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For Secretary and Treasurer — J. H. Washburn, of Rhode Island. 
For Executive Committee — H. II. Goodell, of Massachusetts ; H. C. White, of Georgia; 
M. A. Scovell, of Kentucky; H. P. Armsby, of Pennsylvania, and the ex officio mem- 
bers provided for by the constitution, S. D. Lee, of Mississippi, the retiring presi- 
dent; H. E. Alvord, of Oklahoma, the incoming president; and J. H. Washburn, of 
Rhode Island, the incoming secretary and treasurer. 
Respectfully submitted. 
A. W. Harris, 
A. A. Johnson, 
W. L. Broun, 
W. A. Henry, 
C. W. Garfield, 
C. F. Vanderford, 
A. C. True, 
Committee. 
Washington, D. C , November 14, 1SD4. 
On motion the report Avas adopted and the officers named declared 
duly elected. 
Mr. Test presented, for the Section on Entomology, the names of C. 
P. Gillette, of Iowa, for chairman, and J. M. Aldrich, of Idaho, for 
secretary, which, upon motion, were confirmed. 
Mr. Craighead presented the following resolution: 
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Association that the executive committee 
continue its efforts to secure an appropriation for the purpose of furnishing, under 
proper restrictions, students in land-grant colleges with uniforms and such other 
equipment as may be necessary for their more complete instruction in military 
science and tactics. 
On motion of Mr. Harris this was referred to the Section on College 
Work. 
Mr. Silvester, followed later by Mr. Miller, extended a cordial invi- 
tation to the delegates to visit the Maryland station and college, at 
College Park, Md., 8 miles from Washington. 
Mr. Alvord announced that General Breckinridge, having been 
ordered away from Washington, would not be able to address the con- 
vention. 
Mr. Wing moved that a committee of three be appointed to examine 
into the proposition offered by Mr. Hays in regard to indexing agricul- 
tural literature, and to secure, if possible, the cooperation of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Mr. Hays to be chairman of the committee, which 
was to report at the next meeting. 
Adopted. 
The chair appointed Messrs. Hays, Wing, and Plumb such committee. 
Mr. Harris. By an error the committee on nominations overlooked 
the office of bibliographer. The committee recommends that the pres- 
ent incumbent, Mr. S. W. Johnson, of Connecticut, be reelected. 
Adopted. 
Mr. Scott offered the following resolution, which was seconded and 
referred to the executive committee : 
Whereas this Association, sensible of the value of the present and possible func- 
tions of the Office of Experiment Stations in bringing the various stations into close 
