser, Pittsburg; chaplain, the Rev. George C. Cloud, Greensburg, Ind,