bard, U. S. V.; recorder-paymaster. A. Noel Blakeman, U. S. N. Headquarters, No. 140 Nasau-st., New-York City.

Military Order of Foreign Wars.

Instituted December 27, 1894. Incorporated January 15, 1895. Eligibility: Veteran commissioned officers of the Revolution, war with Tripoli, war with Mexico, War of 1812, and war with Spain. Hereditary companions are defined as direct male descendants in the male line of veteran companions and all commissioned officers in any one of the above named wars. The officers of the National Commandery are: Commander general, General Alexander S. Webb, U. S. A.; vice-commanders general, General Charles F. Roe, General W. W. H. Davis Morris W. Seymour, Horace Davis, W. De Lancey Howe, General George M. Moulton, Colonel T. V. Kessler, Major General Henry A. Axline, L. S. V., Colonel Milton Moore, Captain Frank L. Greene, U. S. V.; Colonel H. Ashton Ramsay, Admiral John G. Walker, U. S. N.; Dr. George Ben Johnston, Captain Stephen Waterman, U. S. V.; Commander J. W. Bostik, U. S. N.; Brigadier General William J. M. Kee, U. S V.; General E. A. Campbell, Colonel H. M. Seamon, Captain F. C. Kelley, General W. W. Gordon, General L. N. Oppenheimer; secretary general, Jaines II. Morgan, St. Paul Building, New-York City; treasurer general, Colonel O. C. Bosbyshell, Philadelphia, Penn.; registrar general, Henry N. Wayne; historian general, Captain Samuel E. Gross; chaplain general, the Rev. C. Ellis Stevens; judge advocate general, F. M. Avery; deputy secretary general, Major David Banks, jr., deputy treasurer general, James T. Sands. There are twenty-two subordinate or State commanderics. The secretary of the New-York Commandery is Colonel W. G. Bates, No. 128 Broadway New-York City.

National Association of the Ladies' Naval Veterans.

Following are the officers of the association: Captain_commander, Mrs. Margaret B. Dixon, No. 63 Brady-st., Detroit, Mich.; commander, Mrs. Mary J. Craig, Philadelphia; lieutenant commander, Mrs. Ada Shannon, Philadelphia; senior lieutenant, Mrs. Cora B. Stone, Baltimore; lieutenant, Mrs. Ellen M. Buxton, Peabody, Mass.; fleet paymaster, Mrs. Mary E. Baker, Boston; fleet surgeon, Mrs. Margaret Gammon, Minneapolis, Minn.; feet chaplain, Mrs. Lena Raddatz, Philadelphia; national secretary, Mrs. S. E. Keynolds, Eaton, Ohio; chief of staff, Mrs. Annie R. Sears, Baltimore; national boatswain, Mrs. Agnes Nealon, Philadelphia; national historian, Mrs. Jennie Laird, Providence, R. I.

National Association of Union ex-Prisoners of War.

Officers elected at San Francisco August 19, 1903: Commander (re-elected), James D. Walker; senior vice-commander, John T. Kissam, Ohio; chaplain, John S. Ferguson, Keokuk, Iowa; historian, Harry White, Pennsylvania; quartermaster, Stephen M. Long, East Orange, N. J.; Executive Committee-Aaron T. Bliss, Lansing, Mich.; O. A. Parsons, Pennsylvania; Charles G. Davis, Boston; Charles S. Fisher, Maine.

National Society, Army of the Philippines.

This society was organized at Denver, Col., August 30, 1900. Its aims are the perpetuation of the tics of friendship between individuals and organizations of the Army of the Philippines, and the preservation of the history and relics of the Philippine 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, 1302, 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 present officers of the society are: President, Brigadier General Charles King, Milwaukee, Wis.: first vice-president, Colonel James W. Pope, Denver, Col.; second vice-president, Captain Charles E. Locke, Denver, Col.; third vice-president, Fred M. Schutte, St. Paul, Minn.; fourth vice-president, Captain Hustead A. Crow, Connellsville, Penn.; fifth vice-president, Brigadier General Wilder S. Metcalf, Lawrence, Kan.; sixth vice-president, Major David S. Fairchild, jr., Clinton, Iowa; secretary, Albert E. Fout, No. 4,284 Cook-ave., St. Louis; treasurer, J. E. White, No. 22 Fifth-ave., Chicago; chaplain, the Rev. James Mailley, Stromsberg, Neb.

National Association of Naval Veterans.

Organized 1887. Commodore commanding, W. Scott Smith, Department of the Interior, Washington; feet captain and chief of staff, George McNeil, Chicago; flect commander, Robert A. McLean, Brooklyn; fleet lieutenant commander, John W. Prout, Newark, N. J.; fleet lieutenant, Edward Hubbell, New-Haven, Conn.; fleet master, James E. Luther, Providence, R. I.; fleet ensign, Edward F. Corrigan, New-Haven, Conn.; fleet surgeon, William E. Atwell, Zanesville, Ohio; fleet paymaster, I. D. Baker, Boston; fleet engineer, C. F. Briggs, Rockford, Ill.; fleet chaplain, A. S. McWilliams, Detroit; fleet boatswain, J. E. Robbins, New..rk, N. J.; fleet historian, John B. Wirt, Indianapolis, Ind.; fleet secretary. Cyrus Soars, No. 423 East Lafayette-ave., Baltimore. Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War.

National Commandery, No. 172 Fifth-ave., New-York; New-York Commandery, No. 172 Fifth-ave., New-York; Massachusetts Commandery, Boston; Pennsylvania Commandery, Philadelphia; Illinois Commandery, Chicago; Connecticut Commandery, IIartford; Ohio Commandery, Cincinnati; California Commandery, San Francisco. ObjectsTo 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, Rear Admiral J. N. Miller, New-York; senior vice-commander-in-chief, Colonel E. P. Clark, Connecticut; junior vice-commander-inchief, Colonel Charles B. Dougherty, Pennsylvania; recorder-in-chief, Captain John T. Hilton, No. 172 Fifth-ave., New-York; registrar-in-chief, Major Harry Alvin Hall, Pennsylvania; treasurer-in-chief, Captain T. E. Brown, Illinois; chaplain-in-chief, Chaplain F. L. Phalen, Illinois.

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 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 or 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 bravely in face of the enemy. The last Triennial Congress of the order was held in New-York November 4, 1903. The general officers are: Commander, Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers; vice-commander, Jacob William Miller (retired); recorder, Clinton Elgin Braine, No. 88 Wall-st., New-York City; treasurer, Allen Stoddard Apgar (retired); register, William Stiteler Wells; historian, William Tibbits Salter; chaplain, the Rev. Frank Landon Humphreys, S. T. D., canon of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; members of council, Lieutenant Commander Socrates Hubbard, Paymaster Henry Titus Skelding, Ernest Carter, John Loyd, Jarvis Bonesteel Edson, George Henry Butler, William D. Dimock, George De Forest Barton and Edward Trenchard; trustee of permanent fund, to serve until 1906, Eric Bernard Dahlgren. The officers of the New-York Commandery are: Commander, Rear Admiral A. S. Barker, U. S. N.; vice-commander, J. W. Miller, late U. S. N.; recorder, Ernest Carter, late U. S. N.; treasurer, A. S. Apgar, late U. S. N.

Recorders.

Address.

Commanderies. Headquarters.
Massachusetts.... .Boston.. ..Frederic Stanhope Hill.... 110 State House.
Pennsylvania.......Philadelphia. . A. W. Russell, jr..
..434 South 42d-st.
.N. Y. City.... Ernest Carter, late U. S. N.
District of Columbia Washington...
Illinois...

New-York.

Chicago...... W. J. Wilson, late U.S.N. 1621 Masonic Temple. California..........San Francisco. C. P. Welch, U. S. N.......1213 Taylor-st.

New-York State Society of the Cincinnati.

Officers of the society: President, Talbot Olyphant; vice-president, Francis Key Pendleton; secretary, Francis B. Hoffman; treasurer, Edward Wright Tapp; chaplain, the Rev. Mancius Holmes Hutton. D. D.; surgeon, Thomas M. L. Chrystie. Standing Committee-Dixon Gedney Hughes, Paul Ernest Tieman, Philip Schuyler (terms expire July 4, 1904); Frederick Jabez Huntington, William M. Austin, Arthur G. Morris (terms expire July 4, 1905); Thomas De Witt Cuyler, Forbes Hawkes, J. S. Van Cortlandt (terms expire July 4, 1906). Delegates and alternates to the general society: Delegates-J. S. Van Cortlandt, the Rev. Mancius Holmes Hutton, D. D., Talbot Olyphant, Francis Key Pendleton, John Alexander Rutherfurd. Alternates-John P. H. De Windt, William Linn Keese, Dixon Gedney Hughes, William Richmond Talbot, Gerald Hull Gray. Trustees-Edward Wright Tap", William Linn Keese, Alexander J. Clinton.

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 cons dered 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.; general registrar, Appleton Morgan, Westfield, N. J.

Patriotic Order Sons of America.

The general officers of the society are: National president, J. Shindel Krause, Lebanon, Penn.; national vice-president, William H. Tilton, New-Jersey; national master of forms, William E. Valient, Maryland; national secretary, F. E. Stees, Pennsylvania; national treasurer, F. P. Spiese, Pennsylvania; national chaplain, the Rev. D. E. Rupley, Lock Haven, Penn.; national conductor, John L. Dill, Ohio; national inspector, F. W. Alexander, Virginia; national guard, Henry W. Ray, Kentucky. The society has camps in thirteen States, representing a membership of 115,000.

Settlers and Defenders of America.

A new hereditary patriotic order, incorporated in 1829. Officers: President general, Walter S. Carter; vice-president general, Robert D. Benedict; secretary general, Grenville Bayard Winthrop; treasurer general, Rodney S. Dennis; president executive council, Ralph E. Prime. Objects: "To stimulate genealogical, biographical and historical research, to publish patriotic manuscripts and records, to collect Colonial and Revolutionary relics, to preserve traditions. to mark patriotic graves, to locate and protect historic sites, to erect tablets and monuments, to aid in founding and erecting libraries, museums and memorial buildings, and in all other fitting ways, through broad fellowship and co-operation, to perpetuate the memory of the settlers and defenders of the nation, and to exemplify and teach in all later generations their spirit of wise patriotism, to the end that we may loyally advbance the purposes for which they struggled." To be eligible a person must be eighteen years of age and to have lineally descended (1) from a settler in one of the thirteen original colonies during the first thirty-three years of its settlement; (2) from one who is also lineally descended from an ancestor who, between May 13, 107, and April 19, 1775, inclusive, rendered civil or military service in the general government of such colony, and (3) who is likewise lineally descended from an ancestor who, between April 19, 1775, and September 13, 1783, inclusive, rendered actual service to the cause of American independence, either as a military or naval officer, soldier, seaman, privateer, militia or minute man, associator, signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of a Continental, Provincial or Colonial Congress, or Colonial or State legislature, or as a recognized patriot who performed or actually counselled or abetted acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain; but no claim of eligibility through descent from a settler or from an ancestor who rendered Colonial service to b valid unless the descendants of such ancestor in the line of descent of the applicant were patriots in the War of the Revolution. Women are eligible to admission, and junior chapters of the order are to be established.

Society of the Army of the Cumberland.

Organized in 1872. Officers: President, General Henry V. Boynton; corresponding secretary, Major John Tweedale, Washington, D. C.; recording secretary, Colonel John W. Steele, Ohio; treasurer, General Frank G. Smith, Washington; historian. Colonel G. C. Kniffen, Washington; vice-presidents-Alabama, Colonel M. D. Wickersham; California, Colonel Peter T. Swain; Colorado, Colonel W. H. Fitch; Connecticut, Colonel A. W. Phillips; Delaware, Colonel James H. Wilson; District of Columbia, Colonel J. C. Breckinridge; Georgia, Major George S. Davis; Illinois, Major Matthew H. Peters; Indiana, Colonel C. E. Briant; Iowa General D. B. Henderson; Kansas, Captain 0. Tannihill; Kentucky, Captain John Speed; Maine. General Francis Fessenden; Maryland, Colonel B. F. Taylor; Massachusetts, Colonel Horace N. Fisher; Michigan, General F. H. Duffield; Minnesota, General J. W. Bishop; Missouri, Colonel John Conover; Nebraska, General C. F. Manderson; New-York, General Anson G. McCook; Ohio, General Thomas J. Wood; Pennsylvania, Captain R. V. Ellwood; Tennessee, Major W. J. Colburn; Wisconsin, Captain George I, Robinson.

Society of the Army of the Ohio.

Officers: President, Lieutenant General John M. Schofield; first vice-president, General Thomas J. Henderson; treasurer, Major J. F. Stewart; secretary and historian, J. Fraise Richard; executive committee-Captain W. F. McMillan, Captain J. L. Thornton, Colonel John A. Joyce, Captain Gideon Lyon, Captain R. A. Ragan, N. N. McCullough and T. M. Tallmadge; publication committee-Captain J. C. Morgan, Captain Aven Pearson, Colonel John B. Brownlow, Captain F. A. Fenton, Lieutenant J. H. Simpson, Captain Armour and Lieutenant N. H. Merrill.

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 William Warner, Missouri; Colonel James Kilbourne, Ohio; General W. T. Clark, District of Columbia; Colonel O. D. Kinsman, District of Columbia; Colonel B. H. Peterson, Louisiana; Captain G. A. Busse, Illinois; General John C. Black, Illinois; Major D. W. Reed, Illinois; Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch, Pennsylvania; Captain George Ady, Colorado; Major W. R. McComas, Ohio; Major George Mason, Illinois; Major W. L. B. Jenney, Illinois; Captain John B. Colton, Missouri: General J. W. Barlow. Connecticut; corresponding secretary General Andrew Hickenlooper, Cincinnati; recording secretary, Colonel Cornelius Cadle, P. O. box 35, Cincinnati; treasurer, Major Augustus M. Van Dyke, Cincinnati.

Society of Colonial Wars.

Principal officers-Governor general, Frederic J. De Peyster; vice-governor general, General Fowland Pell, New-York; secretary general, Samuel V. Hoffman, New→ York; treasurer general, Edward Shippon, Philadelphia. A deputy governor general

is elected from each State society. For New-York, Walter L. Suydam. Any 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 Colonies 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, ir the Colony of New-Netherlands; Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, lord proprietor, member of the King's or Governor's Council or legislative 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. Membership, 3,000.

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, District 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, RevenueMarine or Privateer Service of the United States, and who is of good moral character and reputation, may become a member. Several surviving veterans of the war, who have passed the century mark, are still borne upon the Veteran Roll of this society. The officers are: President general, John Cadwalader Philadelphia; secretary general, Henry Randall Webb, No. 727 Nineteenth-st., N. W., Washington, D. C.; assistant secretary general, Henry Harmon Noble, Albany, N. Y.; treasurer general, Frederick Bacon Philbrook, No. 32 Worcester Square, Boston, Mass.; registrar general, Albert K. Hadel, Baltimore; chaplain general, the Rt. Rev. Leighton Coleman, Bishop of Delaware; chairman Executive Committee, the Hon. Robert Adams, jr., Philadelphia.

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 aides) 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, and the officers of the National Society elected are as follows: President, Major General William R. Shafter, U. S. A.; first vice-president, Major General Joseph Wheeler, U. S. V.; second vice-president. Major General J. Ford Kent, U. S. V.; third vice-president, Major General John Coulter Bates, U. S. A.; fourth vice-president, Major General Adna R. Chaffee. U. S. A.; secretary and treasurer, Major Alfred C. Sharpe, assistant adjutant general, U. S. A., Washington, D. C.: registrar general, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Reade, U. S.. A.; historian, Major G. Creighton Webb, inspector general, U. S. V. Annual dues $1, life membership $25. Nc initiation fee. There are branch societies in Massachusetts, New-York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, California and the District of Columbia.

Society of Veterans of Indian Wars.

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 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. The second class includes lineal male descendants of members of the first class, or of officers who served subse quent to January, 1784, who would have been thus eligible, but who died without such membership. The principal officers are: Commander, Brigadier General J. D. Bingham. U. S. A.; vice-commander, Brigadier General J. V. Furey, U. S. A.; recorder and treasurer, Captain Henry Hobart Bellas. U. S. A., No. 421 South Fortyfourth-st., Philadelphia; assistant recorder, Lieutenant G. R. Burnett, U. S. A.; historian, Brigadier General Charles King, U. & A.; council, Colonel J. A. Wilcox, U. S. A.; Major H. E. Smith, late U. S. A.; Major H Pennington, late U. S. A.; Captain E. J. Conway, U. S. A.; Lieutenant J. M. Walton, J. S. A.

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 anniversaries, 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 Octobe 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, General Edwin S. Greeley, New-Haven, Conn.; vice presidents general, Ira H. Evans, Austin, Tex.; John W. Bayne, Washington, D. C.; Daniel M. Lord, Chicago; John J. Hubbell, Newark, N. J.; Arthur W. Dennis Providence, R. I.; secretary general, Edward Payson Cone, No. 100 Broadway, New-York; treasurer general, Nathan Warren, No. 44 Equitable Building. Boston; registrar general, A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, Washington; historian general, George Williams Bates, Nos. 32-33 Buhl Building, Detroit, Mich.; chaplain general, the Rev. Dr. Rufus W. Clark, Detroit.

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: Ceneral president, John Lee Carroll, Ellicott City, Md.; general vice-president, Garret Dorset Wall Vroom, Trenton, N. J.; second general vice-president, Pope Barrow, Savannah, Ga.; general secretary, James Mortimer Montgomery, No. 102 Front-st., New-York; assistant general secretary, William 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, No. 90 Westland-ave., Boston; general historian, Holdridge Ozro Collins, Los Angeles, Cal Sons of Veterans.

The general officers of the Sons of Veterans are: Commander-in-chief, Arthur B. Spink, Providence, R. I.; senior vice-commander in-chief, James B. Adams, Atlantic City, N. J.; junior vice-commander-in-chief, F. H. B. McDowell, Racine, Wis.; adjutant general, William R. Congdon, Providence, R. I.; quartermaster general, Fred L. Bolton, Boston; judge advocate general, William T. Church, Chicago; chaplain-in-chief, E. E. Schoening, St. Louis; council-in-chief-H. V. Speelman, Cincinnati; N. J. McGuire, Indianapolis; Walter E. Smith, Allentown, Penn.

Spanish War Veterans.

The general officers of the National Army and Navy Spanish War Veterans are: Commander-in-chief, Harold C. M. McGrew, Indianapolis, Ind.; senior vice-commander-in-chief, Captain Champ S. Andrews, New-York; junior vice-commander-inchief, Colonel Lucien F. Burpee. Waterbury, Conn.; inspector general, Colonel Frederick C. Kuelhurle, New-York; surgeon general, Dr. Frank W. Handley, Cincinnati; chaplain general, W. H. I. Reaney, U. S. N.; judge advocate general, Lieutenant I. N. Kinney, Bay City, Mich.

At the annual convention at New-Haven in September, 1903, a membership was reported of about 140,000. The Woman's Auxiliary of the society elected the following officers: National president, Mrs. Isabelle Alexander, Cleveland; senior vice-president general, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Washington, D. C.; junior vice president general, Mrs. Mary Dineen, Brooklyn; inspector general, Mrs. Eliza Hodson, Washington; surgeon general, Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee, Washington; chaplain general, Mrs. Mary Lane, Boston; treasurer general, Miss Margaret Bright, Cleveland.

The Aztec Club.

Organized in the City of Mexico, 1847. Eligible to membership, officers in the Mexican War and their descendants. Officers: President, General Francis E, Pinto; vice-president, General Horatio G. Gibson; secretary, Macrae Sykes; treasurer, William Turnbull.

Thirteenth Army Corps Association.

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

Union Veterans' Legion.

The general officers of the organization are: National commander, W. H. Manning, Dayton; senior vice-national commander, R. O. S. Burke, Chicago; junior vicenational commander, John G. Morris, Philadelphia; surgeon general, W. H. Simpson, Camden, N. J.; quartermaster general, John M. Keyser, Pittsburg; chaplain, M. Auer, Danville, Ill.

Union Veterans' Union.

The general officers of the union are: Commander-in-chief, General A. M. Legg, Washington, D. C.; deputy commander-in-chief, J W. Hammond, Louisville, Ky.; second deputy commander-in-chief. J. W. Ellis, Maquoketa, lowa; executive committee J. S. Varley, Chicago; D. G. Butterfield, Dervitt, Iowa; Americus Whedon, Louisville, Ky.; J. H. Shannon, Saco, Me.; F. B. White, Brockton, Mass.; George N. Mead, South Camden, Mich.; R. H. L. Jewett, St. Paul, Minn.; J. F. Hopper, Omaha, Neb.; Hugh Stewart, New-York; Ed S. Grant, Middleport, Ohio; H. B. Moulton, Washington, D. C.