34 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
years had served on the executive committee. Mr. Bacon was edu- 
cated at the University of Georgia in 1859 and was honored with 
the degree of doctor of laws in 1909. He was for many years en- 
gaged in law practice at Macon, Ga. He became a United States 
Senator on March 4, 1895, and was thrice reelected, serving on many 
important committees of that body. As a Regent of the Smith- 
sonian Institution he took deep interest in the development of plans 
for the advancement of science and the general welfare of mankind. 
Irvin St. Clare Pepper, born in Davis County, Iowa, June 10, 
1876, became a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution in December, 1911, and was reappointed December 10, 
1913. He died on December 22, 1913. Mr. Pepper graduated from 
the Southern Iowa Normal School in 1897 and received the degree of 
bachelor of laws from the George Washington University in 1905, 
and in 1906 entered law practice at Muscatine, lowa. He was county . 
attorney from 1906 to 1910 and member of the Sixty-second and 
Sixty-third Congresses. Resolutions to the memory of Mr. Pepper 
were adopted by the Regents at the adjourned annual meeting Jan- 
uary 15, 1914. 
Frederick William True, born at Middletown, Conn., July 8, 
1858, died in Washington City June 25, 1914. He was appointed an 
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution June 1, 1911, his 
special duties being in connection with the library and international 
exchanges. Dr. True had held various positions of trust under the 
Institution since 1881. The following tribute to his memory was 
adopted by his associates at a meeting on June 26, 1914: 
Frederick William True, master of science, doctor of laws, Assistant Secre- 
tary of the Smithsonian Institution, died at Washington, D. C., June 25, 1914, 
in the fifty-sixth year of his age. 
His associates in the Smithsonian Institution and its several branches, as- 
sembled at a meeting in his memory at the United States National Museum 
on June 26, do here record their profound sorrow in the loss of an honored 
scholar, an executive officer of marked ability, a sincere friend, a patriotic 
citizen, and a modest man. 
Graduated from the New York University at the early age of 20, he at once 
entered the service of the United States as the youngest member of the scientific 
corps brought together by Profs. G. Brown Goode and Spencer EF. Baird during 
the formative stages of the National Museum. Through faithful performance 
of duty in positions of trust he leaves to his associates an example worthy of 
emulation, and through his unassuming and upright personality a cherished 
memory. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Cuartes D. Watcora, Secretary. 
