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Ueut. J. A. Baird, United States 



Army. 

 Lieut. J. Treat, United States 



Army. 

 Lieut. D. A. Davison, United 



States Army. 

 Lieut. P. B. Haines, United States 



Navy. 

 Lieut. R. E. Burd, United States 



Navy. 

 Lieut. D. F. Patterson, United 



States Navy, 

 Lieut. Commander R. L. Berry, 



United States Navy. 

 Lieut. Rufus King, United States 



Navy. 



Lieut. H. E. Knauss, United States 



Navy. 

 Lieut. J. E. Iseman, United States 



Navy. 

 Lieut. Leigh Noyes, United States 



Navy. 

 Lieut. A. D. Bemhard, United 



States Navy. 

 Lieut. T. A. Thompson, United 



States Navy. 

 Capt. R. P. Williams, United 



States Marine Corps. 

 Capt. A. M. Watson, United States 



Marine Corps. 

 Lieut. G. A. Johnson, United States 



Marine Corps. 



The session was called to order by the secretary general of the congress. 

 The Home Club, a musical organization of Washington, under the direc- 

 tion of Otto T. Simon, gave a selection from the Messiah. Immedi- 

 ately following, the entire audience standing, the Home Club sang under 

 the personal direction of the composer, Enrique Soro, of Santiago 

 de Chile, the beautiful and inspiring Pan American hymn that had been 

 selected and designated as such and its use recommended to the Govern- 

 ments of the Republics of the three Americas for all proceedings of a 

 Pan American character, in accordance with resolution 17, Eighth Sec- 

 tion, of the Fourth Latin American Scientific Congress, First Pan Ameri- 

 can. Mr. Soro came from Chile especially for the purpose of assisting 

 in the rendition of this hymn, and deserves special credit for such effort. 

 The words of the hymn were written by His Excellency Eduardo Poirer, 

 minister of Guatemala to Chile and secretary general of the Santiago 

 Congress. The English translation of the hymn, by William R, Shep- 

 herd, professor of history of Columbia University, and member of the 

 official delegation of the United States to the First Pan American Scien- 

 tific Congress, follows : 



PAN AMERICAN HYMN. 

 Chorus. 



At the clarion call of Minerva 



All America rises to-day, 

 As a herald the great Word proclaiming 



Its wisdom and truth to display. 



