UNITED STATES 93 



Object. To promote the efficiency of the infantry arm of the military service 

 of the country by maintaining its best standards and traditions, by fostering 

 esprit de corps, by the dissemination of professional knowledge, and by the 

 exchange of ideas as to the utilization of such knowledge, with particular refer- 

 ence to the role of infantry in modern war. 



Meetings. Annual meeting at Washington at time prescribed by the Executive 

 Council ; other meetings as occasion demands. 



Membership. About 2,000, classified as regular, associate and honorary (entrance 

 fee, including first year's dues, $3; annual dues, $2). 



Publications. 



JOURNAL . . . v. I-II, July i9O4-Apr. 1906. Washington, D. C. 1905- 

 06. 8. q. 



Price: $3 per year. Single numbers of current vol., 7Sc. ; of preceding 

 vols., SGC. 



The following prize essays of the society were issued as reprints from the 

 Journal of the Military service institution for May 1896, July 1897, and May 

 1898 respectively: The army; its employment during times of peace and the 

 necessity for its increase, by G. S. Wilson. The necessity for a well organ- 

 ized and trained infantry at the outbreak of war, and the best means to be 

 adopted by the United States for obtaining such a force, by J. G. Harford. 

 The infantry of the regular army; its history, possibilities and necessities, 

 by R. K. Evans. 



Distribution. Exchange. On sale at the above address. 



Western Association of Technical Chemists and Metallurgists. 



Address. 1400 Lawrence Street, Denver, Colorado. Secretary: H. C. 

 Parmelee, P. O. Box 1421. 



History. Organized in 1904. 



Object. General advancement of technical chemistry ; improvement, and promotion 

 of uniformity in, methods of metallurgical analysis and assaying and encourage- 

 ment of research in the metallurgy of precious and rare metals. 



Meetings. Annually at time and place determined by the Board of Control. 



Membership. 178 (annual dues, $7.50; life composition, $100) ; annual dues for stu- 

 dent members, $2.50. 



Publications. 



WESTERN CHEMIST AND METALLURGIST, v. i, Feb.-Dec. 1905. Denver, 

 1905. 8. m. 



Western Philosophical Association. 



Address. Secretary: Arthur O. Lovejoy, Washington University, St. 



Louis, Mo. 

 History. Organized Jan. i, 1900, in Kansas City. 



Ref.: Philosophical review, v. 9, p. 237, Mar., 1900. 



Object. To stimulate an interest in philosophy in all its branches and to encourage 

 original investigation. 



