20 BULLETIN OF THE 



George C. Schaeffer, A. B. Dyer, 



Thos. Lincoln Casey, J. B. Wheeler, 



Jno. G. Parke, A. B. Eaton, 



B. F. Sands, Elisha Foote, 



Salmon P. Chase. 



1st Meeting. March 13, 18T1. 



Prof. Joseph Henry in the Chair. 



In response to this call, a meeting of the subscribers thereto 

 was convened and held at the Smithsonian Institution, in the 

 Regent's room, on Monday, March 13, 1871. The outline of a 

 Constitution was adopted, and under it the following gentlemen, 

 who collectively should constitute a General Committee for the 

 transaction of the business of the Society, were elected officers : — 



PRESIDENT. 

 Joseph Henry. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

 M. C. Meigs, Horace C apron, 



J. E. HiLGARD, Wm. B, Taylor. 



TREASURER. 

 Peter Parker. 



SECRETARIES. 

 B. F. Craig, Theodore Gill. 



MEMBERS AT LARGE OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. 

 Thomas Antisell, E. B. Elliott, 



J. H. C. Coffin, W. T. Sherman, 



S. Newcomb, T. L. Casey, 



S. F. Baird, T. a. Jenkins, 



J. J. Woodward. 



The Constitution was then referred to the General Committee 

 for verbal expression ; and the Committee was also empowered 

 to propose Rules and By-Laws for the government of tlie Society. 



