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Decorations of the
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

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American Orders y Societies
AND THEIR DECORATIONS

The Objects of the Military and
Naval Orders, Commemorative
and Patriotic Societies of the
United States and the Require
ments for Membership therein

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLORED RELIEF

Compiled by
JENNINGS HOOD. Manager, Department of Insignia
CHARLES J. YOUNG. Manager. Department of Heraldry

PUBLISHED BY
Bailey, banks & Biddle company
jewelers, silversmiths, makers of insignia, heraldic stationers
Philadelphia

COPYRIGHT. 1917,
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THE ORIGIN AND PROPER OCCASIONS FOR WEARING
INSIGNIA OF THE VARIOUS MILITARY AND NAVAL
ORDERS, ALSO PATRIOTIC AND HISTORIC-
COMMEMORATIVE SOCIETIES
The wearing of the insignia on the left breast only, prob
ably evolved from the fact that it was the shield side of the
Crusaders, and furthermore, because it was near the loyal heart
that the knight placed his badge of honor and fealty to his king.
Where membership is held in more than one order or
society, the member should choose the insignia appropriate to
the occasion, and if an officer wear around his neck only the
emblem of that society which he especially wishes to represent,
provided such method of wearing the insignia is sanctioned by
the regulations of that society. It is the better custom not to
wear at the same time all the insignia a member may possess, but
rather to wear those which relate to the occasion. A Colonial
Society insignia might be worn at a banquet of the Society of the
Revolution to show that one's ancestor had been in the earjier
struggle that led to the development of the Colonies, or vice
versa. A companion might wear the Naval Order beside the
Loyal Legion insignia to emphasize the fact that it was on the
sea the service was rendered to his country.
At semi-full-dress affairs or military and naval receptions,
the miniature insignia (only issued to those having the larger or
official ones) may be worn effectively. They may be pendant
from a bar pin, or, when ribbons are removed, may be attached
to a gold chain, etc. ; one end secured in the buttonhole of lapel
and the other end by a stick-pin. Miniature decorations, under
no circumstances, should be worn in daily costume, except, per
haps, at a military reception.
Rosettes worn in lieu of decorations are only worn in the
left lapel of the coat, one at a time, and never in an overcoat.
Insignia are issued to members only, upon authorization sent to
the makers, when signed by the chancellor or secretary of the
particular organization, and must be numbered, the secretary
keeping record of the same. If a member is expelled or resigns,
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his insignia is expected to be returned; otherwise, it remains an
heirloom in his family. Each insignia has its historic and her
aldic significance, and in design symbolizes the historic-com
memorative or war period it seeks to perpetuate. The ribbons
of these orders and societies, by their combination of color, are
also emblematic. Regulations as to the wearing of insignia of the various
military and naval orders are prescribed in the constitutions and
by-laws. These differ in a few details ; the following cover the
regulations in all important points:
The insignia should always be worn at the regular meetings
of the organization and on any detached or representative duty.
It should never be worn at other times except on "occasions
of ceremony," including special commemorations of a national
character. Such occasions of ceremony should be determined by the
custom of the Military or Naval Services of the United States,
respectively, or, when no such custom exists, by Continental
usage.

General Orders No. 48. War Department,
War Department,
Washington, July 22, 191 3.
I. General Orders, No. 97, War Department, May 1 2, 1 909,
as amended by Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 220, War De
partment, November 1 , 1 909, and by Paragraph II, General
Orders, No. 39, War Department, May 27, 1913, is rescinded
and the following substituted therefor:
The following instructions are published relative to the
wearing of medals and badges by officers and enlisted men of
the Army to whom such medals or badges have been awarded :
1 . The Medal of Honor will be worn on occasions of cere^
mony whenever the full-dress uniform, the special evening
dress, or the mess jacket is worn. With the full-dress uniform
the medal will be worn pendent from the neck, the ribbon pass
ing between the upper and lower hooks of the coat collar, so that
the medal proper shall hang about one inch below the opening
of the collar. With the special evening dress or mess jacket
the medal will be worn pendent from the neck, the ribbon pass
ing around the neck under the collar, so that the medal proper
shall hang about one inch below the tie.
2. Other medals and badges awarded by the Government
will be worn on the left breast of the coat in the following order
of precedence, beginning at the right:
a. Certificate of Merit Badge (issued by the War Depart
ment). b. Medal commemorating the Battle of Manila Bay
(issued by the Navy Department) .
c. Medal commemorating the naval engagements in the
West Indies (issued by the Navy Department) .
d. Special meritorious medal for service during the War
with Spain, other than in battle (issued by the Navy Depart
ment) . 5

e. Philippines Congressional medal (issued by the War
Department) .
f. Campaign badges, in the order of the dates of the cam
paigns (issued by War and Navy Departments).
g. Gold life-saving medal (issued by the Treasury De
partment) .
h. Silver life-saving medal (issued by the Treasury De
partment) .
i. Army of Cuban Pacification badge (issued by War and
Navy Departments) .
j. Good conduct medal (issued by the Navy Depart
ment) .
k. Aviator's badge (issued by the War Department) .
1. Various distinctive marks awarded for excellence in
small-arms practice (issued by War and Navy Departments) .
m. Medals or badges awarded for service performed
while in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps, or other branch of
the Government, if not included among those specified above.
3. Officers and enlisted men of the Army are authorized
to wear with the uniform any medals or badges awarded to them
by the Government during previous service in any other branch
of the Government.
4. On all occasions of ceremony where full-dress uniform
is prescribed, the medals and badges named in paragraph 1 and
in sections a, b, c, d, e, f , g, h, i and j of paragraph 2 of this order
will be worn, except as provided in paragraph 6. Officers, in
cluding majors, and enlisted men of the Philippine Scouts, will
wear the medals and badges specified in this paragraph with the
olive drab cotton service uniform on occasions of ceremony.
5. Aviators' badges, the various distinctive marks
awarded for excellence in small-arms practice, and the medals
and badges referred to in section n, paragraph 2, and in para
graph 3 of this order, may be worn on all occasions, except on
active duty in the field in time of war, or during maneuvers.
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6. Badges of military societies may be worn on all occa
sions of ceremony in the following order from right to left, but
officers and enlisted men on the active list of the Army will not
wear these badges with the badges and medals named in para
graphs 1 and 2 :
a. Badges of military societies commemorative of the
wars of the United States, including the Philippine Insurrection
and the China Relief Expedition, in the order of the dates of
such wars.
b. Badges of the Regular Army and Navy Union of the
United States and of the Army and Navy Union of the United
States. c. Corps and division badges of the Civil War and the
War with Spain.
d. Badge of the Enlisted Men's Abstinence League.
II. A rosette will be issued by the Chief of the Quarter
master Corps to each person to whom a Philippines Congres
sional medal, certificate of merit badge, campaign badge, or
Army of Cuban Pacification badge has been or may be awarded,
the rosette to be for optional wear with civilian clothing, in lieu
of the medal or badge to which it pertains, and to be made of
ribbons of the same colors as those that pertain to such medal
or badge.

ANCIENT HERALDIC AND CHIVALRIC
ORDER OF ALBION
Instituted 1643. Reorganized 1883
History and Traditions of the Knights of Albion
This Order was instituted originally in 1 643 in America, by
Sir Edmund Plowden, an English Nobleman of distinguished
ancestry, for the conversion of the 23 Indian tribes comprised
within the grant of New Albion. Sir Edmund Plowden was by
grant of Charles I, created "Lord Earl Palatine of New Albion,"
which comprised portions of what are now New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Delaware and Virginia. Much of the history of the
Order and its members, together with a design representing its
seal, insignia and ribbon, is to be found among the historical
MSS. of the State of Delaware. After the settlement of the
Swedes and Dutch and formation of the Colonies and conse
quent change of government, the Order became officially in
active. Tradition, however, states that the descendants of the
original members kept up the organization of the Order as a
private secret society of gentlemen long after the Revolution.
Members were admitted to the Society from time to time who
were not descendants of original members. After the great
conflict the members who remained in the Society formed part
of that brilliant entourage of Hamilton and with the other con
servative elements, such as the Cincinnati, contributed some
what to the stability of the government.
It lingered for many years in a more or less moribund con
dition until 1 883, when it was merged as a high degree of
Knighthood into what was known as the Patriotic Order of the
Fathers and Founders of the Republic, composed of certain
gentlemen of distinguished ancestry in Pennsylvania and New
York. After lingering for a number of years as the highest cir
cle of this most exclusive Society, the latter was reorganized
into the present form of the Order.
Unfortunately because of the former secrecy observed by
all members of the Order, it is most difficult to obtain data about
the Society after the Revolution. The custom also of signing by
letters or by emblems makes it impossible to verify many things
in this venerable Order.
Tradition also states that among the Captains (Captains-
General) were Alexander Hamilton, John Ross and Major Pop-
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ham. How these could have been Presidents of the Society at
a time when the members most probably did not meet, history
does not state. As reorganized, while no changes whatever
have been made in the insignia, seal and certain historical fea
tures, its membership regulations have been so amended as to
bring it within the scope of modern institutions and the require
ments of a Republican and patriotic government, while adhering
to that original plan adopted by the founders of the first Ances
tral and Hereditary Order instituted in America.
Objects
I. To bring together lineal descendants of the original
members of the Order and Signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence and for the purpose of teaching reverent regard for
their names and history, character and perseverance, deeds and
heroism, and that of their descendants.
II. To discover, collect and preserve, records, documents,
manuscripts, monuments and history relating to the original
Albion Knights and the Signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, their ancestors and descendants, and to encourage
and improve the study of Heraldry in America and knowledge
of the history of the Indians.
III. To commemorate and celebrate events connected
with the early history of the Order and the Document of Amer
ican Freedom. Membership
Membership in the Order is derived upon invitation only,
extended by unanimous vote of the Grand Council to lineal de
scendants (of the male sex above the age of 2 1 ) of
I. Sir Edmund Plowden or an original member of the
Order. II. Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Honorary Membership
Such membership may be conferred by unanimous vote of
the Grand Council upon persons who have rendered unusual
services to the cause of science, literature, history or art, in pub
lic or official life, or in recognition of special services rendered to
Country, or upon the male descendants of an historic family.
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ARMY AND NAVY MEDAL OF HONOR LEGION
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Objects
Its principles are patriotic allegiance to the United States
of America, fidelity to its Constitution and Laws, the security of
civil liberty and the preservation of free institutions ; to cherish
the memories of the valiant deeds in arms for which the Medal
of Honor is the insignia; to promote true fellowship among its
companions; to advance the best interests of the soldiers and
sailors of the United States of America; to extend all possible
relief to its needy companions, their widows and children and
to stimulate patriotism in the minds of our youth by encourag
ing the study of the patriotic, military and naval history of our
nation. Membership
The membership of the Legion shall consist of two classes,
viz. : 1 . Original Companions of the First Class. All persons
of good moral character who are, have been or may become
soldiers, sailors or marines of the Regular or Volunteer Army,
Navy or Marine Corps of the United States of America of what
ever rank, who have received or who may hereafter receive a
Congress Medal of Honor for distinguished gallantry in battle
or for heroism of a specially distinguished character shall be
eligible to membership in the Legion.
2. Companions of the Second Class. A son or a daugh
ter, or next of kin by consanguinity or by legal adoption of a
Companion of the First Class, who may be nominated by such
Companion of the First Class as his successor and holder of his
Medal of Honor. The wife or widow and all children of a First
Class member shall be eligible to Second Class membership in
the Legion.

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ARMY AND NAVY UNION OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Incorporated March 31,1 888
Objects
To assist in caring for its sick and burying its dead.
Extend a helping hand, pecuniary or otherwise, as may be
necessary. To render such aid as possible to the family or dependents
of a deceased comrade or shipmate.
To unite in benevolent and social fellowship those who
have served honorably in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of
the United States.
To encourage and aid legislation from Congress and State
Legislative bodies beneficial to the welfare of our comrades and
the enlisted man of the service.
To defend and elevate the social and material standing of
the enlisted men of the United States Army, Navy and Marine
Corps and to work for the enactment of laws by State Legis
latures, protecting the wearers of the country's uniform against
discrimination by theatres or other public places of amuse
ments, and preventing unauthorized people to disgrace the uni
form by wearing it in said state.
To perpetuate patriotism and reverence for the Flag, work
ing in a harmonious unit to ever bear to the foremost rank of
citizenship the same record of self-sacrifice, unselfishness and
the love for humanity and devotion to duty that each member
displayed by heroic deeds in the face of the enemies of his
country. To stand for a full measure on the part of all our citizen
ship and for a like full appreciation on the part of our nation,
for all patriotic service and sacrifice, and ultimately to make
Fraternity a national anthem, Charity a national virtue, and
Loyalty a national hymn. Membership
The membership of the Army and Navy Union is not
limited to any particular war or service, but welcomes all who
have served honorably, or are now serving, under that dear old
Flag. The organization is governed by the National Corps,
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composed of the regularly elected officers at the National En
campment held every two years. Local branches in various
localities are called Garrisons, which can be organized by any
comrade who is eligible to membership. Application fee is not
less than $1 .00; quarterly dues, 75c, or $3.00 per year. For the
convenience of comrades desirous of joining the Army and
Navy Union, but who do not live near an established Garrison,
there is a Department of Members at Large, governed by the
National Corps. The local Garrisons and state departments,
composed of Garrisons in any one state, being governed by the
department officers or Garrison officers, who are regularly
elected every year. Such departments and garrisons being un
der the supervision of the National Corps to whom they make
regular reports. Members at Large
It makes no difference in what part of the country, insular
possessions, or the world you may be residing or stationed, or
in what company, organization or naval vessel you may be
serving, you can join the Army and Navy Union now as a
member at large, and later on can affiliate with a local Garrison
when one is formed near you, or should you move to a locality
where there is a Garrison.
This department was created for the convenience of offi
cers and enlisted men in active service who are continually
moving from place to place, and for comrades and shipmates
who reside in remote sections of the country and insular pos
sessions where no local Garrison is organized. The application
fee for membership as a member at large is $2.50, which pays
for badge, lapel button, certificate of membership, copy of con
stitution and general laws, and six months dues in advance, the
annual dues as a member at large being $1.00. All applica
tions for membership at large must be made to National Head
quarters. Address the attached application to the Adjutant
General of the Army and Navy Union, advising him of your
wishes, and he in turn will forward you an official application
blank and an obligation form. These you properly fill out
and re-mail to National Headquarters with the fee of $2.50.
Should, for any reason, your application not be accepted, the
fee will be returned to you.

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ARYAN ORDER OF ST. GEORGE OF THE EMPIRE
IN AMERICA
Instituted March 1 1 th, 1 892
Objects
II. The purpose of this Society is to promote social vir
tues, to reprobate fashionable vices and follies, to preserve
genealogical records of the families of members and the ac
counts of their historic greatness as means to further the end by
enlivening a feeling of family worth and honor with present
memorials. Membership
V. Companionship to be conferred must be approved by
the Supreme Council, requirements being honorable character,
illustrious and honorable family, colonial or noble, of the Aryan
race. X. The children (male) of the members are to succeed
them in membership, according to the prerogative of members
of a body corporate to choose their successors.
XII. All descendants, male, of the first ancestor entitled
to membership in the Order, who bear the family name, are
eligible as members, and constitute but one family. That mem
ber of a family who represents the eldest line male ranks as
Cacique or Chief of the family in the Order.
XIII. All members receive letters patent from the Order,
the Caciques, in addition, transmit to their heirs the titles
and decorations of the Order — the imperial two-headed eagle,
argent, on whose breast is the red cross of St. George, which is
the insignia or coat-of-arms of the Order.
XIV. Families in the Order are distinguished by em
blazoning their coat-of-arms on the two-headed eagle, while the
Caciques, bear, in addition, an ancient ducal coronet between
the eagle's heads. The pedigrees of all members are to be
lodged with the Grand Recorder, giving recorded ancestral titles
and arms with historic evidence.
XV. That membership in the Order must be restricted to
those descended from the following:
1 . Those ennobled, knighted, or decorated by royalty for
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2. Officers, civil or military, acting under Royal commis
sion (or their male descendants), settled in America from the
earliest to latest date. (This includes the whole body of the
American colonial magistracy and officers.)
3. Families of honorable mention entitled to coat-of-arms.

ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY SURGEONS OF
THE UNITED STATES
Object
The object of the Association shall be to increase the
efficiency of the Medical Services of the Army the Navy, the
Public Health Service, and of the Organized Militia of the dif
ferent States by mutual association and the consideration of
matters pertaining to the medico-military service of the United
States, both in peace and in war.

AZTEC CLUB OF 1847
Founded October 13th, 1847
Objects
This Association, formed and founded in the City of
Mexico, in the year 1 847, by officers of the United States Army,
shall be continued in perpetuity as the "Aztec Club of 1847"
with a view to cherish the memories and keep alive the tradi
tions that cluster about the names of those officers who took
part in the Mexican War of 1 846, '47 and '48.
Membership
The classes of membership shall be three: — Primary, Rep
resentative and Associate.
The basis of Primary Membership being personal service
as an officer of the Army, Navy or Marine Corps in some part
of Mexico during the war with that country in 1 846, '47 and
'48, the Roll of Members to be "continued in perpetuity" under
this constitution shall consist:
First, Of those officers who inaugurated the Aztec Club in
the City of Mexico on the 1 3th of October, 1 847, numbering
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1 60 members, and the two honorary members named in Articles
I and IV of the Constitution published in March, 1 848 ; and
Second. Of those officers who by resolution of 1 87 1 be
came eligible to membership since that date, having served in
some part of Mexico during the war with that country, and who
have been and may hereafter be duly elected members. The
names of members admitted on personal application will be
enrolled as Primary Members in a list (Number One) to be
arranged permanently, in numerical series, in the order of date
of admittance — not to be altered except by future additions or
by dismissals for cause.
Third. To extend to the memory of comrades killed in
battle in Mexico or who died of wounds received in Mexico prior
to the formation of our club, all the honorable distinction per
taining to membership in the club, it was resolved in 1 883 that
upon application by the eldest son or nearest male lineal de
scendant of the officer so killed such son or nearest male lineal
descendant may be eligible to membership as representing his
dead relative. When such representative has been duly elected
and qualified, the name of the dead officer and the battle where
he was killed shall be entered on List Number One, in a separate
group with his representative in the order of election.
Fourth. As provided in 1887, the son or nearest male
blood relative of any deceased officer who never himself applied
for membership (though eligible thereto because of personal
service in Mexico during the war) may make written applica
tion for admission as the representative of his father or blood
relative upon nomination by two members to whom he is
known. If elected and qualified, the name of such dead officer
shall also be enrolled on List Number One, in the same numeri
cal series, in a separate group, and in the order of the date of
admittance of the lineal descendant.
Future Active Membership
Fifth. To provide for the continuance of the Club in
conformity with the resolution of September, 1 874, each Prim
ary Member admitted upon personal application may nominate
as his successor his son or a male blood relative, who during the
life of the Primary shall be known as an Associate Member,
and entitled to all the privileges of the Club except that of vot
ing, and upon the death of the Primary shall be entitled as his
representative to full membership. Should a Primary die with-
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Ancient Heraldic and
Chivalric Order
of Albion

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out having named his successor, his son first or nearest blood
relative next may, on written application, be nominated as his
representative by two members to whom he is known ; but no
one proposed for an Associate Member or as the representative
of a deceased member shall be voted for until the Committee
on Admission shall report him eligible and qualified to join the
Club. A Representative Member may nominate as his successor
his son or a male blood relative of the Primary Member, whose
status shall be that of an Associate Member, as heretofore
stated. If application as the successor of a Primary or Represent
ative Member be made within five years from the date of the
death of the Primary or Representative Member, the status of
the elected applicant shall be that of Associate Member, in that
his initiation fee shall be that of an Associate Member. Such
elected applicant shall immediately succeed to full membership
as a Successor upon election, and shall be recorded as a Repre
sentative Member.
If minors are proposed for membership, their names will
be retained for future action until they attain majority.
When the Primary or Representative Member has failed
to nominate his successor, then the prospective Representative
Member shall be the nearest in blood, male relative of the de
ceased Primary Member, if there be one qualified to become an
acceptable representative of said Primary.
To prevent delay in the admission of candidates to mem
bership in the Club, the Committee on Admissions shall meet
four times each year, viz., first Tuesday of January, first Tues
day of April, first Tuesday of June, and first Tuesday of Octo
ber, and all candidates for admission to the Aztec Club of 1 847
who pass the ordeal of that body will be at once reported to the
Secretary, who will notify the candidate that he is admitted to
membership without further action, provided he duly qualifies
for the same.
The Club may act at the regular annual meeting upon any
case that may, from any cause, be referred to it.
Should the election of a member take place at the annual
meeting of the Club, at least thirteen affirmative votes (in per
son or by letter) shall be required to admit the applicant, while
two negative votes will reject him.
The names of candidates for election shall be presented by
members only upon the express request of said candidates.
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COLONIAL ORDER OF THE ACORN
Instituted January 30th, 1 894, Incorporated February 3d, 1 894
Objects
To cherish and perpetuate American traditions and asso
ciations, and to promote patriotism and loyalty to our National
Institutions. Membership
It is a pre-requisite to admission that a candidate shall be
a descendant, in the male line, of a forefather resident prior to
July 4th, 1776, in one of the North American Colonies, that
afterwards became the thirteen original States, and shall be
nominated for membership and seconded by members of the
Order.

COLONIAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Objects
The object of the Society shall be to celebrate anniversaries
of events connected with the settlement of Pennsylvania, which
occurred prior to 1 700 ; to collect, preserve, and publish records,
documents, printed or in manuscript, relating to the early his
tory of that colony, and to perpetuate the memory of our
colonial ancestors. Membership
Note — Any male person of good character over twenty-
one years of age who is lineally descended from a male or
female actually settled prior to the year 1 700 in any colony of
America (now the United States), shall be eligible to member
ship. But whenever and as long as there shall be three hun
dred members, no one shall be elected. In all elections to
membership, the candidates who are descendants of members
shall have precedence.

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DAMES OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE
UNITED STATES
Instituted May 11, 1899
Object
The object of this Order shall be to foster the spirit of
Patriotism, and to cherish the memory of those men and women
whose distinguished services during the Civil War so largely
aided in preserving the integrity of the government of the
United States of America. Membership
Section 1 . The members of this Order shall be composed
of the wives, mothers, daughters and widows of the companions
of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States,
the daughters of the descendants of said companions, who have
attained the age of eighteen years, the widows of officers who
were not members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion,
but who were eligible as such, the daughters of such deceased
officers, and the daughters of the descendants of said officers in
lineal descent from the deceased eligible officer.

DAUGHTERS OF THE CINCINNATI
Objects
To renew and foster among its members the friendships
formed and cemented amid the trying ordeals of the War of
the Revolution, in the Camp, and on the Battlefield, by their
ancestors, who by wise leadership and sturdy bravery, achieved
the independence of the American Colonies, and established
the Government of the United States.
To advance and encourage investigation and study of the
history of the Revolution, its causes and results, and to instil
in the minds of the rising generations a knowledge of, and rev
erence for, the intelligent wisdom which planned, and the un
conquerable spirit and patient unswerving determination which
successfully carried on, the struggle for liberty against over
whelming force and Old World prejudice.
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To cherish the memory and record the deeds of the noble
women who, with heroic self-abnegation, untiring and unflinch
ing devotion, influenced, encouraged and assisted the Patriot
Cause. To commemorate by celebrations and tablets the achieve
ments of our ancestors in the Revolution, and to gather and
carefully preserve documents and relics relating to the Revolu
tionary period.
To found scholarships for daughters of offiecrs in the reg
ular army or navy of the United States, preferably of Cincin
nati ancestry, with a view to self-support.
Qualifications for Membership
1st. Descent from a member of the Society of the Cin
cinnati, admitted in his own right as an orignal member, in
pursuance of the Institution of the Society, as adopted May 1 3,
1783, at Major-General Baron de Steuben's headquarters at
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, or from an officer of the Revolution
who died in the service, and whose offspring were eligible to
original membership under such Institution, or from an ances
tor who died prior to the formation of the Society and who gave
full Revolutionary service.
2d. An invitation from the Society issued by vote of the
Board of Managers, upon the application of three members of
the Society, to whom the applicant must be favorably and well
known. 3d. The applicant must be over the age of eighteen years,
and of good moral character.

DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION
Objects
The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the patri
otic spirit of the men and women who achieved American Inde
pendence; to commemorate prominent events connected with
the War of the Revolution; to collect, publish and preserve the
rolls, records and historic documents relating to that period; to
encourage the study of the country's history ; to promote senti
ments of friendship and common interest among the members
of the Society, and to provide a home for and furnish assistance
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Veterans
Naval Ofder of the of Foreign Warg of the
United States United State8

The Military Order
of the Loyal Legion
of the United States

The Naval and Military
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to such Daughters of the Revolution as may be impoverished,
when it is in its power to do so.
Membership
Section 1 . Qualifications. Any woman shall be eligible
to membership in the Daughters of the Revolution who is above
the age of 1 8 years, of good character, and a lineal descendant
of an ancestor who
(1) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a
member of the Continental Congress, or a member of the Con
gress, Legislature or General Court of any of the Colonies or
States; or (2) rendered civil, military or naval service under the
authority of any of the Thirteen Colonies or of the Continental
Congress; or (3) by service rendered during the War of the
Revolution became liable to the penalty of treason against the
government of Great Britain; provided that such ancestor al
ways remained loyal to the cause of American Independence.

DESCENDANTS OF THE PIONEERS OF AMERICA—
1 7TH CENTURY
Organized 1893
Objects
To collect information respecting the history of the fam
ilies of the first settlers in this country, and to preserve their
genealogies. Membership
Eligibility to membership is derived only through the direct
male line, and from one who settled in any part of America
prior to the year 1 700. This shall include all nationalities.
Members must be at least twenty-one years of age, of
good repute and standing in society.
The application for membership must be in writing, and
set forth in detail the direct lineage from the original ancestor
who emigrated to this country, with the date and place of set
tlement and from what country he came.
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DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Object
The object of the Society shall be to inspire and cultivate
a spirit of unselfish patriotism by perpetuating the memory of
the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, who in the
birth-throes of the Republic mutually pledged their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor in the cause of liberty.
Membership
All persons over twenty-one years of age who are lineally
descended from one of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of
Independence are eligible to membership in the Society. They
shall pay an enrollment fee and annual dues and comply with all
other conditions of the Constitution and By-Laws.
Children eligible by descent may be enrolled as Junior
members upon application of an adult member of the Society
and payment of enrollment fee. Upon attaining their majority,
Junior members may become full members upon application to
and approval of the Board of Governors and payment of annual
dues for the current year.

GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812
Organized September 14, 1814
Reorganized January 5, 1854
Objects
Whereas, In the Providence of God, victory having
crowned the forces of the United States of America in uphold
ing the principles of the Nation against Great Britain in the
conflict known as the War of 1812; we, the survivors and
descendants of those who participated in that contest, have
joined together to perpetuate its memories and victories; to col
lect and secure for preservation, rolls, records, books and other
documents relating to that period; to encourage research and
publication of historical data, including memorials of patriots
of that era in our National history ; to care for and, when neces
sary, assist in burying actual veterans of that struggle; to
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cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American free
dom, and foster true patriotism and love of country.
Membership
Any male person above the age of twenty-one (21 ) 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, offering proof
thereof satisfactory to the State Society to which he may make
application for membership, and who is of good moral char
acter and reputation, may become a member of this Society
when approved of by said State Society, under such regulations
as it may make for passing upon applications for membership.
In case of the failure of lineal descendants of an actual par
ticipant in the War on behalf of the United States, one collateral
descendant, who is deemed worthy, may be admitted to repre
sent the said participant.
Provided, always, That such representation shall be limited
to the descendant of either a brother or sister of the participant
in the War, in right of whose services application for member
ship is made.
Every application for membership shall be made in writ
ing, upon such form as may be set forth by this Society for that
purpose, which application shall be made in duplicate, and one
copy thereof filed in the archives of the General Society.
A member in good standing may file one or more supple
mental applications, based upon the services in the War of 1812
of either his direct ancestor or of one collateral, who failed to
leave lineal descendants, which supplemental application shall
be balloted upon in the same manner and with the same effect
as upon original applications.
No State Society shall elect to membership persons resi
dent within the territory of another State Society, except upon
the written consent given in advance by the Board of Directors
of the latter Society. But members changing residence from
one State to another, or coming within the jurisdiction of a new
State Society, may, at their option, retain membership in the
State Society in which they were originally admitted or to which
they may have been transferred.
A member of any State Society may be admitted to
membership by action of the Board of Directors of another State
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Society within the bounds of which he is resident, upon satisfac
tory proof of his membership and good standing in the Society
from which he comes and subject to the rules and regulations
of the Society he enters; and thereupon his membership in the
first Society shall terminate.
An initiation fee shall not be twice required.

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
Organized March, 1 866. First Post April 6th, 1 866
Objects
1 . To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal
feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors and marines
who united to suppress the late Rebellion, and to perpetuate the
memory and history of the dead.
2. To assist such former comrades in arms as need help
and protection, and to extend needful aid to the widows and
orphans of those who have fallen.
3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of
America, based upon a paramount respect for, and fidelity to,
its Constitution and Laws; to discountenance whatever tends
to weaken loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason, or rebellion,
or in any manner impairs the efficiency and permanency of our
free institutions; and to encourage the spread of universal lib
erty, equal rights, and justice to all men.
Membership
Soldiers and sailors of the United States Army, Navy, or
Marine Corps, who served between April 1 2th, 1 861 , and April
9th, 1865, in the war for the suppression of the Rebellion, and
those having been honorably discharged therefrom after such
service, and of such State regiments as were called into active
service and subject to the orders of U. S. General Officers, be
tween the dates mentioned, shall be eligible to membership in
the Grand Army of the Republic. No person shall be eligible
to membership who has at any time borne arms against the
United States. 24

IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE DRAGON
Commemorating the China Relief Expedition of 1 900
Membership
Every soldier, sailor or marine at present in the service,
or honorably discharged, or retired from the service of the
United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps, who is entitled
to the Chinese Campaign Medal, may become life members
upon the payment of $3.00.
This fee includes the official insignia and life member
ship card, and no other dues or assessments are to be made.

IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE YELLOW ROSE
History
Prior to 1805 an order of chivarly was formed in
America, known as the Imperial Military Order of the Yellow
Rose, and on the scroll of the Order the following names are
stated to have been found: "Viscount de Fronsac, John Mil-
lidge, Augusta, Ga., late Governor; John Irvine Bulloch, Judge
Archibald Stobo Bulloch, of Savannah, Ga. ; Noble Wymberley
Jones, M. D. ; John Glen, Chief Justice of Georgia; Major
John Habersham, W. Harden and J. Maxwell, all of Georgia,
and James De Veaux and John Rutledge, of South Carolina."
This Order was revised May 11, 1 908, in Washington
City, D. C, by Dr. Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch, grandson of
John Irvine Bulloch, and great-grandson of Judge John Glen
and also descended from Dr. Noble Wymberley Jones, the title
of Military being left off, and the proviso added that "none but
those of Royal descent shall hereafter be admitted into mem
bership in the Order." After several meetings and consulta
tions a constitution was adopted and application for a charter
was made which was granted under the laws of the United
States in the District of Columbia on the 1 5th of June, 1 908.
Object
To keep an authentic record of the ancestry of its mem
bers, to further historical research and genealogical purposes.
Membership
All those, male and female, of Royal lineage of Aryan
race in any part of the world. 25

MILITARY ORDER OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE
UNITED STATES
Objects
Whereas, Pursuant to the original Institution of the Order,
the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States —
National Commandery has, by the officers of the said several
State Commanderies in meeting duly assembled, been instituted
to honor and perpetuate the names of brave and loyal men ; to
keep in mind the memory of their martial deeds and the vic
tories which they helped to gain; to strengthen the ties of fel
lowship among the Companions of the Order ; to foster the cul
tivation of Military and Naval Science ; and to aid in maintain
ing National Honor, Union and Independence;
Companionship
Section 1. Any male person, above the age of twenty-
one years, a citizen of the United States, of good moral char
acter and reputation, shall be eligible to Companionship in this
Order upon further qualifying as hereinafter provided. When
duly admitted such persons shall be known as "Companions."
These shall be either "Veteran Companions," "Hereditary Com
panions" or "Honorary Companions."
Section 2. Veteran Companions — These shall be per
sons who performed active Military or Naval duty in any of the
wars designated in Section IV of this Article, as commissioned
officers therein, of the Regular or Volunteer Army and Navy
or Militia, the Navy or Marine Corps, and who received their
commissions by direct act of either Federal or State authority,
Provided, That when the claim of eligibility is based upon
the service of was honorably discharged therefrom, and
Provided, That where the commission was received from
one of the States, it must be satisfactorily shown, that the
Officer was actually called into service by State or National
Authority for the purpose of the designated War.
Section 3. Hereditary Companions — These shall be the
direct male lineal descendants, in the male line, of any Veteran
Companion; or of a commissioned officer, as the Propositus,
who performed active military or naval duty, as a commissioned
officer, in any of said wars, and who received his commission
by direct act of one of the thirteen original Colonies, or of Ver
mont, or of the Continental Congress, or of one of the States,
or of the United States. 26

Provided, That such Propositus remained always loyal to
his cause and was either killed or died in service or was hon-4
orably discharged therefrom ; and
Provided, That when the claim to eligibility is based upon
the service of an ancestor in the "Militia" it must be satisfac
torily shown that such ancestor was actually called into the
service of one of said thirteen original Colonies, or of Vermont,
or of the Continental Congress, or of one of the States, or of the
United States, and performed military duty; and
Provided, That when the claim to eligibility is based upon
the service of an ancestor as a "Naval" or "Marine" officer, it
must be satisfactorily shown that such service was regularly
performed in the Continental Navy or in the Navy of one of
the thirteen original Colonies, or of Vermont, or of one of the
States, or of the United States or an armed vessel, other than a
merchant ship, which sailed under letters of marque and
reprisal, and that such ancestor was duly enrolled in the ship's
company as a commissioned officer.
Section 4. Such service must be satisfactorily shown to
have been performed in one of the following wars:
The War of the Revolution, between the 19th day of
April, 1775, and the 19th day of April, 1783;
The War with Tripoli, between the 10th day of June,
1801 , and the 4th day of June, 1805;
The War of 1812, between the 18th day of June, 1812,
and the 1 8th day of February, 1815;
The Mexican War, between the 9th day of May, 1846,
and the 4th day of July, 1 848 ;
The War with Spain, between the 21 st day of April, 1 898,
and the 1 1 th day of April, 1 899, and
The China Relief Expedition, between the 20th day of
June, 1900, and the 12th day of May, 1901.
That all men who served as commissioned officers in all
future wars with Foreign Powers, which are recognized or pro
nounced to be wars by the United States Government, shall be
eligible to this Order.
Section 5. No applicant shall be admitted to Companion
ship in this Order who is not judged to be worthy of becoming
a Companion and supporter thereof.
Section 6. Honorary Companionship — The President of
the United States ; ex-Presidents of the United States ; General
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Officers of the Army of the United States, not below the rank
of Major-General; Flag Officers of the Navy of the United
States, not below the rank of Rear- Admiral ; shall alone be
eligible to Honorary Companionship in this Order, and when
admitted shall be known as "Honorary Companions."

MILITARY ORDER OF MORO CAMPAIGNS
Objects
The aim of the Military Order of Moro Campaigns is to
record a complete history of the service of each organization in
Mindanao and the J olo, Archipelago since the American occu
pation, May 18, 1899, including therein the history of each
individual, so far as is practicable. Membership
Any person who took part in the expeditions against the
Moros between July 15, 1903, and December 31st, 1904.

MILITARY ORDER OF CARABAO
Objects
Whereas, In the Providence of God, the forces of the Unit
ed States of America having been drawn to the Philippine
Islands in the conflict known as "The Spanish- American War
of 1898," and the subsequent insurrection against the United
States in the Philippine Islands, we, the survivors and descend
ants of those who participated in that contest, have joined to
gether to foster a high standard of military and social duty ; to
perpetuate the memory of military services in the Philippines;
to strengthen the ties of fellowship; to collect and secure for
preservation rolls, records, relics, books and other documents
relating to that period; to encourage research and publication
of historical data, and to cherish, maintain and extend the in
stitutions of American freedom. Membership
Section 1 . Any person who shall have honorably served
in the Philippine Islands between May 1 , 1 898, and July 4,
1902, both dates inclusive, as a commissioned officer of the
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The Veteran Corps
of Artillery of the
State of New York
General Society of the
War of 1812 National Society of
Patriotic Women
of America

The Order of the
Founders and Patriots
of America

PLATE IV

United States Regular or Volunteer Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
Philippine Scouts, or as a Naval Cadet or Midshipman, or as
Acting Assistant Surgeon, Contract Surgeon, Contract Dental
Surgeon, or any person who so served as an enlisted man in
the United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps and subse
quently received a commission for appointment in any of the
above-named classes, shall be eligible for election as a Veteran
Carabao ; and any accredited war correspondent who served in
the Philippine Islands between May 1 , 1 898, and July 4, 1 902,
both dates inclusive, shall be eligible to election as an Associate
Carabao, with all the privileges of Carabaos, except those of
voting and holding office.
Section 2. Honorary membership in the Order may be
conferred by the Main Corral upon the President of the United
States and upon the Governor-Generals of the Philippines or
upon those who have held that office.
Section 3. The oldest lineal male descendant over 21
years of age of a Veteran Carabao or person eligible to become
one shall be eligible to join the Order as a Tenero during his
ancestor's life, and at his death the Tenero shall become a
Hereditary Carabao.

MILITARY ORDER OF THE DRAGON
Objects
The purpose of the Order shall be to record the history and
conserve the memory of the military campaign in China in the
year 1900. Membership
The membership of the Order shall consist of four classes :
Active Members. All regular and volunteer commis
sioned officers of the United States Army, Navy and Marine
Corps, Acting Assistant Surgeons and authorized Volunteer
Staff Officers, who served as such, or as an enlisted man, in
North China or in the Gulf of Pechili in connection with or as
a part of any military operation and under the orders of the
respective Army and Navy Commanders thereof between June
1 5 th and December 31st, 1900, and all members of the Diplo
matic and Consular services of the United States in Tientsin and
Peking during said period shall be eligible as active members.
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Hereditary Members. The nearest male descendant, 21
years of age or over, of active members, may become hereditary
members upon election by the Executive Committee and the
payment of the fees and dues hereinafter provided. Hereditary
members shall not be entitled to vote or hold office. Upon the
death of the active member from whom the hereditary member
derives eligibility, such hereditary member shall become an
active member by hereditary, and shall be transferred to the
active list, with all its rights and privileges.
Honorary Members. All members of the foreign diplo
matic corps present on duty in Peking at any time during the
period from June 1 5th to December 31 st, 1 900, all military and
naval commissioned officers of other services than that of the
United States present in North China, or in the Gulf of Pechili,
and engaged in the military operations thereat, between the
dates above specified, may become Honorary Members upon ap
plication. Honorary Hereditary Members. Male descendants of 21
years of age or over, of those eligible to Honorary Membership,
may become Honorary Hereditary Members upon election by
the Executive Committee.

MILITARY ORDER OF THE FRENCH ALLIANCE
Object
To carry out the injunctions of Washington in his farewell
address to the American people.
"The Unity of Government, which constitutes you one
people, ... is a main pillar in the edifice of your real inde
pendence. . . . The name of American, which belongs to you
in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of
patriotism more than any appellation derived from local dis
criminations  In contemplating the causes which may
disturb our Union, it occurs as matter of serious concern that
any ground should have been furnished for characterizing par
ties by geographical discrimination — Northern and Southern,
Atlantic and Western. . . . To the efficacy and permanency
of your Union, a government for the whole is indispensable.
. . . The basis of our political system is the right of the people
to make and to alter their constitution of government; but the
constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an ex-
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plicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obliga
tory upon all. . . . Resist with care the spirit of innovation
upon its principles. . . . Let me warn you in the most solemn
manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. . .
The habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution
in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves
within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the
exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon
another. ... If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution
or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular
wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which
the constitution designates; but let there be no change by
usurpation. . . . Of all the dispositions and habits which lead
to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable
supports. . . . Promote, as an object of primary importance,
institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. . . . As a
very important source of strength and security, cherish public
credit. . . . Observe good faith and justice towards all nations;
cultivate peace and harmony with all. . . . Inveterate
antipathies against particular nations and passionate attach
ments for others should be excluded. . . . Against the insidi
ous wiles of foreign influence, the jealousy of a free people
ought to be constantly awake. . . . The great rule of conduct
for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our com
mercial relations, to have with them as little political connec
tion as possible. . . . Taking care always to keep ourselves,
by suitable establishment, on a respectable defensive posture,
we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary
emergencies. . . . The duty of holding a neutral conduct (in
case of war between foreign nations) may be inferred from
the obligation which justice and humanity impose on every
nation, in cases in which it is free to act, to maintain inviolate
the relations of peace and amity towards other nations."
Membership
Lineal male descendants through officers of the colonists
and our French Allies, of the Revolutionary Army and Navy
who took part in the Revolutionary War against the British.

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MILITARY ORDER OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN
Information as to Objects and Requirements for Member
ship not available at time of publication.

MILITARY ORDER OF THE SERPENT
Founded January 1 st, 1 904. Incorporated August 6th, 1 907
Objects
To maintain a secret and social Society to perpetuate the
memories of the war with Spain, the incident struggle in the
Philippines, the China Relief Expedition ; for literary purposes
connected with these wars, as well as to more firmly establish
good fellowship among the comrades of the United Spanish
War Veterans. Membership
Is limited to members of the United Spanish War Veterans,
in good standing in that body.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NAVAL VETERANS,
U.S. OF A., 1861-1865
Organized January 1 3th, 1 887
Membership
Limited to officers and men who served in the United States
Navy from 1861 to 1865.

NATIONAL SOCIETY AMERICANS OF ROYAL DESCENT
Incorporated May 2d, 1908
Object
The Society was formed for the purpose of preserving the
historical ancestry of the early settlers of America.
Membership
The Society is composed of both men and women of good
standing in one of the American Ancestral Societies other than
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Aryan Order of
Saint George of the
Empire in America

Descendants of
the Signers of the
Declaration
of Independence

Society of the Daughters
of Holland Dames

Military Order of the
Dragon

PLATE V

the Daughters of the American Revolution, and of "Royal
Descent." Every application for membership shall be accom
panied by proof of eligibility. The payment of thirty dollars
shall constitute life membership and exemption from assess
ment. This payment shall accompany the candidate's appli
cation papers, which have to be endorsed by an officer of a
Colonial Society. In the event that a candidate for member
ship is not found eligible, the membership fee paid shall be
refunded, less a charge of twenty dollars for genealogical ex
amination.

NATIONAL SOCIETY COLONIAL DAMES
XVII CENTURY
Organized July 24, 1915, following Meeting of the International
Genealogical Congress at San Francisco
Objects
To aid in establishing a College of Heraldry in America;
to establish chairs of historical research in state universities; to
commemorate the deeds of the men and women of the Colonial
period. Membership
By invitation. Life membership, $ 1 0. Certificate descend
ing to next of kin without further dues.

NATIONAL SOCIETY COLONIAL DAUGHTERS
OF AMERICA
Organized May 13th, 1907
Object
To perpetuate the memory of the women of the Colonial
period from 1 607 to 1 776 — the noble women who established
homes, founded families, introduced refinement and culture and
made civilization and sound morals permanent occupants of our
country. 33

Membership
Any gentlewoman who has attained her sixteenth year, of
good moral character and standing, who is acceptable to the
Society, is eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial
Daughters, who is descended from an ancestor who served in
any of the battles under Colonial authority, or who filled the
office of Governor, Deputy Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
member of the Council or Assembly or delegate to the Legis
lature, or as a military, naval or marine officer in the service of
the colonies, or under the banner of Great Britain in North
America, in the wars in which said colonies participated or fur
nished troops from the settlement of Virginia in 1607 to the
battle of Lexington 1 775, and descendants and members of
Committee of Safety 1 775-1 776, members of Continental Con
gresses 1 774-1 775 and Signers of Declaration of Independence.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF DAUGHTERS OF FOUNDERS
AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA
Objects
Section 1. To associate congenial women whose ances
tors struggled together for life, liberty, home and happiness
in this land when it was a new and unknown country, and
whose lines of descent come through patriots who sustained the
Colonies in the struggle for independence in the Revolutionary
War. Section 2. To teach reverent regard for the names and
history, character, deeds and heroism of the founders of this
country and their patriotic descendants and to inculcate patriot
ism in the present and succeeding generations.
Section 3. To discover and preserve family records and
history otherwise unwritten and unknown, of the first Colonists,
their ancestors and descendants.
Section 4. To commemorate events of the history of the
Colonies and of the Republic, and in times of war to obtain and
forward supplies for field hospitals.
Membership
Section 1 . Eligibility for membership is founded upon
descent from patriotic ancestry in unbroken line through the
Colonial times and the Revolutionary War.
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Section 2. Any woman, above the age of eighteen years,
of good moral character and reputation, is eligible to member
ship, provided that she is descended in the direct paternal line
of either father or mother from an ancestor who settled in any
of the Colonies now included in the United States of America,
from the settlement of Jamestown, Va., May 1 3, 1 607, to May
1 3, 1 687, and provided that during the Revolutionary War, an
ancestor in said direct line, by personal service in a civil or mili
tary capacity, assisted in establishing American Independence.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND WOMEN
Instituted January 24th, 1 895. Incorporated March 4th, 1 895
Objects
To promote social and intellectual intercourse among its
members and to offer advice and asistance to women of New
England birth and ancestry, residing in portions of the United
States other than New England.
It is not the intention to make this a benevolent society.
It is only intended to render a service in any way to any New
England women who may need it. The intention of the Society
is to carry out New England principles as far as possible, of
advancing the cause of intellectual progress, of searching up
new ideas and introducing anything of a social nature which
would seem to add to the happiness of its members.
Membership
(a). Any woman of American parentage over eighteen
years of age, who was born in New England and both of whose
parents were born in New England, is eligible for membership in
this Society. (b). If not of New England birth, she must represent
through both parents at least two generations of New England
ancestry, or she must represent through one parent at least
three generations of New England ancestry.
(c). New England birth on the part of an applicant shall
count as one generation.
(d). An applicant descended from a pioneer, who be
came a permanent settler in New England prior to 1645, shall
have the privilege of representing through said pioneer one
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NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PATRIOTIC
WOMEN OF AMERICA
Objects
1 . To foster love of country.
2. To encourage fitting celebrations of patriotic anniver
saries. 3. To teach immigrants, and especially their children, the
true meaning of the American Flag, and what it stands for, in
order that they may become loyal citizens of our Republic.
4. To make this Society an active factor in patriotic edu
cational progress.
5. To extend the work of this Society by forming branch
societies in other cities and states of the Union.
Membership
Any woman is eligible for membership who will subscribe
to the objects of this Society, subject to the rules for admission
set forth in the By-Laws.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF
THE PHILIPPINES
Any officer, soldier or sailor of the regular or volunteer
Army, Navy and Marine Corps who served honorably in the
Philippine Islands during the Spanish-American War or in the
Philippine insurrection, including Jolo and Mindanao expedi
tions of 1 906, is eligible to membership.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE CHILDREN OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Incorporated April 1 1 th, 1 895
Objects
We, the children and youth of America, in order to know
more about our country from its formation and thus grow up
into good citizens, with a love for, and an understanding of,
the principles and institutions of our ancestors, do unite under
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The Huguenot Society
of America

The Society of the
Army of the Potomac

The American
Red Cross

The Hereditary Order
of Descendants of
Colonial Governors
Prior tol 750 >

PLATE VI

the guidance and government of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution, in the Society to be called the National Society
of the Children of the American Revolution.
We take as objects of this Society, to work for: First,
the acquisition of knowledge of American history, so that we
may understand and love our country better, and then any
patriotic work that will help us to that end, keeping a constant
endeavor to influence all other children and youth to the same
purpose; to help to save the places made sacred by the Ameri
can men and women who forwarded American Independence;
to find out and to honor the lives of children and youth of the
Colonies and of the American Revolution; to promote the
celebration of all patriotic anniversaries ; to place a copy of the
Declaration of Independence and other historic documents in
every place appropriate for them; to hold our American flag
sacred above every other flag on earth. In short, to follow the
injunctions of Washington, who, in his youth, served his coun
try, till we can perform the duties of good citizens.
And to love, uphold, and extend the institutions of Amer
ican liberty and patriotism, and the principles that made and
saved our country. Membership
All children and youth of America, of both sexes, from
birth to the age of eighteen years for the girls and twenty-one
years for the boys, may join this Society, provided they de
scend in direct line from patriotic ancestors who helped to plant
or to perpetuate this country in the Revolutionary War.
One of the reasons for starting this work is that it will
tend to popularize the work of the public school toward patriot
ism and good government.
Those children who are not eligible for membership are
to be gathered by the Local Societies into all its public meetings,
into its plans, and its work, and its pleasures; so that the move
ment may be said to be one of the broadest and most beneficent
that has touched child life.

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NATIONAL SOCIETY UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS
OF 1812
Organized January 8th, 1892
Incorporated by Act of Congress February 25th, 1901
Purpose
Section 1 . In general, our one purpose is the promotion
of patriotism, and we seek to carry out the patriotic, historical,
educational and benevolent purposes stated in our charter.
In particular, we strive to preserve and increase knowl
edge of the history of the American people, by the preservation
of documents and relics, the marking of historic spots, the re
cording of family histories and traditions, the celebrating of
patriotic anniversaries, and especially the emphasizing land
teaching of heroic deeds in the civil, military and naval life of
those who moulded this government of the United States, and
saved it from foes both within and without, between the close
of the American Revolution, and the close of the War of 1812.
Sec. 2. We urge the United States Government, through
an Act of Congress, to compile and publish authentic records
of men in military, naval and civil service from 1 784 to 1815,
inclusive. Sec. 3. We make it the duty of each state society to
acquire if possible and to preserve documents and records of
events for which its state is renowned, and to advise the his
torian national of such possessions and of any unpublished his
torical data concerning the state during this period.
Membership
Any white woman over eighteen years of age, of good
character, who offers satisfactory proof that she is a lineal de
scendant of an ancestor who rendered civil, military or naval
service to his country during the years 1 784-1 81 5, inclusive, is
eligible to membership, provided the applicant be acceptable to
the society. Civil service must have been in some one of the following
capacities : A member of the Continental, or United States Con
gresses.
A member of the legislature of one of the first eight
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A delegate to the convention which framed the Con
stitution of the United States.
A member of a state convention which ratified said
Constitution.
An elector of one of the first four presidents of the
United States.
A legislative, executive or judicial officer of the Unit
ed States (not state) Government, including
such appointive national officers as treaty com
missioner, etc.
Military or naval service may have been in any one of the
following insurrections or wars :
Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, 1 784-87.
Shay's Rebellion, Massachusetts, 1 786-87.
Wars with the Indians, 1784-1815.
Whiskey Insurrection, Pennsylvania, 1 794.
War with France (Undeclared), 1798-1800.
Sabine Expedition, Louisiana, 1806.
Attack of British warship Leopard upon United States
frigate Chesapeake, 1 807.
Embargo Troubles in Lake Champlain, 1 808.
Engagement between United States frigate "Presi
dent" and British ship "Little Belt," 181 1.
Expedition against Lafitte Pirates, 1814.
War with the Barbary Powers, 1 801-05 and 1815.
War with Great Britain, 1812-15. Service in the
army or navy, either as officer or as private, or
the giving of notable aid to the army or navy.

NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
Incorporated 1 903
Objects
The Navy League believes that most modern wars arise
largely from commercial rivalries; that following the present
war will come the most drastic commercial readjustment and
the most dangerous rivalries ever known ; that the United States
will be the storm center of these disturbances ; and that, conse-
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quently, it is our duty to guard ourselves against these dangers
while there is yet time.
The first need was more ships and more men to make our
country second, at least, among the great naval powers. This
need is in process of realization, due largely to the fact that the
Navy League has been instrumental in creating an overwhelm
ing public sentiment for naval preparedness and bringing that
sentiment to bear upon the constituted authorities.
It is now the purpose of the League to endeavor to sus
tain and keep alive popular interest in the Navy and to drive
home the fact that what has been accomplished is only a begin
ning. The country needs a national defense commission to
study international relations and advise the President and Con
gress as to policies of national defense ; it needs the budget sys
tem; it needs the utmost efficiency with economy in naval ad
ministration; and it needs a great merchant marine to enable
our export trade to meet foreign competition and to supply the
naval auxiliaries without which in time of war our fleet might
be helpless. These are the most important but by no means
all, of the questions involved in the building up of a real effi
cient fighting machine capable of insuring the peace and pros
perity of the nation. Membership
Any American citizen is eligible to become a member of
the League.

NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
Organized July 4, 1 890
This organization is believed to be the first hereditary
society in which eligibility was "dependent on purely naval
service." The Naval Order consists of the General Commandery
and State Commanderies. The legislative body for the whole
Order is the Congress, which, composed of the General Officers
and Delegates from each Commandery, meets in regular session
every third year, on October 5th, the anniversary of the
Adoption by Congress in 1775 of the resolution formally au
thorizing the fitting-out of the first ships of the navy.
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Objects
Whereas, Many of the principal battles and famous vic
tories of the several wars in which the United States has par
ticipated were fought and achieved by the Naval forces;
Whereas, It is well and fitting that the illustrious deeds
of the great Naval commanders, their companion officers in arms
and their subordinates in the Wars of the United States should
be forever honored and respected;
Therefore, Entertaining the most exalted admiration for
the undying achievements of the Navy, we, the survivors and
descendants of participants of those memorable conflicts, have
joined ourselves together and have instituted the "Naval Order
of the United States," that we may transmit to our latest
posterity their glorious names and memories ; and to encourage
research and publication of data pertaining to Naval art and
science, and to establish libraries in which to preserve all docu
ments, rolls, books, portraits and relics relating to the Navy
and its heroes at all times. Membership
The following shall be eligible to membership: Commis
sioned officers of the Navy and of the Marine Corps of the
United States, whether of the regular or volunteer service, grad
uates of the Naval Academy, and commissioned officers of the
Revenue Marine Service who have served under the orders of
the Navy Department in time of war ; and all persons who have
held any such commission under the authority of any of the
thirteen original Colonies or States, or of the Continental Con
gress, or of the United States. Provided, that those who have
left the service shall have resigned with honorable record or shall
have been honorably discharged. And provided further, that no
one who shall at any time have borne arms against the Gov
ernment of the United States shall be eligible.
All male descendants over twenty-one years of age of those
who are eligible as above, or, in default thereof, one collateral
representative.

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ORDER OF AMERICANS OF ARMORIAL ANCESTRY
Founded by Mrs. Wm. Gerry Slade
Instituted 1903-4
Objects
This is an Order founded wholly on Heraldic Ancestry, to
promote genealogical, biographical and historical research, and
to place upon record the ancestry of such of the founders of
this country as can be definitely traced into the Mother Country.
It is for men and women who are descended from those
who were entitled to bear arms.
Membership
Membership is acquired by invitation and an unbroken and
proven line to the bearer of a grant or confirmation of arms, or
to one who is recorded as entitled to bear coat-armor. The
admission fee constitutes life membership, with no dues, and
carries with it the insignia of the Order in gold bearing the
arms of the United States and of the first five countries which
sent its earliest settlers to America, from which its ancestry is
largely derived.

ORDER OF INDIAN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES
Objects
The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the mem
ories of the services rendered by the military forces of the Unit
ed States in their conflicts and wars against hostile Indians with
in the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, and to col
lect and secure for publication historical data relating to the
instances of heroic service and personal devotion by which
Indian warfare has been illustrated.
Membership
Section 1 . Companions of this Society shall be elected as
herein provided and for the two classes specified, and shall be
designated as Original and Hereditary Companions.
Original Companions
Commissioned officers and honorably discharged commis
sioned officers of the U. S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and
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of State and Territorial Military Organizations, and Acting
Assistant Surgeons, U. S. Army, who have been or who here
after may be engaged in the service of the United States in any
military grade whatsoever, in conflicts, battles or actual field
service against hostile Indians within the jurisdiction of the
United States. Those becoming companions under any of the
foregoing qualifications shall be designated as Original Com
panions. Hereditary Companions
The male descendants of Original Companions and the
male descendants of those eligible for membership as Original
Companions, but who died without becoming Companions,
such descendants having attained the age of twenty-one years,
shall be eligible for membership and shall, when duly elected,
be designated as Hereditary Companions.
Commissioned officers of the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps of the United States, descendants of honorably discharged
enlisted men who had the qualifications requisite for eligibility
for membership as Original Companions save that of having
been Commissioned, are also eligible, and may be elected as
Hereditary Companions.
Section 2. Any Original Companion, or any Hereditary
Companion, having no direct male descendant, may, by writ
ing, filed with the Recorder, nominate an Hereditary Compan
ion descending only from his own brother or sister, and the
person so nominated shall, upon attaining the age of twenty-
one years, be eligible as an Hereditary Companion.
Section 3. No person shall be deemed eligible for mem
bership in the Society who has not maintained a good moral
character and reputation.
Section 4. The eligibility of any person to be an Heridi-
tary Companion shall not lapse by reason of any person in the
line of descent either failing to become a Companion of the
Society or forfeiting, for any cause, his membership or
eligibility.

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ORDER OF RUNNEMEDE
Instituted January 8th, 1898
Objects
To perpetuate the memory of the men, who after many
defeats, finally secured the charter of rights and liberties, prop
erly called the Magna Charta, from their sovereign, John, King
of England, which he ratified and delivered to them "in the
meadow which is called Runnemede, between Windsor and
Staines," on the 1 5th day of June (O. S.) A. D. 1 21 5.
To keep fresh in our minds the events connected with this
celebrated episode in the annals of the English race.
To promote good fellowship among the descendants of
those who extorted the Magna Charta from King John.
To inspire members of the Order and others, with admira
tion, and to foster respect, for the principles of Constitutional
Government, first established by the statutes of the Great Char
ter granted by King John.
To celebrate the anniversary of the date (June 1 5 th) of
the granting of this the most celebrated charter of rights and
liberties. The Order of Runnemede shall be governed by the fol
lowing Statutes, to wit: Membership
The membership of the Order shall be composed of its
Founders, and of men qualified under Section 1 of this Statute.
Section 1 . Any man shall be eligible to membership in
the Order, who has been proposed in writing by a member of
the Order, with the written consent of the candidate, and has
been recommended for election by two members, one of whom
is personally acquainted with him, providing always, that he
is a lineal descendant, in the male, or female line, of an ancestor
who rendered actual service in, or before, the year A. D. 1215,
towards securing the articles of constitutional liberty, known as
the Magna Charta, from John, King of England, in the years
1214-1215. Section 2. The membership of the Order shall be divided
into two bodies, called First Class and Second Class.
Section 3. The First Class shall be limited to one hun
dred members, and shall be composed of (a) the Founders of
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0 . , . . , Military Order of
Society or the Army of
c i/^i roreign Wars or the
Santiago de Cuba United States

The
Pennsylvania - German
Society

Society of the The Society of the
Porto Rican Expedition Ark and the Dove

PLATE VII

the Order, and of (b) lineal male descendants of one or more
of the twenty-five barons who were selected to be the Sureties
for the proper observance of the statutes contained in the
Magna Charta, namely: William d'Albini, Hugh le Bigod,
Roger le Bigod, Henry de Bohun, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de
Clare, John Fitz Robert, Robert Fitz Walter, William de Forti-
bus, William de Hardell, William de Huntingfield, John de
Lacie, William de Malet, Geoffrey de Mandeville, William le
Marshall, Richard de Montfichet, Roger de Mowbray, William
de Mowbray, Richard de Percy, Saher de Quincey, Robert de
Roos, Geoffrey de Say, Robert de Vere, Eustace de Vesci,
William de Lanvallei.
Section 4. The Second Class shall be unlimited in its
membership, and shall be composed of lineal male descendants
of the Sureties for the Magna Charta, or of any men who were
unfailing in their loyalty to the cause of the Magna Charta,
before or in the year 1215.
Section 5. To provide for the continuance of the Order.
1 . Each member of the First Class may, in writing, nomi
nate to the Keeper of the Rolls, his successor in membership in
that Class, and this possible successor must be qualified, as under
Section 3, Paragraph B, of this Statute 1 , who, during the life
time of the primary member, may have active membership of
the Order, in the Second Class, and he shall be entitled to any
and all the privileges of the Order. And upon the decease of
the primary member who nominated him, he shall be eligible
as his representative, to full membership in the First Class, pro
viding always, that he is, in the opinion of the majority of the
Court of Eligibility, fit in all other respects, and the same shall
so have been certified by it to the Sureties, who shall thereupon
notify the candidate of his promotion.
2. The failure on the part of a person eligible by suc
cession to membership in the First Class, to apply for his pro
motion within six months after being informed at his last
known address by the Keeper of the Rolls, of the existence of
his claim, shall be interpreted as a surrender thereof forever by
him, and the Keeper of the Rolls must thereupon so notify the
Sureties, who may then declare this particular membership in
the First Class vacant.
3. Should a member of the First Class die without hav
ing nominated his successor, it must be taken for granted that
the deceased desired his membership to lapse, whereupon it is
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the duty of the Keeper of the Rolls, to notify the Sureties of a
vacancy in the First Class.
4. Vacancies in the First Class shall be filled by the Sure
ties only from the membership of the Second Class, after its first
complement. Section 6. Honorary Membership may be conferred in
the First Class only by the majority of the Sureties, at a meeting
for this purpose, then present and voting, upon men only who
are eligible under Section 1 of this Statute, and who have been
formally nominated for the honor by an active member, having
first signified to the Keeper of the Signet, upon inquiry, his will
ingness to accept the membership.
Section 7. Each person who shall be elected and received
as a member of the Order in whatsoever manner, by virtue of
any Statute now existing, or which may hereafter be estab
lished, shall by accepting membership be understood to engage
to duly conform to all Statutes established from time to time
for the government of the Order.

PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF COLONIAL GOVERNORS
Incorporated July 6, 1910
Object
The purpose for which the corporation is formed is to pro
mote interest in the history of the settlement and government
of the American Colonies and the establishment of their Inde
pendence. »/r i i •
Membership
Adult male American citizens lineally descended from a
Governor, Deputy or Lieutenant Governor, or one acting as a
Governor, shall be eligible for membership. Nominations for
membership shall be made in writing by two members who
shall send such proposal to the Secretary and he shall present the
same to the Council who may authorize the Secretary to issue
application form to the applicant and upon the same being duly
executed and returned to the Secretary he shall deliver the same
to the Committee on Membership and upon their approval and
report of the same to the Council the latter may elect such
applicant a member, a unanimous vote being required. New
members shall pay dues for the ensuing year. Any member
may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the Council for any
cause deemed derogatory to the interests of the Society.
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REGULAR AND VOLUNTEER ARMY AND
NAVY UNION
Information as to Objects and Requirements for Member
ship not available at time of publication.

SCIONS OF COLONIAL CAVALIERS
Objects
The purpose of the formation of the Society of Scions of
Colonial Cavaliers is first to set the Colonial Cavalier right in
American history, too much importance having been accredited
to the Puritan by various of our national historians in treating
of the founding and growth of our commonwealth. Secondly,
our object pursuant to the thoughtful study of American his
tory, is to compile records and erect memorials honoring the
Colonial Cavaliers and if occasion offers, to render philanthropic
aid to our country in times of war.
Membership
The membership of the society is divided into two parts.
The first, the Palatines, the descendants of the Cavaliers who
settled in America before 1 650 and who were sons, grandsons
or themselves members of the British nobility. The ordinary
and sometimes vulgarly heralded "descent from kings" on the
part of Americans, when the "king" dated back further than
being at least the grandfather of one's pioneer Cavalier ancestor,
counts for nothing, to bolster up one's claims for membership.
The second order, The Landgraves, are members descended
from distinguished Cavalier families of British gentry anteced
ents who settled in this country prior to the Revolution. Besides
having a properly accredited invitation from the society, in
addition to the above rigid requirements, the candidate for
membership whether Palatine, or Landgrave, must also be a de
scendant of an ancestor of Cavalier antecedents who was a
personage of note in the eighteenth century and also from one
whose career complies with the same conditions in the nine
teenth century. A great many Southern families have a "tra
dition" that their forefathers were "Cavaliers," an expression
often loosely used to mean gentlemen and ladies. But only
the historic fact of one's being a scion of a forefather who was
a partisan of Charles I against Cromwell, or belonged to a
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family ranked as Cavaliers by a reliable historian is of any avail
for membership. The issues between Charles I and his parliament are to us
of today no longer living ones and had it not been for the fact
that the Cavaliers and their progeny did a great deal toward
building up our national polity, there would have been no
adequate raison d'etre for the formation of our Society, how
ever much the courtly manners of the Cavaliers and dignified
mode of living on their estates might appeal to us. The Ameri
can Revolution, with all the good it wrought in the cause of
freedom, with Washington and others of eminent Colonial
Cavalier lineage in the thickest of the fray, we do not enter into
the discussion of pro or con, leaving that theme to other patri
otic societies. Anyone who reads the signs of the times can
discern that the dominant trend of thought at the present hour
is Cavalier rather than Puritanical. The Puritan loved a village
— and village gossip ; the Cavalier, life on a landed estate where
he was monarch of all he surveyed.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN WARS OF THE UNITED
STATES
Founded January 11, 1 897
Objects
The Society of American Wars is organized for the purpose
of paying just homage to the memory of those who conquered
that we might live, and to inculcate and foster in all citizens that
love of country and flag and that ambition for honorable
achievement upon which so largely depends the maintenance of
our high position among nations. Membership
Section 1. An applicant for membership in the Society
must be a man not less than twenty-one years of age, of good
moral character and reputation, who is:
(a) . A lineal descendant of an ancestor who served as a
Governor, Lieutenant- or Deputy-Governor of any of the thir
teen colonies. (b) . A lineal descendant of a member of the Councils or
Assemblies or Councils of War of any of the thirteen colonies.
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Pennsylvania Society of
Colonial Governors

Order of Indian Wars
of the United States

Society of Sons of the
Revolution

Navy League of the
United States

PLATE VIII

(c). A lineal descendant of a military or naval officer
under authority of the colonies which afterwards formed the
United States, from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13,
1607, to April 19, 1783.
(d). A military or naval officer who has served with
honor as a commissioned officer of the United States in the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Revenue Cutter Service, in any
war in which the United States has been or shall be engaged or a
lineal descendant thereof.
(e) . A lineal descendant of a Companion of the Society
of American Wars.

SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA
Organized April 8th, 1891
Objects
To collect manuscripts, traditions, relics and mementoes
of bygone days for preservation, . . . commemorate the
success of the American Revolution and consequent birth of our
glorious Republic ; diffuse healthful and intelligent information
in whatever concerns the past and tends to create popular inter
est in American history and with a true spirit of patriotism
seek to inspire genuine love of country in every heart within its
range of influence, and to teach the young that it is a sacred
obligation to do justice and honor to heroic ancestors whose
ability, valor, sufferings and achievements are beyond all praise.
Members
Women who are descended in their own right from some
ancestor of worthy life who came to reside in an American
Colony prior to 1 776, which ancestor or some one of his de
scendants, being a lineal descendant 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 in
stitution which has survived and developed into importance, or
who shall have held important position in the Colonial govern
ment, and who by distinguished services shall have contributed
to the founding of this great and powerful nation. Services
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SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS
Organized December 22d, 1 894
Objects
Whereas, Our ancestors, passengers on "The Mayflower,"
landed in December, 1 620, on Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts,
and Whereas, They came to settle in a new land and to found
a new home and government, for the benefit of themselves
and their posterity, and
Whereas, After struggles and hardships, which in the first
year after their landing carried off one-half of their number and
necessitated years of continued bravery and fortitude against
innumerable trials of the severest kind, and
Whereas, Their acts and example have been instrumental
in the establishment ofs Civil and Religious Liberty throughout
this land, Therefore, This Society is formed by lineal descendants of
that band of Pilgrims, to preserve their memory, their records,
their history, and all facts relating to them, their ancestors, and
their posterity. Membership
Every descendant over eighteen years of age of any Pas
senger on the "Mayflower," on the voyage which ended at
Plymouth in December, 1 620, is eligible to membership.
After the formation of a Society in any State, all persons
residing in such State desiring to join the Society of Mayflower
Descendants, shall do so through the local State Society.
Applicants for membership must be nominated and sec
onded by two members, and letters recommending the Appli
cant from both proposer and seconder must accompany the
application, and must state that they are personally acquainted.
All preliminary applications must be approved by the
Membership Committee, who investigate the social and moral
standing of the Applicant. If the decision of the Committee is
favorable they report the name of the Applicant to the Board
of Assistants at a subsequent meeting, and upon such report
pedigree blanks are issued upon which must be set out in de
tail each generation in descent from a Mayflower Passenger.
Every step in the pedigree must be proven by reference
to published works recognized by the Society as authoritative,
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giving in each instance the volume and page quoted or by filing
certified copies of Town or Church records, tombstone inscrip
tions or other unpublished evidence. No fact can be accepted
which is based solely upon family or local traditions.
The pedigree blanks must be filled out in duplicate and
sworn to before a Notary Public or other competent officer and
sent to the Historian. After examination and approval by him
and by the Historian General he will report to the Board of
Assistants who will elect the Applicant a member of the Society
unless in the meantime something prejudicial has been learned.

SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
Instituted February 22d, 1 876,
Reorganized December 4th, 1883
Objects
It being evident, from a steady decline of a proper cele
bration of the National holidays of the United States of Amer
ica, that popular concern in the events and men of the War
of the Revolution is gradually declining, and that such lack of
interest is attributable, not so much to the lapse of time and the
rapidly increasing flood of immigration from foreign countries,
as to the neglect, on the part of descendants of Revolutionary
heroes, to perform their duty in keeping before the public mind
the memory of the services of their ancestors and of the times
in which they lived; therefore, the Society of the Sons of the
Revolution has been instituted to perpetuate the memory of
the men who, in the military, naval and civil service of the
Colonies and of the Continental Congress by their acts or coun
sel, achieved the Independence of the country, and to further
the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the birthday of
Washington, and of prominent events connected with the War
of the Revolution; to collect and secure for preservation the
rolls, records, and other documents relating to that period; to
inspire the members of the Society with the patriotic spirit of
their forefathers; and to promote the feeling of friendship
among them. Membership
Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of
good character, and a descendant of one who, as a military,
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naval, or marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, in actual
service, under the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or
States or of the Continental Congress, and remaining always
loyal to such authority, or a descendant of one who signed the
Declaration of Independence, or of one who, as a member of
the Continental Congress or of the Congress of any of the
Colonies or States, or as an official appointed by or under the
authority of any such legislative bodies, actually assisted in the
establishment of American Independence by services rendered
during the War of the Revolution, becoming thereby liable to
conviction of treason against the Government of Great Britain,
but remainng always loyal to the authority of the Colonies or
States, shall be eligible to membership in the Society.

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA
Objects
To record the history and conserve the memory of the
events of the campaign which resulted in the surrender on the
1 7th day of July, 1 898, of the Spanish army, the City of San
tiago de Cuba and the military province to which it pertained.
Membership
The membership of the Society shall consist of all officers
and soldiers of the United States Army (including Acting As
sistant Surgeons and authorized Volunteer Aides) who consti
tuted the expeditionary force to Santiago de Cuba and who
worthily participated in the campaign between the dates of June
1 4th and July 1 7th, 1 898, and who shall signify their wish for
membership by making application and paying the dues.
There shall be three classes of membership, namely : Origi
nal Members, Members by Inheritance, Members by Succession.

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Military?; Order of the
Carabao

National Society
Medal ot Honor ot the f , ' .... . .
U. 1 c. , or the Children or the o c ilk a
nited States Society of Mayflower

of America American Revolution Descendant,

s

The Order of Colonial
Lords of Manors
in America

PLATE IX

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND
Organized February 6th, 1 868
Objects
To perpetuate the memory of the fortunes and achieve
ments of the Army of the Cumberland; to preserve that
unanimity of loyal sentiment and that kind and cordial feeling
which has been an eminent characteristic of this army, and the
main element of the power and success of its efforts in behalf
of the cause of the Union. The history and glory of the offi
cers and soldiers belonging to this army, who have fallen either
on the field of battle or otherwise in the line of their duty, shall
be a permanent trust to this Society, and every effort shall be
made to collect and preserve the proper memorials of their
services, to inscribe their names upon the roll of honor, and to
transmit their fame to posterity. It shall also be the object and
bounden duty of this Society to relieve, as far as possible, the
families of such deceased officers and soldiers, when in indigent
circumstances, either by the voluntary contribution of the mem
bers, or in such other manner as they may determine, when the
cases are brought to their attention. This provision shall also
hereafter apply to the suffering families of those members of
the Society who may in the future be called hence, and the
welfare of the soldier's widow and orphan shall forever be a holy
trust in the hands of his surviving comrades.
Membership
Composed of officers and soldiers who served with honor
in the Army of the Cumberland.

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE OHIO
Instituted December 1 5th, 1 868
Objects
To preserve and perpetuate the history of the Army of the
Ohio ; to preserve and unite those patriotic sentiments, and to
maintain and strengthen that courteous and friendly intercourse
for which the members of this army have always been distin
guished. To preserve the name and fame of the members of
this army who have fallen in the field, or otherwise perished in
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the service of their country, shall be one of the sacred duties of
this Association, and no efforts shall be spared to collect and
preserve, in the archives of the Society, the testimonials of their
deeds and services.
This Society tenders to the widows and orphans of our
fallen comrades its warmest sympathy, and sacredly pledges
itself to provide for the wants and relieve the sufferings of all
such as are destitute, by the voluntary contributions of the
members, or in such other way as may from time to time be
determined. It further pledges itself to use all proper effort, and
procure for all such disabled soldiers, and their families, as are
entitled thereto, the pensions now provided by law. The wel
fare of the soldier's widow, the good name and education of
his children, shall always be regarded as a sacred trust of the
Association. Membership
All such officers and soldiers as have at any time served in
this army, and who have been honorably discharged from such
service ; or who remain in service in the regular army, who shall
have subscribed to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Society,
and paid their initiation fee.
Honorary members may, from time to time, be elected
from among the officers of other armies of the United States
who have served with distinction in their armies.

SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
Instituted May 10th, 1783
The historic and patriotic Order of the Cincinnati was
founded by the American and French officers at the canton
ments of the Continental Army on the Hudson at the close of
hostilities in the War of the Revolution for American Inde
pendence, May 1 0, 1 783.
In forming the society it was declared that, "To perpetu
ate, 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
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as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male pos
terity, 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, which
was dispersed at the Reign of Terror in 1 793. 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 Independ
ence. 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 con
tinued 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 at
tained the rank of colonel for such services, or who had com
manded a French fleet or ship of war on the American coast,
were entitled to become original members, and upon doing so
were required 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 chari
table and patriotic objects was subdivided into State societies
by the Institution of 1 783, there being thirteen. Six dissolved
societies were restored to membership by the General Society
in triennial meeting since 1 902.
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
Institution gives the same right to the proper descendant of
any Continental officer who was killed or died in service.
The general society when legislating for the good of the
Order is composed of the general officers and five delegates
from every 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. 55

SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF HOLLAND DAMES
Founded May, 1 895
Objects
The objects of the Society shall be to perpetuate the mem
ory and to promote the principles of the Dutch ancestors of its
members, to collect documents, genealogical and historical, re
lating to the Dutch in America, and to erect commemorative
and durable memorials to be lasting tributes to the early Dutch
settlers. Membership
Any woman shall be eligible for membership who is above
the age of eighteen years, lineally descended from a Hollander
(Nederlander) , resident of New Netherland previous to the
Treaty of Westminster, 1674, and who has been adjudged
worthy and acceptable to the Society.
The admitting ancestor must have been a man born in the
Netherlands, of Holland parentage and must have been either:
(a) A Director General of New Netherland;
(b) A member of Council of the Director General of New
Netherland ;
(c) A member of a Representative Body, Religious or
Secular, of New Netherland;
(d) A Patroon or a Freeholder of New Netherland;
(e) A Commissioner in New Netherland, either of Indian
affairs, of Boundaries or of Treaties;
(f) A Commissioned officer, soldier or sailor who served
in defence of the Colonies.
The fact, not the date of his services, shall establish the
claim. The family of the ancestor must have come from some
place included in the Netherlands, according to their boundaries
in 1555.* •Authority: Blok's History of the People of the Netherlands, especially
Map of 1550.

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SOCIETY OF THE PORTO RICAN EXPEDITION
Information as to Objects and Requirements for Member
ship not available at time of publication.

SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS—
1776-1812 Objects
Whereas, In all time and in all ages, valor, patriotism and
self-sacrifice have been justly held as the triune virtues which
constitute true heroism ; and
Whereas, Next to the approval of God and our conscience,
the approval of our fellowmen must ever remain the incentive
to great and noble deeds ; therefore be it
Resolved, That in recalling the deeds of those who in
1776 sacrificed fortune and life itself in the defense of their
liberties, and of those who, in 1812, in the face of like hard
ships and discouragements, settled forever the question of our
national Independence, the United States Daughters of 1 776
and 1812 honor themselves, and hold up to their children exam
ples of disinterested patriotism, steadfastness in adversity, and
unflinching courage in defense of right, which will, we trust, in
fluence their lives in whatever paths an all-wise Providence may
lead them. It is therefore, the aim and purpose of this Society to col
lect such papers, letters and documents as shall help to write a
true and impartial history of our country; to honor the graves
of those patriots who gave their lives to the good cause ; to pro
mote friendly and social relations between the descendants of
those who made that history possible, and for such other worthy
objects as the Society, from time to time, may judge wise and
Pr°Per- Membership
Any white woman shall be eligible to membership in the
United States Daughters of 1776-1812, who is lineally de
scended from an ancestor who, either as a military, naval or
marine officer, soldier, sailor or marine, or an official, or in any
effective way and with unfailing loyalty, assisted in establish
ing American Independence during the wars of 1 776 and 1812;
provided she be of good moral character, and shall be judged
worthy of becoming a member. 57

SONS OF VETERANS, UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Objects
Founded upon a trust in Almighty God, with a realization
that under His beneficent guidance the free institutions of our
land, consecrated by the services and blood of our fathers, have
been preserved, and upon a true allegiance to the government of
the United States of America, pledging fidelity to law and order,
this Association declares its objects to be:
First. To perpetuate the memory of the sacrifices of our
fathers and forefathers and their services for the maintenance
of the Union.
Second. To inculcate patriotism, to teach truthful his
tory, and to spread and sustain the doctrine of equal rights,
universal liberty and justice to all.
Third. To assist the members of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and all honorably discharged Union Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines of the War of the Rebellion of 1861-1865; to ex
tend aid and protection to their widows and orphans, and to
honor the memories of the heroic dead through historical exer
cises and the proper observance of Memorial and Union De
fenders' Days.
Fourth. To aid and assist worthy and needy members of
our Order. Membership
All male descendants, whether through the paternal or
maternal 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 of America, during the
War of the Rebellion of 1861 -65 ; and who have never been
convicted of any infamous or heinous crime, or who have, or
whose ancestors through whom membership is claimed, have
never voluntarily borne arms against the Government of the
United States of America.

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SWEDISH COLONIAL SOCIETY
Organized February 5th, 1 909
Objects
The object of the Society shall be to collect, preserve, and
publish records, documents, and other material, printed or in
manuscript, and to commemorate events relating to the history
of Swedes in America. Membership
Any male person over twenty-one years of age, of good
character, shall be eligible to membership. All members shall be
elected by the Council, who shall have power to suspend or expel
any member who in their judgment may have conducted himself
in an improper manner.

THE AMERICAN CROSS OF HONOR
Organized 1 898. Incorporated by Act of Congress 1 906
Object
To advocate those great principles of the value and sanctity
of human life and the best means of preserving it.
Membership
The regular membership is composed of persons upon
whom the United States Government has conferred the life-sav
ing medal of honor.
Bronze crosses of honor are conferred in certain cases
where great heroism is shown in saving human life. A gold
cross of honor is awarded in exceptional cases to persons who
by great daring have highly distinguished themselves in saving
life. This cross also is conferred biennially upon some person
nominated by the Royal National Life-Boat Institution of Great
Britain for the most heroic service in saving life; the person
thus honored must have received the gold life-saving medal of
the said institution.
The President of the United States is Honorary President
of the order. M. Armand Faillieres, ex-President of France;
the German Emperor, the King of Great Britain, the King of
Italy, ex-Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, and Andrew Carnegie
are honorary members. 59

THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
Objects
To furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded of
armies in time of war, in accordance with the spirit and con
ditions of the conference of Geneva, of October, 1 863, and also
of the treaty of the Red Cross, or the treaty of Geneva, of
August 22d, 1 864, to which the United States of America gave
its adhesion on March 1 st, 1 882.
And for said purposes to perform all the duties devolved
upon a national society by each nation which has acceded to
said treaty. To act in matters of voluntary relief and in accord
with the military and naval authorities as a medium of com
munication between the people of the United States of America
and their Army and Navy, and to act in such matters between
similar national societies of other governments through the
"Comite International de Secours," and the Government and
the people and the Army and Navy of the United States of
America. And to continue and carry on a system of national and
international relief in time of peace and to apply the same in
mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire,
floods and other great national calamities, and to devise and
carry on measures for preventing the same.
Membership
Individual membership in the American National Red
Cross consists of the following classes:
(a) Annual Members. Any citizen or resident of the
United States or its dependencies may become a member of the
American National Red Cross upon application to the Central
Committee or a Chapter and the payment of one dollar to the
National Treasurer, or to the Treasurer of the Chapter in whose
jurisdiction the applicant resides, and may continue such mem
bership by the annual payment of the same amount. Provided,
That the Central Committee, as respects any member at large,
or the Executive Committee of any Chapter, as respects any
chapter membership, shall have authority, for reasons satisfac
tory to itself, to terminate membership at any time by notice.
Annual members who do not live within the jurisdiction of any
Chapter or who do not connect themselves with a Chapter, shall
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Colonial Daughters of
the XVII Century

The General Society
of Colonial Wars

Association of Military
Surgeons
of the United States

United Sons of
Confederate Veterans

The
Saint Nicholas Society
of the City of New York

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be members at large and shall pay their annual dues directly to
the national office in Washington. Unless he otherwise requests,
any member of the Red Cross residing within the jurisdiction of
a Chapter shall be presumed to affiliate with the Chapter and
shall be expected to pay his annual dues to the Chapter.
(b) Subscribing Members. Any citizen or resident of the
United States or of its dependencies may become a subscribing
member of the American National Red Cross on application to
the Central Committee or a Chapter and the payment of two
dollars per annum.
(c) Contributing Members. Any citizen or resident of
the United States or of its dependencies may become a con
tributing member of the American National Red Cross on appli
cation to the Central Committee or a Chapter and the payment
of five dollars per annum.
(d) Sustaining Members. Any citizen or resident of the
United States or of its dependencies may become a sustaining
member of the American National Red Cross on application to
the Central Committee or a Chapter and the payment of ten
dollars per annum.
(e) Life Members. Any citizen or resident of the Unit
ed States or of its dependencies may become a life member of
the American National Red Cross on application to the Central
Committee or a Chapter and the payment of twenty-five dollars.
(f ) Patrons. Any citizen or resident of the United States
or of its dependencies may become a Patron of the American
National Red Cross upon application to the Central Commit
tee or a Chapter and the payment of one hundred dollars.
(g) Any nurse enrolled in the Red Cross Nursing Service
shall by such enrollment become a member of the American
National Red Cross without payment of dues.
(h) Honorary Members. Those who have rendered spe
cially meritorious or distinguished service to the association and
have been approved for such distinction by two-thirds vote of
the members present at any annual meeting of the General
Board, shall become honorary members.

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THE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Incorporated December 29th, 1 892
Objects
For the purpose of collecting and preserving mementoes
of our Colonial Ancestors; propagating knowledge of their
lives and deeds by the publication of ancient documents and
records; cultivating an interest in the history of our Country,
and more especially of the Colonies of Plymouth and The Mas
sachusetts Bay; encouraging individual research into the part
taken by our forefathers in the building of our Nation; pro
moting intelligent discussion of events in which the people of
our Commonwealth have been concerned, in order that justice
may be done to participants and false claims silenced; and in
spiring among our members a spirit of fellowship based upon
a proper appreciation of our common ancestry.
Membership
The number of Resident Members of the Society never
shall exceed one hundred. They shall be elected from among
the citizens of Massachusetts, and shall cease to be members
whenever they cease to be residents thereof. The number of
Corresponding Members never shall exceed fifty ; and the num
ber of Honorary Members never shall exceed twenty. They
shall be elected from among non-residents of Massachusetts,
and shall cease to be members if at any time they become both
citizens and permanent residents thereof. No person shall be
eligible to membership who cannot prove, by documentary evi
dence satisfactory to the Council, his lineal descent from an
ancestor who was a resident of the Colonies of Plymouth or
The Massachusetts Bay.

THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS
Objects
Whereas, It is desirable that there should be adequate
celebrations commemorative of the events of Colonial history,
happening from the settlement of Jamestown, Va., May 13,
1607. to the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1 775;
Therefore, The Society of Colonial Wars has been insti
tuted to perpetuate the memory of those events, and of the men
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who, in military, naval and civil positions of high trust and
responsibilty, by their acts or counsel, assisted in the establish
ment, defense and preservation of the American Colonies, and
were in truth founders of this Nation. With this end in
view, it seeks to collect and preserve manuscripts, rolls, relics
and records ; to provide suitable commemorations or memorials
relating to the American Colonial period, and to inspire in its
members the fraternal and patriotic spirit of their forefathers,
and in the community respect and reverence for those whose
public services made our freedom and unity possible.
Membership
Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of
good moral character and reputation, shall be eligible to mem
bership in the Society of Colonial Wars, who is lineally de
scended, in the male or female line, from an ancestor:
( 1 ) Who served as a military or naval officer, or as a
soldier, sailor or marine, or as a privateersman, under authority
of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, or
in the forces of Great Britain which participated with those
of the said Colonies in any wars in which the said colonies were
engaged, or in which they enrolled men, from the settlement of
Jamestown, May 13, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, April
19, 1775; or,
(2) Who held office in any of the Colonies between the
dates above mentioned, either as
(a) Director-General, Vice-Director-General, or member
of the Council or legislative body in the Colony of New Neth
erlands. (b) Governor, Lieutenant- or Deputy-Governor, Lord
Proprietor, member of the King's or Governor's Council, or
legislative body in the Colonies of New York, New Jersey, Vir
ginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
(c) Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy-Governor, or
member of the Council or of the legislative body in Maryland
and the Carolinas.
(d) Governor, Deputy-Governor, Governor's Assistant,
or Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England, or
member of the Council, body of Assistants, or legislative body
in any of the New England Colonies. 63

One collateral representative of an ancestor, such as above
specified, shall be eligible for membership, provided there be no
existing lineal descendant, and provided that such person be the
oldest collateral representative in the male line of such ancestor,
or has filed with the Secretary-General of the Society written
renunciation from all other persons having nearer claims to
representation. No State Society shall adopt any rule of eligibility for
membership which shall admit any person not eligible for mem
bership in the General Society; but any State Society may,
except as to members transferred from another State Society,
further restrict at its discretion the basis of eligibility for mem
bership in its own Society.

THE HEREDITARY ORDER OF DESCENDANTS OF
COLONIAL GOVERNORS PRIOR TO 1 750
Chartered
(Founded 1896)
Purposes
To commemorate the services of those men who singly
exercised supreme executive power in the American Colonies
and who laid in them the foundations of stable government and
of that respect for civil law and authority which made the main
tenance of their future independence possible.
Objects
1 . To further, in so far as convenable, all wise, just, free
and humane patriotic objects, and objects of patriotic societies.
II. Historical, genealogical, literary and social, and espe
cially the awakening and increase of general interest in the his
tory, customs and traditions of the Colonial Period.
Membership
Membership is purely honorary and is by invitation only.
Both men and women are included. 64

Colonial Society of
Pennsylvania

Military Order of the
Midnight Sun

Grand Army of the
Republic

Si)ci«ty of the Army
of the Cumberland

The Order
of Washington

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THE HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Organized March 21, 1885
Incorporated May 1 2th, 1 885
Objects
First. To collect and preserve information respecting the
early history and settlement of the City and State of New York
by the Dutch, and to discover, collect and preserve all still ex
isting documents, etc., relating to their genealogy and history.
Second. To perpetuate the memory and foster and pro
mote the principles and virtues of the Dutch ancestors of its
members, and to promote social intercourse among the latter.
Third. To gather by degrees a library for the use of the
Society, composed of all obtainable books, monographs,
pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., relating to the Dutch in America.
Fourth. To cause statedly to be prepared and read before
the Society, papers, essays, etc., on questions in the history or
genealogy of the Dutch in America.
Fifth. To cause to be prepared and published when the
requisite materials have been discovered and procured, collec
tions for a memorial history of the Dutch in America, wherein
shall be particularly set forth the part belonging to that element
in the growth and development of American character, institu
tions and progress. Membership
Section 1 . No one shall be eligible as a member unless he
be of full age, of respectable standing in society, of good moral
character, and the descendant in the direct male line of a Dutch
man who was a native or resident of New York or of the Amer
ican colonies prior to the year 1 675. This shall include those of
other former nationalities who found in Holland a refuge or a
home, and whose descendants in the male line came to this coun
try as Dutch settlers, speaking Dutch as their native tongue.
This shall also include descendants in the male line of Dutch
settlers who were born within the limits of Dutch settlements,
and the descendants in the male line of persons who possessed
the right of Dutch citizenship within Dutch settlements in
America, prior to the year 1675; also of any descendant in the
direct male line of a Dutchman, one of whose descendants be
came a member of this Society prior to June 1 6, 1 886.
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So long as there are one thousand members of the Society
no further elections to membership shall be held, but candi
dates for admission shall be placed in order upon a waiting list ;
provided, however, that this restriction shall not prevent the im
mediate election of any candidate who is the descendant of a
present or former member of the Society.
Badge adopted March 30, 1887
The most significant medal, from an historical point of
view, which was ever struck in Holland, is the so-called "Beg
gars' Medal." It is the memorial of the very first steps of that
march toward civil and religious liberty in which the men of
the Netherlands, after heroic struggles, finally led the world.
And, therefore, it is a most appropriate token for us to wear,
who have received in largest measure, in this New Republic, the
benefits of the noble conflict of our Dutch forefathers.
"The gourd or bottle had its origin from the usage made
of it by the pilgrims — that class of people who, to perform a
penance or to fulfill certain vows, undertake a journey to the
distant shrine of some saint, like that of St. James in Spain or of
Loretto in Italy. They are obliged to go there begging by the
way, and they carry this bottle-gourd, or calabash, attached
to the girdle, for the purpose of carrying water for their use
when they have to traverse dry and arid parts of the country.
For this reason these allied nobles made use both of the por
ringer and the wallet as an emblem of poverty, and to turn into
pleasantry the name of beggars, which had been given to them
with so much indignity. This is not all. These lords, wishing
to engrave on each other's memory the vow which each had
made to defend the privileges of the country, even to carry
the wallet, took pride in wearing on the breast certain medals
attached to ribbons, and very often joined with a porringer and
a gourd." The form adopted by The Holland Society is a facsimile of
the one to which are attached two such porringers and a gourd
or bottle, and shows on its face the armed bust of Philip II. of
Spain, with the first half of the motto, "En Tout Fidelles Au
Roy," and on the reverse two wallets, between the straps of
which are two hands joined, with the remainder of the motto,
"Jusques a Porter La Besace," together with the date, 1 566,
the figures of which are, however, separated, one in each cor
ner formed by the crossed hands and wallets.
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"THE HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AMERICA"
Founded April 1 2, 1 883. Incorporated June 1 2, 1 885
Objects
First, To perpetuate the memory and to foster and pro
mote the principles and virtues of the Huguenots.
Secondly, To publicly commemorate the principal events
in the history of the Huguenots.
Thirdly, To discover, collect and preserve all existing
documents, monuments, etc., relating to the genealogy or his
tory of the Huguenots of America.
Fourthly, To gather by degrees a library, for the use of
the Society, composed of all obtainable books, monographs,
pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., relating to the Huguenots.
Fifthly, To cause to be prepared and read before the
Society, papers, essays, etc., on questions in the history or
genealogy of the Huguenots; their settlements, biographies,
public acts, influence on the society, arts, commerce and
politics of America especially, and of other countries where
they settled.Sixthly, To cause to be prepared and published a series
of volumes entitled "Collections of the Huguenot Society of
America." Seventhly, To establish branches of this Society in other
American cities and to encourage the foundation of similar
Societies in other countries where the Huguenots have taken
refuge. Membership
Section 1 . The following classes of persons are eligible
for nomination to membership in the Society:
First, Descendants in the male or female line of the
Huguenot families who emigrated to America prior to the Pro
mulgation of the Edict of Toleration, November 28th, 1 787, or
who left France for other countries than America prior to that
date, may be elected as regular members.
Secondly, Persons who have made the history, genealogy,
principles, etc., of the Huguenots a special subject of study and
research, and have written and published the same, may be
elected as regular members. 67

Thirdly, Persons who have rendered some conspicuous
service in the advancement of Huguenot interests may be
elected as honorary members. They shall have no vote.
Fourthly, Persons who are residents of foreign countries
may be elected as corresponding members. They shall have
no vote. Section 2. Regular members shall be either life mem
bers upon the payment of the initiation fee of $10 on joining
the Society, and $50 in that or in any one year thereafter, or
annual members upon the payment of the initiation fee of $ 1 0
besides the annual dues of $5 for the first year and $5 annually
thereafter. The annual dues shall be payable in advance on the
1 3th day of April of each year. Notice shall be sent by the
Treasurer to every member failing to pay his annual subscrip
tion when due. If such annual dues shall be in arrears for two
years and shall not be paid in full, after due notice as afore
said, on or before the first day of June following the day upon
which the second year's dues become payable, the person so
failing to pay shall cease to be a member of the Society and
his or her name shall be erased from the list of members accord
ingly, provided, however, that the Executive Committee shall
have power in their discretion to restore such delinquent mem
ber upon payment of the amount due and upon proof satisfac
tory to the Executive Committee that the failure to pay was due
to oversight or excusable neglect.
Section 3. Part 1. Honorary and corresponding mem
bers shall be elected by the Society on recommendation of the
Executive Committee, to whom all applications for such nomi
nations should be addressed.
Part 2. Only members of the Society have the right of
proposing and seconding candidates, and those members must
have personally known such candidates for over a year, and
vouch for their good standing. Application blanks for regu
lar members will be furnished by the chairman of the Pedigree
Committee. When these are filled in with the names of the
candidate for admission, names of the Huguenot ancestor, and
names of the proposer and seconder, and returned to the
Library, the chairman, if satisfied that the Huguenot claims
are admissable, shall then forward pedigree blanks.
Part 3. These pedigree blanks must be filled out in the
most exact manner possible, and all dates of births, marriages
and deaths given, before the name of the candidate can be con-
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_ . Order of Americans of
Society of a • 1 a
. . _v, . , Armorial Ancestry
American Wars of the
United States

The Society of the
Army of West Virginia

The Society of the The Sodety of Ae
Army of the James Army of ^ Tenr,esaee

PLATE XII

sidered by the Executive Committee. If printed records of
these dates exist, page and book in which they appear must
be given. If conclusive evidence be furnished that these rec
ords have been lost or destroyed, the committee may accept
other satisfactory evidence.
Part 4. Candidates for regular membership must be pro
posed at a meeting of the Executive Committee. These candi
dates shall be elected by the Executive Committee at any meet
ing subsequent to that at which they were proposed on the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the committee present.
Part 5. All supplementary pedigrees must be approved
by the Executive Committee before they can be filed in the
archives of the Society, or before the names of the Huguenot
ancestors mentioned therein can be inserted in the list of mem
bers. Part 6. The Secretary shall (through the Treasurer)
notify the candidate of his or her election and with this notifi
cation the Treasurer shall enclose the bill for initiation fee, and
dues for the first year, — and upon the payment within thirty
days of the required amount, the person shall be entered on the
list of members. Due notification of the election of the candi
date shall be sent to the proposer by the Secretary.

THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION
OF THE UNITED STATES
Instituted April 1 5, 1 865
Objects
The objects of this Order shall be to cherish the memories
and associations of the war waged in defence of the unity and
indivisibility of the Republic; strengthen the ties of fraternal
fellowship and sympathy formed by companionship-in-arms ;
advance the best interests of the soldiers and sailors of the
United States especially of those associated as Companions of
this Order, and extend all possible relief to their widows and
children; foster the cultivation of military and naval science;
enforce unqualified allegiance to the General Government ; pro
tect the rights and liberties of American citizenship, and main
tain National Honor, Union and Independence.
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Membership
Section 1 . The Companions of this Order shall be elected
in the manner hereinafter provided from the classes defined in
this Article, and shall be entitled Companions of the First Class,
Second Class and Third Class, respectively, as described and
defined. Section 2. Original Companions of the First Class.
Commissioned officers and honorably discharged commissioned
officers of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps,
Regular or Volunteer, including officers of assimilated or cor
responding rank by appointment of the Secretary of War or
Navy, who were actually engaged in the suppression of the
Rebellion prior to the fifteenth day of April, 1865, and whose
names appear in the Official Registers of the United States
Army and Navy and of the Volunteer Force of the United States
Army, or appeared upon the official records of the United States
War or Navy Department during their term of service as com
missioned officers of organizations mustered into the service of
the United States, and not restricted to service within any given
State, for a period of service not less than ninety days, or who
served under the President's call of the fifteenth day of April,
1861; or who, having served as non-commissioned officers,
warrant officers or enlisted men, during the War of the Rebel
lion, have since been or may hereafter be commissioned as offi
cers in the United States Regular or Volunteer Army, Navy or
Marine Corps; and persons who, having served as non-com
missioned officers, warrant officers or enlisted men as aforesaid,
shall have become eligible to membership by descent from
members of the Order, or officers who were eligible as such,
who shall have died. All midshipmen in the United States
Navy and all cadets of the United States Army, who while
pursuing their course in the United States Naval Academy or
the United State Military Academy at West Point, actually
rendered service, and which service has been or shall be recog
nized by the United States Congress or the Navy Department or
by the War Department as service rendered during the War of
the Rebellion. Those elected under the provisions of this sec
tion shall be designated Original Companions of the First Class.
Section 3. Hereditary Companions of the First Class.
The direct male lineal descendants, who shall have attained the
age of twenty-one years, of deceased Original Companions of
the First Class, and of deceased officers not members of the
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Order, but who were eligible as such, and whose direct descent
shall in every case be traced anew from the original founder of
the membership in the Order, or from the deceased eligible offi
cer, and not otherwise. Those elected under the provisions of
this section shall be designated Hereditary Companions of the
First Class.
Section 4. Any Original Companion having no direct
lineal male descendant, may, by writing, filed with the Recorder
of his Commandery, nominate a Companion of the Second
Class from among the collateral male members of his family,
descending only from his own brother or sister, and the per
son so nominated when he shall have attained the age of twenty-
one years shall become eligible to membership for life in the
Second Class. Any nomination for membership in any class
heretofore filed by an Original Companion shall be valid and
effectual as a nomination under this Section.
Section 5. No eligibility to membership shall be derived
from an Original Companion who has been expelled from the
Order and not reinstated.
Section 6. The resignation of a Companion, or the drop
ping of a Companion from the rolls for neglect or refusal to
pay arrears, or the expulsion of a Companion who has obtained
membership by descent, shall not affect the eligibility of his
successor. Section 7. An applicant applying for membership by
virtue of descent from a deceased Companion, or from a de
ceased eligible officer, shall file affidavits and furnish such other
evidence as may be required, setting forth the facts upon which
the eligibility is claimed.
Section 8. Second Class: The sons, and if there be no
sons, the grandsons, of living Companions of the First Class,
whether Original, in Succession, or by Inheritance, who shall
have attained the age of twenty-one years, shall be eligible to
membership. Those elected under the provisions of this Sec
tion shall be designated Companions of the Second Class.
Section 9. Upon the death of the Companion from whom
his eligibility by direct descent was derived, a Companion of
the Second Class shall become a Succession Companion of the
First Class, and be so announced to the Order by Circular.
Section 1 0. Companions of the Second Class shall have
the right to vote in all cases except in elections of applicants
for membership as Original Companions of the First Class.
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Section 1 1 . Third Class : Companions of the Third
Class are those gentlemen who, in civil life, during the Rebel
lion, were specially distinguished for conspicuous and consist
ent loyalty to the National Government, and were active and
eminent in maintaining the supremacy of the same; and who,
prior to the fifteenth day of April, 1 890, were elected members
of the Order pursuant to the then existing provisions of the
Constitution, the power to elect such having ceased at that
date.

THE NATIONAL MARY WASHINGTON
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
Organized February 22d, 1 890, for 1 000 years
Objects
The particular objects of the Society are the erection of a
suitable monument to Mary, the mother of George Washing
ton, including the acquisition of such ground as may be proper,
and the improvement thereof by enclosure and otherwise, and
the maintenance and preservation in good order, in perpetuity,
of said monument with the improvements.
Contributors
Any person who shall pay to the Treasurer annually the
sum of one dollar or more shall be recorded as a contributor
for that year and shall be published as such in the annual report
of the Board of Directors.
Providing for a List of Life Members
35. — The payment of twenty-five dollars by one person
at the same time shall entitle the person so paying to an
Hereditary Life Membership in the Association, the certificate
of which is a medal in the form of a star with the head of Mary,
the mother of Washington, in the center, the initials of the
Association (N. M. W. M. A.) in blue and white enamel upon
the five points on the obverse side, and the Washington Heraldic
colors on the reverse side.
This Association being organized for perpetuity, these
Life Members, and their successors by inheritance, are privi-
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leged to aid in caring for the protection and preservation of
the grave and monument of the mother of Washington for all
future time. These medals are as an inheritance to descend from
mother to daughter or granddaughter, and so on in the direct
female line, or failing these, by will or deed, and entitle the
inheritor to a vote at all meetings of the Association after Feb
ruary 22d, 1896.
No medals will be given out after that date.

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES
OF AMERICA
Preamble
Whereas, History shows that the remembrance of a
nation's glory in the past stimulates to national greatness in the
future, and that successive generations are awakened to truer
patriotism and aroused to noble endeavor by the contemplation
of the heroic deeds of their forefathers ; therefore, the Society of
Colonial Dames of America has been formed, that the descend
ants of those men who in the Colonial period by their rectitude,
courage, and self-denial prepared the way for success in that
struggle which gained for the country its liberty and constitu
tion, may associate themselves together to do honor to the vir
tues of their forefathers, and to encourage in all who come
under their influence, true patriotism, built on a knowledge of
the self-sacrifice and heroism of those men of the colonies who
laid the foundation of this great nation.
Title
1. Name and Organization. This Society shall be known
by the name, style and title of the National Society of the Colo
nial Dames of America, and shall be composed of Corporate
Societies of which there are, the Societies in the Thirteen Co
lonial States, or the Ancestral Societies ; the Society in the Dis
trict of Columbia, or the Domicile or Charter Society; and the
Societies in the Non-Colonial States, or the Associate Societies.
Every member of every State Society shall be a Dame of
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Objects
1 . The objects of this Society shall be to collect and pre
serve manuscripts, traditions, relics, and mementos of bygone
days ; to preserve and restore buildings connected with the early
history of our country, to diffuse healthful and intelligent infor
mation concerning the past, to create a popular interest in our
Colonial history, to stimulate a spirit of true patriotism and a
genuine love of country, and to impress upon the young the
sacred obligation of honoring the memory of those heroic an
cestors whose ability, valor, sufferings and achievements are
beyond all praise. Membership
1 . Membership. The Corporate Societies shall be com
posed entirely of women who are descended in their own right
from some ancestor of worthy life who came to reside in an
American colony prior to 1 750, 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 insti
tution which has survived and developed into importance, or
who shall have held an important position in a Colonial govern
ment, or who, by distinguished services, shall have contributed
to the founding of this great and powerful nation.
2. Date of Ancestor's Services. All services which con
stitute a claim to membership must have been rendered before
July 5, 1 776, but this date shall be held to include all the signers
of the Declaration of Independence.

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Objects
1 . To perpetuate the memory of the spirit of the men and
women who achieved American Independence, by the acquisi
tion and protection of historical spots, and the erection of monu
ments; by the encouragement of historical research in relation
to the Revolution and the publication of its results ; by the pres
ervation of documents and relics, and of the records of the indi
vidual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by
the promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries.
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2. To carry out the injunction of Washington in his fare
well address to the American people, "to promote, as an object
of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of
knowledge," thus developing an enlightened public opinion, and
affording to young and old such advantages as shall develop in
them the largest capacity for performing the duties of American
citizens. 3. To cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of
American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country
and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.
Membership
Section 1 . Any woman, eighteen years of age or more, is
eligible to membership provided she be descended from a man
or a woman who, with unfailing loyalty, rendered material aid to
the cause of American Independence; or from a recognized
patriot, soldier or sailor or Civil officer, in one of the several
Colonies or States, or of the United Colonies or States ; and pro
vided she be acceptable to the Society.
Section 2. An applicant for membership shall be endorsed
by at least two members of the National Society.* The appli
cation shall be forwarded to the Registrar General and the initia
tion fee and annual dues (See Article IX) sent to the Treasurer
General at the same time. The Registrar General shall report on
the eligibility of the applicant to the National Board of Man
agement and the application shall be voted on by ballot. If the
majority of said Board approve such application, the applicant
shall be declared a member of the National Society.
Section 3. If the applicant present a card of transfer from
the National Society of the Children of the American Revolu
tion, showing that she was in good standing with all dues paid
to that Society to the age of eighteen, and the transfer be given
within a year thereafter, she shall be admitted to the National
Society and be exempt from payment of the initiation fee, if
eligible to the National Society of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution. Section 4. All persons whose applications were approved
on or before October 11, 1 89 1 , are charter members of the
National Society.
* It was voted at the Twenty-first Continental Congress, that the application
papers of those wishing to become members-at-large must be endorsed by the
Regent of the State in which the applicant resides.
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THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Objects
The purposes and objects of this Society are declared to
be patriotic, historical and educational, and shall include those
intended or designed to perpetuate the memory of the men
who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the Ameri
can Revolution, achieved the independence of the American
people; to unite and promote fellowship among their descend
ants ; to inspire them and the community at large with a more
profound reverence for the principles of the government
founded by our forefathers ; to encourage historical research in
relation to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve
the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war,
as well as documents, relics and landmarks ; to mark the scenes
of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to celebrate the
anniversaries of the prominent events of the war and of the
Revolutionary period; to foster true patriotism; to maintain
and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to carry
out the purposes expressed in the preamble of the Constitution
of our country and the injunctions of Washington in his fare
well address to the American people.
Membership
Section 1. Any man shall be eligible to membership in
the Society who, being of the age of twenty-one years or over,
and a citizen of good repute in the community, is the lineal
descendant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in his
loyalty to, and rendered active service in, the cause of American
Independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine,
militiaman, or minute man, in the armed forces of the Conti
nental Congress, or of any one of the several Colonies or States,
or as a signer of the Declaration of Independence ; or as a mem
ber of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence ; or as a mem
ber of any Continental, Provincial, or Colonial Congress or
Legislature; or as a recognized patriot who performed actual
service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great
Britain. Section 2. No one shall be entitled to membership in any
State Society who has previously been a member of any other
State Society and dropped for the non-payment of dues, until
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United Spanish War
Veterans

Army and Navy Union
of the United States The Welcome Society
of America of Pennsylvania

Regular and Volunteer Sons of Veterans
Army and Navy Union United States of America

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been^u6111?88 pf ^^ individual to the first Society shall have
Section 3. Applications for membership shall be made to
any State Society, m duplicate, upon blank forms prescribed by
the Board of Trustees, and shall in each case set forth the name,
occupation and residence, of the applicant, line of descent, and
the name residence and services of his ancestor or ancestors in
the Revolution, from whom he derives eligibility.
The applicant shall make oath that the statements of his
application are true, to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Upon the approval of an application by the State Society
to which it is made, one copy shall be transmitted to the Regis
trar General of the National Society, who shall examine further
the eligibility of the applicant. If satisfied that the member is
not eligible, he shall return the application for correction.
Until the State Society shall satisfy the Registrar General
ot the eligibility of such applicant, his name shall not be placed
on the roll of membership.
Section 4. The official designation of the members of
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
shall be "Compatriots."

THE NAVAL AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Objects
The objects of the Order are to cherish the memories and
associations of the war with Spain; to promote ties of fellow
ship and sympathy among those who participated in the war,
and to acquire and preserve the records of their individual
services ; to advance the best interests of the sailors and soldiers
of the United States; to promote unqualified allegiance to the
general government; to protect the rights and liberties of
American citizenship; and to maintain the national honor.
Membership
Section 1. Any man of good repute shall be eligible to
membership in the Order who was on the active list, or per
formed active duty (and who is still in the service, or has re
ceived an honorable discharge from the same) as a commis-
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sioned officer, regular or volunteer, in the United States Army,
Navy or Marine Corps, or as a contract surgeon, during the
war with Spain, or in the subsequent insurrection in the Philip
pines prior to April 1 , 1901; or participated in the said war or
insurrection, prior to said date, as a midshipman, naval or mili
tary cadet, or as an officer in the United States Revenue Cutter
Service on any vessel assigned to duty under the control of the
United States Navy Department, or as a warrant officer, non
commissioned officer, or enlisted man, and subsequently be
came a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Navy
or Marine Corps.
Section 2. Upon the death of a Companion of the Order,
or officer eligible to membership by right of personal service
in the Spanish-American War, or in the insurrection in the
Philippines prior to April 1, 1901, all his direct male lineal
descendants reaching the age of twenty-one years shall be eli
gible for election as Companions of the Order, or by Inheritance.
Provided, First. That the inheritance shall in every case
of succession be traced anew from the original founder of the
membership in the Order.or deceased officer as aforesaid, and
not otherwise, and shall be limited in cases of collateral succes
sion to the brothers, and descendants of brothers and sisters, of
such Original Companion or deceased officer; in cases of rep
resentation through females, the elder branches shall be pre
ferred to the younger.
Second. That any person eligible to membership by in
heritance, or by renunciation of another, may, in writing, waive
and renounce his right to such eligibility in favor of the person
next entitled at the time of such renunciation, excepting that no
person who is a direct lineal descendant of an Original Com
panion or deceased officer as aforesaid shall be allowed to waive
his right in favor of a collateral relative of such Original Com
panion or deceased officer.
Third. That in case a companion, or person already eligi
ble to membership, is next in line of inheritance from an Origi
nal Companion or deceased officer as aforesaid, the eligibility
to membership derived from such deceased Companion or offi
cer shall devolve upon the person next entitled other than such
living Companion or person already eligible, or the direct lineal
descendant of either; but any Original Companion having no
direct lineal descendant may, by writing filed with the Recorder
of the Commandery in which he may be enrolled, or by his
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last will and testament or instrument in the nature thereof,
nominate for life his successor from among his male heirs with
in the said limits in the collateral branches of his family.
Fourth. That in cases of inheritance by persons under
the age of twenty-one years the right of succession to eligibility
to membership, or of renunciation thereof, shall remain in
abeyance until they shall attain that age.
Fifth. That the resignation, expulsion, or forfeiture of
membership of a Companion who has obtained such member
ship by inheritance, or the rejection by the Commandery of an
applicant for membership whose claim thereto is based on in
heritance, shall only work as a waiver of his rights in favor of
the next person in line of inheritance from the Original Com
panion or deceased officer as aforesaid.
Sixth. That no right of inheritance shall be derived from
any Original Companion whose membership in the Order was
forfeited under Article XVII of the Constitution, and who was
not reinstated. Section 3. The direct male lineal descendants, twenty-
one years of age, of living Companions, whether original, by
inheritance or in succession, shall be eligible to election as
Junior Companions. Upon the death of the Companion from
whom he derives eligibility, a Junior Companion shall become
a Companion in Succession.
Section 4. A Companion having no direct lineal male de
scendants may nominate for election as Junior Companion a
male member of his family descending only from his brother
or sister. If the nominee shall be a minor, the nomination shall
remain in abeyance until he reaches the age of twenty-one years.
A Junior Companion so elected shall become a Companion in
Succession upon the death of the Companion who made the
nomination, provided, that if a Companion shall have descend
ants subsequent to his nomination of and the consequent elec
tion of a Junior Companion, the future representation of the
family in the Order shall revert to the direct line and succession
in the collateral line following the nomination and election shall
terminate. In case a nomination be not made by a Companion
having no direct lineal male descendants, the eligibility shall
follow the rule laid down in Article III of the Constitution, in
the collateral branches of his family in the order of genealogical
succession. 79

THE ORDER OF COLONIAL LORDS OF
MANORS IN AMERICA
Objects
The study of feudal institutions in the Colonial period of
American History; to collect and publish all that can be gleaned
in public and private archives, manuscript and otherwise, re
lating to Manor lands ; to locate and secure photographic copies
of portraits of Lords and Ladies of Manors; to bring to light
the laws covering the rights and privileges and obligations of
Lords of Manors in England in the 1 7th and 1 8th centuries, and
thus contribute an unwritten page in the history of the Ameri
can Colonies when feudal institutions were under English Rule
and Custom. Membership
Membership, which is limited, is by invitation in the name
of "The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America," and is
in right of descent from a man or woman who enjoyed feudal
rights in any of the American Colonies prior to July 4th, 1 776;
as a Proprietary, a Lord of a Manor, a Patroon, a Landgrave,
or by whatever designation known, enjoying equal rights and
privileges.

THE ORDER OF THE CROWN OF AMERICA
This honorary organization, whose work dates from 1 898,
and whose Constitution was issued in 1902, was founded by
Miss Henrietta Lynde de Neville Farnsworth, of Detroit, Michi
gan. Its purpose is to perpetuate the memory, not only of illus
trious Colonial ancestors, but of those belonging to earlier gen
erations who descended lineally and legitimately from the royal
houses of the old world; to keep in mind the efforts made by
them towards the furtherance of human progress ; to encourage
the acquisition of knowledge relating to the periods in which
they lived, and to inspire the loftiest conceptions of American
citizenship. Membership
Membership shall be by invitation only, such invitation to
be extended by State Councilor through the State Secretary
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Military Order of
Moro Campaigns

National Society of National Society of
Americans of Royal Daughters of Founders
Descent and Patriots of America
Scions of
Colonial Cavaliers

The Holland Society
of New York

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upon request of two members, one of whom is personally ac
quainted with the proposed Candidate. With the invitation,
the State Secretary will enclose to the applicant Application
and Lineage Blanks to be filled out by the Applicant and for
warded by her direct to the President General. She will file
one set of these papers in the Temporary Case and send the
other to the Registrar General, whose duty it shall be to care
fully examine same, and if satisfied of the Applicant's eligibility
and desirability, she will file papers and report to the President
and Secretary General. The latter will in turn notify the
Applicant. The Applicant is allowed two months in which to accept,
this acceptance to be sent to the Secretary General with Initia
tion Fee and Dues for first year. She, in turn, will forward
Fees and Dues to the Treasurer General. The latter will send
to the President General name and address of new member.
The lineage record must be made out and signed by a pro
fessional genealogist of recognized standing.

THE ORDER OF THE FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS
OF AMERICA
Objects
The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, as
its name indicates, lays emphasis upon two heroic classes — the
Founders, the brave pioneers who in the Seventeenth Century
came to and subdued the primeval wilderness of the American
Continent, establishing here the civilization which has devel
oped so gloriously; and the Patriots, those who in the years of
the Revolution played an immortal part in the cause of liberty.
No other hereditary society combines both these fields. The
need for an Order whose insignia should be the badge of the
double honor of a descent from both Founders and Patriots was
recognized, and this Order was organized in 1 896. Its remark
able growth and success have demonstrated the reality of this
need. There are now six State Societies under the General
Court, the New York, organized April 24th, 1896; the New
Jersey, organized April 28th, 1 896 ; the Connecticut, organized
May 9th, 1896; the Pennsylvania, organized January 14th,
1897; Massachusetts, organized May 29th, 1914; the Illinois,
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organized October 8th, 1914. Although the conditions of
eligibility are necessarily very strict, there are about seven hun
dred and seventy members of the Order ; and the Pennsylvania
Society has at present one hundred members.
Membership
Section 1 . Any man of the age of twenty-one years, of
good moral character and reputation, and a citizen of the United
States, who is lineally descended, in the male line of either
parent, from an ancestor who settled in any of the Colonies
now included in the United States of America, prior to May
1 3, 1 657, and one or all of whose intermediate ancestors, in the
same line, who lived in the period of the Revolution, from 1775
to 1 783, adhered as patriots to the cause of the Colonies, shall
be eligible to membership in the Society, except as hereinafter
provided. Provided always, That the Society reserves to itself
the privilege of rejecting any nomination that may not be
acceptable to it.
Section 3. The male descendants of any associate, being
of good moral character and reputation, and citizens of the
United States, shall also be eligible to membership, provided
that the claims of each such descendant shall be traced anew
from the qualifying ancestor from whom the first associate was
eligible. The clause in Section 1 , "Adhered as patriots to the cause
of the Colonies," means attachment to the cause of the Colonies
shown by military or naval service against Great Britain or
affirmative, public and consistent acts manifesting adherence,
and loyalty to the American cause in the American Revolution.
This must be satisfactorily proved by proper evidence.

THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE OF
TRAMONTANE
This Order has a Charter from the College of Arms of
Canada, with right of registry of those of its members for privi
leges of Noblesse under the Crown in Canada, etc., who con
form to the requirement of such registry under the edict of
1 760, which requires descent in the male line, family name from
a Royal Officer, military or civil, of 1 760, or before, of honor
able European ancestry, or from an officer of the United Empire
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Loyalist List of 1 783, of limited European ancestry, by special
provision of the Loyalist Act of Quebec, of King George III.
Membership
They must be descended from one of the 60 Knights of this
Order, created in 1 7 1 6 by the Royal Governor of Virginia, Sir
Alexander Spottswood, for their achievement of opening and
defending the territory of Tramontane for King George II, west
of the Blue Ridge (now Kentucky, Southern Orio and
Indiana) .

THE ORDER OF THE WHITE CRANE
Object
To unite the family of mankind into one family, so far
as regards brotherly love, justice and well-being, into a band of
Christian Knights. Membership
All those who descend from the native Chiefs of America,
together with all those who descend from Colonial Ancestry,
who have been domiciled in America from the earliest period to
the year 1 783, and are of the Aryan Race (except as above
specified as to the Indian Chiefs) or natives of the Americas,
of Indian, Aztec or Toltec origin.

THE ORDER OF WASHINGTON
Founded 1895
History
This Order was founded at Mobile, Ala., in 1895, and, as
far as I am aware, is the only one named for the illustrious
general and statesman, George Washington. Our members
having become separated, the Order remained in abeyance
when an attempt was made by Mr. John Eyerman, of Easton,
Pa., and myself, to revive the Order. The former having a
die cast for the beautiful insignia now adopted by us, and also
some handsome invitations issued, containing upon their face
the necessary qualifications of admittance to the Order. Noth-
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ing further was done until I became permanently settled in this
city, when I determined to reorganize the Order, and with the
assistance of certain gentlemen, we placed it upon a firm basis,
and on May 13, 1908, formally instituted the Order and re
ceived a Charter for the same on June 11,1 908, so that we
have the satisfaction of knowing that The Order of Washing
ton is now firmly established, and as a qualification for mem
bership requires that the ancestor must have arrived in America
before 1 750, have been a landowner or founder of a town, held
some official, military or ministerial position in the Colonial
service, and had a descendant who aided the Colonies in attain-
ing their independence. j G g gulloch> M D
Chancellor-General.
Objects
"Whereas, It should be the duty of all those of illustrious
lineage to preserve intact the history and traditions relating to
the foundation of their country, and to endeavor to promote
peace, happiness, and the general welfare of mankind, there
fore, we, the founders of this Order, should use our influence
to see that our institutions are kept intact and free from per
nicious influences and that freedom and liberty be promoted:
Therefore, we whose names are subjoined do now institute an
order of patriotism and chivalry to be known as The Order of
Washington." »» i u .
s Membership
In order to become a member of this Order the ancestor
must have arrived in America prior to 1750, have been a land
owner or a founder of a town, and have held some official, mili
tary (naval) or ministerial position in Colonial days, and also
had a male descendant who assisted the Colonies in attaining
their independence.
In order to explain the above the following clause is
offered :
The candidate to become a Companion in this Order must
have descended in the male or female line from a male ancestor
who assisted the Colonies in attaining their independence, and
the revolutionary ancestor must have descended in the direct
male line from an ancestor who was in the Colonies prior to
1 750 and who or whose son held at some time an official posi
tion during the Colonial period, or, was a founder of a town,
or, was in the military or naval service, or was a minister of the
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Dragon

Imperial Order of the
Yellow Rose

Imperial Order of the MiHtary Qrder of Ae

French Alliance

The United Daughters
of the Confederacy

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

PLATE XV

THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN SOCIETY
Organized 1891
Objects
Section 1 . The objects of the Society shall be:
To perpetuate the memory and foster the principles and
virtues of the early settlers in Pennsylvania of Germanic origin
and of their descendants.
To bring to public notice and aid in the preservation of the
landmarks and monuments of these early settlers and to collect
and preserve the early printed records, books, papers, pamphlets,
newspapers and in particular the documentary heritage, includ
ing manuscripts, letters, journals, church and church-yard rec
ords, and such other originals as relate to the history and geneal
ogy of the Pennsylvania-Germans; and from time to time to
publish them, especially such as will exhibit the part belonging
to this people in the growth and development of American char
acter, institutions and progress.
To set together the deeds of these early pioneers in the
American wilderness in connected historical form, and give
them a permanent place in American literature.
To cause statedly to be prepared and read before the So
ciety papers on the history, biography, genealogy, customs, lan
guage, art and folklore of the Pennsylvania-Germans.
To promote social intercourse among its membership.
Membership
Section 1 . The membership of the Society shall consist of
three classes, viz. : Regular, Associate and Honorary.
Section 2. Regular members shall be direct descendants
of early settlers in Pennsylvania of Germanic origin.
Section 3. Associate members shall be any Americans of
German descent, or any Germans who have become naturalized
citizens of the United States, or, any persons who are in sym
pathy with the objects of this Society. They shall be entitled to
all the rights and privileges of members, except that they shall
have no vote and shall be ineligible to hold office.
Section 4. Honorary membership may be conferred upon
distinguished persons who are in sympathy with the objects of
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the Society and who have won eminence by their learning or
achievements in matters pertaining to the objects of the Society.
Section 5. Applications for membership of all classes
shall be made in writing on blank forms, to be supplied by the
Secretary, which shall be signed by the applicant and by two
members of the Society, and shall contain the date and the place
of birth, the occupation of the applicant and the line of ancestry
from which the applicant has descended, together with such
other data as the blank form may indicate, or which the Execu
tive Committee may from time to time require. All applications
for membership that may be presented to the Executive Com
mittee at any of its meetings shall lie over and be acted upon
at its next meeting; and if the application be found in order
and accompanied by the dues, as provided in Article IV, Sec
tion 1 , hereof, the applicant shall be balloted for, and a two-
thirds affirmative vote of the members present shall be necessary
to elect. Section 6. Life members shall consist of such Regular or
Associate members as may be elected to this class by the Execu
tive Committee and as have conformed to the requirements of
Article IV, Section 2, hereof.
Section 7. Honorary members shall be nominated by the
Executive Committee and elected by the Society.
Section 8. The nineteen gentlemen who attended the two
preliminary meetings at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, February 1 4
and February 26, 1 89 1 , to organize the Society shall be known
as "Founders."

THE PILGRIM SOCIETY
Incorporated 1820
Object
The landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in the month of
December, in the year 1620, and the permanent foundations
laid by them in Church and Commonwealth under peculiar cir
cumstances of privations and toil, are among the first lines of
the history of New England and of these United States. Their
various emigrations from the north of England, the land of their
nativity, to Amsterdam and to Leyden, in Holland, in 1 607 and
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1609, and their final removal to America, in 1620, as above
stated, are remarkable eras in their pilgrimage, the commemora
tion of which has become an anniversary piously celebrated on
the 22d day of December by their descendants.
That these historical events should be perpetuated by dura
ble monuments, to be erected at Plymouth, is a desirable object
in which public feeling very laudably concurs, and which has
led to the institution and incorporation of the Pilgrim Society.
Membership
Any person of good moral character, who shall have paid
into the treasury for the use of the Society, the sum of five dol
lars (or any person who shall have paid or shall pay the sum of
five dollars in aid of the proposed monument to be erected in
honor of the Pilgrims), and obtained a certificate or receipt
from the Treasurer, or, in his absence, from the Recording Sec
retary, for the said sum, shall be entitled to membership, and
the Secretary shall, on receipt of such document, deliver to
every such person a diploma accordingly.
Any person of respectable character may be proposed as
a candidate for honorary membership at any meeting of the
Society, and if a majority of votes be given in his favor, he shall
be admitted as an honorary member.
Any person who shall present to the Library or Cabinet
any article or articles which the Trustees shall deem sufficiently
valuable to entitle him to membership, may be then admitted
as a member.

THE ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK
Organized February 28th, 1835. Incorporated April 17th, 1841
Objects
To collect and preserve information respecting the history
of the City of New York and to promote social intercourse
among its native citizens, as well as to engage in certain relief
work- Membership
Any person of full age in respectable standing in society,
of good moral character, who was a native or resident of the city
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or State of New York prior to the year 1 785, or who is the de
scendant of any such native or resident, or who is a descendant
of a member of this Society, shall be eligible as a member. But
whenever, and as long as there shall be six hundred and fifty
members of the Society no one shall be elected to membership
unless he be the descendant in the oldest male line of a member
or former member, and in all elections to membership the ballot
shall be first taken on the candidates who may be the descend
ants of members.

THE SOCIETY FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE
DUCAL PROVINCE OF NORMANDY
Divided into Five Branches — One in England,
One in Scotland, One in Ireland, One in Canada,
One in America
This Society is under Charter of the College of Arms of
Canada, holding special privilege as the only College represent
ing the ancient Crown of France by edict of Louis XIV, of
1 664, and by recognition of the Crown of Great Britain in the
Treaties of the Cession of Canada of 1 760 and 1 763. Rights
of registration conferring privileges of Noblesse to those quali
fying under requirements of the edict of 1 760, are reserved to
members. .
Insignia
A shield gules with three leopards or. The shield is ducally
crowned and suspended from a bar, on which are the words:
"Norman de la Normandie." A scroll at the base of the shield
bears the old Norman legend, "Dieu et mon droit."
Objects
To collect the records and armorial descriptions of Norman
families — especially those of members. To associate together
in a membership to practise and perpetuate Norman chivalry
and traditions, especially derived from the Norman Conquerors.
To urge forward the suggestion already made that the French
Republic, in consideration that Great Britain will cancel the
war debt due Great Britain from France, will cede the territory
once known as the Ducal Province of Normandy back to the
Crown of Great Britain with all its sovereign provincial rights
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as established by the Crown of France under Louis XII, when
he received the Province from England under Treaty with the
Estates of Normandy (Noblesse, Clergy and Burgesses), and
which Treaty of Tenure has been violated by the French Repub
lic, the constitution and Les Coutumes abolished, and the prov
ince erased and dismembered, shall be restored under the Crown
of Great Britain and the ducal government remain as formerly.
That all descendants of the Norman race, however far re
moved, resent the present degradation of the hearthstone' of
their race and pledge themselves to do their best to restore its
treaty rights aforesaid under guardianship of the Crown of
Great Britain, whose constitution is also a derivative of that
of Normandy. Membership
Requires descent from the Normans and a pledge to aid in
restoring the ducal province.

THE SOCIETY OF THE ARK AND THE DOVE
Membership
Any person of legal age and of good, moral character and
reputation is eligible for membership in The Society of The Ark
and The Dove, who is lineally descended in the male or female
line from Sir George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore, any of the
gentlemen adventurers, or from any member of the company
who came to Maryland in the ships "The Ark" and "The Dove"
and assisted in the foundation of the Province of Maryland at
St. Maries City, March 27, 1634.

THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY AND
NAVY OF THE GULF
Objects
To keep alive the many pleasant memories of the com
mand, to foster among its members that kindly feeling and
cordial companionship which characterized its officers in all
their relations, to preserve the fair fame and glory of its fallen
brave and to transmit to posterity the good name of the living
while it faithfully cherishes the memory of its dead.
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Membership
Officers of the Army and Navy who served in the Depart
ment of the Gulf, and have been honorably mustered out, or
who still remain in the Army and Navy of the United States.
Honorary members may be elected from time to time from offi
cers who have served in the Armies and Navies of the United
States.

THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF GEORGIA
Instituted December 1 5th, 1 868
Objects
The object of the Association shall be to preserve and per
petuate the history of the Army of Georgia; to preserve and
unite those patriotic sentiments, and to maintain and strengthen
that courteous and friendly intercourse for which the members
of this army have always been distinguished; to preserve the
name and fame of the members of this army, who have fallen
in the field, or who have otherwise perished in the service of
their country, shall be one of the sacred duties of this Asso
ciation, and no efforts shall be spared to collect and preserve in
the archives of the Society, the testimonials of their deeds and
services. This Society tenders to the widows and orphans of our
fallen comrades its warmest sympathy, and readily pledges it
self to provide for the wants and relieve the suffering of all such
of them as are destitute, by the voluntary contribution of its
members, or in such other way as from time to time may be
determined. It further pledges itself to use all proper effort to procure
for all such disabled soldiers, and their families, as are entitled
thereto, the pensions and bounties now provided by law.
The welfare of the soldier's widow; the good name and
education of his children, shall always be regarded as a sacred
privilege and trust of the Association.
Membership
All such officers and soldiers as have at any time served
in this army, and who have been honorably discharged from
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such service ; or who remain in service in the regular army, who
shall have subscribed to the Constitution and By-Laws of the
Society. Honorary members may, from time to time, be elected
from among the officers of other armies of the United States,
who have served with distinction in their armies.

THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE JAMES
Information as to Objects and Requirements for Member
ship not available at time of publication.

THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
Organized July 5 th and 6th, 1 869, and Subsequently Amended
Objects
The object of this Society shall be to cherish the memories
and associations of the Army of the Potomac; to strengthen
the ties of fraternal fellowship and sympathy formed from com
panionship in that Army; to perpetuate the name and fame of
those who have fallen either on the field of battle or in the line
of duty with the Army; to collect and preserve the record of
its great achievements, its numerous and well-contested battles,
its campaigns, marches, and skirmishes.
Membership
Section 1 . This Association shall be known by the name
and title of "The Society of the Army of the Potomac," and
shall include every officer and enlisted man who has at any time
served with honor in that Army, and been honorably discharged
therefrom, or remains in service in the regular Army, who shall
have given his assent to the Constitution and By-Laws of the
Society, and paid his initiation fee. It shall also include all
officers and men serving on vessels which, during the war, were
in active and immediate co-operation with the Army of the
Potomac and who were honorably discharged therefrom or re
main in the regular service, and who shall have given their
assent to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Society and paid
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Section 2. Honorary members may, from time to time,
be elected from those who have served with distinction in any
of the other Armies, or in the Navy of the United States, and
also from those who have acted as Orators and Poets at the
Annual Reunions. Amendment to Article I
Lineal male and female descendants of members of the
Society of the Army of the Potomac and of deceased honorably
discharged soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, who shall be of
full age, shall be eligible for membership in this Society as
second-class members and collaterals, and shall be entitled to
all the privileges of membership save that of voting. The Exec
utive Committee shall provide a badge and ribbon for second-
class members distinct from that worn by first-class members.

THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE
Objects
The object of the Society shall be to keep alive and pre
serve that kindly and cordial feeling which has been one of the
characteristics of this Army during its career in the service, and
which has given it such harmony of action, and contributed,
in no small degree, to its glorious achievements in our country's
cause. The fame and glory of all the officers belonging to this
Army, who have fallen either on the field of battle, or in their
line of duty, shall be a sacred trust to this Society, which shall
cause proper memorials of their services to be collected and
preserved, and thus transmit their names with honor to
posterity. The families of all such officers who shall be in indigent
circumstances will have a claim on the generosity of the Society,
and will be relieved by the voluntary contributions of its mem
bers whenever brought to their attention. In like manner, the
fame and suffering families of those officers who may here
after be stricken down by death shall be a trust in the hands of
their survivors. Membership
Every officer who has served with honor in the Army of
the Tennessee, their wives, lineal descendants and other
relatives. 92

The Union Society
of the Civil War

Society of The National Society
Colonial Dames of the Sons of the
of America American Revolution

National Society
United Steltes Daughters
of 1812

Daughters of the
Revolution

PLATE XVI

THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF WEST VIRGINIA
Preliminary Organization, September 22d, 1 870
Formally Organized, October 19th, 1871
Objects
To cherish the memories and associations of the Army of
West Virginia; to strengthen the ties of fraternal fellowship and
sympathy formed from companionship in the Army; to per
petuate the name and fame of those who have fallen either on
the field of battle or in the line of duty with that Army; to col
lect and preserve the record of its great achievements, its numer
ous and well-contested battles, its campaigns, marches, and
skirmishes. Membership
The Association may include the Governors of the State
of West Virginia previous to the close of the war ; every officer
and enlisted man who has at any time served with honor in that
Army and been honorably discharged therefrom or remains in
service in the Regular Army; also any officer and enlisted man
living in what was the Department of West Virginia, but having
served in other armies and having been honorably discharged
therefrom. Honorary members may, from time to time, be
elected from those who served with distinction in any of the
other armies or in the Navy of the United States.

THE MILITARY SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812
Organized January 8th, 1826
Consolidated with the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the
State of New York, January 8th, 1 848
Objects
Whereas, The Congress of the United States, by Act ap
proved June 18th, 1812, declared War to exist between the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the de
pendencies thereof and the United States of America and their
territories; and
Whereas, This appeal to arms by the American People,
after unexampled forbearance, was made necessary by a contin
ued series of hostile encroachments and aggressions on their
rights, interests and territorial jurisdiction, and in defence of
certain great principles of the Law of Nations which had been
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oppressively violated, for several years, to their great injury;
principles which may be summarized as follows:
1. That the Independence and territorial sovereignty of
the nation is inviolable.
2. That the National flag protects seamen on regularly
documented American vessels against Foreign impressment.
3. That the Neutral flag covers enemy's goods with the
exception of contraband of war.
4. That neutral goods, with the exception of contraband
of war, are not liable to capture under an enemy's flag; and
5. That blockades, in order to be binding, must be ef
fective; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really
to prevent access to the coast of the enemy and preclude a rea
sonable chance of entrance ; and
Whereas, It is fitting that the principles for which "The
War of Eighteen Hundred and Twelve" was waged by the
United States should ever be borne in remembrance and upheld
by the American People.
Therefore, This Military Society has been instituted by
men who served in the Armies and Navies of the United States
in the War of Eighteen Hundred and Twelve, to inspire among
the members and among the American People the patriotic spirit
of those who, in the military or naval service of the United
States, or in service on private armed vessels of the United
States, bearing commissions of letters of marque and reprisal
from the United States, during the War, defended their Coun
try against hostile encroachments on its rights and interests and
caused its sovereignty and independence to be respected; to
inculcate and maintain the great principles of the Law of Na
tions for which they contended, to collect and preserve the
manuscript rolls, records and other documents relating to that
War, and to commemorate the Land and Naval victories of the
American arms in that War ; to undertake and assist in the erec
tion of proper memorials thereof; to perpetuate the mutual
friendships formed in that War under the pressure of common
danger, and to promote fellowship among the members of every
degree; to participate in the celebration of other historic pa
triotic events of National importance, and generally to take
such measures, patriotic, historical, literary, benevolent and
social, as may conduce to the general intendment of this Insti
tution, and better accomplish the objects thereof.
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Membership
The members of this Institution shall be of two classes,
namely: Original or Hereditary, who shall be members in their
own right, and
Honorary, who shall be members for their own lives
without heritable succession.
Amendment to Article Governing Hereditary Membership,
adopted October 1 8th, 1 893 :
On and after January 8th, 1 894, eligibility to Hereditary
Membership shall be restricted and limited to the proper de
scendants of Commissioned Officers, Aides-de-Camp and Com
manding Officers of private armed vessels of the United States,
comprehended and described in Section 1 of this article ; and to
the proper descendants of Original and Hereditary Members of
this Institution heretofore duly admitted ; and to the proper de
scendants of Original Members in military societies formed
prior to January 8th, 1 856, by men who served in the armies and
navies of the United States in the War of 1812; and to Hered
itary Members heretofore admitted in such military societies and
their proper descendants ; and to the proper descendants of the
veteran delegates ; and to the proper descendants of the veteran
delegates to the national conventions of the soldiers of the War
of 1812, held respectively in the city of Philadelphia on Janu
ary 9th, 1 854, and in the city of Washington on January 8th,
1855; provided, the actual military or sea service of the Orig-
nal Member or 'propositus from whom descent is derived, were
such as would have made him eligible to Original Membership
in this Institution, and none other shall be eligible to Hereditary
Membership. . . . „ .
Honorary Members
The President and Ex-Presidents of the United States, the
Vice-President and ex- Vice-Presidents of the United States, the
Judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts of the United States,
General Officers of the Army of the United States, not below
the rank of Major-General, Flag Officers of the Navy of the
United States, not below the rank of Rear Admiral, General
Officers of the Society of the Cincinnati and Presidents of the
State Societies of that Order, and Citizens who have received
the formal approbation of the Congress of the United States for
distinguished conduct or eminent services, shall alone be eligible
to Honorary Membership. 95

THE UNION SOCIETY OF THE CIVIL WAR
Objects
The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the mem
ory of those loyal officials who, outside the military or naval
service of the United States, rendered invaluable aid and assist
ance to the National Government and Union Cause during the
Civil War.
To unite and promote fellowship amongst them and their
descendants; to encourage historical research in relation to the
Civil War period; to acquire and preserve the records of the
individual services of loyal Union officials of the War; as well
as documents, relics and landmarks; to foster true patriotism
and to maintain and extend the institutions of American free
dom. Membership
Section 1. Any loyal Union man who, between April
12th, 1861, and April 9th, 1865, served as President, Vice-
President, Justice of the Supreme Court, Cabinet Officer, Min
ister Plenipotentiary abroad, Senator, Member of the House
of Representatives, Special Commissioner, or Executive Sec
retary of the United States; Member, Associate Member or
Chief Agent at the front of the United States Sanitary Com
mission; National Official of the United States Christian and
Union Commissions or Chief Agent at the front; Loyal Gov
ernor of Loyal State; Lieutenant-Governor, State Secretary of
State, State Attorney-General, State Treasurer, Commissioned
Officer of Governor's Military Staff, President of State Sen
ate, Speaker of State House of Representatives, Executive Sec
retary, State Executive Counsellor, Commissioned Officer of
State Provost Marshal's Department on recruiting duty for
United States Volunteer service; State Military Agent, Mem
ber of Commission, Board or Committee appointed by Govern
or to aid and assist in matters connected with national protec
tion and defense; United States Military or Provisional Gov
ernor of Secession State.
Section 2. Also any male citizen is eligible for member
ship who received by name the "Thanks of Congress" for val
uable services rendered to the National Government and Union
Cause between April 1 2th, 1 861 , and April 9th, 1 865.
Section 3. Any other Loyal Union man may also be
elected to membership who, outside the Military or Naval serv-
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ice of the United States, between the aforesaid dates rendered
services to the National Government and Union Cause which
may be considered by the General Board of Managers to have
been of sufficient value to warrant his election to membership
in the Society.
Section 4. Any man twenty-one years of age is eligible
for membership who is descended from any of the foregoing
persons, provided he may be found worthy.

THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
Objects
The objects of this Association are memorial, historical,
benevolent, educational and social ; namely, to honor the mem
ory of those who served and those who fell in the service of the
Confederate States; to record the part taken by the Southern
women in patient endurance of hardship and patriotic devotion
during the struggle, as well as untiring effort after the war in
the reconstruction of the South ; to collect and preserve the ma
terial for a true history of the War between the States ; to pro
tect and preserve historical places of the Confederacy; to ful
fill the sacred duty of charity to the survivors of that war and
those dependent upon them; to help educate the needy de
scendants of worthy Confederates; and to cherish the ties of
friendship among the members of the Society.
Membership
Section 1 . Those women entitled to membership are the
women who are the widows, wives, mothers, sisters, nieces,
grandnieces and lineal descendants of such men as served hon
orably in the Confederate army, navy, or civil service; or of
those men, unfit for active duty, who loyally gave aid to the
Cause. Also Southern women who can give proof of personal
service or loyal aid to the Southern Cause during the war; and
the lineal descendants or nieces of such women, wherever liv
ing. Northern women having no male relative who served the
Confederate States of America in the War Between the States,
1 861 -1 865, and having themselves performed no special service
to same, but having married a Confederate soldier since 1865,
and through this means becoming a member of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, shall have the words "by adop
tion" placed upon their certificate of membership, and upon
the Registrar's books, and in all rosters shall be designated as
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members "by adoption." Said member being entitled to all the
honors and privileges of this Association except that of holding
any office in the General Association, divisions or chapters;
except that of transmitting this honor to members of her fam
ily, only her children of a Confederate father; the honor dies
with her if she has no children.

THE VETERAN CORPS OF ARTILLERY OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK
THE MILITARY SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 (q. v.)
Veteran Corps of Artillery Instituted Military Society War of 1812 Organized
November 25, 1790. In Service of the January 8, 1826. Consolidated with
United States in 1812 and 1814-1815. Veteran Corps January 8, 1848.
Instituted November 25th, 1 790
The Veteran Corps of Artillery, S. N. Y., instituted at the
city of New York, November 25, 1790, exclusively by officers
and soldiers of the War of the Revolution.
Organized as a separate and distinct Corps in the Active
Militia of the State of New York, duly confirmed by the Gov
ernor of the State, March 8, 1 791 .
In military service of the United States June 25 to July 2,
1812, and September 2, 1 8 1 4, to March 2, 1 8 1 5.
Recruited after 1814, under authority of the Governor of
the State, exclusively from Veterans of the War of 1812.
Corps regulations amended September 10, 1890, to admit
descendants of Revolutionary Members or 1812 Veterans. Such
limitations fixed by law, March 9, 1 895.
Military Society of the War of 1812, organized at the City
of New York, January 8, 1826, exclusively by Commissioned
Officers of that War, regular and volunteer,
United with the Veteran Corps of Artillery, S. N. Y„ Jan
uary 8, 1 848, as its Military Society of that War and Civic Asso
ciation for Patriotic and other laudable purposes,
The Corps confirmed in statutory and prescriptive rights
and privileges as a separate Corps in active militia, by Acts of
Congress of May 8, 1792 (Section 1641 U. S. Revised Statutes),
January 21, 1903, and May 27, 1908, and Acts of New York
State Legislature of April 17, 1854 (Chapter 398) April 14, 1855
(Chapter 536), and March 9, 1895 (Chapter 91), April 13, 1904
(Chapter 328), May 15, 1907 (Chapter 350), and May 24, 1913
(Chapter 513), 98

Exemption from all jury duty conferred by Special Act of
New York State Legislature of April 6, 1 795 (Chapter 50).
Membership
Membership restricted and limited by law to those persons
qualified by regulations in form of Constitution and By-Laws.
Extract from Constitution and By-Laws
Original Members
"Any defender of the country in the War of 1812, who
served honorably in the Armies or Navies of the United States
in that War, and who shall by reason of service be entitled
under the laws of the United States to have his name placed
on the pension rolls of the United States, provided that he shall
have maintained since said War an honorable character."
Hereditary Members
"Restricted and limited to the proper descendants of com
missioned officers, aides-de-camp, and commanding officers of
private armed vessels of the United States, during the War of
1812; to the proper descendants of Original and Hereditary
Members heretofore duly admitted. Representatives of Vet
erans of the War of the Revolution, under certain regulations
as made and provided by the Council of Administration, may
be admitted to the Artillery Service Detachment of The Veteran
Corps of Artillery. (Under these regulations, members in
good standing of the Society of the Cincinnati and of the Sons
of the Revolution in the State of New York are eligible for
membership in the Uniformed body.)"
THE WELCOME SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Incorporated October 3, 1 906
Objects
The purposes for which this corporation is formed are to
perpetuate the memory of those who came to America in the
good ship "Welcome," in company with William Penn, the
founder of Pennsylvania, who arrived in October, 1 682 ; to col
lect and preserve historic data relative to the settlement of the
State of Pennsylvania and the founding of the city of Philadel
phia, and to bring together in social intercourse and friendly
relations the descendants of the aforesaid persons who came to
these shores in the ship "Welcome." 99

Membership
Any person of good moral character and reputation, line
ally descended from a settler who came to America in the ship
"Welcome" in October, 1 682, is eligible for election to member
ship. UNITED MILITARY ORDER OF AMERICA
Incorporated 1915
Objects
1 . To unite in bonds of fraternity and friendship the
descendants of men in the Army, Navy and Civilian service of
the North and South during the war between the states, and to
promote patriotism. Membership
Section 1 . Any acceptable man, twenty-one years of age,
shall be eligible to membership in this Order, who is an here
ditary member or eligible to hereditary membership in a recog
nized Northern or Southern patriotic organization of the United
States of America, in existence at date of formation of this
Order, in which qualification for membership is based on mili
tary, naval or civilian service, rendered between April 12, 1 86 1 ,
and April 9, 1 865, provided he is a lineal descendant in the male
or female line of the person who rendered such service.
The foregoing membership clause only applies to Sections
1 or 2 of Article III, in the constitution of the Union Society of
The Civil War, in effect on September 6, 1915.
UNITED SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Organized July 1st, 1896
Objects
Section 2. The objects and purposes of this organization
shall be strictly "Historical and Benevolent." It will strive:
Section 3. To unite in one general Confederation all
Associations of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Soldiers and
Sailors, now in existence or hereafter to be formed, and to aid
and assist the United Confederate Veterans and all Veteran
Camps. 100

The Order of the
Crown of America

Society of the Cincinnati

The National Society
of the Colonial Dames
of America

Daughters of the
Cincinnati

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Section 4. To cultivate the ties of friendship that should
exist among those whose ancestors have shared common dan
gers, sufferings and privations.
Section 5. To encourage the writing by participants
therein of accounts, narratives, memoirs, histories of battles,
episodes and occurrences of the war between the States.
Section 6. To gather authentic data, statistics, docu
ments, reports, plans, maps and other material for an impartial
history of the Confederate side; to collect and preserve relics
and mementos of the war ; to make and perpetuate a record of
the service of every member of the United Confederate Vet
erans, and all other living Confederate Veterans, and, as far
as possible, of those of their comrades who have preceded them
into eternity. Section 7. To see that the disabled are cared for; that a
helping hand is extended to the needy, and that needy Con
federate Veterans' widows and orphans are protected and
assisted. Section 8. To urge and aid the erection of enduring
monuments to our great leaders and heroic soldiers, sailors and
people, and to mark with suitable headstones the graves of
Confederate dead wherever found.
Section 9. To instill into our descendants a proper ven
eration for the spirit and the glory of our fathers, and to bring
them into association with our Confederation, that they may
aid us in accomplishing our objects and purposes, and finally
succeed us and take up our work where we may leave it.
Membership
Section 11. All male descendants of those who served
in the Confederate Army or Navy to the end of the war, or
who died in prison or while in actual service, or who were killed
in battle, or who were honorably retired or discharged, shall
be eligible for membership in the camps of this Confederation,
provided no member under sixteen years of age shall have the
right to vote. Provided, no member shall be admitted under
twelve years of age.
Section 1 2. No one shall be admitted to membership in
any Camp until satisfactory proof of the foregoing qualifica
tions be submitted in duplicate on official blank applications
prepared for that purpose. The original shall be carefully pre
served by the Camp, and the duplicate shall, within ten days,
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be forwarded to General Headquarters for record and perma
nent preservation. It is hereby expressly provided that all
Camps shall, as far as practicable, bring together, on similar
blanks, the records of all members, admitted prior to the adop
tion of this provision, one copy for the Camp and the other for
General Headquarters. UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Objects
The objects of the organization are to unite in fraternal
bonds, through national, state and local organizations, those
men who served in the military or naval establishments of the
United States of America in the war with Spain, and in the cam
paigns incidental to and growing out of that war; to honor the
memory, and preserve from neglect and oblivion, the graves of
the dead; to assist former comrades and shipmates, their widows,
orphans or dependent relatives, such as need help, encourage
ment and protection; to perpetuate the memories of the war
with Spain and the campaign in the Philippine Islands and in
China, and to collect and preserve the records of individual serv
ice of the members of this organization; to promote the best
interests of those who took part in the war with Spain and the
campaigns in the Philippine Islands and in China in the service
of the United States; to inculcate the principles of universal
liberty, equal rights and justice to all mankind, of loyalty to
our country, reverence for its institutions, obedience to its laws
and respect for its magistrates, and to discountenance whatever
tends to weaken these sentiments among our people; to con
serve national honor and union through unqualified allegiance
to the National Government, and to protect the constitutional
rights and liberties of American citizens. While requiring of
every member of this organization that he shall perform his full
duty as a citizen, agreeably to his conscience and to the best of
his understanding, this organization is non-partisan, and must
not be used for political purposes or the promotion of the can
didacy of any person for political office, and no discussion of
partisan questions is permitted at any of its conventions or
meetings. Membership
Officers, soldiers and sailors of the Army, Navy or Marine
Corps of the United States of America, including acting assist
ant surgeons, contract doctors, dentists, and veterinary sur-
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geons, all officers and enlisted men in the United States Revenue
Cutter Service on vessels temporarily under the control of the
War or Navy Departments, all officers and enlisted men in the
Philippine Scouts and other organizations of native troops main
tained by the War Department in the Philippine Islands, and
Paymasters' clerks who were actually on duty in the field or
aboard ship, who served at any time during the war between the
United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, or at any
time during the war for the suppression of the insurrection in
the Philippine Islands prior to July 4, 1 902, and who either have
been honorably discharged from the service or still continue in
the same, shall be eligible to active membership in the United
Spanish War Veterans; Provided, however, that no person
shall be admitted to active membership who, upon investiga
tion, is found to be of bad moral character or of low repute in
the community in which he resides, or who having been honor
ably discharged from the service of the United States, has re
entered the same and has subsequently received a discharge
which is not honorable.
UNITED STATES VETERAN NAVY
Information as to Objects and Requirements for Member
ship not available at time of publication.

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
OF THE UNITED STATES
Membership
Any officer, or any honorably discharged officer (includ
ing contract or acting assistant surgeon, dental surgeon or vet
erinary surgeon) , or enlisted man who has served or may serve
in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States of
America, in any Foreign War (which definition shall be gov
erned by the issuance of a campaign badge by the government
of the United States of America) as the by-laws may provide,
shall be eligible to active membership in the Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States.
Under the by-laws the following are eligible:
1 . Porto Rico. All who served in Porto Rico between
April 21,1 898, and June 1 , 1 899.
2. War with Spain. All those entitled to Spanish Cam
paign badge for service in Cuba, Porto Rico, or the Philippines.
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3. Naval Service. All those entitled to Philippine Cam
paign badge, China Campaign badge, Cuban Pacification badge,
Nicaraguan Campaign badge issued by the Navy Department.
4. Philippine Service. All those entitled to Philippine
Campaign badge issued by War Department for service ashore
in Philippine Islands between February 4, 1899, and July 4,
1902; Department of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, between
February 4, 1 899, and December 31,1 904, and in the following
Expeditions :
Against Pala and his Followers, Jolo, Philippine
Islands, April and May, 1 905.
Against Datu Ali and his Followers, Mindanao,
Philippine Islands, October, 1905.
Against Hostile Moros on Bud-Dajo, Jolo, Philippine
Islands, March, 1906.
In addition, several minor expeditions have been recog
nized as entitling participants therein to the Philippine badge.
No compiled list showing all decisions under which these minor
expeditions have been recognized is available, as each case pre
sented is considered on its own merits. If any person believes
himself entitled to a Philippine Campaign badge for service not
indicated above, his application should be forwarded to the
Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. G, when
it will be considered in connection with such expeditions as are
not listed above. If the applicant receives a campaign badge,
he becomes eligible.
5. Boxer Rebellion. All those entitled to the China
Campaign badge issued by the War Department for service
ashore in China with the Peking Relief Expedition, between
June 20, 1900, and May 27, 1901.
6. Cuban Occupation. All those entitled to Army of
Cuban Occupation badge for service in Cuba with the Army
of Cuban Occupation, between July 18, 1898, and May 20,
1902. 7. Cuban Pacification. All those entitled to Army of
Cuban Pacification badge for service in Cuba with the Army of
Cuban Pacification, between October 6, 1906, and April 1,
1909.

COLONIAL DAUGHTERS OF THE XVII CENTURY
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ship not available at time of publication. 104

National Society Colonial
Dames, XVII Century

United Military Order Dames
of America of the Loyal Legion

National Society of
Colonial Daughters
of America

PLATE XVIII

INDEX
The figures in the first column show the page giving the objects and membership requirements
The numerals in the second column give the plate number illustrating the insignia

Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion 
Army and Navy Medal of Honor Legion of the United States of America
Army and Navy Union of the United States of America 
Aryan Order of Saint George of the Empire in America 
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 
Aztec Club of 1847 
Colonial Daughters of the XVII Century 
Colonial Order of the Acorn 
Colonial Society of Pennsylvania  , 
Dames of the Loyal Legion of the United States 
Daughters of the Cincinnati 
Daughters of the Revolution 
Descendants of the Pioneers of America, XVII Century 
Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence 
General Society of the War of 1812 
Grand Army of the Republic 
Imperial Order of the Dragon 
Imperial Order of The Yellow Rose 
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States 
Military Order of Moro Campaigns 
Military Order of the Carabao 
Military Order of the Dragon 
Military Order of the French Alliance 
Military Order of the Midnight Sun 
Military Order of the Serpent 
National Association of Naval Veterans U.S. of A., 1861 — 1865 
National Society Americans of Royal Descent 
National Society Colonial Dames, XVII Century 
National Society Colonial Daughters of America 
National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America . . .
National Society of New England Women 
National Society of Patriotic Women of America 
National Society of the Army of the Philippines 
National Society of the Children of the American Revolution 
National Society United States Daughters of 1812 
Navy League of the United States 
Naval Order of the United States  105

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V

15

X

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X

18

18

XI

19

XVIII

19

XVII

20

XVI

21

22

V

22

IV

24

XI

25

XV

25

XV

26

VII

28

XIV

28

IX

29

V

30

XV

32

XI

32

II

32

XV

32

XIV

33

XVIII

33

XVIII

34

XIV

35

36

IV

36

36
IX
38
XVI
39
VIII
40
III
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry 
Order of Indian Wars of the United States 
Order of Runnemede 
Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Governors 
Regular and Volunteer Army and Navy Union 
Scions of Colonial Cavaliers 
Society of American Wars of the United States 
Society of the Colonial Dames of America 
Society of Mayflower Descendants 
Society of Sons of the Revolution 
Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba 
Society of the Army of the Cumberland 
Society of the Army of the Ohio 
Society of the Cincinnati 
Society of the Daughters of Holland Dames 
Society of the Porto Rican Expedition 
Society of the United States Daughters, 1776—1812 
Sons of Veterans, United States of America 
Swedish-Colonial Society 
The American Cross of Honor 
The American National Red Cross 
The Colonial Society of Massachusetts 
The General Society of Colonial Wars 
The Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors Prior to 1750
The Holland Society of New York 
The Huguenot Society of America  .
The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 
The Military Society of the War of 1812 
The National Mary Washington Memorial Association 
The Nationial Society of the Colonial Dames of America 
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution . . .
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution 
The Naval and Military Order of the Spanish- American War 
The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America 
The Order of the Crown of America 
The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America 
The Order of the Golden Horseshoe of Tramontane 
The Order of the White Crane 
The Order of Washington 
The Pennsylvania-German Society 
The Pilgrim Society 
The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York 
The Society for the Restoration of the Ducal Province of Normandy . .
The Society of the Ark and the Dove 
The Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf 
The Society of the Army of Georgia  106

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VII
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90
The Society of the Army of the James 
The Society of the Army of the Potomac 
The Society of the Army of the Tennessee 
The Society of the Army of West Virginia 
The Union Society of the Civil War 
The United Daughters of the Confederacy 
The Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York
The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania 
United Military Order of America 
United Sons of Confederate Veterans 
United Spanish War Veterans 
United States Veteran Navy 
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States 

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