Annual Report of the Secretaries.
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A subsequent meeting was held on January 20, at which it was decided to incorporate the society, and the same committee was continued to carry out that purpose. On January 27 the society was incorporated, the following gentlemen signing the certificate of incorporation:
| Gardiner G. Hubbard, | J. W. Powell, | |
| C. E. Dutton, | Henry Gannett, | |
| O. H. Tittman, | A. H. Thompson, | |
| J. Howard Gore, | A. W. Greely, | |
| C. Hart Merriam, | Henry Mitchell, | |
| J. R. Bartlett, | George Keenan, | |
| Rogers Birnie, Jr., | Marcus Baker, | |
| Gilbert Thompson, | ||
and upon the same day the first meeting of the society was held in the Assembly hall of the Cosmos club, when it was organized by the election of the following list of ofiicers and the adoption of the by-laws:
| President, | ||
| Gardiner G. Hubbard; | ||
| Vice-Presidents, | ||
| Herbert G. Ogden, | A. W. Greely, | |
| J. R. Bartlett, | C. Hart Merriam, | |
| A. H. Thompson; | ||
| Treasurer, | ||
| Charles J, Bell; | ||
| Recording Secretary, | ||
| Henry Gannett; | ||
| Corresponding Secretary, | ||
| George Kennan; | ||
| Managers, | ||
| Cleveland Abbe, | Marcus Baker, | |
| Rogers Birnie, Jr., | G. Brown Goode, | |
| W. D. Johnson, | Henry Mitchell, | |
| W. B. Powell, | James C. Welling. | |
The number of members who joined the society at its organization was 165. Since that date 45 have been elected to membership.
