CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF THE RED CROSS. NO. 846. RECORDED OCTOBER 7TH, 1881, 3 P. M.

The undersigned, all of whom are citizens of the United States of America, and a majority of whom are citizens of the District of Columbia, desirous of forming an association for benevolent and charitable purposes, to cooperate with the "Comite International de Secours aux Militaires Blesses," of Geneva, Switzerland, do in pursuance of sections 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, and 551, of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, make, sign, and acknowledge these articles of incorporation.

1. The name of this association shall be the American Association of the Red Cross.

2. The term of its existence shall be 20 years.

3. The objects of this association shall be (1) to secure by the United States the adoption of the treaty of August 22, 1864, between Italy, Baden, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Spain, Portugal, France, Prussia, Saxony, Wurtemberg, and the Federal Council of Switzerland; (2) to obtain recognition by the Goveri ment of the United States and to hold itself in readiness for communicating therewith at all times to the end that is purposes may be more wisely and effectually carried out; (3) to organize a system of national relief and apply the same as mitigating the sufferings caused by war, pestilence, famine, and other calamities; (4) to collect and diffuse information touching the progress of mercy, the organization of national relief, the advancement of sanitary science and their application; (5) to cooperate with all other similar national societies for the furtherance of the articles herein set forth, in such ways as are provided by the regulations governing such cooperation.

4. The number of managers of this association to be styled "the executive board," for the first year of its existence shall be 11.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set out hands and seals at the city of Washington this first day of July A. D. 1881.

I, R. D. Mussey, a United States commissioner in and for the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that Clara Barton, William Lawrence, James K. Barnes, A. S. Solomons, and Alexander Y. P. Garnett, subscribers to the annexed and foregoing articles of incorporation being personally well known to me to be persons who signed and sealed the same, personally appeared before me in the District aforesaid, and acknowledged the said articles of incorporation to be their free act and deed, for the purposes therein set forth.

Given under my hand and seal, at the city of Washington, D. C., this 1st day of October A. D. 1881. [COMMISSIONER'S SEAL]

R. D. MUSSEY,

United States Commissioner, D. C.

PROCLAMATION OF ADHERANCE TO GENEVA CONVENTION OF 1864, ISSUED BY PRESIDENT CHESTER A. ARTHUR JULY 26, 1882

By the President of the United States of America:

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, on the twenty-second day of August, 1864, a convention was concluded at Geneva, in Switzerland, between the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Swiss Confederation, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Empire, the Grand Duchy of Hesse, the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Kingdom of Württemberg, for the amelioration of the wounded in armies in the field, the tenor of which convention is hereinafter adjoined:

AND WHEREAS, the several contracting parties to the said convention exchanged the ratification thereof at Geneva on the twentysecond day of June, 1865;

AND WHEREAS, the several states hereinafter named have adhered to the said convention in virtue of Article IX thereof, to wit:

Sweden, December 13, 1864; Greece, January 5-17, 1865; Great Britain, February 18, 1865; Mecklenburg-Schwerin, March 9, 1865; Turkey, July 5, 1865; Württemberg, June 22, 1865; Hesse, June 2, 1866; Bavaria, June 30, 1866; Austria, July 21, 1866; Persia, December 5, 1874; Salvador, December 30, 1874; Montenegro, November 17-29, 1875; Servia, March 24, 1876; Bolivia, October 16, 1879; Chili, November 15, 1879; Argentine Republic, November 25, 1879; Peru, April 22, 1880;

AND WHEREAS, the Swiss Conference, in virtue of the said Article IX, of said convention, had invited the United States of America to accede thereto :

AND WHEREAS, on the twentieth of October, 1868, the following additional articles were proposed and signed at Geneva, on behalf of Great Britain, Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, North Germany, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Württemberg, the tenor of which additional articles is hereinafter subjoined;

AND WHEREAS, the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, did, on the first day of March, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-two, declare that the United States accede to the said convention of the twenty-second of August, 1864, and also accede to the said convention of October 20, 1868;

AND WHEREAS, on the ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, the Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation, in virtue of the final provision of a certain minute of the exchange

of the ratifications of the said convention at Berne, December 22, 1864, did, by a formal declaration, accept the said adhesion of the United States of America, as well in the name of the Swiss Confederation as in that of the other contracting states;

AND WHEREAS, furthermore, the Government of the Swiss Confederation had informed the Government of the United States that the exchange of the ratifications of the aforesaid Additional Articles of the twentieth of October, 1868, to which the United States of America have, in like manner, adhered as aforesaid, has not yet taken place between the contracting parties, and that these articles cannot be regarded as a treaty in full force and effect;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention Treaty of August 22, 1864, to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof; reserving, however, the promulgation of the hereinbefore mentioned Additional Articles of October 20, 1868, notwithstanding the accession of the United States of America thereto until the exchange of the ratifications thereof between the several contracting states shall have been effected, and the said Additional Articles shall have acquired full force and effect as an international treaty.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventh. (L. S.) CHESTER A. ARTHUR

By the President

FRED'K T. FRELINGHUYSEN

Secretary of State

United States of America, Department of State, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:

I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original on file in the Department of State.

In testimony whereof I, John Davis, Acting Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this ninth day of August, A. D. 1882, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventh.

(L. S.)

JOHN DAVIS

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS No. 2359. 2359. RECORDED APRIL 29,

1893, 11 A. M.

Know all men by these presents, that we, Clara Barton, Julian B. Hubbell, Stephen E. Barton, Peter V. De Graw, and George Kennan, all being persons of full age, citizens of the United States, and a majority residents of the District of Columbia, being desirous of forming an association to carry on the benevolent and humane work of the Red Cross in accordance with the articles of the international treaty of Geneva, Switzerland, entered into on the 22d day of August 1864, and adopted by the Government of the United States on the 1st day of March 1892, and also in accordance with the broader scope given to the humane work of said treaty by The American Association of the Red Cross, and known as the American amendment, whereby the sufferings incident to great floods, famines, epidemics conflagration, cyclones, or other disasters of national magnitude may be ameliorated by the administration of necessary relief; and being desirous of containing the noble work heretofore performed by the American Association of the Red Cross, incorporated in the District of Columbia for the purpose of securing the adoption of the said treaty of Geneva by the United States, for benevolent and charitable purposes, and to cooperate with the Comité International de Secours aux Militaires Blessés;

Now, therefore, for the purpose of creating ourselves, our associates and successors, a body politic and corporate in name and in fact, we do hereby associate ourselves together under and by virtue of sections 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, and 550 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, as amended and in force at this time; and do make, sign and acknowledge this certificate of incorporation as follows, to wit;

First. The name by which this association shall be known in law is "The American National Red Cross."

Second. The principal office of the association shall be in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

Third. The term of its existence shall be 50 years, from the date of this certificate.

Fourth. The objects of this association shall be, in addition to the purpose set forth in the above preamble as follows, to wit:

1. To garner and store materials, articles, supplies, moneys, or property of whatsoever name or nature, and to maintain a system of national relief and administer the same in the mitigation of human suffering incident to war, pestilence, famine, flood, or other calamities. 2. To hold itself in readiness for communication and cooperation with the Government of the United States, or any department thereof, or with the Comité International de Secours aux Militaires Blessés,

of Geneva, Switzerland, to the end that the mericiful provisions of the said international treaty of Geneva may be more wisely and effectually carried out.

3. To collect and diffuse information concerning the progress and application of mercy, the organization of national relief, the advancement of sanitary science, and the training and preparation of nurses or others necessary in the application of such work.

4. To carry on and transact any business, consistent with law, that may be necessary or desirable in the fulfillment of any or all of the objects and purposes herein before set forth.

Fifth. The affairs and funds of the corporation shall be controlled and managed by a board of directors, and the number of the directors for the first year of the corporation's existence, and until their successors are lawfully elected and qualified, is five, and their names and addresses are as follows, to wit:

The names and addresses of the full membership of the association, who shall be designated as charter members, are as follows, to wit: Clara Barton, Washington, D. C.; Adolphus S. Solomons, Washington, D. C.; Peter V. De Graw, Washington, D. C.; George Kennan, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Julian B. Hubbell, Washington, D. C.; Col. Richard J. Hinton, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Henry V. Boynton, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Rush R. Shippen, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Alexander Kent, Washington, D. C.; Rev. William Merritt Ferguson, Washington, D. C.; General Edward W. Whitaker, Washington, D. C.; Joseph E. Holmes, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Peter V. De Graw, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. George Kennan, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. R. Delaven Mussey, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Omar D. Conger, Washington, D. C.; William Lawrence, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Walter P. Phillips, New York, N. Y.; Joseph Sheldon, New Haven, Conn.; John H. Van Wormer, New York, N. Y.; Albert C. Phillips, New York, N. Y.; Mrs. Walter D. Phillips, New York, N. Y.; Mrs. Joseph Gardner, Bedford, Ind.; Dr. Joseph_Gardner, Bedford, Ind. Miss Mary E. Almon, Newport, R. I.; Dr. Lucy Hall-Brown, Brooklyn, N. Y.; John H. Morlan, Bedford, Ind.; and Stephen E. Barton, Newtonville, Mass.

But the corporation shall have power to increase its membership in accordance with bylaws to be adopted.