become the Honorary President, and, on his acceptance, 

 arrangements were made for organization. 



A meeting was called for the 8th of December, 1905, 

 and notices were sent to about two hundred persons known 

 to be interested in the fate of the Buffalo. Of these, four- 

 teen assembled in the Lion House of the New York Zoo- 

 logical Park, and organized The American Bison Society. 

 These fourteen persons were: — 



A. A. Anderson, 80 West 40th St., New York. 



Robert C. Auld, New York City. 



Ernest Harold Baynes, Meriden, N. H. 



Edward Cave, Editor of "Field and Stream," New 

 York City. 



Prof. Franklin W. Hooper, Director of the Brooklyn 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



William T. Hornaday, Director of the New York 

 Zoological Park. 



Frederic H. Kennard, 220 Devonshire St., Boston, 

 Mass. 



Francis Piper, Arlington Heights, Mass. 



Mrs. Francis Piper, Arlington Heights, Mass. 



Harry V. Radford, Editor of "Woods and Waters," 

 New York City. 



Martin Schenck, Chief Engineer Department of 

 Parks, Borough of the Bronx, New York. 



G. O. Shields, Editor of Shields' Magazine, New 

 York City. 



C. H. Stonebridge, T48th St. and Third Ave., New 

 York City. 



Charles H. Townsend, Director of the New York 

 Aquarium. 



When the meeting was called to order. Messrs. 

 Hornaday and Baynes were elected temporary chairman 

 and temporary secretary respectively. A nominating com- 

 mittee appointed by the chair, presented a report, and the 

 following persons were elected officers of the Society: 



Honorary President, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt; 

 President, William T. Hornaday; Vice-Presidents, A. A. 

 Anderson and Dr. Charles S. Minot; Secretary, Ernest 

 Harold Baynes, and Treasurer, Edmund Seymour. 



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