It is with deep regret that we record the deaths of the 

 following members during the year 1918: 



George Chamberlain 

 George Chamberlain was born on January 21, 1879, in Cam- 

 bridge, England. Entering the service of the Museum in 1909 

 as an attendant, his capabilities were early recognized, and he 

 was soon transferred to the Library, in which department he 

 labored faithfully and with competence up to the time of his last 

 illness. Possessed of an unusually happy disposition, never 

 failing courtesy and genial presence, his untimely death caused 

 a deep sense of personal loss to his associates in the institution. 

 He died on October 29, 1918, after a long and painful illness 

 during which he displayed remarkable fortitude and cheerful- 



Charles A. Connolly 

 Charles A. Connolly was born on February 9, 1893, in New 

 York City. In 1911, he came to the Museum and was assigned 

 to the Custodians' Force. In 1914, he joined the famous 69th 

 Regiment and served with his company, as sergeant, for nine 

 months in 1917 on the Mexican border. Mustered into the 

 Federal Service in 1918, he was among the first to be sent 

 abroad. On July 28, during the famous drive at Chateau- 

 Thierry, he made the supreme sacrifice for his country and for the 

 liberty and integrity of the nations of the earth. A fitting 

 monument to his memory will long endure in the form of a 

 grove of fruit-trees bearing his name, which this institution has 



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