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of the highest honors that the National Geographic 

 Society can bestow upon him." 



(Signed) Henry Gannett. 1 



C. M. Chester. 2 



0. H. Tittman. 3 



The foregoing report was unanimously approved. 



Immediately after this action the following resolu- 

 tions were unanimously adopted: 



" Whereas, Commander Robert E. Peary has reached 

 the North Pole, the goal sought for centuries; and 



"Whereas, this is the greatest geographical achieve- 

 ment that this society can have opportunity to honor: 

 Therefore 



"Resolved, that a special medal be awarded to 

 Commander Peary." 



Among the home and foreign honors awarded for 

 the attainment of the pole are the following: 



1 Henbt Gannett, chairman of the committee which reported on Commander 

 Peary's observations, has been chief geographer of the United States Geological 

 Survey since 1882; he is the author of "Manual of Topographic Surveying," 

 "Statistical Atlases of the Tenth and Eleventh Censuses," "Dictionary of Alti- 

 tudes," "Magnetic Declination in the United States," Stanford's "Compendium 

 of Geography," and of many government reports. Mr. Gannett is vice-president 

 of the National Geographic Society and was one of the founders of the society 

 in 1888. 



* Rear-Admiral Colby M. Chester, United States Navy, was graduated from 

 the United States Naval Academy in 1863. He has held practically every impor- 

 tant command under the Navy Department, including superintendent of the 

 United States Naval Observatory, commander-in-chief Atlantic Squadron, Super- 

 intendent of the United States Naval Academy, Chief Hydrographic Division, 

 United States Navy. Admiral Chester has been known for many years as one of 

 the best and most particular navigators in the service. 



* O. H. Tittman has been superintendent of the United States Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey since 1900. He is the member for the United States of the 

 Alaskan Boundary Commission and was one of the founders of the National 

 Geographic Society. 



