The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
BRAND NEW SOCIETY
OF AMERICAN WARS

common bond Of the members IS paruC--
pation in the wars of the Unlted StatSs tts,, "
descent from those who TOOK par ~ Ii -
Thoce who are eligible to compdiHoeli.93il NE
ore Tinted States officers of the civil OF
Snanish war and lineal descenoantS - u
American officers of the Golonlad1lO 400 oi ~
stationary wars from 1907 to IiS5, OF OF
6igb niViI officers of this period and OF
Tinted States officers OF the war ol nSt-, Hbo
the Mexican, Civil and Spanish & wan, ;3Ils nc
society is national one, with com l
in ali States of the Union. The meInpeI55
shin is limited to 100 in each STATE aIo iSi
State Communicates have been IorI1leu d oa,I,I IN
Minnesota Ohio and California, and com
manderies are now being formed IN the
District of Columbia, New YORK, MasSa- ai5Si,
chusetts Pennsylvania, 1I!lnols, md md
New Jersey. Maryland, Connecticut anu
The principal officers of the command
ery-in-chief for 1899-19OO are; CoHlhldLGied ~ ea
yeneral Edward JuniuS Edwards; wee
Commander generals-Major General J9-
seph CabeH Breckinridge, Y. ;. "; 80 a.
miral George Dewey, T. s. N; obo;deId heu'GIi"{s r.
A.; Major General Francis Vinton GTeenle'
=. S. V; Brigadier General Andrew HIcK- lex.
enlooPer U; s. A; Dr. paX1d PAYS sfafr Baro1der S9er
general, DR.. Kendric Charles Bapcoch:.
Members of the commandery OF me
State Of California Society OF American
Wars of the United States are
william Henry Anderson, Professor Kendric
Charles Ba bcock George Melville Bowman,
William Augustus Brewer. Professor Elmer
Ellsworth Brown, Hugh henry IoLOMu' - ia
Van Winkle Brown, DR.. Philip King Brown
Professor Frederic Listor Burk, Professor Ed
ward Bull Clapp, Daniel Cleveland, Arthur
Crosby Professor William Russell Dudley;
Captain Alexander Brydie Dyer L. ;. A.
Arthur Jordan Edwards Charles ParInelee
EelIs Dr. John Franklin Fargo, william iran ran
els FITZGERALD; Brigadier General John Glles
Fonda u S V; Captain Henry Glass y.
s. N; President Frank Pierrepont Gra'es'
Colonel Charles Ravenscroft Greenlear, u >.
A: Judge Ralph Chandler Harrison; captain
Calvin l.. Hooper, L. S. r. c. s; Burt Estes
Howard Lieutenant Colonel James Jackson
u s. A.: Right Rev. Joseph Horsfa4 John-
son. President David Starr Jordan, WlIllam
Henry Jordan. James Edward Keeler, eX.Presl-
dent Martin Kellogg. President Joseph Ihomas
Kingsbury Charles Griffith Lathrop, Professor
Joseph LeConte. Samuel Franklin Leib, Charles
Fletcher Lummis. Carroll Mercer; William
Lawrence Merry United States Minister; Lieu
tenant Colonel Johnson Van ID. Middleton
u s A. Professor Walter Miller; Right Rev.
william Hall Moreland; Commander Jefferson
+ Moser U. s. N; Captain Robert H. Noble
u s. A.; Senator George Clement Perkins,
Mayor James Duval Phean, DR.. John Harold
Philip; Commander Charles Whteside Rae, u
S NJ; Walter Malinus Rose, Fernando San
ford Irving Murray Scott, Professor Howard
Griffith Stevenson. Professor John Maxson
Stilman; Lieutenant Commander George Moss
Stoney, U. S. N: Vanderlynn STOW; FRANK
Jameson Symmes, John Joseph Valentine; Rear
Admiral John c. Watson, U. S. N; President
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler, Mountford Samuel
Wilson, Russell Jones Wilson.