FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 9, 1868. 



anchorage, the swell in which annoyed the ladies, and witbont 

 difficulty made into East Bluff Bav, a splendid landlocked harbor 

 with 7J^ft. of water. Logged 15 knots. From 7 until 9 P. M. the 

 barcnoter rose from 30.10 to 30.75. At the same time the wind 

 came out from the north, while a heavy sea rolled in from the 

 S.E., so in order to lay perfectly suug we warped into a little 

 creek at head of bay, where there was 5ft. of water. About mid- 

 night the storm from N.E. rolled in, and things were lively for a 

 while, out toward morning it moderated somewhat, and at 9:30 

 Thursday morning we made sail, wind N.E., heavy, thermometer 

 40°. Kan out two miles to N.W. to clear shoals and then set course 

 S.W. )4 W. for buoy in slue of Brant Island shoal, £0 miles away, 

 which we made, end on, in two hours, and boiled up the Neuse 

 Hiver at the rate of 10 knots an hour. Off Wilkinson's Point we 

 found the pile beacon down, and not knowing the water this 

 bothered us somewhat; but we made Ncwbornc at 5:45, having run 

 70 knots in 8H> hours, a record to he proud of when it is considered 

 that it was in strange waters and half of it in a river. 



OHAS. L. WoitK. 



NEW YORK Y. C. ANNUAL MEETING. 



THE annual meeting of the New York Y. C. was held on Feb. 2 

 at the club house, with Com. Gerry in the chair. The prin- 

 cipal Business, the election of officers, rusulted as follows, after 

 a warm contest, the ticket of the nominating commit tee beinir 

 partly rejected: Com., Elbridge T.Gerry; \ ice-Coin., Caldwell 

 H. Colt; Rear-Corn.. E. D. Morgan; Sec'y, John H. Bird: Treas., 

 F. W. J. Hurst; Meas., John Hyslop; Fleet Surgeon, Morris J. 

 Asch, M.D.; Regatta Committee, Gouvoncur Ivor fright, Stephen 

 Peabody and Alexander Taylor, Jr.; House Committee, Edward 

 E. Chase, B. C. Cleeman, E. A. Houghton, and Robert S. Bowne; 

 Committee on Admission, Chester Griswold, Joseph P. Earle, 

 Gnorgo L. Ingraham, Frederic Gallatin and Edward M. Brown. 

 The following candidates were elected: T. Brownell Burjiham, 

 Robert W. lnman, sloop Adelaide; Cyrus Field Judson, Charles 

 D. Middleton, schooner Helen; Henry Stanton, James L. Hutch- 

 inson, steam yacht Ladoga; Dr. W. Barton Hopkins, Arthur C. 

 Gilman, Joseph Bushnell, Edmond Blunt, schooner Azalea; Ed- 

 gar Hendricks, Clifford B. Hendricks, Walter Jennings, Joseph 

 D. Sterling, schooner Leona; DeLaueey A. Kane, J. Leslie Cotton, 

 A E. Bateman, steam yacht Meteor; W. A. Wolf and G. L. Ron- 

 ald, steam yacht Seutinel. 



Mr. Ogden Goelet, of the schooner Norseman, offered again the 

 cuds for schooners. $1,000, and singlestickers, §500, to be raced for 

 on the cruise. The Mai tha's Vineyard Y. C. offered cups of the 

 same aggregate value for a regatta off Martha's Vineyard during 

 the cruise, which were also accepted. The subject of the proposed 

 classification was taken up and alter a brief discussion, in which 

 the measure was opposed by a few of the owners of the old wooden 

 sloops, it was resolved to make no change in the present classes. 

 The date of the annual regatta was set for June 31. 



THE POPULARITY OF CUTTERS.— Editor Fared and Stream: 



think the conclusions of your correspondent "A. B." in last issue 

 are pretty sound. Looking over the last two numbers of your 

 paper, I notice no less than eleven new cutters building in Boston, 

 as follows: Mr. Longfellow's Olga, Messrs. Adams's Baboon, one 

 for Mr. Fowle, one for Mr. Eaton, one for Mr. Paine, one for Dr. 

 Jameson, one for Mr. Taylor, one for Mr. Wyth, one for Mr. Pea- 

 body, oue for Messrs. Dunham and one for Mr. Codman. This is 

 a big crop for one port and vicinity in two weeks. 1 think at 

 least twenty new cutters are now under way in the East and that 

 some thirty-five or forty will be built throughout the country bo- 

 fore the season opens, besides two which are to be imported from 

 England. Facts speak for themselves. This iB the banner year 

 for cutters. If in face of three straightaway victories of such 

 fine compromise centerboard craft as Puritan, Mayflower and 

 Volunteer, advertised as no other vessels have over been, we find 

 a larger number of cutters building than ever before, your cor- 

 respondent "A. B." is not far out of the way when he calls the 

 cutter the typical yacht of America to-day. It is also worth 

 mentioning that while there are some twenty cutters started in 

 the East only two sloops have so far been taken in hand in New 

 York. Good yachtsmen about New York will not complain that 

 the yachting center has been shifted to the East, as lone as Boston 

 continues to boom cutters in such great shape.— Deep Sea. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C— The annual meeting of the Quaker City 

 Y. C. was held on Feb. 1, at H37 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. 

 The following of?.eers were elected for the ensuing year: Com., 

 Chas. D. Middleton; Vice-Corn., Chas. L. Work; Rear-Corn., Wm. 

 H. Mickel; Pres.. John IT. Sloan; Sec'y, Sain'l B. S. Earth; Cor.- 

 Sec'y, Win. S. HofTinan; Treas.. Jos. J. Arbelo; Meas., Sam'l A. 

 Wood: Fleet Surgeon. Wm. G. MacCounell, M.D.; Board pf Trus- 

 tees, Alfred Box. Horace F. Smith, Oswald McAllister, Chas. E. 

 Ellis; Regatta Committee, Addison F. Bancroft, Wm. J. Thor- 

 man, Chas. L. Wilson. After the meeting had adjourned the 

 members sat down to the annual banquet. The treasurer's report 

 shows the club to stand on an excellent financial basis. The 

 present, rooms at 1127 Chestnut street will be retained and a new 

 club house will shortly be erected on the river. 



THE NAVAL RESERVE.— A meeting of the New York branch 

 of the U. S. Naval Institute for the reading and discussion of 

 of a paper on "Our Naval Reserve," by Cant. A. P. Cooke, U.S.N. . 

 will be held to-night at the club house of the Seawanhaka C.Y.C., 

 which has been offered for the occasion. 



MARGUERITE.— This schooner is of wood with an iron center- 

 board trunk; not of iron, as a printer's error last week would 

 imply. 



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 Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boat Buildinr;. By W. P. Stephens. 

 Price $1.50. The Canoe Aurerra. BuC.A.Ncide. Price $1. Canoe 

 Handling. By C. B. Yanr. Price $1. Canoe, and Camera. By T. 

 S. Steele. Price 1.50. Four Months in a Sncalcbox. By N. H. Bishop. 

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 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

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AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers, 1887-88. 



Commodore: R. W. Gibson > A Ihanv N Y 



Secretary-Treasurer: F. L. Mix. ) A,Dan > • 1 



Vice-Com. Bear-Corn. Purser. 



Central J>iv..R. W. Bailev W. R. Huntington J. K. Bakewell. 



Atlantic Div.Henry Stanton. . . A. S. Pennington .E/W. Brown, 146 B' way. N.T. 



Eastern Dlv..L. Q. .Tones Geo. M. Barney.... W. B. Davidson, Hartrord. 



N'thern Div. .A. D. T. McGachen. W. 0. JIcKendrlck. S. Britton, Lindsay, Can. 



Applications for membership must he made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied bv the recommendation of an active member and the sum of SJMJO 

 for entrance fee and dues 1m current. year ($1.00). Every member attending 

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay $f,iw for camp expenses. Application 

 scut to the Sec'v-Troas. will be iorwardort by him to the proper Division. 



Persons residing in the Central Division wishing to become members of 

 tbe A. C. A., will be furnished With printed forms of application by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— James Panning Latham, Chicago, 111. 



Vice-Commodore— J. R. Bartlett, Fremont, Ohio. 



Rear-Commodore— T. J. Kirkpatrick, Springfield, Ohio, 



Secretary-Treasurer-Geo. A. Warder, Springfield, Ohio. 



Executive Committee— H. G. Hodge, Dayton, Q.j C. F. Pennewell, Cleve- 

 land, O.; C. J. Bousfield, Bay City, Mich. ' 



The annual meetfor 1888 WiU be held at Ballast Island, Lake Erie, July 7 

 to 28. Regatta befrfns Tuesday, July 10. 



CANOES OR BOATS.— .Editor Forest and Stream: The two fine 

 boats referred to by "Kelpie." in your last issue were rigged with 

 bow-facing oars. Are such rigged boats considered canoes? 

 Should they not be classed as sneak-boxes and single-handed 

 cruisers? How does the A. C. A. class such craft?— Big Cruiser. 

 A canoe, by the definition of the A. 0. A. ; must be capable of 

 oeing efficiently propelled by a paddle, and the fact that she 

 carried oars in addition would not necessarily disqualify her. If 

 the boat is too large io be propelled by a paddle she could not be 

 entered in the racea.l 



PRIZES FOR PADDLING RACES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Granting, for the sake of argument, that the purelv racing in- 

 terest has been fostered and encouraged bv the A. C. A. to the 

 exclusion of the cruisers and their favorate craft, has not the 

 greatest incentive to the building of the fast boats, which repre- 

 sent the racing craft of to-day, been the desire to become posses- 

 sor of the international trophy cup? Have not hulls been "all 

 out away below," sail areas increased and canoe jewelrv multi- 

 plied, all for a chance of winning this much sought trophy of 

 racing skill? The paddle, the most necessary adjunct of the 

 cruising canoe, has fallen into "innocuous desuetude," and the 

 man who can merely win puddling races and flags thereby has 

 but small share of canoe glory. Ho may have paddled hard the 

 entire season, on cruise or pleasure spin, gained heal tli and mus- 

 cle thereby, and found himself in the f.,11 as brown as an Indian 

 and as tough, but no glory is his, because, forsooth, ho has not 

 spent his summer with his toes under the the lee coaming and the 

 seat of his nether garments in the wash to windward. Paddling 

 races have but few entries, and perhaps one reason may bo that a 

 flag is small reward for a hot mile race. If the cruiser has been 

 neglected the paddler surely has, and in my opinion, if suitable 

 cups were provided for each, it would do more toward doing the 

 cruising mau justice than all the legislation that the executive 

 committee is capable of. 



My suggestion is this: Let a subscription in the hands of the 

 Forest and Stream be started, which I will head with $5, for the 

 purchase of two cups, not necessarily expensive ones— something 

 in oxidized copper for instance— suitably ornamented and en- 

 graved, to be held by the members for one year, as is the Trophy 

 cup, and subject to the regatta committee of the A. C. A. One to 

 be awarded to the winner of the Class I. paddling race, and the 

 other to ttie winner of the "combination" race (which will Surely 

 represent the true cruiser better than any other one race (Jail), 

 The names of the members and the year in which they held them 

 to be engraved on the cups. Let the Trophy Cup stand, as it does 

 at present, an emblem of tho highest degree of speed that time, 

 money and brains can develop in a canoe, "with the existing rules 

 for measurement, with which the racing men seem perfectly 

 satisfied, but let there be a cup for those who do not care for 

 "lean hulls and acrobatic deportment," and also for those who 

 enjoy the paddle. 



Let the A. C. A. members who want to see good racing, even 

 though they are not racing men themselves, contribute as much 

 as they see fit. Tbe racers will surely contribute, and if the 

 "cruisers" are as ready with their dollars as they have been with 

 their literary efforts, we shall have at Lake George next August 

 three cups which we may be proud of, and which will be worth 

 racing for. Paddle, 



CRUISING CANOES AT THE MEET. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Being away from home for some weeks I was not aware that 

 you had closed the discussiom in which some of us have been en- 

 gaged until it was too late; however, I trust that the generosity 

 for which you are noted will be extended in this instance to an 

 opponent, and that you will at least give me a chance to reply to 

 your own and "Cruiser's" criticism of my last letter before finally 

 closing the discussion. 



In my last 1 said I would give our sailing races for sails that 

 could be lowered, and you want to know why ? Well, I condemn 

 them for the same reason you have been condemning the skim- 

 ming dish style of yacht for the last few years, on the principle 

 that in a great many cases they are a most unsafe sail. As the 

 skimming dish may be used in shallow water with safety, so can 

 standing sails be used in narrow rivers and other' places, but in 

 all places where a standing sail can be used safely a hoisting 

 sail can be used equally well, and the reverse cannot be said by 

 the advocates of that stylo of sail, among which I am sorry to see 

 you take your stand. Dottrel and myself, of our club, had an 

 experience last season on Huruber Bay that I would like a stand- 

 ing-rig mau to have seen. The day was dark and lowering when 

 we started under paddle (with our sails lowered down on deck and 

 nothing but the masts sianding) out the gap to go along the lake 

 shore. The wind, which was dead ahead and very light, suddenly 

 blew up such a squall accompanied with rain sucn as I never be- 

 fore witnessed. We were about 400yds. off shore, and it was but 

 the work of a second to head for it, and paddle as we had never 

 paddled before. Squall followed squall in rapid succession with 

 tbe waves running several feet high. Our seats were level with 

 the combing, and several times for the space of ten and fifteen 

 seconds we had to slide out and sit on the weather gunwale to 

 keep our craft, witb only bare masts, from being blown clean 

 over. We reached the snore right side up, however, and if ever 

 two boys were glad of being able to sit down on the mother earth 

 and congratulate themselves, we were the pair. Now where 

 would a standing-rig man have been in that storm, and many 

 others that take place ? The squall was on us in a minute, t here 

 was no time to look after crawling forward to take down sails. I 

 have no hesitation in saying that no ordinary-sized canoe could 

 live four miuut.es with a standing sail flopping around the mast 

 in such a storm. 



With the vi\ id recollection of that experience before me I don't 

 want any one coming around talking to me about the advantage 

 of a perfect cruising rig of live Btandmg sails, three of which are 

 kicking about your feet while you use two. To carry the three 

 under your feet while cruising you have to gel a canoe with no 

 air tank in the bow so that there will be room for the moderately 

 long masts to be stowed. Will the advocates of this style of 

 cruising state where your duffle is stowed when you take up one- 

 half of your canoe with the three extra sails, because if they are 

 to be interchangeable you can't stow stuff on top of them. While 

 they are at it tney might say what the three odd sails look like 

 after you have been cruising for say three days with just the 

 ordinary amount of canoeists' dirty feet tramping on them, or do 

 they tie' tbem up in a bag and take half an hour untying knots 

 every time they want to use them. Of course tastes differ in this 

 as in other points, but I am surprised to hear you utter these 

 words, "Is not Pecowsic, so far as rig is concerned, the best fitted 

 all-round canoe yet devised? No special sails with long spars to 

 be left ashore when not racing." I would just like to ask which 

 is (he easier, to leave sails ashore or to have them kicking around 

 under vour feet, and getting you all in a muddle. 1 happen 

 to know what Mr. Barney's opiuion -was in '86 on that point. He 

 had broken the jaw of the sail he wanted to use and had to take 

 the next size smaller. A friend standing by advised htm lo carry 

 an extra sail and he said ho would sooner take the small sail 

 alono than be bothered with another sail uuderhisfeet. "Cruiser" 

 says, "In '87 one boat was luffing land begging in the puffs, while 

 her sister was wisning for more wind. Now why did not tho one 

 who had the small sail get down on his knees and fish up his 

 larger one, and the one with too much sail take from his perfect 

 suit the next size?" Surely it cannot be possible that after all 

 the claims that have been made about their being easily carried 

 and so easily interchanged, it cannot be possible that they left 

 their perfect suit on the shore. I would like to hear from "Pad- 

 dle," who appears to know all about it, where they were. Come 

 now, "Paddle," let us have the information for the benefit of 

 the disgruntled pot-bellied cruisers and the public at large. 

 Until we hear from "Paddle" I will be inclined to think that the 

 claims that are made about the ease of stowing and changing the 

 suit of five standing sails is all claim with no facts or actual 

 practice to substantiate, it. Before leaving this point I might just 

 say that I am aware that this style of thing may possibly kill 

 itself in time, but that is no reason why the A. C. A. regatta com- 

 mittee should not grapple with it and encourage a better sail by 

 giving more races for sails that could be hoisted and lowered, or 

 if they want to do it in a better way adopt the one rig idea of 

 Commodore Gibson's, only confine the rig to two sails. No 

 one wotdd be at a disadvantage if ail had hoisting .sails as thoy 

 should. The standing rig is just one more point to show how 

 everything is sacrificed for the "got thar" man, but is it just 

 square to the rest of the Association of whom tbe "get thar" men 

 form a small proportion. "Cruiser" tries to scoreapoiut re Notus 

 and Vesper, and says that Notus is in every sense a staunch, able 

 and sturdy craft, but adroitly dodges the question at issue, as 

 what 1 asked was "Is Notus as stable a craft as Vesper?" Thanks 

 to the Forest and Stkeam I was well posted on the points that 

 he mentions re smooth skin, etc. It may be true that 1 am not 

 as good a critic as I might bo, but until "Cruiser" advances more 

 facts on the case I will still adhere to my opinion that Vesper is 

 the steadiest or more stable craft ot the two. In another para- 

 graph "Cruiser" says, "In Mr. MacKendrick's opinion all Class A 

 boats are bad, and ought to be discouraged." It's a case of the 

 wish is father to the thought, and as I take a rather more liberal 

 view of the situatiou than "Cruiser" credits me with, 1 object to 

 having that saving left on my door step as the father of it. 



The stand I take is this. The A. C. A. can, has. and always will 

 encourage some class of a canoe by tho races and rules which they 

 lay down. I do not think any one will dispute that point. And 

 tho races and rules governing them have a direct influence on the 

 class of boat that is built, as witness the regatta programme for 

 1886. As that now ridiculous race the 75ft. was put down as a test 

 for the international event, and the $300 cup, and what was the 

 outcome of it; a fellow had to have a canoe that would take as 



good a stand in the 75ft. limit race as in the unlimited, and 

 the Pecowsic came to light, as everv one knows that, a lean, nar- 

 row hull can be driven faster with small sails than a fuller craft. 



Well, after a deal of kicking by some of those whom "Paddle" 

 pleases to call the disgruntled, the 75ft. limit was removed off the 

 rest for the international cveut, but still kept on the regulnr pro- 

 gramme, without an j one offering a word in its defense; and even 

 now no one offers any reason why it should be retained, except 

 that they have had it for several years. It seems to me that ra 

 these days of rapid advancement, things should be able to show 

 a reason for their existence. As to "Cruiser's" point that I 

 have offered nothing better, well, that is an open question; but if I 

 have a boil on my neck I'm very well pleased to get rid of it with- 

 out asking for anything else to take up its abode there. But if you 

 must have a race instead, give us two unlimited ones. 



The stand I take is this: The A. C. A. is now directly encour- 

 aging the class of canoe such as Pecowsic. Is it the best class of 

 canoe in existence that it should be especially favored in that 

 way? 1 think not, and I feel confident in saying that nine-tonMhs 

 of the Association think with me. Then why should it have a 

 race, the 76ft. limit, which, as I pointed out a year ago, it is bound 

 to scoop every time, besides having as good, if not better, chance 

 in the unlimited? Will "Cruiser," or others who object to the VHt't. 

 limit talking a walk, please answer why? 



In this line I do not lose sight of the fact that there arc canoes 

 and canoes, and that tastes differ, or that the Class A has its 

 place and probably Pecowsic hers. But I tako the stand that 

 they should encourage the best all-round canoe thev can find, and 

 I do not think either Class A or Pecowsic fills the bill. If the 

 rules as at present do not do that, I would not hesitate to have 

 them altered. With regard to calling Pecowsic a machine by 

 some and a good cruiser by others, matters not, and makes her 

 neither one nor the otherj and with all due regard for Mr. Barney 

 and witli due appreciation of what canoeists owe him, 1 beg to 

 place myself again, as I did two years ago, down as an objector 

 agaiust that style of canoe being favored while much better canoes 

 are not getting a race. W. G. MacKenprick. 



Hamilton, Feb. 3. 



THE ATLANTIC DIVISION, A. C. A. 



THE following application was sent to Com. G,ibson by the sec- 

 retary of the meeting at which it was decided to aoply for 

 admission as a division: 



New York, Jan. 5, 1888. 

 P. W, Gibson, Em-, Commodore A. C. A., Albany, A. Y.: 



Dear Sir— As secretary of a meeting of members of the A. C. A., 

 held at No. 729 Sixth avenue, in the city of New York, on the 3d 

 day of January, 1888, for the purpose of forming a new division of 

 the A. C, A., I beg leave to submit to vou the record of tho pro- 

 ceedings of that meeting. 



First— On the 1st day of December, 1887, a uotice was published 

 in the Forest and Stream calling a preliminary meeting of 

 canoeists to consider the question of the formation of a new 

 division, a copy of which notice is hereto annexed, pursuant to 

 which notice a meeting of the A. C. A. canoeists was field at No. 

 217 Fifth avenue, in the city of New York, on the 9th day of De- 

 cember, 1887, at which meeting a committee on organization was 

 appointed. 



Second— The committee on organization issued a circular calling 

 a meeting of A. C. A. men for the purpose of foiming the new 

 division, and asking for a vote by mail from those who could not 

 attend the meeting, a copy of which circular was miblished in 

 Forest and Stream on the 22dday of December, 1887, and mailed 

 to each member of the A. C. A. residing within the proposed new 

 division, with a postal card inclosed, addressed to the chairman of 

 the organizing committee, upon which members were asked to 

 record their vote, copies of winch circular and postal card are 

 hereto annexed. 



Third— Pursuant to the circular of the organizing committee, a 

 meeting was held at No. 729 Sixth avenue, in the city of New 

 York, on the 3d day of January, 1888, at which there were present 

 thirty -two members of the A. O, A. residing within the proposed 

 new division. Mr. William Whitlock was chosen chairman of tho 

 meeting and the undersigned was chosen secretary. At this meet- 

 ing the organizing committee presented proof of the mailing of 

 their circular to till the members of the A. C. A. residing within 

 the proposed new division, and delivered to me, as secretary of 

 the meeting, fifty-four postal cards, being all the postal cards 

 received by the comrniitee in response to their circular, from 

 which it appears that fifty-two of the men addressed voted in 

 favor of forming the new division find two iu opposition thereto. 

 The postal cards showing the vote are iuelosed herewith. 



Fourth— At the meeting on Jan. 3 the following proceedings 

 were bad, viz.: 



The following resolution was adopted bysay thirty-two affirma- 

 tive votes, there being no votes in the negative: 



Resolved, That a new division of the A. C. A. be formed, and 

 that the limits of said division be the limits secondly referred to 

 in the circular of the organizing committee, namely, these limits 

 which are bounded on the south by the valley of the .1 ames River. 



The following resolution was adopted by a vote of 18 to 8: 



Resolved, That the name of the new division shall be the Atlantic 

 Division. 



Thereupon the following gentlemen were unanimously elected 

 to be the officers of the said new division, namely: 

 To be Vice-Commodore, Henry Stanton. 

 To be Rear-Commodore, A. S. Pennington. 

 To be Purser, Edward W. Brown. 



To be member of the Executive Committee, T. S. Westeott. 



The following resolution was unanimously adopted: 



Resolved, That the secretary of this meeting prepare a record 

 of the proceedings which have been had for the formation of the 

 Atlantic Division, and forward the same to the Commodore of the 

 A, C. A. with the request that the new division be recognized. 



And thereupon the' meeting adjourned. All of which is respect- 

 fully submitted. Edward W. Brown, Secretary. 



The boundaries referred to are as follows: Beginning at the ex- 

 treme eastern end of Long Island, thence running westerly 

 through Long Island Sound to the southwest corner of the State 

 of Connecticut, thence in a general northerly direction along the 

 boundary line of the State of Connecticut to the point where the 

 southern liue of Putnam county, in the State of New York, inter- 

 sects the Connecticut boundaiy line: thence westerly across the 

 Hudson River at the Highlands at West Point and following the 

 Highlands through Orange county, New York, to Port Jervis. at 

 the northwest corner of the State of New Jersey; thence south- 

 westerly through Mauch Chunk and Harrisburg and along the 

 Blue Ridge Mountains to the valley of the James River at Lynch- 

 burg in the State of Virginia; and thence, following the valley of 

 the James River to the ChesapcaKe Bay, which would include all 

 rivers emptying into that bay: thence, along the Atlantic coast to 

 the place of beginning. 



The following circular was sent out by Com. Gibson: 



Albany, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1888. 

 To the. Members of the Executive Committee: 



gentlemen— Please mail to me your vote, aye or no, to the ques- 

 tion: Shall the Atlantic Division be authorized according to the 

 application, a copy of which is inclosed ? 



The subject has been discussed by those most interested and the 

 opinion is nearly unanimous in favor of it. The opinion of the re- 

 mainder of the Central Division has not been canvassed, but there 

 have been no protests from any of the members. The idea of a 

 new division has received my support, as you are aware, ever 

 since the Eastern Division was formed. I have in preparation an 

 addition to the constitution providing for the future formation of 

 new divisions iu a regular manner; at present we are acting in 

 accord with the precedent and customs, but there are no definite 

 rules. 



Also send me your vote, aye or no, to questions No. 3, etc. It 

 has been suggested that the Commodore should nominate officers 

 to fill the vacancies caused in the Central Division by the forma- 

 tion of the new division, so that the vote of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, as provided for m the constitution, may be taken on the 

 subject. 



Question No. 2— In case the Atlantic Division is authorized, shall 

 Rear- Commodore Reade W. Bailey, of Pittsburg, become Vice- 

 Commodore of the Central Division? 



Question No. 3— Shall W. R. Huntington, of Rome; N. Y., bo 

 Rear-Commodore ? (at present member of the Executive Commit- 

 tee). 



Question No. 4— Shall James K. Bakewell, of Pittsburg, Pa., be 

 Purser of the Central Division? 



Your votes on these questions at the earliest possible date will 

 be gladly received. 



Mr. E. L. French, of Buffalo, N. Y., will remain on tho Executive 

 Committe of tho division, and the number will then be complete 

 according to the reduced membership. Yours very truly, 



Robert W. Gibson. 



The Atlantic Division, according to the applioalion following, 

 having been voted for in the affirmative by the Executive Com- 

 mittee, is hereby approved. 



The resignations of Vice-Commodore Henry Stauton and Purser 

 E. W. Brown, of the Central Division, are accepted, and they ar 



