With the entrance of the United States into the war, came new 

 and extraordinary liabilities for the Pension Fund. As a result 

 it has been found advisable during the year 1918 to guard 

 against an extension of the membership with the consequent 

 liabilities which such extension entails. For this reason, the 

 Pension Fund has fewer subscribers at the end of 1918 than at 

 the beginning of the year. The diminished membership, 

 however, indicates no decrease in the prosperity of the Fund, 

 which promises expansion at the usual rate with the return of 

 pre-war conditions. 



The report of membership for 1918 is as follows: 



Number of Subscribers, January 1, 1918 256 



New Subscribers during the year 1918 18 



Reinstatements made during the year 1918 



274 



Resignations and Dismissals 22 



Retirements 



Deaths 3 25 



Number of Subscribers, December 31, 1918 249 



Consistent with the good record which they established for 

 themselves at the time of the first Liberty Loans, in 1917, 

 the employees of the Museum have subscribed generously to 

 the succeeding loans. 217 employees subscribed to the Third 

 Loan (April-May) , totalling $20, 1 50. 175 employees subscribed 

 to the Fourth Loan (October), in an amount of $20,900. As 

 in the case of the previous loans, the generosity of one of the 

 members of the Pension Board made it possible for the em- 

 ployees to take out their bonds on a serial payment basis. It 

 is due to this liberal provision that the employees were enabled 

 to contribute so largely to the Liberty Loans. 



In accordance with its past policy, the Pension Board has 

 given aid, during 1918, to such deserving employees as were in 

 need of medical attention or hospital treatment and were them- 

 selves unable to make the necessary provision. These employees 

 have in such cases been carefully examined and advised by Dr. 

 Anderton, and have been given help in obtaining the needed 

 medical or hospital treatment. Wherever possible, a choice of 

 hospitals has been given. Seven employees have received such 

 aid during the past year, the majority obtaining relief as a 

 result. 



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