THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 
GENERAL OFFICERS 
President, G. O. Shields, 23 W. 24th St., 
New York. 
tst Vice-President, E. T. Seton, 80 West 
4oth St., New York. 
2d Vice-President, W. T. Hornaday, 2969 
Decatur Ave., Bedford Park, N. Y. 
3d Vice-President, Dr. T. S. Palmer, 
Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
4th Vice-President, A. A. Anderson, 80 
West 4oth St., New York. 
5th Vice-President, Hon. W. A. Rich- 
ae General Land Office, Washington, 
Secretary, A. F. Rice, 
Ave., Passaic, N. J. 
Treasurer, Austin Corbin, of the Corbin 
Banking Co., 192 Broadway, New York. 
155 Pennington 

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH ANNUAL 
MEETING OF THE LEAGUE. 
The 6th annual meeting of the League of 
American Sportsmen was held at Colum- 
bus, Ohio, February Io and 11, 1904, the 
following officers and delegates being pres- 
ent: 
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T. Hornaday, Vice President, New York. 
“ap ee Palmer, “Wash ington, D. C. 
F. Rice, Secretary, New Jersey. 
EL Hildebrandt, Chief Warden, Indiana Division. 
E. Tylor, Chief Warden, Maryland Division. 
E. Gleason, Chief Warden, Ohio Division. 
ae Porterfield, Delegate, Ohio Division. 
e0. Lilienthal, Delegate, Zanesville. 
iy Emerson, Chief Warden, Pennsylvania Di- 
vision. 
H. Pond, Delegate, Pa. 
Dr. Jos. Kalbfus, Delegate, Pa. 
S. White, Chief Warden, W. Va. Division. 
Hon. M. A. Bates, Delegate, Idaho Division. 
W. Van Iorns, 
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Ernest Russell, Delegate, Massachusetts Division. 
Hon, C. Brewster, Delegate, Michigan ‘“ 
Hon. Sam Fullerton, Delegate, Minnesota Ww. 
Hon. H. G. Smith, % 
Hon. H. A. Morgan, wr " ss 
August Reese, Delegate, Missouri $ 
T. F. Dawson. Delegate, Montana ti 
Hon. W. F. Scott, Delegate, “ = 
F. C. Wright, Delegate, New Jersey = 
C. A. Cooper, Delegate, Oklahoma s 
Hon. J. W. Baker, Delegate, Oregon 
ar ny Pearson, Delegate, North Carolina 
Capt. Goodrich, Delegate, Texas 
Hon. L e Christian, Delegate, Virginia 
Hon. T. P. Kershaw, Delegate, Washington “ 
Valentine Raeth, Del egate, Wisconsin 6 
B. Watrous, Delegate, - 
Wm, Benton, Delegate, Wyoming 
In addition to these, about 80 local mem- 
bers attended the meeting. 
The Governors of the following States 
appointed delegates to this, the sixth, meet- 
ing: 
Alaska. 
California. 
Connecticut. 
Indiana. 
Illinois. 307 
Massachusetts. 
Maryland. 
Michigan. 
Montana. 
Minnesota. 
New Mexico. 
New Jersey. 
Oregon. 
Ohio. 
Oklahoma. 
Pennsylvania. 
Virginia. 
Washington. 
Wisconsin. 
' Wyoming. 
This indicates a growing feeling of con- 
fidence in the League on the part of the 
various State Governments which is ex- 
tremely gratifying to all League workers. 
The officers and delegates all gave com- 
plete, comprehensive and encouraging re- 
ports of the progress of the game, fish and 
forest protection work in their respective 
states, which will be published in succeed- 
ing issues of RECREATION. 
The following resolution was offered by 
Vice-President Hornaday: 
Whereas, The records of the Chief War- 
dens of the League of American Sportsmen 
show an alarming increase in the killing 
of song and insectivorous birds, for food 
purposes, by Italian laborers and other un- 
naturalized foreign born persons seeking a 
Bvelbood in the United States; now, there- 
ore, 
Resolved, That all officers and members 
of the League, and all State Game Wardens 
of the United States, be hereby warned of 
the urgent necessity of a vigilant, vigorous, 
and continuous warfare against the entire 
oe of offenders named above. And, fur- 
ther, 
Resolved, That all State Legislatures be 
and they are hereby urged to enact and in- 
corporate in their game laws the section of 
the Pennsylvania law which prohibits hunt- 
ing by unnaturalized foreign born persons 
without first having taken out a license 
costing $10 a year. 
Mr. Hornaday moved the adoption of this 
resolution, and Mr. Wright, of New Jersey, 
seconded the motion, whereupon same was 
unanimously adopted. 
Chief Warden W. A. Gleason offered the 
following resolution : 
hereas, There is now pending before 
the Legislature of the State of Iowa a 
measure having for its object the prohibi- 
tion of spring shooting on ducks and other 
aquatic fowls; and, 
Whereas, The State of Iowa is directly 
in the line of flight of ducks and other 
