196 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



At the suggestion of the president it was voted unanimously 

 that a telegram conveying the greetings and good wishes of the 

 Association be sent to Dr. Edward L. Trudeau, the first president 

 of the Association. 



At a meeting of the board of directors, held on Friday after- 

 noon, May 31, the following officers were unanimously elected for 

 the ensuing year: Homer Folks, New York, president; Dr. 

 Robert H. Babcock, Chicago, and Dr. Edward R. Baldwin, 

 Saranac Lake, vice-presidents; Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, Balti- 

 more, secretary. 



The following directors were elected to serve on the executive 

 committee for the ensuing year: William H. Baldwin, Washing- 

 ton; Dr. Charles J. Hatfield, Philadelphia; Frederick L. Hoff- 

 man, Newark; Dr. S. A. Knopf, New York; Dr. George M. 

 Kober, Washington; Dr. Walter R. Steiner, Hartford; Dr. Wil- 

 liam C. White, Pittsburgh. 



General George M. Sternberg, having declined to accept re- 

 election as treasurer of the Association, the responsibility of filling 

 the office of treasurer was referred to the executive committee 

 with power to act, and General Sternberg, upon request, con- 

 sented to serve as acting treasurer until his successor should be 

 elected. 



The board of directors adopted the following resolution : 



WHEREAS, General George M. Sternberg, who has been Treasurer of The 

 National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis since its 

 organization in 1904, has found it necessary to ask to be relieved from further 

 duty in that capacity, be it 



Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the National Association, in reluc- 

 tantly yielding to this request, desires to place on record its deep appreciation 

 of the invaluable services of General Sternberg not only to the National Asso- 

 ciation, but to the entire anti-tuberculosis movement and the cause of public 

 health in the United States. 



Following the meeting of the Advisory Council on the evening 

 of May 30, Dr. Charles J. Hatfield of Philadelphia was unani- 

 mously elected chairman of the Advisory Council for the next 

 annual meeting. 



The summarized report of the Treasurer, Gen. George M. 

 Sternberg, is as follows: 



