THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO, August 26, 1919. The meeting was called to order by Vice President
George F. Bareis. There were present: |
G. FREDERICK WRIGHT, E. F. WOOD, E. O. RANDALL, D. H. GARD, W. C. MOORE, J. M. DUNHAM, W. L. CURRY, W. O. THOMPSON, T. D. HILLS, J. S. ROOF, C. W. JUSTICE, FRED HINKLE, L. P. SCHAUS, |
GEORGE F. BAREIS, H. E. BUCK, W. H. COLE, B. F. PRINCE, WILLIAM WALKER, W. C. SHETRONE, VAN A. SNIDER, FRANK TALLMADGE, R. G. KINKEAD, W. C. MILLS, J. M. HENDERSON, W. H. SCOTT. |
In addition to the members of the Society, W. Farrard Felch, Clerk to the Historical Commission of Ohio,
was present. Secretary Randall stated that, on account of pressing
du- ties as Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for
the coming National Reunion of the Grand Army of the
Republic, President Campbell was unable to be present. G. Frederick Wright, President Emeritus,
congratulated the Society on the progress of the last year, and stated
that Col. Webb C. Hayes has been absent from his home for some
little time, and therefore received no notice of the date of
this meeting. (396) |
Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting 397
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
Secretary Randall stated that, in
accordance with prece-
dent, he would not read the full minutes
of the last Annual
Meeting, which comprises one hundred and
twenty pages of
typewritten manuscript in the Secretary's Minute Book.
A
condensed report of the proceedings of that meeting
appears
in the Quarterly for October, 1918. All
members of the Society
have that Quarterly. In accordance with
the long-established
precedent it was suggested that the
minutes of that meeting be
approved.
Since the last Annual Meeting we have
had very few meet-
ings of the Trustees and Committees, for
the reasons that,
first, our appropriations were not
sufficient to pay the expenses
of the members in coming to Columbus,
and second there was
no actual need to hold meetings, since
our appropriations are
limited to specific purposes, and the
heads of the various De-
partments could carry along the work.
The Publication Committee held one or
two meetings, to
act on routine matters. I will report
for the Publication Com-
mittee. Our Quarterlies have been issued
on time; we received
from the legislature an appropriation of
thirteen thousand dol-
lars-we asked for sixteen thousand--for
reprinting our
Annuals; Mr. Fred Heer is now making
arrangements to re-
print those books.
The last year has been, in some
respects, an excellent one
for the Society. In spite of the war and
the wave of economy
on the part of the State we were very
fairly dealt with in the
matter of appropriations two years ago,
and we have progressed
along the lines of our work. In both the
archaeological and his-
torical departments we have had what I
might call an accelerated
movement, and I am certain the Society
stands higher in both
departments than it did a year ago.
As to Logan Elm, I visited the park some
three or four
times during the last six months. The
last visit was a week ago
Saturday, when I took a party of five or
six from here to the
park. We took our lunch along and ate
under the tree. We
counted twenty-five automobiles that
came in while we were
there, and I think only about one in ten
stopped at the cabin to
register. The grounds and tree are in
splendid condition. In the
near future the proposed monument to
Logan, donated by resi-
dents in the vicinity of the Park, will
be dedicated.
Governor Campbell is chairman of the
committee on Har-
rison Memorial. That committee was
appointed some four years
ago, just about the time of the breaking
out of the war, at the
request of the Business Men's Club of
Cincinnati; Governor
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Campbell, Mr. D. J. Ryan and myself met
a committee of the
Business Men's Club. They desired the
cooperation of our
Society in the building of a proper
monument at the grave of
William Henry Harrison. The mausoleum
was in very bad
condition. I had two meetings with
Senator Pomerene in re-
gard to this project, and he agreed to
introduce a bill in Con-
gress, appropriating $75,000 for the
monument if our Society
itself, or through the legislature,
would donate $25,000 more,
make a total of $100,000 for the
monument.
In the meantime local parties at North
Bend and Cincin-
nati-I think the Daughters of the
Revolution and others-
have taken the project in hand and I am
informed the monu-
ment will be erected by them without
expense to the govern-
ment, the state or our Society. This
will eliminate us from
participation or credit.
Fort Miami, Fort Meigs and Fallen
Timbers-Mr. W. J.
Sherman is chairman of that committee,
and cannot be here.
I was in Toledo about four months ago,
at the formation of
a Northwest Ohio Historical Society
which is to include the
society known as the Maumee Valley
Historical Society, or at
least cooperate with it. I found the
sentiment there is that the
new society should care for those sites.
I assume so far as
this Society is concerned there will be
nothing further to do.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HISTORICAL
SITES.
The unsettled condition of the times has
seemed to ren-
der it unwise to take active efforts to secure, for the
Society,
the possession of the historical sites
which it is desirable for us
to obtain. Your committee, therefore,
has simply pursued the
policy of "watchful waiting,"
and have little to report, except
to say that the picturesque old Fort
Miami, on the Maumee
River, between Fort Meigs and Toledo,
and the Serpent Mound
in Warren County, are of so much
importance and interest that
we should not relax our efforts to
preserve them for the general
public. But we do not have any proposition
to make concern-
ing them at the present time. It is
desirable, however, to keep
their acquisition in view, so as to be
able to act when circum-
stances favor. We would therefore
recommend the continuance
of the Committee to have this general
subject in mind.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
G. FREDERICK WRIGHT, Chairman.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CAMPUS
MARTIUS.
At the request of Mr. Randall, I went to
Marietta on the
26th of June to look over the property
placed in our hands by
the State, known as Campus Martius.
I beg to report the condition of this
property as follows:-
The corner lot, being 160 feet long by
80 feet wide, deeded
by Miss Nye to the State of Ohio, is the
lot upon which is
situated a house, 46 feet long by 36
feet wide, two stories high.
This is an old frame house, in very poor
repair. The lot upon
which this house stands is about 9 feet
above the street across
the front, and running back about 100
feet. The remaining
part slopes irregularly, in some parts,
to the street.
Across the 80 foot front there is a
bracing of lumber about
five feet high to hold the embankment
up. On the side front
there is a nice grassy slope to the
sidewalk.
The lot lying immediately in the rear of
this lot above de-
scribed, and deeded by Mrs. Davis to the
State of Ohio, and
covering the same number of feet, viz.:
160 feet long by 80
feet wide, has been used for a number of
years as a sand or
gravel bank, and upon it at the present
time there is stored a
lot of old lumber. The surface of this
lot is irregular, some
parts of it having been excavated as low
as the street level.
The whole property presents a very
unsightly appearance.
The house is, according to my
understanding, of very little
historical value, and an eyesore to the
neighborhood. It would
be a vast improvement to have the house
removed and the two
lots graded to a level surface.
LEWIS P. SCHAUS.
Secretary Randall made a brief statement
as to the securing
of the property by the state, which was
brought about by the
Daughters of the American Revolution. He
also called atten-
tion to the fact that the General
Assembly has made no ap-
propriation for the care or improvement
of this property.
Secretary Randall read the following
joint resolution:
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"83D GENERAL ASSEMBLY, H. J. R. No. 25.
REGULAR SESSION, 1919.
"MR. BURNS.
"JOINT RESOLUTION
"Relative to appointment of a
committee of two persons to confer with
a like committee from each of the states
comprising the original
'northwest territory' looking to the
building of a memorial to the
memory of the early settlers of the said
original 'northwest terri-
tory.'
"WHEREAS, The state of Ohio has
recently acquired by purchase
the lands situated in the city of
Marietta, in said state, and known as
the lands comprising 'Campus Martius';
and
"WHEREAS, In order to preserve and
restore said lands and erect
thereon a proper memorial building in
which there may be properly
housed the old relics and mementos
indicative of the early history and
settlements of the great northwest
territory; therefore,
"Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the state of Ohio, That
there be appointed a committee of two
persons from said state by the
governor thereof, said committee to act
without pay, which committee
shall meet a like committee from each of
the states comprising the
original 'northwest territory', for the
purpose of carrying out the fore-
going plan; that the governor of Ohio
shall transmit a formal request
to the legislatures and governors of the
said states comprising said
original 'northwest territory' to
co-operate in the same manner as in-
dicated by this joint resolution, and
that he forward a copy of this
resolution to them;
"Be it further resolved, That said joint committee shall file a re-
port of their recommendations with the
legislatures and governors of
the several states comprising the
original 'northwest territory', for further
action by the legislatures of said
states."
Mr. Randall stated that the resolution
was adopted without
opposition, and the governor appointed
as the commissioners for
Ohio former Congressman George White,
and Hon. Warren E.
Burns, the author of the resolution. The
desire is, in substance,
to follow the procedure adopted in the
"Perry Victory" celebra-
tion. It is hoped to have each state
carved out of the Northwest
Territory appropriate from fifteen to
twenty-five thousand dol-
lars, and if this is done a joint
commission from the five states
will erect on the grounds a monument
commemorative of the
fact that it was the site of the first
governmental organization in
the Northwest Territory. This may
eventually be accomplished.
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Mr. Randall moved that Mr. Schaus be
authorized to build
the retaining wall, as he thinks
necessary to protect the property,
to be paid for from the fund of two
thousand dollars given us
by Miss Nye.
Mr. Wood: "I amend the motion, to
provide that a special
committee of three, to consist of Dr. W.
O. Thompson, Mr. L.
P. Schaus and Mr. E. O. Randall be
appointed, and the com-
mittee be instructed to report their
recommendations to the Trus-
tees, at their convenience."
The amendment to the motion was
accepted, duly seconded,
and carried.
REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN.
During the past year the following
changes have been made
in the personnel of the Museum and
Library: on July 1 Mr.
C. E. Spindler resigned the
Superintendency of the Building,
and Mr. Starling L. Eaton, former Superintendent of the
Building, has accepted the position and will assume his
duties
September 1; Mr. Elmer Hart resigned as janitor to
accept the
newly created position as binder for the
Society; Mr. McMullen,
second janitor, was appointed to the
position of first janitor;
Mr. J. H. Tuttle was appointed August 1
to the position of
second janitor; Mr. W. F. Felch was
appointed Secretary of
the Ohio Historical Commission, which
has its headquarters in
the Museum Building of the Society, and
which is practically
under the supervision of the same, and
assumed his duties July
1.
The collections in the Museum have been
added to from
various parts of the state, especially
from the region of Flint
Ridge. After completing the examination
of the flint quarries
there, we decided to examine the only
mound located upon the
Ridge, near the western end. Permission to examine this
mound was secured. The report of the
Flint Ridge examina-
tion is being prepared and will be
published in the Quarterly
at an early date.
During the year the visitors at the
Museum have greatly
increased, due perhaps to the Methodist
Centenary, when more
than 1,000 visitors a day passed through
our halls.
During the second semester of the
college year the Curator
gave a course of lectures on Ohio
Archaeology to a class of
eleven; also gave many lectures to
classes in the University, and
to museum visitors from the public
schools of Columbus.
The Curator was granted permission to
attend the meet-
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402 Ohio Arch. and Hist.
Society Publications.
ing of the Association of Museums at
Philadelphia as a delegate
from the Society. This meeting was of
great importance to
Museum workers representing practically
all the museums in
the country. The sessions were held in
the various museums
of Philadelphia and continued for three
days. At the close
of the sessions in Philadelphia I went
to Washington, D. C.,
to consult with Senator Harding
concerning the collection of
relics of the Great War returned to this
country from Europe.
We have the assurance of his cooperation
in pending legisla-
tion concerning these relics and that
the state will receive her
quota.
The audience room was occupied until
April 1 by the Red
Cross.
Many new specimens and collections have
been added to
the Museum during the year. Among the
most interesting,
perhaps, is the donation of Mr. Charles
M. Haynes of Chilli-
cothe, which includes an original
electrotype of the 20, 50 and
100 dollar bills of the Bank of
Circleville, 1819; as far as I
am able to ascertain these are the only
plates of the kind in
existence.
Another interesting collection is that
of Eddie Rickenbacker,
of Columbus, American Ace of Aces. This
collection, pre-
sented through Mr. Walter A. Pfeifer,
president of the Colum-
bus Automobile Club, embraces a part of
Rickenbacker's first
fighting plane, with perforations made
by German bullets; rapid-
fire guns, navigation instruments and
personal objects belong-
ing to Hun planes and their aviators,
captured by Rickenbacker.
Other donations were received from:
Mr. J. Rosenbloom, Columbus-a German
sniper's carbine.
Major V. C. Ward, Jr.--French gas masks.
Lieutenant D. E. Stuber, Columbus-an
excellent and
extensive collection of arms, implements
and mementos of the
war zone.
Mr. C. I. Reed-collection of German and
American gas
masks.
Prof. F. C. Landsittel - old table, used
at Campus Martius,
made in 1789.
Mrs. Emma Brough Gerard, Cincinnati--
personal relics
of Governor Brough, including his I. O.
O. F. regalia.
Charles M. Haynes, Chillicothe--an
extensive collection
of arms, historical and pioneer
specimens.
Mrs. Lina V. Dietz, Columbus - relics of
Captain John
Desmond and of the Cincinnati riot.
Mrs. Sarah J. Coleman and Miss Marietta
Comly, Columbus
--collection of surgical and medical
instruments, early and
modern.
Lutheranism In Perry County,
Ohio. 403
Mr. F. C. Kettering, Dayton-rare
specimens of early
firearms.
Mr. A. C. West, Bainbridge, a very
large, fine type animal-
effigy pipe, found on the Nathaniel
Massie farm, Ross county.
Mr. George C. Parrett, superintendent of
the Ross County
infirmary, a very fine human face mask, carved from
sandstone.
We also secured the J. W. Dowler
collection, at Troy, Ohio;
also relics from an Indian grave near
Ottawa, consisting of
many silver and other objects of the
early trader period.
Dr. Edward Herbst, Columbus,
archaeological and natural
history specimens.
Mr. Walter B. Morris, Columbus, military
badges.
Mrs. Ida E. Carner,
Columbus-ethnological specimens
from Venezuela.
Miss Julia A. Lapham, Wisconsin, early
photographs of
the Lapham family.
Mr. Almer Hegler added to his
archaeological collection.
Mrs. R. J. Gardiner, California, western
specimens.
Mr. Homer Zimmerman, Sugar Creek -pioneer
specimens.
Mrs. Gwynne Huntington, Columbus, a doll
of the Civil
War period.
Miss Lulie Jones, California, western
specimens.
Mr. Clyde Stewart, of Zanesville,
samples of pioneer hair-
weaving.
Mr. D. S. Gray, Deavertown, Ohio-rare
stone specimen.
Mr. B. B. Thomas, Collins--photographs.
Mr. H. J. Thompson, Dayton - modern
Indian relics.
Mr. C. A. Swoyer,
Columbus-archaeological specimens.
Mr. Charles Metzger, Marysville
-archaeological speci-
men.
Mr. Ellwood Clark,
Wilmington-archaeological specimens.
The Columbus Dental Society - skull of
elephant.
Mrs. J. H. Sells, Columbus-human hair
ornaments.
Prof. E. G. Mann,
Columbus-archaeological and historical
specimens.
Lieutenant Governor J. H. Arnold-a
fossil.
Mr. George Free, Ross County-rare stone
specimen.
Mr. H. W. McCracken,
Columbus-archaeological speci-
mens.
Dr. W. E. Gatewood, Columbus--stone
relics.
Mrs. Romaine McKinley, Columbus-western
specimens.
Miss Lucy Roof, Columbus --- framed
pictures.
Mr. E. F. Cassill,
Columbus--archaeological specimens.
Mr. Walling Corwin, Morrow-extremely
artistic flint
specimens.
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Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORT ANCIENT.
One year ago your committee on Fort
Ancient reported
the location of a new entrance and the
erection of two stone
posts. The next effort was the
construction of a roadway which
was carefully laid out by your committee
and the work exe-
cuted by the Custodian, Mr. Warren
Cowan. The cost, includ-
ing sewer pipe, material and labor, was
$240.65. The work
was completed by February 3, 1919.
From the time the two posts were erected
at the entrance
it was the desire of your committee to
add wings to the same.
This was done in June last, at a cost of
$282.00. The work
was done by Mr. James A. Donley, of
Yellow Springs, Ohio,
and is in fine harmony with the posts
previously erected by
him.
But little has been done in the line of
repairs for the build-
ings or fencing. These needs must soon
demand the serious
attention of the Society.
The general appearance of the grounds
remains about as
usual. If the means at our command were
greater, plans of
improvement could easily be inaugurated.
B. F. PRINCE,
JOHN M. DUNHAM,
WALDO C. MOORE,
Committee.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SERPENT MOUND
PARK.
The general conditions at the Park
during the past year
have been satisfactory.
Denver, the younger son of Mrs. Wallace,
under the direc-
tion of his mother, has rendered
efficient service as the substi-
tute of the regular custodian, Mr. Guy
Wallace who was called
to the colors and was in service
overseas, who returned to the
Park May 14th, and resumed
his duties as custodian.
During the year, needed repairs to the
Custodian's house
were made.
The shelter-house, we are glad to be
able to report, is now
finished, and Professor Mills has
installed a museum therein.
This museum has proved of great interest
and benefit to
the numerous visitors at the Park.
Your committee, after careful
consideration, decided to
uncover the spring, letting in the
sunlight and in other respects
making it more sanitary.
During the year we have had the
Custodian plant a num-
ber of trees in the Park, from the
adjacent forests.
Lutheranism In Perry County,
Ohio. 405
We have already begun to enclose the
effigy with a hedge,
which we expect to extend as soon as
funds are available until
the effigy is entirely and securely
enclosed and an appropriate
entrance made to it.
During the year the Custodian reports 6,120
visitors regis-
tered and gives it as his best judgment
that not more than
half of those visiting the Park
register.
The Custodian reports that on the 6th of
July, the Knights
of Pythias to the number of 1,500 held a
memorial service
at the Park.
It is gratifying to know that during the
year more than
500 pieces of literature, containing
valuable information con-
cerning Serpent Mound, have been sold to
visitors at the Park.
It is fair to assume that this
information will bear fruit in an
increasing interest in archaeology.
The Great Serpent Effigy lies prone upon
the plateau, hold-
ing in Sphinx-like silence its great
secrets that many a devoted
archaeologist would gladly give next to
his life to know.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. COLE,
W. C. MILLS,
Committee.
Dr. J. M. Dunham stated that he was
requested two years
ago to visit the site of the Warren
County serpent mound,
situated near Stubbs Mill, and that
being an old stamping
ground of his he was familiar with the
country and acquainted
with most of the people; a short time
ago he made a second
visit to the mound: this property was
left by the owner in such
manner that it cannot be purchased at
present, there being a life
estate outstanding. He however, will
keep track of the prop-
erty, and when the time comes that it
can be secured, notify
the Society. He had a talk with the
tenant, and found the ground
has been plowed, but was promised, after
the value of the mound
was explained, that no further plowing
would be done. This
promise was kept.
President Emeritus Wright stated that
this second Serpent
Mound in Ohio is of very great value and
importance, and
should be secured by the Society, if
possible.
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Society Publications.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LOGAN ELM
PARK.
Within the last twelve months a new and
second entrance
has been constructed and the old one
restored. An entrance
way has also been built, consisting of
two posts, with a wing
from each, composed of small glacial
stones, collected from
fields and roadsides.
A memorial to the Indian Chief Logan, in
the shape of a
granite monument has been started and
foundation and base
completed.
During the season of 1918 twenty-five
hundred visitors
registered in the Cabin. This year from
April 19th to August
6th there were sixteen hundred so
registered.
Since the tree was mulched its vitality
has been improved.
It has been decided by experts that the
limbs of the tree are
too frail to repair with cement, though
it would be advisable to
arrive at some plan to keep the water
from lodging in open
places on the limbs or in the trunk.
Your attention is earnestly
called to this request. The grounds have
been well cared for.
No requests are made beyond funds for
the proper care
of the grounds and the tree.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK TALLMADGE,
Chairman.
Mr. Tallmadge: "I want to call the
attention of the Com-
mittee on Historical Sites to the fact
that Pickaway Township,
Pickaway County, is a fertile field. I
wonder how many of
the people here now know that it
contains the sites of Shawnee
Villages? It had Chief Cornstalk's town,
Grenadier Squaw
Town, the site of Cornstalk's council
house, the place where the
white people were made to run the
gauntlet, the burning ground,
where they were burnt at the stake. We
know where Camp
Lewis and Charlotte were located, but I
don't believe any one
living fifty years from now will know.
If you find any one in
Pickaway Township, Circleville or the
county who will cooperate
towards marking these sites I wish you
would give them my
name and address."
Mr. Fred Hinkle, of Cincinnati, a life
member of the So-
ciety, was present and stated that this
is the first meeting of
the Society he has been able to attend;
that he has been greatly
interested in hearing the reports,
particularly regarding the
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various mounds and parks. He
congratulated the Society on
its work, and stated this meeting will
give him renewed en-
thusiasm.
Mr. Randall stated that the Historical
Commission of Ohio,
was appointed without legal authority, a
year ago last January
or February, by Governor Cox; it is
simply a committee acting
voluntarily. The purpose is to gather at
once the material and
data of the activities of Ohio in
connection with the Great War.
This includes Y. M. C. A., Red Cross,
Knights of Columbus,
enlistments, war chests and similar
activities. The committee
consisted of nineteen, mostly the
professors of history in the
different colleges. That committee has
acted as an adjunct, so
to speak, to this Society, owing to the
fact that I, being secretary
of this Society, was made ex officio a
member. We furnished
them with quarters in this building.
Prof. A. M. Schlesinger
was made chairman of the commission. He
has resigned and
now lives in another state. He acted
also as secretary of the
commission. The officers of the commission requested Mr.
Felch to come and take his place here.
He will now read his
report.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY TO THE OHIO
HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
The writer of this statement of the
condition of the archives
of the Historical Commission of Ohio,
has been in the office as
executive secretary of the Commission
for only two short
months, and can not, therefore, give
anything more than a cur-
sory and insufficient report of the
work.
Owing to the retirement of Dr. Arthur M.
Schlesinger, the
duties thereof have devolved upon the
Acting Chairman, Dr.
E. O. Randall, from whom a full report
can be expected at the
end of the year.
The Historical Commission was appointed
by Governor
James M. Cox in February, 1918. The members
designated to
conduct its work were, in the main, the
leading historical pro-
fessors of all the colleges and
universities of the State. This
Commission has since been augmented by the
appointment of a
series of County Chairmen, acting under
the instructions of
the State Chairman, to gather all
available material in the coun-
ties that might otherwise be thrown
away.
The only complete and satisfactory
history of any county's
participation in the war can be printed,
after it has been edited
or largely compiled from the archives of
the State Commission.
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Society Publications.
That was my first impression, and Dr.
Schlesinger's, that
the Archaeological Museum will become in
time the mecca for
county historians, or as he phrased it,
a "laboratory" for
scientific historical research,
experiment, synthesis, and ex-
ploitation, - forever !"
We are still receiving papers from 67 of
the 88 Ohio coun-
ties, in many cases two or three papers
from a county, making
about 150 papers in all; scrap-books are
being formed steadily,
by daily accretion. Ten are on the
shelves; sixteen are ready
for the bindery, and ten more partially
filled out to the requisite
average of 200 pages to a volume. We
receive a goodly num-
ber of German newspapers, which are read
and edited for our
scrap-book collection by Prof. Wittke,
of the Historical De-
partment of the University, who is also
the representative in
the business of accumulating the data
for this Commission in
Franklin county. We have also a number
of Slavonic news-
papers, Roumanian, Bohemian, Polish, and
other languages, pub-
lished in Ohio-at Cleveland, Cincinnati
and Youngstown prin-
cipally-and we are still receiving,
also, all forms of blanks,
press-releases, printed and regulated
forms, from the United
States Government and State bureaus of
governmental activity,
which are still in use.
(Signed) W. FARRAND FELCH,
[On account of lack of space we have
abbreviated in this printed
report the very able and elaborate
report made by Mr. Felch. The full
report will be found in the Secretary's
Minute book. -EDITOR.]
REPORT OF CIVIL WAR HISTORIAN.
Along other lines I have had
correspondence with many
officers surviving, who served in Ohio
organizations, regarding
certain campaigns and battles, and have
copied reports and
orders issued by commanders of brigades,
division corps and
army commanders, to fortify statements
in the general history.
For instance, referring to the battle of
Chickamauga, the second
greatest battle of the war, Ohio had 55
regiments and batteries
in that battle--a greater number of
troops than from any
other state, and the army was commanded
by an Ohio general.
This is only one instance of many that
can be cited, and it is
the purpose to give Ohio troops full
credit for their devoted
service on every great battlefield of
the war, fortified by official
orders and reports. I have also secured
through the navy de-
partment at Washington, a roster of Ohio
men who served in
the navy, numbering 5,400.
I have also secured during the past
year, a file of Cincin-
Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting 409
nati newspapers published during the Civil War, in
which is pub-
lished important information regarding certain
campaigns and
battles written by responsible correspondents who were
on the
battlefields. Also important history connected with the
work of
the Christian commissions, Aid societies and army
nurses, as
little has been published as to their devoted services
in hospitals
and on the battlefields.
Respectfully,
(Signed) W.
L. CURRY.
Treasurer Wood then read the reports of the Treasurer,
and Auditors.
ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER
FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1919.
Receipts.
Balance on hand July 1, 1918
............................... $2,670
58
Life M
embership Dues...................................... 35 00
Active Membership Dues .................................... 73 50
Books Sold ........................................ 206
43
Subscriptions
.............................................. 28 00
Interest ......................................... 808
99
Supplies Sold ............................................. 17 57
Refund for Lights ...... .....
.............................. 28 25
Cash advanced by Minna T. Nye on account of Campus
M artius ............................................... 2,000 00
Refund for Pictures ................
....................... 3 34
From State
Treasurer on Appropriations................... 21,591
75
Total Receipts .................................... $27,463
41
Disbursements.
Transferred to Permanent
Fund...........................
$745 00
Care and Improvement:
Logan Elm Park...................................... 277 26
Serpent Mound Park.................................. 231 36
Fort Ancient ......................................... 677 05
Spiegel Grove Park
.................................... 72 12
Salaries ......................................... 11,300 00
Supplies:
Office
................................................. 113 35
General Plant ......................................... 174
61
Publications
........................ ....................... 3,003 46
Library Equipment ........................................ 524 94
Museum Equipment
....................................... 607
00
Repairs and Upkeep of Buildings
......................... 444
22
W ater Rentals ............................................ 71 47
Light, Heat and Power................................... 1,790 70
Express, Freight and
Drayage............................. 48
62
Expenses of Trustees and Committees
...................... 403
17
Telephone
Rentals
......................................... 79 20
410 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
Sundry Expenses:
Auditing .............................................. 40 00
Premium on
Treasurer's Bond ......................... 15
00
Field Work
............................................... 1,193
12
Insurance
.................................................. 11264
Postage
................................................. 136 50
Hayes Memorial Building:
R epairs ............................................... 75 89
Office Supplies ........................................ 46 86
W ages ..................................................... 365 85
Total Disbursements ..............................
$22,549 39
Total Receipts ................................ $27,463
41
Total Disbursements .......................... 22,549 39
Balance on Hand, June 30, 1919 ................ $4,914 02
Respectfully submitted,
E. F. WOOD, Treasurer.
Treasurer Wood then read the report of the Auditors, as
follows:
COLUMBUS, OHIO, August 20, 1919.
MR. E. O. RANDALL,
Secretary,
The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society,
Columbus, Ohio.
DEAR SIR:
At the request of Mr. E. F. Wood, Treasurer of your
society, we
have made an audit of your books of account for your
fiscal year ended
June 30, 1919, and herewith present our report together
with supporting
schedules.
Vouchers supporting Cash Disbursements were examined
and distri-
butions found to be correct.
Checks drawn against your current account were examined
and
the balance in bank reconciled with the books as shown
on page 3.
On July 1, 1918 your balance on hand was
.................. $2,670 58
During the year Cash Receipts were
........................ 24,792
83
Making a total of...................................... $27,463 41
Disbursements
were
....................................... 22,549 39
Leaving a balance on June 30, 1919, of................ $4,914 02
which, as shown on page 3, is represented by:
Capital City Bank-Checking Account
...................... $814 02
Certificates of Deposit:
Ohio State Savings Association, No. 74627............. 2,000 00
Ohio State Savings Association, No. 79094............. 2,000 00
Savings Account No. 81700-Ohio State Savings
Association 100
00
Total as above
.........................................
$4,914 02
Your Permanent Fund is represented by Ohio State
Savings Asso-
ciation:
Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting 411
Certificate of Deposit No. 79992 for
........................ $14,775 00
The Balance on July 1, 1918, was
.......................... 14,030
00
Showing an increase for the year of.................... $745 00
Resulting from:
Interest
............................................... $708
99
Life Memberships ..................................... 35
00
Transferred from Current Fund
............................ 1
01
Total as above..................................... $745 00
On page 5 we are submitting a Balance Sheet as at June
30, 1919.
The Property Investment shows a balance
of............... $567,701 61
On June 30, 1918 it was
.................................... 565,713 75
An
increase of
.........................................
$1,987 86
Represented by purchase, during the year, of
Land (Improvements)
..................................... $505
92
Library and Museum Equipment
............................ 985
61
Books ........................................ ..... 146
33
Automobile ................................................ 350 00
Total as above..................................... $1,987 86
Summary Journal entries necessary to carry the
foregoing increases
into your accounts are presented on page 6 herein.
Before these entries
are passed, however, we advise that the entry recorded
on page 6 of the
report of audit of June 30, 1918, be transferred to
your Journal and
proper Ledger accounts opened and posted.
The neatness and accuracy of the books is deserving of
our special
commendation. Respectfully submitted,
W. D. WALL,
Certified Public Accountant
POST CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE AS AT JUNE 30, 1919.
DR. CR.
State Treasurer ................................ $1,498 33
Appropriation - E-2 Equipment ................ $4
00
Appropriation - E-9 Equipment ................. 97
Appropriation- Non Structural Improvements.. 40
E. F. Wood, Treasurer ........................ 4,914 02
Cash
........................................... 4,914 02
Investments .................................... 14,775 00
Permanent Fund ............................... 14,775 00
Office Supplies ................................. 11
General Plant Supplies .......................... 1
92
E-8
Equipment
................................ 6 12
F-3 Open Order Service ........................ 106
76
F-4 Open Order Service ....................... 1,243
94
F-6 Open Order Service............. 96
78
F-7 Open Order Service - Communication...... 32
60
F-9
Open Order Service--Field Work.......... 73
F-9 Publications .............................. 4 00
$21,187 35 $21,187 35
412 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1919.
Receipts.
Balance, July 1, 1918 ........................... $2,670 58
Life Membership Dues.......................... $35 00
Active Membership Dues ........................ 73 50
Books sold ..................................... 206 43
Subscriptions
................................. 28 00
Interest ....................................... 808 99
Supplies
sold
.................................. 17 57
Refund for lights .............................. 28 25
Cash advanced by Minna T. Nye ................ 2,000 00
Refund for
pictures .............................
3 34
$3,201 08
From State
Treasurer on appropriations ........ $21,591 75 $24,792 83
$27,463 41
Disbursements.
Transferred to Permanent Fund ................ $745 00
Care and Improvement:
Logan Elm Park
........................... $277
26
Serpent Mound Park....................... 231 36
Fort Ancient Park ......................... 677 05
Spiegel Grove Park........................ 72 12 1,257 79
Salaries ........................................ 11,300
00
Supplies:
Office ...................................... 113 35
General Plant ............................. 174 61 287 96
Publications ................................... 3,003
46
Library Equipment .......................... .. 524
94
Museum Equipment ............................ 607
00
Repairs and Upkeep of Buildings ............... 444 22
W ater
Rentals
................................ 71 47
Light, Heat and Power........................ 1,790
70
Express, Freight and Drayage ................. 48 62
Expense of Trustees and Committees ........... 403 17
Telephone rentals .............................. 79
20
Sundry Expenses:
Auditing
............................... ... 40 00
Premium on Treasurer's Bond . ............. 15 00 55 00
Field W ork ................................... 1,193 12
Insurance ...................................... 112 64
Postage ........................................ 136 50
Hayes Memorial Building:
Repairs
........................... $75 89
Office Supplies .................... 46 86 122 75
W ages
................................ 365 85 $22,549 39
Balance on hand June 30, 1919
.............................. $4,914 02
Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting 413
BANK RECONCILIATION AS AT JUNE 30, 1919.
Balance as per pass book, Capital City Bank,
dated July 3,
1919...................................... $872 85
Less: Outstanding Checks--
N o. 2282
................................... $8 00
N o. 2283
................................... 38 06
N o. 2284
................................... 61 76
No. 2285
................................... 1 01
108 83
$764 02
Add: Deposit of July 7, 1919 .................. $50
00
Total in Checking Account ............ $814 02
Certificates of Deposit:
No. 74627
.................................. $2,000 00
No. 79094
.................................. 2,000 00 4,000 00
Savings Account No. 81700 .......... ....................... $100 00
Balance as per Ledger
.......... ........................ $4,914 02
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE
30, 1919.
Amount
Appro-
Balance priated
July 1 during
1918 year.
Personal Service A-1 Salaries.................. .......... $11,175 00
Personal Service A-2 Wages ................... $115 85 250 00
Maintenance:
C.
Supplies C-4 .......................... 1921 250 00
C. Supplies C-11 General Plant Supplies... 24 14 175 00
E. Equipment E-2 Household .............. 4 00 ..........
E. Equipment E-8 Educational ............ 26 06 500 00
E. Equipment E-9 General Plant Equipment 7 97 600 00
F. Contract and Open Order Service
F-1 Repairs ........................... 12 20 600 00
F-3 Water ............................ 43 23 135 00
F-4 Light, Heat and Power ............ 1,634 64 2,400
00
F-6 Transportation .................... 119 51 400 00
F-7 Communication ................... 18 80 93 00
F-9 General Plant Service
Publications
...................... 7
46 3,000 00
Explorations ...................... 523 85 750 00
Republishing Reports ............................
H-7
Insurance
...........................
........
G. Additions and Betterments:
G-2 Shelterhouse, Serpent Mound
...........................
G-3
Gateways
..........................
164 90 ..........
$2,721 82 $20,328 00
414 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE
30, 1919- Continued.
Transfers of Funds.
Maintenance:
F. Contract and Open Order Service:
F-1 Repairs ........................... $1,000 00
F-4 Light, Heat and Power............ 1,000 00
Transferred from Light, Heat and Power
(F-4) To Repairs (F-1)
Cash
Drawn
from State
Total.
Treas.
Personal Service A-1 Salaries.................. $11,175
00 $11,175 00
Personal Service A-2 Wages ................... 365 85 365 85
Maintenance:
C.
Supplies C-4
........................... 269 21 269 10
C. Supplies C-11 General Plant Supplies ... 199 14 197 22
E. Equipment E-2 Household .............. 4 00 ..........
E. Equipment E-8 Educational ............ 526 06 519 94
E. Equipment E-9 General Plant Equipment 607 97 607 00
F. Contract and Open Order Service:
F-1 Repairs
.......................... 1,612
20 1,612 20
F-3 Water ............................. 178 23 71 47
F-4 Light, Heat and Power ............ 3,034 64 1,790 70
F-6 Transportation .................... 519 51 422 73
F-7 Communication ................... 111 80 79 20
F-9 General Plant Service
Publications ...................... 3,007 46 3,003 46
Explorations ...................... 1,273 85 1,273 12
Republishing Reports .............. ....................
H-7 Insurance ......................... ....................
G. Additions and Betterments:
G-2 Shelterhouse, Serpent
Mound..........................
G-3 Gateways .......................... 164 90 164 50
$23,049 82 $21,551 49
Total Balance
Deduc- June
30,
tions. 1919.
Personal Service A-1 Salaries .................. $11,175 00 ..........
Personal Service A-2 Wages .................... 365 85 ..........
Maintenance:
C.
Supplies C-4
........................... 269 10 $0 11
C. Supplies C-11 General Plant Supplies... 197 22 1 92
E. Equipment E-2 Household ........................ 4 00
E. Equipment E-8 Educational ............. 519 94 6 12
E. Equipment E-9 General Plant Equipment 607 00 97
F. Contract and Open Order Service:
F-1 Repairs ............................. 1,612 20
F-3 W ater ............................. 71 47 10676
F-4 Light, Heat and Power ............ 1,790 70 1,243 94
F-6 Transportation .................... 422 73 96 78
F-7 Communication ................... 79 20 32 60
Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting 415
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE
30, 1919- Concluded.
Total Balance
Deduc- June
cJ,
tions. 1919.
F-9 General Plant Service
Publications ...................... 3,003 46 4
00
Exploration ........................ 1,273 12 73
Republishing Reports ............. .. .......... ..........
H -7 Insurance ......................... .......... ..........
G. Additions and Betterments:
G-2 Shelterhouse, Serpent Mound...... ....................
G-3
Gateways
..........................
164 50 40
$21,551 49
$1,498 33
BALANCE SHEET AS AT JUNE 30, 1919.
Assets
Cash-
Checking Account ......................... $814 02
Savings Account .......................... 100 00 $914 02
Certificate of Deposit:
Current Fund ............................. 4,000 00
Permanent Fund .......................... 14,775 00 18,775 00
Real Estate:
Land-Balance June 30, 1918.. $107,135 00
Additions during year ...... 505 92 107,640 92
Buildings and Structures... 186,360 00 294,000 92
Equipment and Exhibits:
House Furniture and Furnishings 32,347 00
Library and Museum Equipment:
Balance June 30, 1918.......... 29,439 50
Additions during year........... 985 61
30,425 11
Archaeological
and Historical
Exhibits ..................... 180,050 00
Books:
Balance June 30, 1918.......... 28,382 25
Additions during year.......... 146 33 28,528
58
Paintings .......................... 2,000 00
Automobile ........................ 350
00 273,700 69
$587,390 63
Contra.
Current Fund-E. F. Wood, Treasurer .................... $2,914 02
Advanced by Minna T. Nye for Retaining
Wall.............. 2,000 00
Permanent Fund Invested................................... 14,775 00
Society's Property Investment
............................... 567,701 61
$587,390 63
416 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
JOURNAL
ENTRIES NECESSARY TO RECORD INCREASE IN
SOCIETY'S
PERMANENT INVESTMENT FOR YEAR
ENDING
JUNE 30, 1919.
Land (Improvements)
.......................... $505 92
To
Society's Permanent Investment ........$505 92
For
Expenditures made during year
as
per Vouchers as follows;
Date. Voucher. Amount.
September
15, 1918 1198....... $164 50
February 12, 1919 1294...... 240 65
May 20, 1919 1361 ....... 100
77
$505
92
Library
and Museum Equipment ................ 985
61
Books
..................................... 146
33
To
Society's Permanent Investment............. 1,131 94
For
expenditures made during year and charges as follows:
Ledger Page. Account. Amount.
80 Museum Equipment.... $607 00
172 Library Equipment..... 524 94
$1,131
94
A utom
obile
....................................
350 00
To
Society's Permanent Investment ............. 350 00
For
purchase of automobile as per Voucher 1319
dated
March 26, 1919.
Hon.
F. W. Treadway, chairman of the committee on
Spiegel
Grove, notified the Secretary that he would be unable
to
be present at the meeting. In his
letter of regret over his
unavoidable
absence, he stated that it was rather difficult for
any
one to act as chairman in the absence of Col. Hayes, who
has
recently returned from Europe and is now in New York,
but
will soon be back in Fremont and resume his active super-
vision
of Spiegel Grove Park.
There
being no further reports by committees, Secretary
Randall
reminded the members present that at this time the
terms
of office as Trustees of Messrs. L. P. Schaus, D. J. Ryan
and
F. W. Treadway expire, and their successors should be
elected.
Upon motion those gentlemen were nominated to be
their
own successors for the term of three years, and they were
unanimously
so chosen.
The
meeting adjourned to reconvene at 1 :30 P. M.
Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting 417
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 1 :30 P. M. the meeting was called to
order. Mr. Ran-
dall stated that, two years ago the life
membership fee was
raised from twenty-five dollars to fifty
dollars, since which time
no new life members have been received
into the Society. He
therefore wished to move that Section 2
of Article 2 of the
Constitution be amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 2. The payment at any one
time of twenty-five dol-
lars ($25.00) to the Society shall constitute
the person so pay-
ing a life member. Life members shall be
exempt from all fur-
ther dues, and shall be entitled to all
the privileges of active
membership. Any person who shall make a
donation to the
Society, the value of which shall be
determined by the trustees
to be not less than twenty-five dollars
($25.00)
shall be en-
titled to life membership. Said life
membership payments shall
constitute a permanent fund to be
invested at the discretion of
the Executive Committee. The income only
of this fund to be
used by the Society for such purposes as
the Executive Com-
mittee may direct."
Mr. Mills seconded the motion, and after
considerable dis-
cussion the amendment was duly adopted.
On motion of Mr. Wood Section 3,
Article 2, was amended
by striking out the word
"three" before the word "dollars" and
substituting in lieu thereof the word
"two". This changed the
price of the quarterly. As amended the
section reads:
"Sec. 3. Active members shall be
residents of Ohio, and
shall pay in advance an annual fee of
two dollars. They shall
be entitled to vote and hold office.
They shall receive free all
publications of the Society and have
free access to the museum
and library."
Dr. J. M. Henderson moved that the chair
appoint a com-
mittee of three to conduct a campaign
during the coming year
to secure new members. The motion of Mr.
Henderson was
duly seconded and carried. The chair
appointed W. C. Mills,
F. W. Treadway and Dr. J. M. Henderson
as the members of
that committee.
Vol. XXVIII-27.
418
Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
Mr. Wood moved that the chairman of this
meeting, the
secretary and curator be appointed a
committee to go over and
inspect Fort Laurens, with instructions
to report their recom-
mendaions to the next meeting of the
Trustees.
Mr. Randall suggested that Mr. Byron
Long be made a
member of the committee, to which Mr.
Wood assented if that
is desired. Carried.
LIBRARY.
Mr. Mills stated that the library has
been under the care of
his daughter during the past year. She
has devoted the greater
part of her time to taking care of the
war papers that come in;
that is a great undertaking. During the
coming year it is in-
tended to let Mr. Felch take care of the
Historical Commission
work, and Miss Mills will confine her
work strictly to the
library. A great many volumes have been
added to the library,
by gift and otherwise. The children of
the city are beginning
to patronize the library-the little
fellows really enjoy coming
here to see the papers. This is
certainly doing a good work.
No report was available as to Big Bottom
Park.
Mr. Wood moved that the Finance
Committee as ap-
pointed by the Board of Trustees be
charged with the respon-
sibility of not only making up the
budget, but of standing back
of it and seeing it through. The motion
carried.
The Curator reported the death of Col.
James Kilbourne.
For many years Col. Kilbourne had been a
member of the So-
ciety, and his death is deeply deplored.
So far as known no
other member of the Society died during
the past year.
On motion of Dr. Cole the meeting
adjourned.
The trustees then held their annual
meeting.
Present: Messrs. L. P. Schaus, G.
Frederick Wright,
George F. Bareis, E. F. Wood, E. O.
Randall, B. F. Prince,
Waldo C. Moore and W. H. Cole.
On motion of Mr. Prince, James E.
Campbell was re-
elected President, and D. J. Ryan and
George F. Bareis were
reelected First and Second Vice
Presidents, respectively; Mr.
E. O. Randall was reelected Secretary
and Mr. E. F. Wood was
reelected Treasurer.
Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting 419
Mr. Wood: Moved that the President and
Secretary be
authorized to appoint the standing
committees for the coming
year, and also the special committees
authorized which have
not been filled. Carried.
Treasurer Wood made a detailed statement
of the budget
requests submitted by the Society,
together with the appropria-
tions granted. No action was taken to
apportion the various
funds, the same being referred to the
Finance Committee, with
power to act.
Mr. Wood: Moved that the Trustees hold
quarterly meet-
ings during the coming year. Carried.
After some discussion as to the most
convenient time for
holding the quarterly meetings Mr. Wood
moved that the Board
meet at 1 :30 P. M. on the second
Wednesday in November,
February and May - the annual meeting
will be in August.
Seconded and carried.
Mr. Mills moved that Mr. William B.
Mills, Chillicothe.
Mr. Charles M. Haynes, Chillicothe, and
Mr. A. C. West, Bain-
bridge, be made life members. Mr. Mills
has presented a col-
lection, worth close to five hundred
dollars, to the Society. Both
Mr. Haines and Mr. West have donated
their collections. The
motion was carried.
The meeting adjourned.
STANDING COMMITTEES,
1919-1920.
Finance: Messrs. James E. Campbell, L. P. Schaus, Daniel
J. Ryan, George F. Bareis, E. F. Wood
and W. C. Mills.
Publications: Messrs. Daniel J. Ryan, E. F. Wood and E. O.
Randall.
Museum: Messrs. W. C. Mills, George F. Bareis, Dr. J. M.
Henderson, Almer.Hegler, T. D. Hills and
Harry L. Goodbread.
Library: Messrs. E. O. Randall, Daniel J. Ryan, H. C.
Hockett and W. H. Seibert.
Historical Sites: Messrs. G. Frederick Wright, Byron R.
Long and F. H. Darby.
420 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications. Fort Ancient: Messrs. B. F. Prince, W. C. Moore, J. M. Dunham and H. C. Shetrone. Spiegel Grove: Messrs. Webb C. Hayes,Irvin T. Fangboner, F. W. Treadway, Daniel J. Ryan, W. J. Sherman and W. C. Mills. Logan Elm Park: Mr. Frank Tallmadge, Mrs. Dr. Howard Jones, Messrs. H. J. Booth, J. S. Roof and 0. F. Miller. Serpent Mound: Messrs. W. H. Cole and W. C. Mills. Big Bottom Park: Messrs. C. W. Justice and C. L. Bozman. Fort Miami, Fort Meigs and Fallen Timbers: Messrs. W. J. Sherman, G. Frederick Wright and F. W. Treadway. Warren County Serpent Mound: Messrs. G. Frederick Wright, F. H. Darby, Charles H. Hough and J. M. Dunham. Fort Laurens: Messrs. Byron R. Long, W. L. Curry and E. O. Randall. Campus Martius: Messrs. James E. Campbell, W. C. Mills, E. O. Randall and L. P. Schaus. Great War History: Messrs. James E. Campbell, W. L. Curry and H. C. Hockett. |
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THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SOCIETY BUILDING, COLUMBUS, OHIO, August 26, 1919. The meeting was called to order by Vice President
George F. Bareis. There were present: |
G. FREDERICK WRIGHT, E. F. WOOD, E. O. RANDALL, D. H. GARD, W. C. MOORE, J. M. DUNHAM, W. L. CURRY, W. O. THOMPSON, T. D. HILLS, J. S. ROOF, C. W. JUSTICE, FRED HINKLE, L. P. SCHAUS, |
GEORGE F. BAREIS, H. E. BUCK, W. H. COLE, B. F. PRINCE, WILLIAM WALKER, W. C. SHETRONE, VAN A. SNIDER, FRANK TALLMADGE, R. G. KINKEAD, W. C. MILLS, J. M. HENDERSON, W. H. SCOTT. |
In addition to the members of the Society, W. Farrard Felch, Clerk to the Historical Commission of Ohio,
was present. Secretary Randall stated that, on account of pressing
du- ties as Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for
the coming National Reunion of the Grand Army of the
Republic, President Campbell was unable to be present. G. Frederick Wright, President Emeritus,
congratulated the Society on the progress of the last year, and stated
that Col. Webb C. Hayes has been absent from his home for some
little time, and therefore received no notice of the date of
this meeting. (396) |