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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



PRESIDENT HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF MANAGE 



Color bearer Step 



PRESENTATION OF THE ZOOLOGICAL 



PARK GUARDS, ON MEMBERS' DAY 



AT THE PARK, MAY 17, 1917. 



ON MEMBERS' DAY, at four o'clock, the 

 members of the Zoological Society in at- 

 tendance at the Park assembled around a 

 reviewing stand that had been erected on the 

 western side of the central plaza on Baird 

 Court, opposite the Lion House. The review- 

 ing stand was occupied by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. No sooner was the audience seated, 

 than the 71st Regiment Band struck up the in- 

 spiring strains of "The Red, White and Blue," 

 and forthwith there appeared from the Beaver 

 Valley Walk a khaki-clad company of armed 

 men which with brisk steps and perfect align- 

 ment marched upon the grass plot, came for- 

 ward in full company front, halted before the 

 reviewing stand and presented arms. The re- 



viewing officer saluted, then turned to President 

 Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the Zoo- 

 logical Society, and made the following address : 



Address of W. T. Hornaday, Reviewing 

 Officer. 



Mr. President, and members of the Zoological 

 Society : 



I have the honor to present to you the Zoo- 

 logical Park Guards, Company A, 



All the members of this Society subscribe to 

 the admirable motto of the Boy Scouts of 

 America, — "Be prepared." In war as well as 

 in zoology we try to be ready to meet every 

 emergency as it arises. Now that the great war 

 has come upon us, on yonder flagstaff we have 

 raised the national colors on high, in the Lion 

 House we have financed and established an im- 

 portant working base for the American Red 



