ROYAL ARCANUM.

Grand Council State of New-York meets at Albany on the fourth Tuesday of April, 1901. Officers-W. A. Griffith, G. R.; S. C. Gallott, G. V. R.; Samuel T. Hull, G. O.; J. Y. Bicknell, G. S., No. 314 Vermont-st., Buffalo; Frank D. Westcott, G. T.; Joseph G. Gash, G. C.; Edward Becker, G. G.; Henry P. Cooke, G. W.; J. R. J. Ryan, G. S.; representatives to Supreme Council, H. W. Jones, A. H. Kilpatrick, Cur tis H. Peck and J. T. Ryan.

ORDER OF THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.

Permanently established in America 1869. Eminent Grand Commandery of North America reorganized and incorporated 1884. Two hundred and fifty-three subordinate lodges. Seventeen thousand five hundred members. Insurance Auxiliary-The Eastern Star Benevolent Fund, incorporated 1892, 2,700 members. Eminent Grand Commander, Harry Slater, Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Eminent Grand Vice-Commander, Dr. H. C. Judson, Detroit, Mich.; Eminent Grand Scribe, Thomas J. Crowe, Elizabeth and Park sts., Detroit, Mich.; Eminent Grand Treasurer, Dr. R. H. Blaisdell, Sheridan, Mich.; Eminent Grand Counsellor, Judge Desire B. Willemin, Detroit, Mich.; Eminent Grand Chaplain, the Rev. W. R. Webb, Hampton, Va.; Eminent Grand Marshal, Frank C. Reichlin, Detroit, Mich.; Eminent Grand Assistant Marshal, Mrs. N. E. Williford, Galena, Kan.; Eminent Grand Inside Sentinel, W. E. Hercules, Wheeling, W. Va.; Eminent Grand Outside Sentinel, J. W. White, Justin, Tex.; Past Eminent Grand Commander, T. Calvert Crowe, Detroit, Mich.; Advisory Council, Judge A. C. Haskins, Brighton, Mich., and Dr. J. J. Siggins, Youngsville, Penn.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NAVAL ENGINEERS.

This society has for its chief objects the discussion of subjects relating to naval and marine engineering and architecture and their great developments, and the publication in its quarterly magazine of professional information relating to the important scientific departments of the naval Powers of the world for the benefit of the naval experts of the United States. It was organized in January, 1889, and its membership includes nearly all of the officers of the former Engineer Corps of the Navy, many of the ex-engineer officers and officers of other branches of the naval service, the well known shipbuilders and engine builders of the United States, besides many of the prominent engineers in Europe. The officers are: President, Commander Harrie Webster; secretary-treasurer and editor of the journal, Lieutenant-Commander A. B. Willits. Council-Commander Harrie Webster, Lieutenant-Commander A. B. Willits, Lieutenant-Commander F. H. Bailey, Lieutenant R. G. Griffin and Lieutenant B. C.

Bryan.

SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS. Organized May 10, 1893. Objects-"The promotion of practical and scientific knowledge in the art of shipbuilding and marine engineering and the allied professions; and in furtherance of this object to hold meetings for social intercourse among its members, and the reading and discussion of professional papers, and to inculcate by means of publication the knowledge thus obtained." Officers President, Clement A. Griscom, Philadelphia; vice-presidents, Rear-Admirals F. M. Bunce, William T. Sampson and George W. Melville, N. S. N.; Chief Engineer Charles H. Loring, U. S. N.; Naval Constructor Frank L. Fernald, U. S. N.; Charles H. Cramp, George W. Quintard, Irving M. Scott, Chief Constructor Philip Hichborn and Edwin A. Stevens. Secretary and treasurer, Naval Constructor Francis T. Bowles, U. S. N., No. 12 West 31st-st., New-York City. There is also a council of twenty-three (naval officers and architects and builders in civil life) and an Executive Committee. Seven hundred and twentyfive members.

BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Officers President, Johnston L. De Peyster; vice-presidents, Walter Rutherfurd and James Duane Livingston; secretary, J. Wilton Brooks, LL. D.; treasurer, Dr. Augustin H. Goelet; recorder, Samuel Marsh, LL. D. Headquarters, No. 109 University

Place.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. Headquarters, New-York, N. Y., No. 12 West Thirty-first-st. Officers-Charles H. Morgan, president; William H. Wiley, treasurer; F. R. Hutton, secretary. Membership 2,064 in all grades, composed of well known engineers in civil life in this country and Europe, and present and ex-officers of the Engineer Corps of the U. S. Navy.

LEAGUE OF AMERICAN MUNICIPALITIES.

An association of the municipalities of the United States, the object of which is to bring together once a year those actively engaged in the administration of affairs of the municipalities of America for the purpose of discussing the problems connected with municipal government, and the establishment of a bureau of information where the data upon municipal questions may be collected and from this furnished to different members. Officers-President, Henry V. Johnson, Mayor of Denver, Col.; treasurer. Thomas P. Taylor, ex-Mayor of Bridgeport, Conn.; secretary, B. F. Gilkison, New-York City, N. Y.

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE FAMILY. Officers: President, the Hon. Nathaniel Shipman, LL. D., Hartford, Conn.; vicepresidents, the Right Rev. Dr. William Lawrence, LL. D., Boston; President Seth Low,

LL. D., New-York; Professor George Harris, D. D., LL. D., Andover, Mass.; corresponding secretary, the Rev. Samuel W. Dike, LL. D., Auburndale, Mass.; recording secretary, the Rev. Dr. C. H. Spalding, Boston; treasurer, William G. Benedict, No. 610 Atlantic-ave., Boston.

THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN 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 funds." Officers: William H. Parsons, president; James M. King, general secretary; William F. Morgan, treasurer, New-York City.

A philanthropic movement instituted in 1883 by Charles N. Crittenton, a NewYork druggist, as a memorial to his daughter, who died in her childhood. There is a branch in nearly every city of the United States, its object being to assist women and girls, whether fallen, destitute, cr weak, to right and honorable lives. The organization is non-sectarian and is recognized by the National Government by an annual ap propriation and a Government charter. There are fifty-two homes in the United States and one in Japan. Over $1,000,000 is spent in annual current expenses, and 3,000 girls are yearly helped to worthy lives. Headquarters, No. 218 Third-st., N. W., Washington, D. C. Officers of National society-C. N. Crittenton, president; Charles S. Morton, secretary; Mrs. Kate W. Barrett, general superintendent; F. B. Waterman, treasurer.

METROPOLITAN

LEAGUE CO-OPERATIVE
ASSOCIATIONS.

BUILDING AND LOAN

Headquarters, Manhattan, New-York City. It imits its membership to New-York City (all boroughs) and Westchester County. Membership, 70 associations. OfficersEdwin F. Howell, chairman; A. W. McEwan, secretary, No. 314 West 133d-st., NewYork City; Andrew B. Martin, treasurer.

THE AMERICAN ASIATIC ASSOCIATION.

Organized June 9, 1898. President, Everett Frazar, No. 65 Wall-st., New-York; vice-president, Samuel D. Brewster, No. 79 Leonard-st., New-York; treasurer, Joseph R. Patterson, No. 87 Front-st., New-York; secretary, John Foord, P. O. Box 1,500, New-York.

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHINA (Shanghai, China).-Organized December 16, 1898. The Rev. F. L. Hawks Pott, president; J. F. Seaman, vice-president; V. G. Lyman, secretary; Frank P. Ball, treasurer.

THE AMERICAN ASIATIC_ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN (Yokohama, Japan).-Organized June 26, 1879. James R. Morse, president; G. W. Middleton, vice-president; G. H. Scidmore, honorary treasurer; L. H. Abel, honorary secretary.

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.

The American Society for the Extension of University Teaching was founded at Philadelphia in June, 1890, and incorporated in March, 1892. The present officers of the society are: President, Charles A. Brinley; treasurer, Frederick B. Miles; secretary, John Nolen. The office is in Philadelphia. The aim of University Extension is, first, to extend higher education to all classes of people; second, to extend education through the whole of adult life; third, to extend thorough methods of study to subjects of everyday interest. During the year 1899-'00 the society arranged for the delivery of ninety-five courses of lectures at sixty-five centres. The course attendance at lectures was 22,065-the largest in the history of the society. The attendance at classes was 7,981. The number of courses for 1899-'00, arranged by States, showing the extent of the society's work geographically, is as follows: Pennsylvania, 38; New-York, 33; NewJersey, 20; Maryland, 3; Connecticut, 1. The division by subjects is as follows: History, 32; literature, 29; music and art, 16; ethics and philosophy, 11; economics, political economy and sociology, 6; science, 1. Some notion of the constantly widening use that is being made of the society's lecturers and of the University Extension system can be had from the following list which shows the various auspices under which the courses of last year were delivered: Centres primarily or mainly for teachers, 6; centres under control of women's clubs, 8; People's Institute, New-York City (for workingmen), 9 courses; educational institutions (schools, Brooklyn Institute, etc.), 12 courses; NewYork City Board of Education ("Free Lectures to the People''), 17 courses; regular University Extension centres, 43. The society has just completed its tenth year of work. Since its organization there have been delivered under its auspices 954 courses, comprising 5,643 lectures. The average attendance at each lecture has been 193, and the aggregate attendance 1,080, 156. The average annual attendance at courses is now over 20,000; about 10 per cent of this number pursue the systematic reading and study recommended by the lecturers. From Philadelphia the movement has extended into many sections of the country, being established mainly, however, in connection with colleges and universities. The most important work, outside of that of the general society in Philadelphia, is carried on under the auspices of the University of Chicago, the Regents of the University of the State of New-York, Rutgers College, New-Brunswick; the University of Wisconsin and in California. The various University Extension societies all publish syllabi in connection with their courses. These contain sug

gestive outlines of lectures, lists of books and other matter of interest, and are of value for guiding home reading and study. Sample syllabi and circulars descriptive of University Extension can be obtained by addressing John Nolen, secretary, No. 111 South Fifteenth-st., Philadelphia.

SOCIETY FOR PRESERVATION OF SCENIC AND HISTORIC PLACES AND OBJECTS.

Incorporated in 1895 by New-York Legislature, with the object of acquiring, as public trustees, places and objects worthy of preservation, either on account of their natural beauty or their identification with the annals of the State. President, Andrew H. Green, New-York City; vice-president, Charles S. Francis, Troy; treasurer, George F. Kunz, New-York City; acting treasurer, Edward P. Cone, New-York City; secretary, Edward H. Hall, New-York City.

LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN.

President, Mrs. Alethe Lowber Craig; vice-president, Mrs. Juliette M. Babbitt; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Emma V. Triepel; recording secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Clark Morgan; treasurer, Miss Elizabeth A. Ayde; auditor, Miss Mary B. Statham; librarian, Miss Anna B. Patten.

This society is composed of members of the leading historical societies of the country. It was formed "for a closer union and better communication, for more effective work in the prosecution of American historical study and the collection of historic material." Officers President, Murray E. Poole, Ithaca, N. Y.; vice-presidents, Henry D. Carey, New-York City; the Rev. Dr. Levi L. Sprague, president Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania; Professor Charles H. Chandler, A. M., Ripon College, Wisconsin; Professor Charles D. Vail, A. M., Hobart College; George T. Baker, C. E., Davenport, Iowa; Professor Edwin D. Shurter, Ph. B., University of Texas; Edward Denham, New-Bedford, Mass.; the Rev. John F. Genung, A. M., professor, Amherst College; the Rev. Dr. Edwin B. Olmstead, Rochester, N. Y.; Major Charles M. Carey, Hampton, Va.; secretary, L. Nelson Nichols, B. L., Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.; treasurer, Charles F. Poole, Waverly, N. Y.

PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES.

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.

First Post organized at Decatur, Ill., April 6, 1866. First National encampment held at Indianapolis, November 20, 1866; headquarters for 1900-1901, Room 308, Granite Building, St. Louis, Mo. There are forty-six State and Territorial departments. The officers of the National body are: Commander-in-chief, Leo Rassieur, St. Louis, Mo.; senior vice-commander-in-chief, E. C. Milliken, Portland, Me.; junior vice-commanderin-chief, Frank Seaman, Knoxville, Tenn.; surgeon-general, John A. Wilkins, Delta, Ohio; chaplain-in-chief, the Rev. August Drahms, San Francisco, Cal.; adjutantgeneral, Frank M. Sterrett, St. Louis, Mo.; quartermaster-general, Charles Burrows, Rutherford, N. J.; inspector-general, Henry S. Peck, New-Haven, Conn.; judge advocate-general, James H. Wolff, Boston, Mass.; senior aide-de-camp and chief of staff, Edward N. Ketchum, Galveston, Tex. The following was the membership in the various departments on June 30, 1900: June 30, 1900.

June 30, 1900.

DEPARTMENT OF NEW-YORK.-Officers elected, thirty-fourth annual encampment, Utica, May 16 to 17: Commander, Nathan P. Pond, Rochester; senior vice-commander, Edward J. Mitchell, Yonkers; junior vice-commander, Philo H. Conklin, Penn Yan; surgeon, G. H. Tarbell, Schaghticoke; chaplain, Charles Shurger, Caton. Council of Administration-Martin Short, Brooklyn; Winfield S. Newman, Hornellsville; Anslem J. Smith, Buffalo; L. V. S. Mattison, Scriba; James Owens, New-York City, Staff of the Department Commander-Assistant adjutant-general, Nathan Munger, Albany; assistant quartermaster-general, William F. Mullin, Albany; judge-advocate, Joseph E. Ewell, Buffalo; department inspector, George B. Loud, New-York; senior aide-de-camp, James B. Wiley.

WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.-President, Mrs. Mary L. Carr, Longmont, Col.; secretary, Mrs. Fannie D. W. Hardin, Denver, Col.; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah E. Phillips, Syracuse, N. Y.

UNION EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.-Commander, James Atwell, Pittsburg, Penn.; chaplain, John S. Ferguson, Keokuk, Iowa; historian, Judge Harry White, Indiana, Penn.; quartermaster and adjutant-general, Stephen M. Long, East Orange, N. J.

LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.-President, Etta Lee Toby, No. 1,500 High-st., Logansport, Ind.; secretary, Olive J. Allison, No. 105 North 9th-st., Richmond, Ind.; treasurer. Annie Sage, No. 116 Babbitt-st., Dayton, Ohio; ounsellor, Dr. Julia P. Shade, Philadelphia; senior vice-president, Julia A. Ellis, Chicago; junior vice-president, Mary E. Jameson, Marine City, Mich.

MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION.

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, and eldest sons of deceased officers who served as above. (2) The eldest sons of living original companions of the first class who are twenty-one years cld. (3) Gentlemen who in civil life, during the Rebellion, were specially distinguished for conspicuous loyalty to the National Government. Membership on July 31, 1900, 9,043; composed of first class, 8,122; second class, 888; third class, 33. Largest commanderies, New-York, 1,305 members, New-York City; Pennsylvania, 1,167, Philadelphia. The other eighteen State commanderies in order of their organization and place of headquarters are: Maine, 168, Portland; Massachusetts, 924, Boston; California, 709, San Francisco; Wisconsin, 211, Milwaukee; Illinois, 654, Chicago; District of Columbia, 773; Ohio, 835, Cincinnati; Michigan, 309, Detroit; Minnesota, 293, St. Paul; Oregon, 67, Portland; Misscuri, 303, St. Louis; Nebraska, 108, Omaha; Kansas, 221, Leavenworth; Iowa, 258, Des Moines; Colorado, 241, Denver; Indiana, 324, Indianapolis; Washington, 74, Tacoma; Vermont, 99, Burlington. The present National officers are: Commander-in-chief, Lieutenant-General John M. Schofield; senior vice-commander, Lieutenant Charles P. Clark; junior vice-commander, Brigadier-General H. C. Merriam; recorder, Colonel John P. Nicholson; registrar, Major William P. Huxford; treasurer, Paymaster George De F. Barton; chancellor, General W. L. James; chaplain, Henry S. Burrage. Headquarters, Philadelphia, Penn.

NEW-YORK COMMANDERY.-Commander, Brigadier-General Henry L. Burnett, U. S. V.; recorder, A. Noel Blakeman. Headquarters, No. 140 Nassau-st., New-York City. 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 bravery in face of the enemy. The next Triennial Congress of the order will be held in New-York, October 5, 1901. The general officers, serving from 1898 to 1901, are: General commander, Rear-Admiral John Grimes Walker, U. S. N.; vice-general commanders, Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N.; Rear-Admiral George E. Belknap, U. S. N., and Colonel John Biddle Porter; general recorder, Lieutenant-Commander Leonard Chenery, U. S. N. (University Club, New-York City); general treasrer, Jarvis B. Edson, late U. S. N.; general registrar, J. V. P. Turner, late U. S. N.; general historian, Captain R. S. Collum, U. S. M. C.; general chaplain, the Rev. Dr. George Williamson Smith, LL. D. The officers of the New-York Commandery are: Commander, Admiral George Dewey, U. 9. N.; vice-commander, Leonard Chenery,

U. S. N.; recorder, Lieutenant-Commander Socrates Hubbard, U. S. N., No. 108 5thave.; treasurer, Jarvis B. Edson. Following is a list of the commanderies, with the names and addresses of the recorders: Commanderies. Headquarters.

General.

Recorders.

Address. Leonard Chenery, U. S. N.University Club, N. Y. Massachusetts.... Boston.... .Amos Binney. ..416 Exchange Building. Pennsylvania... .Philadelphia...J. V. P. Turner. ....517 City Hall. New-York.. ..N. Y. City.....S. Hubbard, U. S. N......108 Fifth-ave. District of Columbia. Washington...Leonard Chenery.........University Club, N. Y. Illinois... .Chicago.......H. L. Wait. ....Room 1,201, 110 La Salle-st. California.. ......San Francisco. C. P. Welch, U. S. N......1,213 Taylor-st.

THE SETTLERS AND DEFENDERS OF AMERICA.

A new hereditary patriotic order, incorporated in 1899. Corporators: Walter S. Carter, Robert D. Benedict, Ralph E. Prime, William DeH. Washington, William B. Davenport, S. Victor Constant, Robert Endicott, Henry Melville, Edward F. Dwight, P. Tecumseh Sherman, Everett V. Abbot, Rodney S. Dennis and Grenville B. Winthrop. 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 advance the purpose 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, 1607, 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 officr, 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 be 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.

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 October, 1875, and organized July 4, 1876. The several State societies organized a National society April 30, 1889. Officers of National Society: President-general, General J. C. Breckinridge, U. S. A., Washington; vice-presidents-general, General Thomas M. Anderson, U. S. A., Philadelphia; the Hon. James H. Gilbert, Chicago; General Francis H. Appleton, Boston, Mass.; General E. S. Greeley, New-Haven, Conn.; the Hon. Howard De Haven Ross, Wilmington, Del.; secretary-general, Captain Samuel Eberly Gross, 604 Masonic Temple, Chicago; treasurer-general, Cornelius Amory Pugsley, Westchester County National Bank, Peekskill, N. Y.; registrar-general, A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution, Washington; historian-general, General Theodore S. Peck, Burlington, Vt.; chaplain-general, the Rev. Dr. Ethelbert E. Warfield, Easton, Penn.

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, 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 12th-st., Philadelphia; assistant general treasurer, Henry Cadle, Bethany, Mo.; general chaplain, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Henry Benjamin Whipple, LL. D., Bishop of Minnesota, Faribault; general registrar, Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Cambridge, Mass.; general historian, Henry Walbridge Dudley, Chicago.

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: Com