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"Wight; in May, 1808, Mr Hy. Gannett, Gen. A. "W. Greely, Hon. Gardi- 
ner G. Hubbard, Mr J. Hyde, ]\Ir "W J McGee, and Mr F. H. Newell. 
The Society then elected the following-named gentlemen members of 
the Board of ^Managers for a term of three years: Mr C. J. Bell, Hon. 
C. AV. Dabney, Jr., Prof. AVm. H. Dali, Dr David T. Day, Mr G. K. Gil- 
bert, and Mr H. G. Ogden. 
Special Meeting, May 16, 1896. — Eighth Annual Excursion and Field 
fleeting. About .300 members and guests went by special train to Char- 
lottesville, A^a., and there visited Monticello (the home of Jefferson) and 
the University of A'irginia. The meeting was held at Alonticello, Presi- 
dent Hubbard in tbe chair, and addresses were made by Alayor Patton, 
of Charlottesville ; President Randolph, of the University ; General A. AA^. 
Greely, Dr Randolph McKim, Prof. AA'" J McGee, Dr G. Brown Goode, 
and other gentlemen. After lunch the party visited the Univ^ersitj' and 
were received by the faculty, returning to AA'^ashington the same evening. 
Elections. — New members have been elected as follows : 
April 3. — Edward Bailey, Alaj. Geo. A^. Boutelle, Mrs L. A. Bradley, 
Henry G. Bryant, Dr John P. Davis, Mrs James AI. Foster, 8. L. Lupton, 
Frank C. Allies, Thos. C. Noyes, Dr Heinrich Ries, Geo. F. Thompson. 
April 17. — Dr S. AA’. Beyer, Lieut. AA’. V. Bronaugh, U. S. N., Lewis 
Clephane, Alaj. H. L. Cranford, Aliss S. B. Hale, Geo. AV. Holdrege, 
Alaj. James AI. Alorgan, Alex. R. Alullowny, T. AV. Neill, Gen. Albert 
Ordway, Horace L. Piper, Aliss Elizabeth AA’right, Henry Xander. 
May 4. — AA’. L. Atkin, E. B. Baldwin, Hiram E. Deats, Dr Johnson 
Eliot, Aliss E. F. Fisher, J. C. Gifford, Chas. Hallock, Rev. P. AI.- AIc- 
Teague, Chas. A. Perkins, Chas. S. Prosser. 
May 15. — James 0. Brooks, Dr AVm. D. Cabell, Aliss Ella Loraine Dor- 
sey, Gen. AI. F. Force, AA’. F. Foster, Airs H. D. Green, F. AA’. Perkins, 
AVm. E. Rogers, Lorin P. Smith, Hon. J. Randolph Tucker, AA’. A. Turk. 
Obitcary. — T he Society has to deplore the deaths of three of its mem- 
bers — Air Charles Addison Alann, Jr., who died Alarch 12; Alajor 
AVilliam Holcomb AA’ebster, the well known and much respected Chief 
Examiner of the Civil Service Commission, who expired suddenl}" on 
Alarch 23, and Judge A’ictor C. Barringer, formerly and for many years 
a distinguished member of the International Court of Appeals at Alex- 
andria, Egypt, whose death occurred Alay 27. 
Officers for 1896-’97. — At a meeting of the Board of Alanagers, held 
June 5, 1896, the following were elected officers of the Society for the 
ensuing year : President, Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard ; A’ice-Presidents, 
Air Alarcus Baker, U. S. Geological Survey ; Prof. AA’m. H. Dali, Smith- 
sonian Institution; Air G. K. Gilbert, U. S. Geological Survey; Gen. A. 
AA’. Greely, U.S.A., Chief Signal Officer; Dr C. Hart Alerriam, U. S. De- 
partment of Agriculture, and Air Herbert G. Ogden ; Treasurer, Air C. J. 
Bell, President of the American Security and Trust Company ; Recording 
Secretary, Lieut. Everett Hayden, U.S.N. ; Corresponding Secretary, Air 
Henry Gannett, U. S. Geological Survey. 
