The Washington times., 1901-11-24
MILITARY CLUB ORGANIZED.
Regular, Volunteer, and Militia Of
GERS and Civilians Eligible.

GERS and Civilians Eligible.
The Military Club of the United
States is one of the latest social organi-
cations formed in Washington. The
club is to include in its membership
officers of the National Guard and State
militia. officers of the Spanish-A -Ameri-
can War, and civilians interested in the
citizen soldiery. The organization is
designed to be national in character.
The officers of the new club are as
follows:
President-C. C. Cook, of Ohio, late
captain United States Volunteers.
Vice Presidents-Algernon Sartoris,
of the District of Columbia, late cap
tain United States Volunteers; George
H. Harries, brigadier general District
of Columbia National Guard; Henry E.
Davis, brigadier general District of CO.
lumbia National Guard; Henry May,
colonel District of Columbia National
Guard; Russell &. Harrison, of Indiana,
late colonel United States Volunteers;
w. L. English, of Indiana, late captain
United States Volunteers; Charles Dick,
of Ohio, late colonel United States Vol
unteers: George c. Boldt, of New York,
proprietor Waldorf-Astoria, New York
city W. \. VI SiiiSs ~ oiiio,
late brigadier general United States
Volunteers; w. H S:;lyton, of New
York, late United States Navy; A. b.
Colt, of Ohio, late colonel United States
Volunteers; Isaac Z. Emerson, of Mary
land.
Secretary-Charles L. Thurber, of the
District of Columbia.
Captain Cook, the president of the Or
ganization, has been prominent in legal
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President of the Board of Pardons of
Ohio. and is a writer on law and po-
litical subjects. He served with the
First Ohio Regiment in the Spanish
American war, and is recognized as an
authority upon Cuban financial, indus
trial, and commercial subjects.
Gen. Charles Dick. Capt Algernon
Sartoris, Col Russell B. Harrison, Capt.
William Z. English, General Harries,
Col. A. B. Colt, Colonel May, and Capt.
W. II. Stayton are well known In the
history of the late war.
The organization is the latest addition
to Washington's score or more of clubs.
and from what its officers say, will un-
doubtedly become a fiourishing body.
According to the organizations charter
it was formed for the purpose of estab-
fishing and maintaining in Washington
a patriotic, fraternal, and educational
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honorably in the army or navy in the
civil and Spanish wars; also to promote
a knowledge of military and naval his
tory and science, ancient and modern,
and to gather and bulletin for the ben
eft of its members any proper informa-
tion respecting active military and nav
al engagements anywhere in the world.
The club has formulated bill which
will be presented to Congress during the
coming session, royiding for govern
mental aid in making more efficient
State militias and naval reserves. and
also for grant of public land in Wash
ington, whereon the club will erect a
suitable memorial building as a nation
al rendezvous for the volunteer service
of the Spanish war veterans, Union and
Confederate veterans of the civil war
members of the State militias and naval
reserves. and civilian members.
According to present plans the honor
airy membership will include the Pres
ideht of the United States, the Secre-
taries of War and Navy, and prominent
military men and civilians throughout
the United States. As an innovation it
will also take in as members prominent
Cuban revolutionary leaders of the
Spanish war.
The official emblem of the club will be
in the form of the American shield, in
gold, red, white, and blue enamel, with
the monogram m. c. in raised en-
amel and gold letters.
The only thing now needed by the
new organization is to secure a club
house, and a number of members are
bGEily engaged in that work. The
club meeting nights will be the first
Monday of every month.
The club numbers among its incorpor-
ators some of the most prominent men
in this country, among others George K.
Nash. Governor of Ohio; Representa-
tive Charles Dick, John r. Mclean,
Julius Fleischmann, mayor of Cincin-
natl, and Henry E. Davis, ex-United
States District Attorney.