MILITARY ORDER OF FOREIGN WARS OF Officers of the National Commandery. Judge-Advocate General-Frank M. Avery, New York, N. Y. Deputy Treasurer-General-Col. O. D. Clark, Montpelier, Vt. Chaplain-General-Capt. J. Madison Hare, Jersey City, N. J. Historian-General-Capt. Edw. H. Smith, U. S. V.. Oshkosh, Wis. North Carolina-Wilson Gray Lamb, Marshall South Carolina-James Simons, LL. D.: Henry M. The Order of the Cincinnati was organized by American and French officers who served in the war of the revolution, for the purpose of perpetuating the remembrance of that event and keep Recorder-General-Col. Guy A. Boyle, Indianap-ing up the friendships then formed. Membership olis, Ind. Surgeon-General-Maj. Joseph M. Heller, Washington, D. C. Commanderies have been established in twentyone states. Total membership about 1,200. The order is a military organization with patriotic objects, having for its scope the period of American history since national independence. It stands for the needed and honorable principle of national defense against foreign aggression. The principal feature of the order is the perpetuating of the names as well as the services of com missioned officers who served in either the war of the revolution, the war with Tripoli, the war of 1812. the Mexican war or the war with Spain or shall serve in future campaigns recognized by the United States government as war with foreign powers, Veteran companionship is conferred upon such officers and hereditary companionship upon their direct lineal descendants in the male line. goes to the eldest male descendant, if worthy: in case there is no direct male descendant, then to male descendants through intervening female descendants. The present membership is about 890. George Washington was the first presidentgeneral until his decease and Alexander Hamil ton the second. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS Emma L. Duncan U. Registrar-General-Miss Grace M. Pierce, Washington, D. C. Historian-General-Mrs. George K. Clarke, Washington, D. C. Corresponding Secretary-General-Mrs. Woodbury Pulsifer, Washington, D. C. Treasurer-General Mrs. Robert J. Johnston, Washington, D. C. Catherine B. Barlow, Librarian-General-Mrs. James M. Fowler, Wash- SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. General President-J. M. Montgomery, New York, General Vice-President-R. M. Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa. Second General Vice-President-W. G. Page, Boston, Mass. General Secretary-Prof. William Libbey. Princeton, N. J. Assistant General Secretary-W. Hall Harris, Jr., 255 Title building, Baltimore, Md. General Treasurer-Ralph Isham, 1311 Ritchie place, Chicago, Ill. Assistant General Treasurer-Gen. George Richards, U. S. M. C.. 1734 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. General Registrar-Hon. George E. Pomeroy, 510 Madison avenue, Toledo, O. General Historian-H. O. Collins, Los Angeles, Cal. General Chaplain-Rt.-Rev. D. S. Tuttle, St. Organizations exist in thirty-two states. SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS. Instituted in 1892. Officers of the General Society. Governor-General-Col. William W. Ladd, New GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS. The Society of Mayflower Descendants was organized in the city of New York Dec. 22. 1894, by lineal descendants of the Mayflower pilgrims. to preserve their memory, their records, their history and all facts relating to them, their anAll lineal descendcestors and their posterity.' ants over 18 years of age, male or female, of passengers of of the Mayflower which terminated at Plymouth, Mass., December, 1620, including all signers of "The Compact, are eligible to membership. the voyage The General Society of Mayflower Descendants was organized at Plymouth, Mass.. 1897. The triennial congress is held in September at Plymouth, Mass. Societies have been organized in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois. District of Columbia, Ohio, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Michigan, Maine, Colorado, California, Washington, Kansas and Indiana. The officers of the general society land. State societies have been formed in Pennsyl vania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois, District of Columbia, New York and New Jersey. Membership is made up of male persons above the age of 21 years who participated in or are lineal descendants of one who served during the war of 1812 in the army, navy, revenue ma rine or privateer service of the United States, upon offering proof thereof satisfactory to the state society to which they may make application for membership, and who are of good moral character and reputation, THE NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE, INC. Secretary-Franklin Remington. Originally created for the purpose of arousing public sentiment as to the necessity of national defense and urging the enactment by congress of defense legislation, it has developed into an organization striving in every way possible to aid in the efficient conduct of the war with Germany. It has branches in all of the larger cities and towns and has members in every state of the union. Chicago Branch. John W. Office-Room 1115 Lytton building, 14 East Jack- Secretary-Homer J. Buckley. NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES. Headquarters-Southern building, Washington, D. C. Honorary President-Gen. Horace Porter, New York. N. Y. President-W. Cameron Forbes, Boston, Mass. Ward. Washington, Vice-Presidents-Henry H. D. C.; Henry B. Joy, Detroit, Mich. Counsel-Herbert H. Satterlee, New York, N. Y. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS, INC. on The Conference Committee on National Preparedness, Inc., was organized on June 3, 1915, in New York city, by delegates from national defense societies. The committee publishes charts, bulletins, booklets, pamphlets and pay-envelope leaflets and gratuitously distributes books national defense for the purpose of quickening the national spirit through a better understanding of the economy of preparedness and the inhumanity of unpreparedness. The officers of the committee are: Chairman-Henry A. Wise Wood, New York, N. Y. Treasurer-Alan R. Hawley, New York, N. Y. Secretary-James E. Clark, New York, N. Y. The office of the secretary and the committee's headquarters are at 1 Madison avenue, New York city. 3. Recognition of Accountability. To demand such full accountability of all officials as will result in the elimination of inefficiency. 4. Public Information. To insist upon full and frank publicity concerning government activities -within the proper limits of military necessitythat an aroused public may enlist all intellectual and emotional factors in the winning of the war. 5. Preparation for After the War Conditions. To so raise the standard of citizenship that the tyranny of autocracy as well as of bolshevism may be avoided. To rouse public opinion in order that such stern justice shall be meted out as will make it clear that wars of aggression are unprofitable. UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING LEAGUE. Headquarters Suite 1322 First National Bank building, Chicago, Ill. President-Howard H. Gross. Treasurer-John J. Mitchell. Advisory Committee-E. P. Ripley, Chicago; Cyrus H. K. Curtis, Philadelphia: Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, Chicago; Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore; Dr. W. H. Roberts, Philadelphia; Julius Rosenwald, Chicago; Dr. Russell H. Conwell, Philadelphia; ex-Gov. W. D. Hoard, Wisconsin; Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, New York; Bishop Samuel Fallows, Chicago; Bascom Little, Cleveland; F. D. Coburn, Kansas; Daniel J. Keefe, Chicago; Henry D. Lindsley, Texas; R. T. Crane, Jr., Chicago: Edward L. Ryerson, Chi- Horcrary Chairmen-James Cardinal Gibbons and cago; Horace S. Wilkinson, New York; Ike T. Pryor, Texas; Henry L. Stimson, New York; Charles A. Hinsch, Cincinnati; Henry M. Pindell, Peoria; Charles F. Hatfield, St. Louis. Executive Committee-Frank G. Logan, chairman; Clarence S. Funk, vice-chairman; William Wrigley, Jr.; Henry M. Byllesby, William H. Childs, Charles G. Curtis, John T. Pratt, Howard H. Gross. Board of Directors-Frank G. Logan, Henry M. AMERICAN DEFENSE SOCIETY, INC. Slogan-"Serve at the front or serve at home." Executive Officers. Chairman Board of Trustees-Charles S. Davison. Aims. 1. Defense of America-within. To fight disloyal influences in America now and after the war. To urge full punishment of spies and interning of all enemy aliens. To work to abolish German newspapers, German societies, the German language in schools and all German propaganda. To bring about a general boycott of all goods made In Germany. 2. Defense of America-without. Το rouse America to its peril and the need of many millions of soldiers to win the war. To expose the atrocities and lust of dominion of the enemy. To advocate universal military training. FOREST FIRES Driven by a wind blowing at the rate of sixty to seventy miles an hour forest fires swept over a considerable part of Carlton, St. Louis and Aitkin counties in northeastern Minnesota Saturday afternoon and night, Oct. 12, 1918. causing the death of 800 or more persons and damage to property estimated at nearly $30,000,000. Among the towns and villages wholly or partly destroyed were Cloquet, Moose Lake, Brookston, Brevator. Arnold. Hermantown, Grand Lake, Aitkin, Maple Grove, Lawler, Ronald, McGregor, Pike Lake, Pine Hill, Kalavala, Automba and Warba. Hundreds of farmhouses LEAGUE FOR NATIONAL UNITY. Frank Mason North. Vice-Chairmen-Samuel Gompers, Charles A. Bar- Secretary-D. L. Cease, Railway Trainmen's Treasurer-Otto H. Kahn, New York, N. Y. The aim of the league is to unite all America behind the government for the vigorous prosecution of the war with Germany to a successful conclusion. LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE. Vice-President - - Alton B. Parker, New York, Chairman Executive Committee - A. Lawrence The object of the league, as its name implies, is to compel nations to keep the peace without recourse to war. It proposes that the United States, after the defeat of the central powers, shall join an international league pledging the signatory powers jointly to use their economic and military forces against any one of their number that goes to war or commits acts of hostility against another of the signatories before any question arising shall have been submitted to a judicial tribunal for hearing and judgment or to a council of conciliation for consideration and recommendation. AMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR LABOR AND Organized in Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 7, 1917. Treasurer-J. G. Phelps Stokes, New York, N. Y. IN MINNESOTA. were destroyed and even in the outskirts of Duluth the damage to buildings and other property was estimated at $1.000.000. The fire came from the northwest with such speed that persons traveling in automobiles were overtaken by it and burned to death before they could reach safety. Most of the dead were found in earth cellars and wells in which they had sought refuge. The home guards from various cities in the state did good work in sav. ing life and property while Red Cross and other organizations gave aid to the homeless and destitute, numbering some 40,000. Owing to the death of Mr. Greeley, the 66 electoral votes were variously cast. Thomas A. Hen dricks received 42, B. Gratz Brown 18, Horace Greeley 3, Charles J. Jenkins 2, David Davis1. PARTY PLURALITIES AND TOTAL VOTE. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Following is the electoral vote of the states, based upon the apportionment of representatives, made by congress under the census of 1910: Vote. State. 8 New Jersey Vote. State. Alabama 12 New Hampshire 9 New Mexico 1840.. 146,315 6 North Carolina.... 12 PRESIDENTS AND THEIR CABINETS. PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. George Washington......... John Adams.. Thomas Jefferson......... Thomas Jefferson. Aaron Burr.... *George Clinton James Madison.. †George Clinton Elbridge Gerry.............. James Monroe.. Daniel D. Tompkins.... John Q. Adams... John C. Calhoun........... Andrew Jackson......... John C. Calhoun........ Martin Van Buren...... Martin Van Buren...... John Tyler. James K. Polk...... George M. Dallas......... †Zachary Taylor...... Millard Fillmore........ Millard Fillmore... Franklin Pierce.......... +William R. King. James Buchanan. Secretary of state. .1801 James Madison..1801 Samuel Dexter..1801 H. Dearborn...180 ........1813 ..1817 .1825 1825 Henry Clay......1825 Richard Rush....1825 Jas. Barbour...1825 .1837 John Forsyth....1837 Levi Woodbury..1837 Joel R.Poinsett1837 1841 Daniel Webster..1841 Thos. Ewing......1841 John Bell.......1841 1841 .1841 ........1841 Daniel Webster..1841 Thos. Ewing.... 1841 John Bell.... .1845 James Buchanan1845 Robt. J. Walker.1845 Wm. L. Marcy.1845 1849 John M. Clayton.1849 Wm.M.Meredith 1849 G. W. Crawford.1849 .1853 W. L. Marcy......1853 James Guthrie...1853 Jefferson Davis 1853 ..1857 Lewis Cass........1857 Howell Cobb.....1857 John B. Floyd.. 1857 John C. Breckinridge......................1857 J. S. Black........1860 Philip F.Thomas.1860 Joseph Holt....1861 Chas. J. Folger...1881 R. T. Lincoln...1881 Daniel Manning. 1885 W. C. Endicott.1885 188 James G. Blaine. 1889 Wm. Windom....1883 R. Proctor......1889 1897 John Sherman...18 Lyman J. Gage..1897 R. A. Alger.....1897 1898 .1901 John Hayt.......1901 Lyman J. Gage..1901 Elihu Root.....1901 .1913 Wm. J. Bryan....1913 W. G. McAdoo...1913 L. M. Garrison. 1913 *Elected two consecutive terms. †Died while in office. Resigned. |