Military Order of Medal of Honor.

Organized 1910. Membership is limited to holders of medals of honor awarded by Congress for distinguished service in battle. Officers: President, General D. E. Sickles; vice-president, General J. M. Schoonmaker; secretary, General Horatio C. King, No. 44 Court street, Brooklyn, N. Y.; treasurer, N. D. Preston.

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union.

This association, founded in 1853, by Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham, of South Carolina, has for its object to take care of the Washington Estate at Mount Vernon, Va. Officers: Honorary regent, Mrs. Justice Van Rensselaer Townsend, New York; regent, Miss Harriet Clayton Comegys, Dover, Del.; vice-regents, Mrs. Susan E. Hudson, Connecticut; Mrs. Mary T. Barnes, District of Columbia; Mrs. Charles B. Ball, Virginia; Mrs. Jennie M. Ward, Kansas; Miss Alice M. Longfellow, Massachusetts; Mrs. Elizabeth B. A. Rathbone, Michigan; Mrs. Mary T. Lester, Illinois; Mrs. Rebecca B. Flandrau, Minnesota; Miss Harriet Clayton Comegys, Delaware; Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, California; Mrs. J. J. Wilder, Georgia; Mrs. Christine Blair Graham, Missouri; Mrs. Francis S. Conover, New Jersey; Mrs. Thomas Shepard Webb, Sr., Tennessee; Miss Amy Townsend, Texas; Mrs. Robert D. Johnston, Alabama; Mrs. Charles F. Manderson, Nebraska; Mrs. Eugene Van Rensslaer, West Virginia; Mrs. John Julius Pringle, South Carolina; Mrs. William F. Barret, Kentucky; Mrs. Henry W. Rogers, Maryland; Mrs. Lewis W. Irwin, Ohio; Mrs. Frances J. Ricks, Mississippi; Miss Mary Failing, Oregon; Mrs. Eliza F. Leary, Washington; Mrs. J. Carter Brown, Rhode Island; Mrs. A. B. Andrews, North Carolina; recording secretary, Mrs. Henry W. Rogers, Maryland; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Julius Pringle, "Chicora Wood," Plantersville, Georgetown, S. C.; treasurer, ; resident superintendent, Harrison

H. Dodge, Mount Vernon-on-Potomac, Va.

National Association of Naval Veterans, U. S. of A., 1861-1865.

Tre National Association of Naval Veterans was organized in 1887 by the constitution of various naval organizations throughout the United States. The prime object was to keep in touch with each other. Lieutenant William G. McEwan, U. S. N. (retired), commodore commanding, 2134 S. Broad street, Philadelphia, Penn.; S. C. Van Tassel, fleet captain, 73 Hamilton avenue, Yonkers, N. Y.; Isaac D. Baker, fleet commander and chief of staff, 19 Sutton avenue, Salem Willows, Salem, Mass.; John H. Norman, fleet lieutenant commander, 19 Ward street, West Haven, Conn.; Martin C. Ford, fleet lieutenant, Soldiers' Home, Tagus, Me.; Alex. S. McWilliams, fleet chaplain, 85 Marston avenue, Detroit, Mich.; Henry J. Brewer, M. D., fleet surgeon, 477 14th street, Brooklyn, N. Y.; William Jones, fleet boatswain, 492 Elm street, New Haven, Conn.; Frederick E. Haskins, fleet judge advocate, 767 Washington avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Cyrus Sears, fleet historian, 423 E. Lafayette avenue, Baltimore, Md.; Henry F. McCollum, fleet secretary and paymaster, 40 Shelter street, New Haven, Conn.

National Educational Association.

Officers: President, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, city superintendent of schools, Chicago, Ill.; vice-presidents, James Y. Joyner, Raleigh, N. C.; Miss Julia Richman, New York; F. L. Cook, Spearfish, S. Dak.; George A. McFarland, Valley City, N. Dak.; Thomas C. Miller, Sheperdstown, W. Va.; Charles S. Foss, Reading, Penn.; Homer F. Sweerley, Cedar Falls, Ia.; F. O. Hayes, Alva, Okla.; E. T. Fairfield, Topeka, Kan.; Samuel Avery, Lincoln, Neb.; C. A. Duniway, Bozeman, Mont.; treasurer, P. W. Springer, Michigan.

National Society, Army of the Philippines.

This society was organized at Denver, Col., August 30, 1900. The officers are: A. H. Anderson, Pittsburg, Penn., commander-in-chief; W. H. Keating, Oskaloosa, Iowa, vice-commander-in-chief; Leon Lamber, Manila, Philippine Islands, first junior vice-commander; H. L. Wells, St. Louis, Mo.; second junior vice-commander, F. E. Krembs, St. Paul, Minn.; third junior vice-commander; Charles F. Manahan, Chicago, Ill., fourth junior vice-commander: Charles L. Means, Denver, Col., fifth junior vice-commander; J. W. Goggin, Chicago, Ill., paymaster general; F. W. Latimer, Galesburg, Ill., judge advocate general; J. C. Rutledge, Detroit, Mich., surgeon general; chaplain, S. J. Smith, U. S. A., Manila, Philippine Islands; adjutant general, A. J. Kelleher, Room 535, No 125 Monroe street, Chicago, Ill. National Society, Colonial Dames of America.

The National Society of Colonial Dames is composed of societies of which there is ne in each of the thirteen original states and one in the District of Columbia, with associate societies in twenty-two of the non-colonial states. The aggregate membership is over 6,000. The officers of the National Society are: Honorary president, Mrs. Howard Townsend; president, Mrs. Williams Ruffin Cox, Virginia; vice-presidents, Mrs. Alexander F. Jamison, New Jersey; Mrs. Joseph Lamar, Georgia; Mrs. E. Cass Ledyard Goddard, Colorado; secretary, Mrs. Charles Miller, Delaware; assistant secretary, Mrs. John T. Taylor, District of Columbia; treasurer, Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt, Pennsylvania; registrar, Mrs. Nathaniel Terry Bacon, Rhode Island; historian, Miss Alice French, Iowa.

The New York State Society maintains Van Cortlandt House, in Van Cortlandt Park, as a free museum. It pays for four of the City History Club classes. It gives $50 and a medal for an annual essay at the Teachers College of New York and at the Normal School in Rochester, and a gold watch annually to the best average scholar on the schoolship Newport. The society's rooms are at No. 105 W. 40th street. The officers are: Honorary president, Mrs. Howard Townsend; president, Mrs. William Robinson; vice-presidents, Mrs. William Bedloe Beekman, Mrs. Elihu Chauncey; re

cording secretary, Mrs. Edward M. Townsend, jr.; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Benjamin Franklin; treasurer, Miss Julia McAllister; registrar, Miss Margaret Stimson; historian, Miss Charlotte E. Dudley; librarian, Miss Margaret Middleton..

National Society for Broader Education.

The National Society for Broader Education was organized in December, 1909, and was incorporated under the laws of New York in January, 1910. Its purpose is: "Through the education of the adult to aid in the normal development of national life in removing the causes of distrust and antagonism between classes and in promoting the interests of the whole people." The society carries on its work through the lecture platform, the pulpit and the newspapers. In 1910 its speakers delivered 310 lectures. several hundred sermons and conducted 442 discussions. Its purposes have been advanced through fourteen secretaries, whose work has been carried on in twenty states. The president of the fellows and associates of the society is Dr. George E. Read, president of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn., and the secretary is A. Pollock, No. 147 Quincy place, N. E., Washington, D. C. The officers of the corporation are: Managing director and president, Guy Carleton Lee, Baltimore, Md.; secretary and treasurer, H. H. Langsdorf, Carlisle, Penn.; statistician and resident director, William E. Anderson, No. 114 Monroe street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

National Society of United States Daughters of 1812.

The objects of this society are: (1) To publish memoirs of women of the United States famous for their patriotism; (2) to make it a factor of educational and patriotic progress by urging the United States Government, through an act of Congress, to compile and publish authentic records of men in military, naval and civil service from 1784 to 1815, inclusive; and by making it the duty of each state president to acquire and preserve documents and records of events for which her state was renowned-advise the historian national of these, and of any existing historical data concerning her state during this period; (3) to promote the establishing of a home where the descendants of the brave patriots who achieved American independence during that era of our national history commemorated by this society, and who have need of such a home, may be sheltered.

Officers: Mrs. William Guy Slade, 332 W. 87th street, New York City; vicepresidents, Mrs. George B. Wallis, Mrs. James S. Eradley, Mrs. William R. Hooper; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Washington L. Mann; recording secretary, Mrs. John S. King; historian, Miss Florence Alley; registrar, Mrs. J. Anthony Wilkins; treasurer, Mrs. J. Wells Wentworth; auditor, Mrs. Joseph T. Ryan; librarian, Mrs. L. Montgomery Bond. Headquarters, 332 W. 87th street, New York City.

Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War.

National Commandery, No. 78 Broad street, New York. The membership is limited to those who served on the active list or performed active duty, as a commissioned officer in the United States army, navy or marine corps during the war with Spain, or in the insurrection in the Philippines. The national officers are: Commander in chief, Brigadier General Henry M. Duffield, U. S. V., Detroit, Mich.; senior vice commander in chief, Major M. Emmet Urell, U. S. V., War Department, Washington, D. C.; junior vice-commander in chief, Lieutenant James P. Parker, C. S. N., 84 State street, Boston, Mass.; recorder in chief, Major Frank Keck, U. S. v., 78 Broad street. New York City; registrar in chief, Major Samuel T. Armstrong, U. S. V., 78 Broad street, New York City; deputy registrar in chief, Lieutenant Edward E. Moseley, U. S. V., Hartford, Conn.; treasurer in chief, Major George Franklin Shiels, U. S. V., 78 Broad street, New York City; chaplain in chief, Captain. Henry A. F. Hoyt, U. S. V., Cynwyd, Penn.

Naval Order of the United States.

This organization was founded in Boston, Mass., on July 4, 1890, and is the first hereditary society in which eligibility is dependent on purely naval service. The order consists of a general commandery and the following state commanderies: Massachusetts New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Illinois and California. The last triennial congress was held in Washington, D. C., October 5, 1907, at which the following named general officers were elected: Commander, Admiral George Dewey. U. S. N.; vice-commanders, Rear Admirals James H. Dayton, U. S. N., and H. W. Lyon, U. S. N.; recorder, C. W. Ruschenberger, Strafford, Penn.; assistant recorder. W. H. Stayton; register, H. M. M. Richards; treasurer, George De Forest Barton; historian. Ensign Charles P. Welch, U. S. N.; chaplain, the Rev. George Williamson Smith, D. D.; judge advocate, M. B. Field.

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, Truman H. Newberry; treasurer, J. P. Morgan, jr.; secretary, Henry H. Ward, No. 1808 I street, Washington, D. C.

Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry.

This order is founded wholly on heraldic ancestry. It is for men and women, and consists of descendants of those who are or were entitled to "bear arms.** Its objects are to promote genealogical, biographical and historical research. Membership is by invitation only, but each member is entitled to invite others. There are no annual

dues. A payment at any one time of $35 constitutes life membership and entitles the members to an insignia of the "order," the verification of their record and the painting of the coat of arms of their ancestral family for the records of the order. The officers are: President, Mrs. William Gerry Sloane, New York; vice-presidents, Mrs. Ellis Samuel Peffer, Missouri; Mrs. George H. Gould, New York; Mrs. Britten Davis

Texas; Mrs. James Ross, New York; Mrs. James Henry Parker, New York; Mrs. James Henry Whitney, Michigan; Mrs. Erastus Gayland Putnam, New Jersey; registrar, Mrs. Jasper Cairns, New York; treasurer, J. Murray Crombie, New York; auditor, J. Wells Wentworth, New York; secretary, E. H. Slure.

Order of Founders and Patriots of America.

Organized New York City, May 13, 1896. Object: To bring together the descendants of the founders of the country and of the patriots who fought in the Revolution. Officers: Governor general, Colonel Rollin S. Woodruff, Connecticut; deputy governor general, General Edward F. Jones, New York; chaplain general, the Rev. Dr. Edward Payson Johnson, New Jersey; secretary general, Clarence Etienne Leonard, No. 44 East 23d street, New York City; treasurer general, Alexander N. Dorland, Pennsylvania; attorney general, Robert H. Hinckley, Pennsylvania; registrar general, William Edward Fitch, New York; genealogist general, George Franklin Newcomb, Connecticut; historian general, George Herbert Richards, New Jersey.

Order of Pequot and King Philip.

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.; Appleton Morgan, Westfield, N. J., acting general registrar during vacancy.

Order of Washington.

Organized 1908 by descendants of Americans settled in the colonies before 1750 who aided in attaining independence. Officers: Rear Admiral H. Stockton, U. S. N., commander; General Marcus J. Wright, Ethelbert Fairfax, Dr. Edwin P. Hill and Brigadier General Carle A. Woodruff, vice-commanders; Dr. J. G. B. Bulloch, chancellor and historian; Dr. Charles H. Bowker, treasurer; Howard P. Wright, No. 1743 Corcoran street, Washington, D. C., secretary; Cuthbert B. Brown, herald. Patriotic Order, Sons of America.

The national officers of the order are: President, F. W. Alexander, Oak Grove, Va.; vice-presidents, Fred A. Pope, Somerville, N. J.; master of forms, Samuel D. Symmes, Crawfordsville, Ind.; secretary, Charles H. Stees. No. 524 North 6th street, Philadelphia, Penn.; treasurer, O. B. Wetherhold, No. 812 Franklin street, Reading, Penn.; chaplain, Rev. A. B. Wood, Baltimore, Md.; conductor, U. S. Garrett, Hill City, Tenn.; inspector, Newton L. Grubb, Grubbs, Del.; guard, J. W. White, Jacksonville, Fla.; medical examiner in chief, Dr. P. N. K. Schwenk, No. 810 North 7th street, Philadelphia, Penn. Next regular meeting of the National Camp at Reading, Penn., fourth Tuesday of September, 1911. Membership, June 30, 1910, 187,000.

Patriotic Sons of America.

This organization is auxiliary to the Patriotic Order, Sons of America. The officers are: President, Adeline E. Wellstood, Maryland; assistant president, Alfred Frankel, Pennsylvania; vice-president, Bessie V. Smith, Pennsylvania; assistant vice-president, William A. Adams, Pennsylvania; conductor, Alabama Wilkinson, Virginia; assistant conductor, G. B. Wagner, Virginia; guard, Minnie Boon, Illinois.

Second Army Corps Association,

Officers for 1909: President, Dr. William Tindall, Washington, D. C.; vice-president for First Division, Nathan Bickford; vice-president for Second Division, M. E. Urell; vice-president for Third Division, N. M. Brooks; secretary, O. D. Thatcher, No. 510 13th street, Washington, D. C.; treasurer, James S. Wyckoff; chaplain, Charles Lyman; historian, William T. Seville: sergeant-at-arms, Josephus Perry.

Society of American Officers.

Organized in 1910, "to bring together the officers of and perpetuate friendships formed during service in the National Guard of the United States of America." Offlcers: President, Major General Charles F. Roe, Albany, N. Y.; vice-president, Commodore Jacob M. Miller, New York Naval Reserve, New York City; treasurer, Major William H. Palmer; secretary, Lieutenant Walter G. Eliot.

Society of the Army of the Cumberland,

Organized in 1868. Officers: President, General Gates P. Thruston, Nashville, Tenn.; corresponding secretary, Orlando A. Somers, Kokomo, Ind.; recording secretary, Lieutenant Charles E. Stivers, Chattanooga, Tenn.; treasurer, Major W. J. Colburn, Chattanooga, Tenn.; historian, Colonel G. C. Kniffen, Washington, D. C. The permanent meeting place of this society is Chattanooga, Tenn. The annual reunion is held on Wednesday and Thursday of the midweek of October in each year.

Society of the Army of the Ohio.

Organized 1903. President, -; first vice-president, General J. S. Casement; treasurer, Captain Robert Armour; secretary and historian, J. Fraise Richard, Washington, D. C.; executive committee, Captain A. F. McMillan, Captain Robert Armour, Colonel John A. Joyce, Captain G. A. Lyon, Captain R. A. Ragan, J. G. Burchfield and Captain 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 John F. Lockman, New York City; secretary, General Horatio C. King, Brooklyn, N. Y.; treasurer, Charles A. Shaw, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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, Council Bluffs, Iowa; vicepresidents, General Smith D. Atkins, Major George H. Richmond, Major R. W. McLaughry, Captain E. B. Soper, General Theodore Jones, Captain J. Q. A. Campbell, Captain H. M. Neil, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Captain William Cadle, Surgeon J. W. Lond, General J. H. Stibbs, Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant, 3d, U. S. A.; Major F. P. Muhlenberg and Captain F. H. Magdeburg; recording secretary, Colonel Cornelius Cadle, Cincinnati, Ohio; corresponding secretary, Major W. H. Chamberlin, Roxabell. Ohio; treasurer, Smith Hickenlooper, Cincinnati, Ohio. Meeting for 1911, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland.

Organized in 1871 to collect and preserve material for a truthful history of the war between the Confederacy and the Union and preserve the associations of that war. Membership, 925. Officers in 1910: President, Captain George W. Booth; vice-president, Major W. Stuart Symington; secretary, Captain William L. Ritter, No. 541 Carrollton ave., Baltimore, Md.; treasurer, Captain F. M. Colston.

Society of the Cincinnati.

The Society of the Cincinnati was founded on May 10, 1783, by American and French officers serving in the Continental Army. Membership has been handed down to the eldest lineal male descendant, and, on failure of direct male descent, to male descendants through intervening female descendants. In 1854 it was ruled that proper descendants of Revolutionary officers who were eligible to membership but never acquired it should also be considered eligible. The general officers of the order are: President, Winslow Warren, Boston, Mass.; vice-president, James Simons, Charleston, S. C.; secretary, Asa Bird Gardiner, No. 35 Nassau st., New York City; acting treasurer, Charles Isham, No. 27 William st., New York City. The next triennial meeting will be held in Newport, R. I., in May, 1911. Society of Colonial Dames.

Officers: Mrs. William Ruffin Cox, Virginia, president; Mrs. Henry Lahunt Lyster. Michigan; Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Massachusetts, and Mrs. Alexander F. Jamieson, New Jersey, vice-presidents; Mrs. Joseph R. Lamar, Georgia, secretary; Mrs. A. J. Cassatt, Pennsylvania, treasurer; Mrs. Nathaniel T. Bacon, Rhode Island, registrar, and Mrs. John Y. Taylor, District of Columbia, assistant secretary.

Society of Colonial Descendants.

Officers: Brigadier General, Carle A. Woodruff, governor general: Ethelbert Fairfax, first deputy governor general; Joseph G. B. Bulloch, second deputy governor general; William M. Conrad, third deputy governor general; Miss Evelyn L Fitzhugh, secretary; headquarters, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C.

Society of Colonial Wars.

Principal officers: Governor general, Arthur J. C. Sowdon, Boston, Mass.; vicegovernor general, Howland Pell, New York City; secretary general, Clarence Storm. No. 45 William street, New York City; deputy secretary general, Henry Gansevoort Sanford, New York City; treasurer general, William Macpherson Hornor, Philadelphia, Fenn.; registrar general, George Norbury Mackenzie, Baltimore, Md.; historian general T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, New York City; chaplain general, the Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, D. D., LL.D., St. Louis, Mo. A deputy governor general is elected for each state society. For New York, General Charles F. Roe. Membership, 4,100. Next triennial meeting 1912.

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, Illinois, District of Columbia, New York and New Jersey, the members of each of which are borne upon the membership roll of the General Society. The officers are: President general, John Cadwalader. Philadelphia; secretary general. Calvin Lord, No. 141 Purchase street, Boston, Mass.; 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, of Maryland.

Society 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 auxillary forces of the several states of the Union, in the campaigns against the Indians on the frontiers. The principal officers are: Commander,

acting recorder and treasurer, Henry Pennington, Philadelphia; historian, Brigadier General Charles King, U. S. V., Milwaukee, Wis.

Sons of the American Revolution.

Incorporated by act of Congress June 9, 1906. A society of the lineal descend ants of soldiers, sailors and conspicuous patriots of the Revolution. Originally insti tuted 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: President general, William A. Marble, 890 Broadway, New York City; vice-presidents general, R. C. Ballard Thruston, Louisville, Ky.; William T. Dewey, Montpelier, Vt. commander, John H. Moore, U. S. N., 1755 P street, N. W., Washington, D. C.; Col

Samuel E. Bliss, Metropolitan Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, Ill.; R. M. Sims, 464 California street, San Francisco, Cal.; secretary general and registrar general, A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.; treasurer general, John H. Burroughs, 15 William street, New York City; historian general, David L. Pierson, East Orange, N. J.; chaplain general, Rev. John Timothy Stone, D. D., Chicago, Ill. The organization is divided into 46 state societies, including Hawaii and France, and numbers about 12,500 members.

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, Edmund Wetmore, New York City; second general Vice-president, Wilson G. Harvey, Charleston, S. C.; general secretary, James Mortimer Montgomery, No. 102 Front street, New York; assistant general secretary, Professor William Libbey, Princeton, N. J.; general treasurer, Richard McCall Cadwalader, No. 133 South 12th street, Philadelphia; assistant general treasurer, Henry Cadle, Bethany, Mo: general registrar, Walter Gilman Page, Fenway Studios, Boston; general historian, William G. McCabe, Virginia.

Sons of Veterans.

Membership is limited to male descendants, whether through paternal or material line, not less than eighteen years of age, of soldiers, sailors or marines who were regularly mustered and served honorably in, or who were honorably discharged from, the army or navy of the United States during the war of 1861-'65, and whose ancestor through whom membership is claimed has never voluntarily borne arms against the government of the United States of America. The general officers are: Commander-in-chief, Fred. E. Bolton, No. 15 Beacon street, Boston, Mass.; senior vice-commander-in-chief, Edwin C. Irelan, Baltimore, Md.; junior vice-commander-in-chief, Frank M. Cunningham, Alantic City, N. J.; national secretary, Horace H. Hammer, Reading, Penn.; national treasurer, James Lewis Rake, Reading, Penn. Members of the Council-in-chief: Charles F. Sherman, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; H. V. Speelman, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fred. J. Phillips, Glenview, Ill.; chief of staff, Edwin M. Amies, Altoona, Pa.

State Charities Aid Association.

This association was organized in 1872 and incorporated in 1880. Its objects are: (1) The improvement of the mental, moral and physical condition of the inmates of all public charitable institutions in the State of New York, and especially of those in state institutions, county poorhouses and city almshouses; (2) to induce the adoption by the community at large of such measures in the organization and administration of both public and private charity as may develop the self respect and increase the power of self-support of the poorer classes of society; (3) to aid in the care of destitute children by placing them in families. Board of managers: President, Joseph H. Choate; vice-presidents, Mrs. William B. Rice, Mrs. George F. Canfield, Miss Louise Lee Schuyler; treasurer, Edward W. Sheldon; librarian, Mrs. Henry Oothout. Offices, United Charities Building, 105 East 22d atreet, New York.

State Federation of Women's Clubs.

The officers for 1910-11 of the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs are: President, Miss Mary Garret Hay, New York; honorary president, Mrs. William Tod Helmuth, New York; first vice-president, Mrs. Alfred G. Haunenstein, Buffalo; second vice-president, Mrs. Eugene J. Grant, Brooklyn; recording secretary, Mrs. Charles H. Stecker, Mount Vernon; corresponding secretary, Mrs. John F. Yawger, New York; treasurer, Mrs. Walter L. Brown, Oneonta; general federation secretary, Miss Florence Guernsey, New York.

Thirteenth Army Corps Association.

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

Union Society of the Civil War,

Organized January 30, 1909. Membership limited to those who outside the Army and Navy of the United States rendered valuable services to the Union cause from April 12, 1861, to April 9, 1865, and their male descendants. Officers: President general, Colonel Henry H. Andrew, 507 West End avenue, New York City; treasurer general, Frederic W. Lincoln, Greenwich, Conn.; registrar, Henry P. Gibson, New York City; secretary general, Frederick Parker, 120 Broadway, New York City.

Union Veteran Legion.

Officers: Nathan Munshower, national commander, Columbus, Ohio; J. C. Bishop, adjutant general, 60 East Broad street, Columbus, Ohio; Frank L. Blair, quartermaster general, 3 Barker place, Pittsburg, Penn.; William P. Griffith, senior vice-national commander, New York City: Joseph E. McCabe, junior vice-national commander, Beaver Falls, Penn.; C. H. Gardner, M. D., surgeon general, Philadelphia, Penn.; Rev. N. H. Holmes, D. D., chaplain in chief, Pittsburg, Penn.; William H. Redheffer, judge advocate general, Philadelphia, Penn.; A. H. Stafford, chief mustering officer, Jamestown, N. Y.; Arch. H. Rowand, jr., chief of staff, Pittsburg, Penn.; George H. Playford, Inspector general, Zanesville, Ohio.

United Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Organized as a national association at Richmond, Va., July 1, 1896. Officers: Commander-in-chief, Clarence Julian Owens, Abbeville, Ala.; adjutant general,