Society of the Cincinnati. GENERAL OFFICERS. President-General... Vice-President- General. Secretary-General.. Assistant Secretary-General.. Treasurer-General.. Hon. Winslow Warren, Mass. .Hon. James Simons, LL.D., S. C. Hon. Asa Bird Gardiner, LL. D., L. H. D., R. I. Mr. Francis Marinus Caldwell, Pa. Assistant Treasurer-General..... Mr. Charles Isham, New York. The historic and patriotic Order of the Cincinnati was founded by the American and French officers at the cantonments of the Continental army on the Hudson at the close of hostilities in the War of the Revolution for American Independence May 10, 1783. 4 In forming the society it was declared that, "To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event as the mutual friendships which have been formed under the pressure of common danger, and, in many instances, cemented by the blood of the parties, the officers of the American army do hereby, in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute, and combine themselves into one Society of Friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof the collateral branches who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members." For convenience, thirteen State societies were formed, and one in France, under the direct patronage of Louis XVI. Upon the roll of original members appeared the names of all the great historic military and naval characters of the Revolution, and upon the roll of honorary members, elected for their own lives only, appeared many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. THE RIGHT TO MEMBERSHIP. All Continental officers who had served with honor and resigned after three years' service as officers, or who had been rendered supernumerary and honorably discharged, in one of the several reductions of the American army, or who had continued to the end of the war, and all French officers who had served in the co-operating army under Count d'Estaing, or auxiliary army under Count de Rochambeau, and held or attained the rank of colonel for such services, or who had commanded a French fleet or ship of war on the American coast, were entitled to become original members, and upon doing so were fequired to contribute a month's pay. STATE SOCIETIES. The Cincinnati is organically one society in membership, but for convenience in admission of members and in its charitable and patriotic objects is subdivided into State societies, there being thirteen, and the one in France, which was dispersed at the Reign of Terror in 1793, but is being re-established. Four dormant societies were restored to membership at the triennial meeting of 1902. Membership descends to the eldest lineal male descendant, if judged worthy, and, in failure of direct male descent, to male descendants through intervening female descendants. The general society when legislating for the good of the Order is composed of the general officers and five delegates from each State society, and meets triennially. In 1854 it ruled that proper descendants of Revolutionary officers who were entitled to original membership, but who never could avail themselves of it, are qualified for hereditary membership, if found worthy, on due application. GENERAL OFFICERS SINCE ORGANIZATION. The following have been the principal general officers: 1783..Gen. George Washington, LL. D., Va. 1805..Major-Gen. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 1839..Major-Gen. Morgan Lewis, A. M., N. Y. VICE-PRESIDENTS-GENERAL. 1784..Major-Gen. Horatio Gates, LL. D., Va. 1787..Major-Gen. Thomas Mifflin, A. M., Pa 1799..Major-Gen. Alexander Hamilton, LL. D., N. Y. 1800..Major-Gen. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, LL. D., S. C. 1805..Major-Gen. Henry Knox, A. M., Mass. 1811..Brig. Gen. John Brooks, M. D., LL.D., Mass. 1825..Major-Gen. Aaron Ogden, LL. D., N. J. 1829..Major-Gen. Morgan Lewis, A. M., N. Y. 1839..Major the Hon. William Shute, N. J. SECRETARIES-GENERAL. 1783..Major-Gen. Henry Knox, A. M., Mass. 1799..Major the Hon. William Jackson, Pa. 1829..Mr. Alexander W. Johnston, Pa. 1857..Mr. Thomas McEwen, A. M., M. D., Pa. 1875..Mr. George Washington Harris, Pa. 1884..Hon. Asa Bird Gardiner, LL.D.,L.H. D.,R.I. The last triennial meeting of the general society was held at Richmond, Va., in May, 1905. The next triennial meeting will be held at Charleston, S. C. in May, 1908. The office of the Secretary-General is at Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. The number of living members of the Society of the Cincinnati, as reported at the triennial meeting May, 1905, is 848. The limited list of honorary members of the Order includes President Roosevelt, ex-President Cleveland, Admiral Dewey, and Lieut.-General Miles, who were admitted by the New York State Society, and ex- President Loubet, of France, who was admitted by the Rhode Island State Society. The late President McKinley and the late ex-President Harrison were admitted by the Pennsylvania State Society. President James Monroe was an original member like Washington, and President Pierce was an hereditary member. SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI-Continued. The following are the presidents, vice-presidents, and secretaries of the several State societies: The society of the Sons of the Revolution" was originated in New York in 1875 by John Austin Stevens, in conjunction with other patriotic gentlemen of Revolutionary ancestry. The New York Society was instituted February 22, 1876; reorganized December 3, 1883, and incorporated May 3, 1884, to "keep alive among ourselves and our descendants the patriotic spirit of the men who, in military, naval, or civil service, by their acts or counsel, achieved American independence; to collect and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, records, and other documents relating to the War of the Revolution, and to promote intercourse and good feeling among its members now and hereafter." Eligibility to membership is confined to male descendants, above the age of twenty-one years, from an ancestor who as either a military, naval, or marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, or official in the service of any one of the thirteen original Colonies or States, or of the National Government, representing or composed of those Colonies or States, assisted in establishing American independence during the War of the Revolution between the 19th day of April, 1775, when hostilities commenced, and the 19th day of April, 1783, when they were ordered to cease. The next triennial meeting of the general society will be held in the City of Washington, April 19, 1908. The officers of the New York Society Sons of the Revolution are as follows: PresidentEdmund Wetmore. Vice-Presidents-John C. Tomlinson, August Belmont, Dallas Bache Pratt, Secretary-Henry Russell Drowne, 146 Broadway. Treasurer-Arthur Melvin Hatch, RegistrarProf. Henry Phelps Johnston. Chaplain-Rev. Morgan Dix." There are thirty State societies and a society in the District of Columbia. The aggregate membership is 7,560, that of the New York Society being over 2,000, and the Pennsylvania Society over 1,000. Sons of the American Revolution. President-General-Cornelius A. Pugsley, N. Y. Treasurer-General-Isaac W. Birdseye, Ct. The National Society of Sons of the American Revolution" was organized in New York April 30, 1889, and chartered in Connecticut in 1890. Its purposes are the same as those of the older organization, the "Sons of the Revolution." State societies exist in thirty-eight States, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii. A California society of descendants of Revolutionary patriots, entitled "Sons of Revolu tionary Sires," organized July 4, 1875, having reorganized and changed its name in 1889, has been admitted to membership. A formal movement by this society and the "Sons of the Revolution" toward a union was attempted in 1892, and again in 1897, but was not successful. The total membership of the organization is about 8,000. The New York or Empire State Society was organized February 11, 1890. The following are the officers: President-William A. Marble. Secretary-James de la Montanye, 239 Broadway, New York. Registrar-Teunis D Huntting. Historian-Edward Hageman Hall. Aztec Club of 1847. President-Gen. Samuel Gibbs French, Pensacola, Fla. Vice-President-Gen. Richard Coulter Drum, U.S. A. Secretary-Edward Trenchard, 78 Broad Street, New York City. Treasurer-William Turnbull, New York City. Vice- Treasurer-Edward H. Floyd-Jones, New York City. This society, originally composed of officers of the United States Army who served in the war with Mexico, was formed in the City of Mexico in 1847, and has been continued, with a view to cherish the memories and keep alive the traditions that cluster about the names of those officers who took part in the Mexican War." Membership is confined to officers of the army, navy, and marine corps who served in the war or their male blood relatives. Each primary member may nominate as his successor his son or a male blood relative, who during the life of the primary member is known as associate-member, and on the death of the former is entitled, as his representative, to full membership. There are 200 members. Society of Tammany, or Columbian Order. Grand Sachem-William Bourke Cockran. Sachems-Patrick Keenan, Louis F. Haffen, Daniel F. McMahon, Daniel F. Cohalan, John J. Scannell, Charles F. Murphy, Randolph Guggenheimer, Maurice Featherson, Asa Bird Gardiner, George W. Plunkitt, Timothy D. Sullivan, John Fox, William Dalton. Secretary-Thomas F. Smith. Treasurer-Joseph P. Ďay. Sagamore-Bryan P. Henry. Wiskinkie-John A. Boyle. This organization was formed in 1789, being the effect of a popular movement in New York, having primarily in view a counterweight to the so-called aristocratic Society of the Cincinnati. It was essentially anti-Federalist or democratic in its character, and its chief founder was William Mooney, an upholsterer and a native-born American of Irish extraction. It took its first title from a noted, ancient, wise, and friendly chief of the Delaware tribe of Indians, named Tammany, who had, for the want of a better subject, been canonized by the soldiers of the Revolution as the American patron saint. The first meeting was held May 12, 1789. The act of incorporation was passed in 1805. The Grand Sachem and thirteen Sachems were designed to typify the President and the Governors of the thirteen original States. William Mooney was the first Grand Sachem. The Society is nominally a charitable and social organization, and is distinct from the General Committee of the Tammany Democracy, which is a political organization, and cannot use Tammany Hall without the consent of the Society. Military Order of Foreign Wars. THE Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States was instituted in the City of New York December 27, 1894, by veterans and descendants of veterans of one or more of the fiye foreign wars which the United States had been engaged in, to wit: The War of the Revolution, the War with Tripoli, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War with Spain, to perpetuate the names and memory of brave and loyal men who took part in establishing and maintaining the principles of the Government' in said wars, and to preserve records and documents relating to said wars, and to celebrate the anniversaries of historic events connected therewith." Since the establishment of the order the United States has fought its fifth foreign war. By an amendment to the constitution all American officers who participated in the War with Spain, or any future foreign campaign recognized by the United States government as war, are rendered eligible to membership as veteran companions. 66 Members are entitled "companions," and are either "veteran companions" or "hereditary companions." The former are commissioned officers of the army, navy, or marine corps of the United States who participated in any of the foreign wars of the United States. The latter are direct lineal descendants, in the male line only, of commissioned officers who served honorably in any of the said wars. Commanderies may be established in each of the States, and State commanderies now exist in the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio, Missouri, Vermont, Virginia, Rhode Island, Louisiana, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas, Georgia, Colorado, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. The National Commandery was instituted March 11, 1896, by the officers of the New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut commanderies. The following are the officers of the National Commandery: Commander-General-Major-Gen. Alexander S. Webb, U. S. A. Secretary-General-James H. Morgan, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York. Treasurer-General-Col. Oliver C. Bosbyshell. RegistrarGeneral-Rev. Henry N. Wayne. Judge Advocate- General-Frank Montgomery Avery. Present membership, over 1,700 companions. There are Vice-Commanders-General representing each State commandery. Regular U. S. Army and Navy Union. A PATRIOTIC, fraternal, and beneficial organization, chartered under act of Congress, for soldiers' and sailors' rights and benefits. National Commander-James B. Morton, District of Columbia. National Senior Vice CommanderDaniel T. Callahan, Massachusetts. National Junior Vice-Commander-William O'Brien, Massachusetts. Adjutant-General-Michael J. Hackett, Headquarters, 4 Warder Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Membership is confined to regulars of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, whether discharged, retired, or in the service. Society of Veterans of Endian Wars OF THE UNITED STATES. Commander-Brig. -Gen. Judson D. Bingham, U. S. A., retired. Historian-Brig.-Gen. Charles King, U.S. A. Assistant Recorder-Major G. A. Bingham, U.S. A., Philadelphia, Pa. This society was instituted by officers of the United States Army at Philadelphia, April 23, 1896. The objects are "to perpetuate the faithful services, heroism, and privations of the officers and soldiers of the Army of the United States of America, 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.'' Order of Endian Wars of the United States. Commander-Brig. -Gen. B. J. D. Irwin, U. S. A., retired, Coburg, Canada. Recorder and TreasurerBrig.-Gen. George W. Baird, retired, New York. Historian-Brig. Gen. Charles King, U.S. A. This order was organized at Chicago, Ill., June 10, 1896, and received its charter from the State of Illinois. The order consists of two classes of companions: First, commissioned officers of the army, navy and marine corps, and of State and Territorial organizations, which have been, or will hereafter be engaged in field service against hostile Indians in the United States; Second, son's of living members of the first class. The object of the Association is to perpetuate the history of the services rendered by the American military forces in their conflicts and wars within the territory of the United States, and to collect and secure for publication historical data relating to the instances of brave deeds and personal devotion by which Indian warfare has been illustrated. Medal of Honor Legion. THE Legion is composed of officers and enlisted men of the United States army and navy who have been awarded medals of honor for most distinguished gallantry in action during any war in which the United States has been engaged. At the present time it has 458 such members. At the last annual reunion, held at Winsted, Ct., September 24-25, 1906, the following officers were elected: Commander-P. De Lacy, Scranton, Pa. Senior Vice-Commander-S. B. Horne, Winsted, Ct. Junior Vice-Commander-William Search, Boston, Mass. Quartermaster-N. D. Preston, Philadelphia, Pa. Chaplain-Rev. Dr. William Hubbell, New York City. Adjutant-John C. Hunterson, Philadelphia, Pa. Judge Advocate-Walter Thorn, Brooklyn, N. Y. Inspector-Charles H. Houghton, Newark, N. J. Surgeon-in-Chief-Gabriel Grant, M. D., New York City. Historian-St. Clair A. Mulholland, Philadelphia, Pa. Naval Order of the United States. THE Naval Order of the United States is composed of a General Commandery and commanderies in the States of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, California, and Illinois, and in the District of Columbia. The General Commandery meets triennially on October 5, and the State Commanderies meet annually in the month of November. The Massachusetts Commandery is the parent Commandery, and was organized at Boston on July 4, 1890. The General Commandery was established three years later, on June 19, 1893. The Companions of the Order are officers and the descendants of officers who served in the navy and marine corps in any war or in any battle in which the said naval forces of the United States have participated. The membership clause, as adopted at the triennial congress held at Boston, October 5, 1895, provides for two classes of members: First, veteran officers and their male descendants; and, second, enlisted men who have received the United States naval medal of honor for bravery in the face of the enemy. The officers of the General Commandery are: General Commander-Rear-Admiral John G. Walker. Vice-General Commanders-Admiral George Dewey, U.S. N., Rear-Admiral Albert S. Barker, U.S. N., Capt. James H. Dayton, U. S. N. General Recorder-Charles W. Ruschenberger (late U. S. N.), Stafford, Chester Co., Pa. Assistant General Recorder-William H. Stayton, 111 Broadway, New York. General Registrar-Frederick B. Philsbrook, Boston, Mass. General Treasurer-George De Forest Barton (late U. S. N). General Historian-Col. John Biddle Porter, U. S. A. General Chap lain--Rev George Williamson Smith, D. D. Army and Navy Union. National Commander-J. Edwin Browne, Washington, D. C. Senior Vice-National CommanderEdward Strobel, Albany, N. Y. Junior Vice- National Commander-Edward V. Auger, Brooklyn, N. Y. Adjutant-General-John Schumacher, 425a Quincy Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Inspector-General -Sanders E. Adams, Jersey City, N. J. Judge Advocate- General-John D. Clute, Buffalo, N. Y. National Chaplain-Rev. John P. Chid wick, Brooklyn, N. Y. The Army and Navy Union was organized at Cincinnati and incorporated under the laws of Ohio in March, 1888. The national organization (called the National Corps) was organized in August, 1890. The Union admits to its ranks any man who possesses an honorable discharge from the United States service, either regular or volunteer army and navy or marine corps, whether said service was before, during, or since any war at home or abroad. There are twelve garrisons in Greater New York. The Navy League of the United States. THE Navy League of the United States was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on January 2, 1903. Its declared object being to acquire and spread before the citizens of the United States, through branch organizations and otherwise, information as to the condition of the Naval forces and equipment of the United States, and to awaken public interest and co-operation in all matters tending to aid, improve, and develop their efficiency." It is strictly non-partisan. Men, women and children are eligible to membership. The button of the League is of silver gilt and blue enamel, with letters in white, and anchor of gold, and is worn by members. The membership fee is one dollar annually. There are fifty-eight sections in the United States, and sections in England, Canada, Colombia, and two in Italy. Five or more citizens may sign an application for a charter to form a section of the League. A monthly paper, the Navy League Journal, is issued under the supervision of the Board of Directors. The headquarters of the League are at 78 Broad Street, New York City. The General Officers are: President-Horace Porter; Vice-President, William McAdoo; Treasurer, Clinton E. Braine; Secretary, Robert S. Sloan; General Counsel, Herbert L. Satterlee; Assistant Secretary, George H. Owen. Honorary Members-President Theodore Roosevelt, and Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. Directors-Captain J. W. Miller, W. H. Stayton, A. Noel Blakeman, ex-Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, Louis A. Osborne, George C. Sargent, Robert S. Sloan, George De Forest Barton, W. De W. Dimock, W. W. Hollingsworth, J. Frederic Fams, Aaron Vanderbilt, Francis B. Allen, General Horace Porter, William McAdoo, Herbert L. Satterlee, C. J. Parsons. 1 National Association of Naval Veterans. Commodore Commanding-Frederick M. Hammer, cor. Park and Smith Street, New Bedford, Mass. Fleet Captain-Max F. Greene, Brooklyn, N. Y. Fleet Commander and Chief of Staff-Wm. A. Hollman, Brooklyn, N. Y. Feet Lieutenant-Commander-Carrington P. Slade, Bristol, R. I. Fleet Lieutenant-Elias S. Nickerson, 77 Dyer Street, Providence, R. I. Fleet Paymaster-Henry F. McCollum, New Haven, Ct. Fleet Surgeon-Henry J. Brewer, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. Fleet Chaplain -John B. Wirt, Indianapolis, Ind. Fleet Judge Advocate-Frederick E. Haskins, Brooklyn, N. Y. Fleet Historian-William Simmons, Philadelphia, Pa. Fleet Boatswain-Martin C. Ford, Providence, R. L. Fleet Secretary-William W. Pease, Edgartown, Mass. Organized 1887. 6000 members. 1,500 contributing members. 30 associations in all the principal cities of the United States. Societies of the War of 1812. SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 AND VETERAN CORPS OF ARTILLERY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. INSTITUTED as a military society by the veterans of the War of 1812 on January 3, 1826, in the City of New York, and incorporated under the laws of the State of New York by the surviving veteran members, January 8, 1892. Consolidated January 8, 1848, with the Veteran Corps of Artillery (instituted by officers of the Revolutionary War November 25, 1790). Hiram Cronk, last surviving Veteran member War of 1812, born April 29, 1800, died May 13, 1905. The officers are: President-Rev. Morgan Dix, D. D., D. C. L. Vice-President --Asa Bird Gardiner, LL. D., L. H. D. Secretary-Howland Pell, 27 William Street, New York. Assistant SecretaryCharles Isham. Treasurer-Charles Augustus Schermerhorn. The original members comprise those who actually served in the military or naval forces of the United States during the War of 1812, or on vessels other than merchant ships which sailed under commissions of letters of marque and reprisal from the United States in that war. Eligibility to hereditary membership is confined to descendants of commissioned officers who actually served in the War of 1812, and descendants of former members of the Society in the State of New York, and of other military societies of 1812. THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812. Composed of federated State societies, in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois, District of Columbia, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware, the members of each of which State Societies 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 1812-14 in the army, navy, revenue marine, or privateer service of the United States, offering satisfactory proof to the State Society to which he makes application, and is of good moral character and reputation, may become a member. In case of failure of lineal descendants of an actual participant in said war, one collateral representative who is deemed worthy may be admitted to membership. President-General-John Cadwalader, Pennsylvania, Secretary-General-Henry Randall Webb, 727 Nineteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Assistant Secretary-General-Henry Harmon Noble, Essex, N. Y. Treasurer-General-Frederick Bacon Philbrook, Boston. Assistant Treasurer-General-William Porter Adams, Illinois. Surgeon-General-George Horace Burgin, M. D., Pennsylvania. Judge-Advocate-General-Aloysius Leo Knott, Maryland. Chaplain-General-Rt. Rev. Leighton Coleman, Delaware. The American-Xrish Historical Society. President-General-Rear-Admiral John McGowan, U. S. N., retired, Washington, D. C. VicePresident-General-Franklin M. Danaher, Albany, N. Y. Secretary-General-Thomas Hamilton Murray, 36 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. Treasurer-General-M. F. Dooley, Providence, R. I. Librarian and Archivist-Thomas B. Lawler, New York City. The Society was organized at Boston, Mass., January 20, 1897, for the special study of the Irish element in the composition of the American people; to investigate and record the influence of this element in the upbuilding of the nation, and to collect and publish facts relating to and illustrating that influence. Women's Patriotic Societies. COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA. OFFICERS. President-Mrs. James W. Gerard. First Vice-President-Mrs. Edward King. Second Vice-President-Miss J. J. Boudinot. Treasurer-Miss Helen Van C. De Peyster. Secretary-Mrs. Timothy Matlack Cheesman, 109 University Place, New York City. Historian-Miss Julia Livingston Delafield. Advisory Council--Henry E. Howland, Franklin Bartlett, Louis V. Bright. The Society of the Colonial Dames of America was organized in the City of New York May 23, 1890, and was the first society of women for this patriotic purpose founded in this country. It was incorporated April 23, 1891. The Society is purely patriotic and educational in its objects, which are: (1) To collect and preserve relics, manuscripts, traditions, and mementoes 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. This Society has already a large membership and chapters in many States. It is a distinct organization from that which follows. COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA. OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY. Honorary President-Mrs. Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, President-Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne. Vice-Presidents-Mrs. Samuel Colt, Connecticut; Mrs. Henry F. L. Lyster, Michigan; Mrs. William Reed, Maryland. Secretary-Mrs. Joseph Lamar, Georgia. Assistant Secretary-Mrs. Rosa Wright Smith, District of Columbia. Treasurer-Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt, Philadelphia, Pa. Registrar-Mrs. Emil Richter, Portsmouth, N. H. Historian-Miss Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. This society is a distinct organization from the one described in the first paragraph. The National Society is composed of delegates from the State societies. These exist in the thirteen original States and in twenty-one other States and the District of Columbia, and are all incorporated. The aggregate membership is over 5,000. The President of the New York State Society is Mrs. Anson P. Atterbury. It is the sole custodian of the Colonial Museum in New York. Under the constitution of the National Society it is prescribed that the members shall be women "who are descended in their own right from some ancestor of worthy life who came to reside in an American Colony prior to 1750, which ancestor, or some one of his descendants, being a lineal ascendant of the applicant, shall have rendered efficient service to his country during the Colonial period, either in the founding of a commonwealth or of an institution which has survived and developed into importance, or who shall have held an important position in the Colonial Government, and who, by distinguished services, shall have contributed to the founding of this great and powerful nation." Services rendered after 1776 do not entitle to membership, but are accepted for supplemental applications. There is no admission except through Colonial ancestry. |