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SINGLEHAND CRUISING YAWL-SAIL PLAN. 
107 newcomers were admitted. The club now has 321 
members in good standing. 
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The Staten Island Y. C. has elected the following offi- 
cers for the ensuing year: Com., C. F. Wiegand; Vice- 
Corn., H. B. Johnson; Sec'y, E. S. Seguine; Treas., J. F. 
H. Lindeman; Meas., Matthew Taylor. Trustees: F. G. 
R. Roettger and George Cramer. 
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The regular annual meeting of the New York Y. C. 
was held at the club house, West Forty-fourtk street, 
New York City, on Thursday evening, Feb. 13.' The fol- 
lowing officers were elected: Com.. Lewis Cass Led- 
yard, schooner Corona; Vice-Coin., Frederick G. Bourne, 
steamer Colonia; Rear Com., C. L. F. Robinson, steamer 
Wanderer; Sec'y, G. A. Cormack; Treas., Tarrant Put- 
nam; Meas., John Hyslop; Fleet Surgeon, J. McWood- 
bury. M.D.; Regatta Committee: S. Nicholson Kane, 
Newbury D. Lawton, E. H. Wales. Committee on Ad- 
missions: Henry C. Ward,, Frederick Gallatin, J. Searle 
Barclay, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Henry S. Redmond. 
House .Committee: Thomas A. Bronson, William H. 
Osgood, G. A. Cormack. Library Committee: Theo- 
dore C. Zerega, Paul Eve Stevenson. Arnold Wood 
Committee on Club Stations: William H. Thomas, 
Frederick G. Bourne. F. August Schermerhorn, Augustus 
C. Tyler, Charles Lane Poor, Ralph N. Ellis, Harrison 
B. Moore, Henry C. Ward, Arnzi L. Barber, J. R. Max- 
well. 
During the meeting Commodore Ledyard offered a 
resolution upon the death of former Secretary Oddie 
which was passed unanimously, and Commodore Kane 
..offered a similar resolution upon the death of Chester 
Griswold. 
It was decided to hold the annual regatta of the club 
on June 19 in New York Bay. 
The club decided upon the night of March 9 as the 
time when the club will receive Prince Henry of Prussia. 
The arrangements for the entertainment will be decided 
upon by a committee later. 
The following resolution regarding a new system of 
measurement was adopted: 
"Resolved, That the commodore appoint a committee 
of seven members to obtain from such naval architects 
as may seem desirable their opinions as to the advisability 
of changing the present rule of measurement of this club 
and as to the practicability of formulating such a new sys- 
tem of measurement as would be generally adopted by 
the clubs of this country, and might eventually serve as 
a basis of an international standard and to report to this 
club." 
The membership of the club, counting the 51 members 
elected, numbers 1,929. The total number of vessels in 
the club's fleet numbers 468. 
The list of new members elected included the name of 
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, who was proposed by Commo- 
dore Lewis Cass Ledyard and seconded by ex-Commo- 
dore E. D. Morgan. The following are the new 
members : 
Augustus Smith, Lieutenant Herman O. Stickney, 
U. S. N.; Henry Reuterdahl, Commander W. Sheffield' 
-Cowles,.U. S. N.; Lieutenant Commander Robert I. 
Reid. U. S. N.; Lieutenant Commander Revnold T Hall 
U. S. N..J Ensign Morris H. Brown, U. S. N.; C. Ritchie 
Simpkins, H. Seymour Houghton, M.D.; Albert S. 
Plummer, Johnston L. de Peyster, Captain B H. Fuller 
U. S. M. C; Lieutenant Orlo S. Knepper, U. S. N. ; 
Colonel Frank L. Denny, U. S. M. C. ; Lieutenant 
Charles J. Lang, U. S. N.; Colonel James Forney, U. S. 
M. C. ; Lieutenant John S. Doddridge, U. S. N.; Henry 
H. Melville, Albert B. Cameron, Captain Henry Schuy- 
ler Ross, U. S. N.; Ensign William R. White, U. S. N.; 
Frank W. Fletcher, Sidney Lanier Smith, Henry W. Put- 
nam, Jr.; Ensign William P. Cronan, U. S. N.; W. H. 
Beebe, Andrew McKenney, N. Townsend Thayer, George 
D. Cochran, M.D.; Lieutenant Arthur T. Chester, U. S. 
N.; Stewart W. Smith, Augustus B. Hart, Lieutenant 
Commander Carl W. Jungen, U. S. N.; Surgeon Eton 
O. Huntington, U. S. N.; Lieutenant Charles E. Gilpin, 
U. S. N.; Lieutenant Bion B. Bierrer, U. S. N.; Surgeon 
Carl D. Brownell, U. S. N. ; W. Campbell Clark, R. H. 
Hooper, H. B. Smithers, L. C. Benedict, Charles H. 
Davis, John A. Burnham, Jr.; George T. Wilson, Cal- 
braith Perry Rodgers, William S. Eaton, Jr.; Robert 
Toland, Joseph D. Redding, J. Van Schaick Oddie and 
Harold Hoyle Oddie; honorary member, Nathaniel G. 
Herreshoff. 
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At the annual meeting of the Huguenot Y. C., held at 
the Arena, West Thirty-first street. New York City, the 
following officers were elected: Com., A. P. Thayer, 
launch Thalga; Vice-Corn., George C. Allen; Rear-Gom., 
Joseph P. Donovan; Sec'y, H. H. Van Rensselaer; 
Treas., L. C. Ketchum. Trustees to serve two years: 
William B. Greeley and John Tatlock. 
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The annual meeting of the Gloucester (Pa.) Y. C. 
was held on Feb. 9, and the following officers were elected : * 
Com., Benjamin Wilson; Vice-Corn., John Minnehan : 
Rear-Corn., Gilbert Taylor; Rec. Sec'y, Walter Flemings; 
Fin. Sec'y, Americus Brinton ; Treas., John Casnet ; 
Steward, Harry Quinn; Auditing Committee, Frank 
Dunn. James Flemings and Americus Brinton; Trustees, 
Frank Smith, James Flemings, Harry Quinn, Thomas 
Piatt John Benchert and George L, Kurtz; Measurers, 
Robert Murray, George L. Kurtz and Thomas Piatt. 
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At the annual meeting of the Yale Corinthian Y. C, 
held on Feb. 7, the following officers were elected: Com., 
E. I. Low, 1902; Vice-Corn., J. B, Thomas, Jf., 1903; 
