member, and later hearing from her that the proposal would be presented, your Chairman thought that an expression from State Chairmen would reflect the views of the membership from all sections of the country and be of inestimable assistance in the formation of opinion. Accordingly, on January 16, 1925, letters were sent to each of the fifty-one State Chairmen. To date twenty-five have replied and show an almost equal division of opinion, eleven being affirmative and fourteen negative. In every instance the arguments have been exhaustive and remarkably clear, showing both a keen interest in and thorough grasp of the subject. Your Chairman has prepared a comparative statement of quotations from these letters, by States, and has it available for the use of this Board and will make it a part of this report if it is so desired. She also feels that this and other splendid coöperation of our State Chairmen of Magazine deserves recognition and the thanks of this Board.

Further than this your National Chairman desires to express no opinion on this important question which, in operation, would effect so radical a change in policy, since in her present position she assumes that it is her duty to carry out the decisions of our Society rather than to initiate policies and she has seen no figures as to estimated publication and other costs which, perforce, must be carefully considered in so important a question and as a basis for such an undertaking.

It may be of interest to add that on January 19 Mr. Will H. Hays wrote as follows: "I want to make sure that the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine is here regularly and wish you would enter my subscription for 1925. A check . . . is inclosed."

The circulation remains at about 12,000, renewals continuing to exceed new subscriptions, which in itself is encouraging. Every effort to this end and to build up is being maintained, not only by your National, but by your State and Chapter Chairmen.

Respectfully submitted,

FRANCES TUPPER NASH, National Chairman.

Mrs. Nash read a communication from a former advertiser relative to the sale of markers and tablets bearing the D. A. R. Insignia. Considerable discussion followed, during which the following action was taken:

That the sale of designs adopted by this Society as official be restricted to such firms as are designated by the Society as "Official Distributors," but this shall not be construed to limit the making of markers of special design other makers for special orders.

The Committee on Markers made the followlowing recommendation, which was adopted: That the words "Continental Army" be omitted from the design for markers of graves of Revolutionary Soldiers, approved at the June, 1924, Board meeting.

The President General spoke of the recent death of Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy, of Macon, Ga., who, at the last Congress, presented some valuable relics to the Museum in memory of her mother, Mary Hammond Washington, and her brother, Hugh Washington; and read the current correspondence relating to the Hugh Washington will case, which has been under litigation for some years.

Mrs. Walker moved to authorize the President General and her Executive Committee to settle the matter of the Hugh Washington will case according to their own judgment.

Motion was seconded by Mrs. Stansfield and carried.

The President General referred to a resolution adopted at the last Continental Congress authorizing the presentation of an oil painting of Mt. Vernon to Sulgrave Manor, the "Cradle of the Washingtons," to serve as an evidence of the historic connection through ancestry between these two historic places. She stated that a committee had been appointed, but that no provision had been made for financing this painting.

Mrs. Magna moved that the Committee on the Sulgrave Painting be requested to act at once, the necessary funds to be raised by voluntary contributions. Motion was seconded by Mrs. Seydel and carried.

The Registrar General presented her report:

Report of Registrar General Madam President General and Members of the National Board of Management:

The Registrar General submits the following report of work accomplished since the Board meeting of November 14 to February 6, 1925.

Members admitted at meeting of January 31, 1925, 2,380. Applicants to be voted on today, 305; making total of admissions since November 14, 1924, 2,685.

Supplemental papers verified, 375; total number of papers verified since November 14, 1924, 3,060. Permits issued: for insignia, 1,006; for ancestral bars, 670; for recognition pins, 881.

Papers returned unverified: originals, 37; supplementals, 16. New records verified, 452. Letters written for notary seal, necessary endorsers, and signatures, 440.

In addition, there were sent out over 2,000 Christmas greetings to Chapter Registrars, with request for closer coöperation with the National

office. Many encouraging responses have been received.

In the absence of the National Chairman, Mrs. Reed, the Registrar General gave a talk on Patriotic Education at the broadcasting station WRC. She also attended the Florida State Conference, held in Daytona on January 19th, 20th, and 21st, as the guest of Abigail Bartholomew Chapter. The State Regent of Illinois, Mrs. Herrick, and the Regent of Chicago Chapter were also in attendance at the Conference. On January 27th she was the guest of Mrs. George W. Trout at her beautiful home on the banks of the Saint John River, and on January 28th, with Mrs. Herrick and members of the Jacksonville Chapter, she visited the Ribeaut Monument at Mayport. And on Tuesday evening, February 3d, she was the guest of the Livingston Manor Chapter at their nineteenth birthday party. She also visited Mont Verde School, Lake County, Florida.

The Registrar General has been appointed a member of the Illinois State Legislative Committee, D. A. R., to present an amendment to the Illinois Constitution permitting the reading of the Bible in the public schools of the State. Respectfully submitted,

INEZ S. STANSFIELD,
Registrar General.

Mrs. Stansfield moved That the Recording Secretary General be instructed to cast the ballot for the admission of 305 applicants for membership in the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Motion seconded by Mrs. Walker and carried. The ballot was cast and the President General declared the 305 applicants admitted to membership.

In addition to this number there were admitted on January 31st, 2,380, making a total of 2,685 members admitted since the November Board meeting.

The Treasurer General presented one more application for reinstatement. On motion duly seconded and carried, the Recording Secretary General was instructed to cast the ballot. President General welcomed this member back into the Society.

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The Organizing Secretary General then presented her report:

Report of Organizing Secretary General Madam President General and Members of the National Board of Management:

It gives me pleasure to report as follows: The Vice-President General of Michigan, Miss Alice Louise McDuffee, requests the appointment of Mrs. Margaret C. Moseley, as Organizing Regent at London, England.

Through their respective State Regents the following members at large are presented for confirmation, as Organizing Regents: Mrs. Lalla Rookh Baker at El Centro, California; Mrs. Effie Aldrich Newcomb at Antonito, Colorado; Mrs. Annie Hanna Darracott at Lakeland, Florida; Mrs. Zada C. L. Gardner at Sarasota, Florida; Mrs. Augusta Hines Greene at Sycamore, Georgia; Mrs. Ora Anna Doyle at Clinton, Indiana; Mrs. Henrietta Jones at Lake City, Iowa; Mrs. Madge Lane Lawrence at Council Grove, Kansas; Mrs. Lottie Travelstead at Franklin, Kentucky; Mrs. Nellie Ashby Person Stevens at Sanford Maine; Mrs. Mary F. Gleason at Stowe, Massachusetts; Mrs. Ida K. Martin at Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mrs. Georgia Duncan Gresham at Indianola, Mississippi; Miss Martha Poindexter at Macon, Mississippi; Mrs. May Alley Reitsch at Roundup, Montana; Mrs. Florence J. Ireton at Blanchester, Ohio; Mrs. Charlotte I. Wood at Canyon, Texas; Mrs. Agnes Dixon Foster at Williamsburg, Virginia; Mrs. Katherine Kennedy Snilvely Johnson at Franklin, W. Va.

Mrs. Edith N. Dalrymple at Grandview, Washington, to take place of Mrs. Mary Hitchcock Foster, whose resignation has been reported.

Through their respective State Regents the following requests for the authorization of chapters have been received: in Tennessee: Athens, Bluff City and Dayton. In Virginia: Churchland, Fairfax Court House, Floyd, Newport News, Staunton and Waverly. In Wyoming: Wheatland.

The following Organizing Regencies have expired by time limitation: Mrs. Rosetta Noble Harris at Carbondale, Colorado; Miss Mary Glenn Roberts at Canton, Georgia; Miss Theata Sackett at Bellevue, Michigan; Mrs. Phoebe B. Linden at Deer Lodge, Montana; Mrs. Grace Taylor Romig at Neligh, Nebraska; Mrs. Helen Johnson at Parker, South Dakota.

The State Regent of Maryland requests the re-appointment of Miss Louisa C. Osburne Haughton as Organizing Regent at Ellicott City, Maryland.

The cancellation of the following Organizing Regencies is requested by their respective State Regents: Mrs. Katheryn Martin Allen at El Centro, California; Mrs. Mary Ida Sipple Bromley at Sarasota, Florida, and Mrs. Dorothy Ferrell Baird Allen at Indianola, Mississippi.

The Wendell Wolfe Chapter of the District of Columbia wishes to prefix Captain to their Chapter name. The Paul Revere Chapter of Muncie, Indiana, wishes to prefix Munseytown to their Chapter name to distinguish it from the Paul Revere Chapter of Massachusetts.

The Col. Nathaniel Bacon Chapter at Brook Hill, Virginia, wishes to have the Colonel removed from their name. The Humphrey and Sprague Chapter at Swampscott, Massachusetts, is presented for disbandment by the State Regent of Massachusetts. The following Chapters ask permission to incorporate: The Hart Chapter of Winchester, Ky., and the Johnstown Chapter at Johnstown, N. Y.

The following Chapter names are submitted for approval: Gaspar de Portola for Palo Alto, California; Mount Massie for Leadville Colorado; Fort Valley for Fort Valley and Edmund Burke for Waynesboro, Georgia; Col. Augustin de La Balme for Columbia City, Indiana; Phebe Dustin for Phillipsburg, Kansas; Cynthiana for Cynthiana, Kentucky; Calcasieu for Lake Charles, and Galvez for Lafayette, Louisiana; Col. Ebenezer Francis for Beverly, Massachusetts; Ruth Peabody Curtis for Madelia, Minnesota; Chickasha for Chickasha, Oklahoma; Julius Dugger for Butler, Tennessee; Washakie for Thermopolis, Wyoming.

The following Chapters have met all requirements according to National By-Laws, and are now presented for confirmation: Gaspar de Portola at Palo Alto, California; Fort Valley at Fort Valley and Edmund Burke at Waynesboro, Georgia; Col. Augustin de La Balme at Columbia City, Indiana; Phebe Dustin at Phillipsburg, Kansas; Cynthiana at Cynthiana, Kentucky; Calcasieu at Lake Charles and Galvez at Lafayette, Louisiana; Col. Ebenezer Francis at Beverly and First Resistance at Great Barrington, Massachusetts; Ruth Peabody Curtis at Madelia, Minnesota; Watch Tower at Maplewood, New Jersey; Maj. William Chronicle at Gastonia, North Carolina; Chickasha at Chickasha, Oklahoma; Fort Maiden Spring at Tazewell, Gen. Wilson Carey Nicholas at Shadwell, and James Allen at Crewe, Virginia; Martha Atkins Gray at Aberdeen, Washington; Col. Chad Brown at Rhinelander, Wisconsin; Washakie at Thermopolis, Wyoming.

The following permits have been issued: National Officers, State and Ex-State Regents' insignia, 14; Chapter and Ex-Chapter Regents' pins, 69; State and Ex-State Officers, 27. Respectfully submitted,

FLORA A. WALKER,
Organizing Secretary General.

Mrs. Walker moved that the report of the Organizing Secretary General including the usual confirmations and changes be approved. Motion seconded by Mrs. Stansfield and carried.

Mrs. Herrick offered the following motion:

That because the purpose for which the National Committee on Liquidation and Endowment was formed has been accomplished we discontinue the Committee but continue the sale of the Block Certificates through the Business Office. Motion was seconded by Mrs. Bissell and carried.

Mrs. Bissell moved: That the Mary Clap Wooster Chapter of New Haven, Connecticut, be allowed to incorporate for the purpose of holding property. Motion was seconded by Mrs. Hobart and carried.

Dr. Barrett moved: To allow the Anne Pickett Chapter to incorporate. Motion was seconded by Mrs. Garrison and carried.

Dr. Barrett presented a resolution proposed by Mrs. Payne of Virginia relative to the establishment of a park in that state. Mrs. McCall moved: That the resolution to endorse the National Park in Virginia proposed by Mrs. Payne of Virginia, be referred to the Resolutions Committee at Congress. Motion was seconded by Mrs. Seydel and carried.

The Recording Secretary General read a communication from the state of Wisconsin relative to a tablet for the proposed new auditorium building bearing the names of the eighteen women who organized the N. S. D. A. R. Mrs. Herrick moved: That we postpone indefinitely the resolution presented by the Wisconsin State Conference for a tablet in the new building. Seconded by Mrs. Whitman and carried. A communication from Mrs. C. F. Taylor of the District of Columbia proposed the placing of the D. A. R. Insignia in the Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery. Mrs. Bissell moved: That the matter of placing our Insignia in the Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of the memory signia Committee with power to act. of our unknown soldier be referred to the InMotion seconded by Mrs. Hobart and carried.

Miss McDuffee moved: That a sum not to exceed $50 be allowed for necessary expenses in regard to exhibits of the National Committees at the new (Washington) Auditorium during the week of Continental Congress. Motion seconded by Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Buel and Mrs. Brosseau.

Carried.

Mrs. Goode moved: That a handsome dress sword costing not more than one hundred dollars be given to the midshipman of the graduating class at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, who excels in seamanship. This sword to take the place of the loving cup given annually by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Motion seconded by Mrs. Buel and Mrs. Garrison. Carried.

Mrs. Seydel moved: That the reports of all State Regents be given in one evening and the