MILITARY ORDER OF THE 1876. The several State societies organized a LEGION. LOYAL Organized April 15, 1865; non-sectarian and non-political. The members are of three classes: 1. Commissioned officers and honorably discharged commissioned officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps (regulars and volunteers), actually engaged in suppressing the Rebellion prior to April 15, 1865. 2. The eldest sons of living original companions of the first-class who are twenty-one years old. 3. Men who in civil life during the war were specially distinguished by active and eminent services to the Union, the ratio not to exceed 1 to 33 of the first-class. Membership on April 30, 1897, 8,930. Largest commanderies, New-York, 1,262 members, N. Y. City; Pennsylvania, 1,183, Philadelphia. The other eighteen State commanderies in order of their organization and place of headquarters are: Maine, 165, Portland; Massachusetts, 931, Boston; California, 669, San Francisco; Wisconsin, 213, Milwaukee; Illinois, 619, Chicago; District of Columbia, 673; Ohio, 880, Cincinnati: Michigan, 299, Detroit; Minnesota, 315, St. Paul; Oregon, 73, Portland; Missouri, 317, St. Louis; Nebraska, 131, Omaha: Kansas, 255, Leavenworth; Iowa, 245, Des Moines; Colorado, 255, Denver; Indiana, 282, Indianapolis; Washington, 71, Tacoma; and Vermont, 112, Burlington. The present National officers are: Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Bancroft Gherardi; senior vice-commander, General Selden Connor: junior vice-commander, General John R. Brooke; recorder, Colonel John P. Nicholson; registrar, Major William P. Huxford; treasurer, Colonel Cornelius Cadle; chancellor, Captain Peter D. Keyser; chaplain, Rev. Henry Hopkins, D. D.; council-in-chief, Brig.-Gen. J. Marshall Browne, Colonel Arnold A. Rand, Major William P. Huxford, Major George W. Chandler, Colonel Charles W. Davis and Colonel Nelson Cole. Headquarters, Philadelphia, Penn. Com NEW-YORK COMMANDERY. mander, Genera! Grenville M. Dodge; recorder, A. Noel Blakeman. Headquarters, 140 Nassau-st., New-York City. SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVO. LUTION. 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. There are 37 branch societies, viz.: In all the New-England States, New-York, NewJersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, Utah, California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee, and in Hawaii and France. Several other societies are in process of organization. Total membership, 9,000 and over. The largest State society is Massachusetts. Originally instituted in California in October, 1875, and organized July 4, National Society April 30, 1889. Officers of National Society: Presidentgeneral, Edwin S. Barrett, Concord, Mass.; vice-presidents-general-Colonel Thomas M. Anderson, U. S. A., Vancouver Barracks, Wash.; John Whitehead, Morrisland, Ohio; Captain Samuel Eberly Gross, town, N. J.; James M. Richardson, CleveChicago, Ill., and General J. C. Breckin ridge, Washington, D. C.; acting secretarygeneral, Henry Hall, Tribune Building, New-York City; treasurer-general, C. W. Haskins, No. 30 Broad-st., New-York City; registrar-general, A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.; historian-general, Henry Hall, Tribune Building, New-York City; chaplain-general, Right Rev. Charles Edward Cheney, D. D., Chicago, Ill. The managers, in addition to those above, are the presidents of the State societies. Annual meeting, April 30. Negotiations are in progress for a union of this society with the Sons of the American Revolution, under the new name of "The Society of the American Revolution." SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. This society, formed to perpetuate the memory and principles of the men of the American Revolution, has branches in the following States: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New-Hampshire, New-Jersey, New-York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia; also District of Columbia. Total membership, annual meeting, 1897, 5,638. The members are descendants of the active men of the Revolution, although collateral descendants are admitted to membership. General officers: President, John Lee Carroll, Ellicott City, Md.; secretary, James M. Montgomery, No. 146 Broadway, New-York City; treasurer, Richard McC. Cadwalader, Philadelphia; chaplain, Bishop H. B. Whipple, Minnesota; historian, Gaillard Hunt, Washington, D. C. NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES. Organized July 4, 1890. It consists of the general body and the State commanderies. 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, 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 principal officers are: General commander, Admiral John G. Walker, U. S. N.; general recorder, Captain Henry H. Bellas, U. S. A., Germantown, Penn.; general treasurer, Lieutenant J. B. Edson; general historian, Captain Richard S. Collum, U. S. M. C.; general chaplain, Right Rev. William S. Perry, D. D., LL. D., D. C. L. GENERAL SOCIETY WAR OF 1812. OF THE The General Society of the War of 1812 was organized September 14, 1814. It is composed of State Societies, the members of each of which shall be borne upon the membership roll of the General Society. Any male person above the age of twentyone 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 Cadwallader, of Pennsylvania; secretary-general, Captain Henry H. Bellas, U. S. A., Germantown, Philadelphia, Penn.; registrar-general, Albert K. Hadel, M. D., Baltimore, Md.; surgeongeneral, Dr. George H. Burgin; judge-advocate-general, Charles H. Murray; chaplain-general, Bishop Leighton Coleman. The officers of the New-York State Society are: President, Henry K. Averil; secretary, Nathan H. Jones, Plattsburg, N. Y.; treasurer. Albert M. Warren; historian, Colonel George F. Nichols. FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA. Organized. New-York City, May 13, 1896. -Objects: 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 min 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 ancestor who settled in any of the original an colonies, from May 13, 1607, to May 13, 1657, and whose intermediate ancestors adhered as patriots to the cause of the Revolutionary War. Officers-Governor-General, Frederick D. Grant, New-York City; deputy Governorgeneral, William A. Halsey, Newark, N. J.; treasurer-general, J. F. Morris, Hartford, Conn.; secretary-general, John Quincy Adams, New-York City; attorneygeneral, Morris P. Ferris; historian-general, Professor Thomas Eggleston, NewYork City; registrar-general, Howard S. Robbins, New-York City; chaplain-general, the Rev. J. F. Folsom, Kearney, N. J.; councillors, J. J. Belden, E. P. Cone, F. L. Hill, T. W. Bicknell, L. C. Hopkins, Henry Hall, Edward P. Chapin, L. E. Chittenden and C. C. Wolcott. INDIAN WARS VETERANS. The Society of Veterans of Indian Wars was organized at a meeting of the officers of the U. S. Army, in Philadelphia April 23, 1896. Its objects are 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 their successive campaigns conducted against a savage foe on our frontiers, in the interests of civilization and for the settlement and defence of our territories, at different periods in the history of our common country, since the close of the War of the Revolution; and 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 therein." The members are divided into three classes. The first class includes commissoined officers of the Army, on the active or retired lists, 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 subsequent to January, 1784, who would have been thus eligible, but who died without such membership. The third class includes noncommissioned officers and soldiers who have received the medal of honor or certificate of merit from the United States, or who have been proffered or recommended for a commission, or who have been specially mentioned in orders by the War Department or their commanding officer for services in an Indian war. The principal officers are: Commander, General Judson D. Bingham, U. S. A.; recorder, Captain G. S. Bingham, U. S. A.; treasurer, Captain Frank A. Edwards, U. S. A. SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS. Officers-Governor-general, Frederic J. de Peyster; secretary-general, Howland Pell, 27 William-st., New-York City; treasurer general, Edward Shippen, Philadelphia; ALLIED COUNCIL U. S. DAUGH- The Allied Council, United States Daughters, represents the patriotic hereditary and artistic societies made up of honorary members selected from Colonial, Revolutionary and Columbian Daughters, in alliance, to advance the interest in music, to promote fine arts, and advance the education of American artists, and to enrich and embellish home and country. Mrs. Flora Adams Darling is the presidentgeneral, Mrs. LeRoy S. Smith, secretarygeneral. Headquarters of president-general, Washington D. C. The annual meeting is held on October 9. FOUNDERS' KIN ALLIANCE. the New World, from the date of discovery to the close of the Mexican Conquest, by founders who bequeathed to their kin, both lineal and collateral, the heritage of birthright and opportunity-as one of the family true "chips of the old block," and kinsmen of pioneers of the Western World, to keep alive memories of the founder. The officers are: Mrs. Flora Adams Darling, director-general; John H. Warner, secretary, No 611 Broadway, New-York City. COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA. The Society of the Colonial Dames of America was organized May 23, 1890, and was the first society of women for purely patriotic purposes ever founded in this country. It was incorporated April 23, 1891. It has a membership of about 300, and chapters in many States. Its objects are: (1) To collect and preserve relics, manuscripts, traditions and mementos of the founders and builders of the thirteen original States of the Union, and of the heroes of the War of Independence, that the memory of their deeds and achievements may be perpetuated. (2) To promote celebrations of great historic events of National importance, to diffuse information on all subjects concerning American history, particularly among the young, and to cultivate the spirit of patriotism and reverence for the founders of American constitutional history. The Founders' Kin Alliance is an order Officers: President, Mrs. William War- OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. UNIVERSITY The University Extension movement in America was started at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1887, and is a system of instruction for adults embracing lecture courses, determined upon by each local organization, with classes, written work, examinations and certificates. The "unit of instruction" in New-York is a course of ten weekly and fortnightly lectures, preceded by the class for students and followed by a special conference or class. The unit of instruction" in this society is a course of six or twelve lectures. The unit of organization" is a committee of citizens or the directors of a literary or social club, willing to assume the local management of the course. Lecturers are secured through the central office, either from the faculty of a neighboring college or from the society's regular staff. The extension department of the University of the State of New-York is located in the Capitol, at Albany, with Melvil Dewey as directcr; Myrtilla Avery, director's assistant; Eugene Whitney, honorary inspector for Western New-York, Rochester. Needed advice and suggestions are given to centres organizing or in process of organization, and unnecessary duplication of local expenses is saved by effecting co-operation among centres in all parts of the State. EXTENSION. Advisory THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE EXTENSION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING.-Office, No. 111 South Fifteenth-st., Philadelphia. Board of Directors: Charles A. Brinley, M. G. Brumbaugh, Charles E. Bushnell, John H. Converse, Walter C. Douglas, Theodore N. Ely, William H. Ingham, John S. MacIntosh, Frederick B. Miles, Henry S. Pancoast, J. G. Rosengarten, Justus C. Strawbridge, Charlemagne Tower, jr., Stuart Wood, Charles C. Harrison. Officers: President, Charles A. Brinley; treasurer, Frederick B. Miles; acting secretary, John Nolen. CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL. The Catholic Summer School, or, as frequently spoken of, "The Champlain Assembly of Cliff Haven, N. Y.," has been engaged in various forms of university extension work since 1892. The season begins the second week in July and extends for seven weeks, during which conferences are held and lectures given each day. The principal officers are: President, Rev. Michael J. Lavelle, New-York City; secretary, Warren E. Mosher, Youngstown, Ohio; treasurer, Rev. John F. Mullany, Syracuse, N. Y. Headquarters, No. 123 East 50th-st., New-York City. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE PROTECTION OF AMER ICAN INSTITUTIONS. Objects. The objects of the League are to secure constitutional and legislative safeguards for the protection of the common school system and other American institutions, and to promote public instruction in harmony with such institutions, and to prevent all sectarian or denominational appropriations of public Parsons, funds." William H. president; Dorman B. Eaton, vice-president; James M. King, general secretary; William F. Offices: Morgan, treasurer. No. 1 Madison-ave., New-York City. THE Officers: GOOD ROADS NATIONAL Organized 1892. Vice-president and acting president, General Roy Stone, Department of Agriculture, Washington; acting secretary, Charles T. Johnson, San Francisco, Cal.; general Western secretary, S. Thornton K. Prime, Dwight, Ill.; general Eastern secretary, E. G. Harrison, Asbury Park, N. J., treasurer, William H. Rhawn, Otto Philadelphia; general press agent, Objects: To Dorner, Milwaukee, Wis. awaken general interest in the improvement of public roads, determine the best methods of building and maintaining them, secure the legislation, State or National, that may be necessary for their establishment and support, and conduct or foster such publications these purposes. as may serve The following are the members of the permanent Road Conference Committee, of which the Hon. E. H. Thayer, of Clinton, Iowa, is chairman: Alabama, Major W. W. Screws, G. John Montgomery; Alaska, Brady, Sitka; Arizona, Governor L. C. Hughes, Tucson; Arkansas, G. W. Sappington, Little Rock; California, J. A. Woodson, Sacramento; Colorado, Louis G. Carpenter, Fort Collins; Connecticut, Colonel Hartford; Charles L. Burdette, Delaware, William Cooch, Newark; District of Columbia, General Roy Stone, Washington; Florida, J. W. White, Jacksonville; Georgia, Colonel George W. Harrison, Atlanta; Idaho, James Mullany, Glenns Ferry; Illinois, W. C. Garrard, Springfield; Indiana, Mason J. Niblack, Vincennes; Iowa, E. H. Thayer, Clinton; Kansas, F. D. Coburn, Topeka; Kentucky, Major M. H. Crump, Bowling Green; Louisiana, Guy Samuels, Baton Rouge; Maine, F. J. Ilsley, Portland; Maryland, D. C. Wharton Smith, Darlington; Massachusetts, George A. Perkins, Boston; Michigan, W. L. Webber, Saginaw; Minnesota, A. B. Choate, Minneapolis; Mississippi, Captain James H. Duke, Scooba; Missouri, John R. Rippey, Columbia; Montana, F. H. Ray, Helena; Nebraska, Curtis C. Turner, Omaha; Nevada, General John E. Jones, Carson City; New-Hampshire, ex-Governor David H. Goodell, Antrim; New-Jersey, E. G. Harrison, Asbury Park; New-Mexico, E. S. Stover, Albuquerque; New-York, Wright, J. A. C. Rochester: North Carolina, Colonel John C. Tipton. Shelby; North Dakota, W. W. Barrett, Churches Ferry; Ohio, Martin Dodge, Cleveland; Oklahoma, A. N. Spencer, Yukon; Oregon. Jefferson Myers, Salem; Pennsylvania. William H. Rhawn, Philadelphia; Rhode Island, C. H. Handy. War ren; South Carolina, W. D. Evans, Bennettsville; South Dakota, O. S. Bassford, Radfield; Tennessee, Major C. A. Locke, Nashville; Texas, J. S. Daugherty, Dallas; Vermont, J. W. Votey, Burlington; Virginia, Thomas Whitehead, Richmond; Washington, J. Hannum Jones, Nooksack; Wisconsin, Otto Dorner, Milwaukee; Wyoming, C. P. Hill, Cheyenne. NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. Objects: To improve the methods of governing municipalities. Affiliated members, 103; associate members, 305. Officers: President, James C. Carter, NewYork City; secretary, Clinton Rogers Woodruff, 514 Walnut-st., Philadelphia; treasurer, George Burnham, jr., Philadelphia. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CIVICS Officers: Chairman, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller; vice-chairman, Senator Joseph R. Hawley; treasurer, Colonel Henry H. A iams, New-York City; secretary, Dr. Henry Randall White, New-York City; auditor, Edward P. Cone, New-York -City. to It of the institute is The object promote a higher standard of citizenship through education and by other means. now has the co-operation of nearly three thousand citizens in communities throughout the country who have accepted appointments. These include members of faculties in 250 of the higher institutions of learning, and also members of a corps of lecturers numbering about two hundred and thirty-five. THE REFORM BUREAU. The Reform Bureau seeks to promote those Christian reforms on which the churches sociologically unite while theologically differing. It proffers co-operation to all associations that stand for the defence of the Sabbath and purity; for the suppression of intemperance, gambling, and political corruption; for the substitution of arbitration and conciliation for both industrial and international war. Headquarters, 210 Delaware-ave., N. E., Washington, D. C. Officers-President, Charles Lyman; secretary, Rev. Dr. F. D. Power; superintendent, Rev. W. F. Crafts. MILITIA FORCE. The following table shows the strength of the militia force of the several States, as reported to the War Department up to December 31, 1896: |