-o<^' - 3^ "^-o-o- t I a '" -^^0^ -ov^' f v^^ *^(ii//Z=^ ^ o A <. -: o z o "^bv^ « * o, *^ .-1^^ o "^o^ aV-^, :| * '^^ .*'' ' » • o. V, this cause has been so nobly vindicated. The law relating to the service ul Comniisisoncrs ]m-o- \ided that they should receive no compensation except their necessary and actual expenses. As a matter of fact, during the eight years of the existence of this Commission, only five of the fourteen Commissioners serving have charged the State for such expenses, and these were gentlemen in such circvmi- stances of life as would not admit of their doing otherwise in justice to themselves or the interests of the State. The remain- ing nine Commissioners have at all times served at their own personal expense. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF 1913 The Centennial Celebration of I'Jlo. authorized by law, was observed during the period between July 4th and Septem- ber 10th, the latter being; the 100th anniversary of the llattle of Lake Erie. The central celebration took place at Put-in- Bay Lsland and in the neighboring waters, but separate and distinct celel)rations on a large scale, financed and conducted independently of the Ohio Commissioners or the Interstate Board, were held throughout the Lake region in such cities as Chicago. 111. ; Pmffalo, N. Y. ; Erie. Pa. ; Cleveland, Toledo, Sandusky, Lorain and Fairport, C)hio; Detroit and Monroe, Mich.; Milwaukee and Green Bay. Wis., and in Louisxille, Ky. The Ohio Commissioners were concerned only with the cele- bration at Put-in-Bay Island, except that they financed the cruise of the "Niagara." the restored fiagship of Commodore Oliver Hazard l^erry in the Pattle of Lake Erie. It will be recalled that this ship was the vessel to which Commodore Perry transferred his Hag during the battle, after his flagshi]). the "Lawrence," had been shot to pieces. The Niagara, some years after the conclusion of the War of 1812, was sunk in Erie Harbor. Pa., where she lay for nearly a century. The patriotism of the Pennsylvania Commissioners provided for her raising and restoration, out of their appropriation by the .State of Pennsylvania, for the joint objects of the Centennial Celebration and the Memorial, and the C)hio Commissioners felt it a privilege to be permitted to pay part of the expense of her naval escort to the several ports of the Great Lakes participating in the celebration. This escort consisted of the Ohio Naval Militia ship "Essex" and other vessels belonging to the naval militia of the several states. In this behalf the Ohio commissioners expended the sum of $11,861.35. This Commission also financed the marine exliiljit and regatta of the Centennial period at Put-in- l!a_v, including the visits of the "Xiagara" to those waters, at a cost of $18,000. The wide scope of the Centennial Celebration, the concep- tion of which had grown immeasurably, by reason of popular approval in many states, during the years 1912-13, enlisted the interest of millions of people and was the occasion of large local expenditures, in the aggregate probably $1,000,000. in which the Ohio Commisisoners and the Interstate Board were not concerned, except insofar as they were able to give their moral support to this patriotic undertaking. As compared with the series of local celebrations, however, the cost of the celebration at Put-in-P.ay, authorized by law, was trifling, and the success of it amply justified the expense involved. THE MEMORIAL The Centennial Celebration of 1''13. like all exents of similar character, was necessarily transitory, while the Memo- rial which commemorates it and the hundred years of history which preceded it, stands, lasting as the pyramids, a now^ com- plete tribute to American ideals. It was upon this achieve- ment that the thought of your Commissioners had been cen- tered in the greatest degree during tlie period of their serxice. ELEVATOR FLOOR Showing one of the four Bronze Tablets containing the Roster of the American Fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie. Except for their conception of its necessity and appropriate- ness, there would not now be any Memorial commemorating- the heroism of American soldiers and sailors of the War cjf 1812 and die century of peace with Great IW-itain. Ii is a matter of Ohio history that the present Memorial was an afterthous:;ht of the Centennial Celebration proposed in the joint resolution adopted by the General Assembly of Ohio in 1908. The ori.gi- nal legislation on this subject contemplated only a Centennial Celebration of the Uattle of Lake Erie. The suggestion of a permanent memorial as presented in subsequent legislation originated v>ith the Ohio Commissioners, wdio otherwise had full authority to ])roceed without reference to the construction of any memorial whatever. Now that this great work is prac- tically finished, we point to the following tliree essential facts of its conception and development, for all of which the Ohio Commissioners were originally responsible : First, the purpose to erect a permanent memorial ; Second, the participation of the States bordering on the Great Lakes, and the States of Rhode Island and Kentucky, in the Centennial Celebration and the construction of such a memorial ; Third, the requirement that such memorial should com- memorate the century of peace between the English speaking- nations of the world, as well as American valor in the War of 1812. As early as January, 1909, in their report submitted to the Governor of Ohio, at a time when there were no means at hand to carry out their purposes, and no co-operation of other states or of the Federal Government had been obtained, the ( )hio Commissioners said : "There is no i)ublic memorial, at Put-in-Jja}' or elsewhere, of Commodore I'erry and the men who fought and perished with him. For nearly a hundred years such recognition has been denied the memory of those who, by their heroism in the Battle of Lake Erie, insured the rise of the present Empire of the Middle West and gave to American hist(^ry one of its most brilliant chapters. Waiving, for the present, the question as to whether Canada and Great Britain might not Ix- glad to join in a British-American memorial to the commanders and sailors of both fleets, we believe there can l)e no difference of opinion regarding the proposition that it is the duty of Ohio now to erect some fitting" memorial to the brave men who so distinguished her name. Nor is it unreasonable to expect that other states bordering on the (ireat Lakes will be glad to unite with us in this object, if such a movement should prove advis- able. '■■' * * But w^e particularly recommend that any me- morial undertaken by the State of Ohio in honor of Perry's victory should take the form of a permanent building on Put-in-Bay Island." In the same report the Commissioners said, relative to the international character of the proposed celebration and memorial : "What could be more appropriate than an inter- national celebration of the conclusion of the century of peace between Great Britain, Canada and the United States, which has ensued since the signing of the Treaty of Ghent? Surely that were better than a one-sided celebration of a victory of war." We have here, therefore, the earliest public suggestion of a memorial and of the participation of other states than Ohio in its erection, and of its international significance. In their report to the Governor, dated December 16. 1909, and filed in January, 1910. the Ohio Commissioners continued with the consideration of this subject, as follows: "It is with this sense of solemn obligation that your Com- missioners have considered the subject of an appropriate Perry Memorial. Our own opinion is fortified by universal public sentiment to the efi:'ect that such a memorial must be perma- nent. It must not only express the patriotic desire of the American people to i)ay lasting tribute to their honored dead, but it must be in the highest sense artistic and historically suggestive. It must have, by reason of these qualities, a pecu- liar educational influence upon future generations, proceeding from its singular individuality. Better no memorial than an inadecjuate or unworthy one. Better that the State of Ohio should initiate no movement in this direction than that she should l)ecome responsible for a misdirected and incompetent one. The motive that prompts our people to thus commemo- rate one of the most glorious events in our history and the Nation's subsequent progress of a hundred years, must be as broad as the American continent and as deep-rooted as our inherent love of free institutions. Nothing less will suffice than a Memorial truly National in character, taking rank among the worthiest of such structures in the civilized world." The report of which the foregoing language was a part, was first presented at a meeting of the Ohio Commissioners held at Toledo December 3, 1909, and attended also by all of the Commissioners representing" the State of Pennsylvania, Mdio had been recently appointed, and by one representative each of the States of Michigan and Illinois. This expression of opinion in regard to a memorial, therefore, was the first joint action on that subject by an interstate body. How well the suggestions thus presented have been carried out can be fully determined only by a visit to the Perry's Victory and International Peace Alemorial, declared, by those most familiar with monuments of like character on both hemispheres, to be the most beautiful, the most impressive and the most inter- esting in the world. It stands on what is virtually an isthmus, connectint^ the two larger sections of South Bass Island, overlooking the islands of Lake Erie spread out in a beautiful panorama in all directions, and the scene of Perry's victory off W^est Sister Island. A gigantic white granite Doric column, 350 feet high from the water's edge. 4? feet in diameter at the base, and 3.5 feet in diameter at the neck, with an overhanging spectators' gallery in the form of a massive square of the same dimensions as the diameter of the base, stands upon a granite plaza 67 feet square and 12 feet above the water level. It is the highest monument in the world, excepting only the Washington monu- ment, and the highest and most massive column ever attempted by the memorial builders of any age. The sj^ectators' gallerv is surmounted by a great bronze tripod supporting an immense glass globe, which at night is illuminated with 100 incandescent lights and glows with a brilliancy visible many miles at sea. The Memo- rial has been seen with the naked eye, in the daytime, at a dis- tance of thirty-five miles. The spectators' gallery will comfortably accommodate two hundred visitors in the open air at one time. From this point the visitor beholds a scene of unrivalled beauty. To the North lies the mouth of the Detroit River and in the distance the shadow^y mainland of Canada ; to the West the mouth of the Maumee River and the waters which were the scene of the Battle of Lake Erie, and beyond the site of Toledo ; to the East a gieaming billowy expanse toward Cleveland, relieved by the presence of numerous ver- dant islands ; and to the South, Sandusky in plain view\ flanked by the peninsulas of Marble Head and Cedar Point. From this eminence, the islands of Put-in-Bay. Gibraltar, Middle Bass, North Bass, Kelley's Island and numerous others ai)pear to be laid out at the feet of the beholder like beautiful land- scapes in miniatiu-e. At sunrise or sunset the view is beautiful beyond description. The main approach to the Memorial is from the waters of Put-in-Bay Harbor, whence Commodore Perry went forth to meet the British foe in the Battle of Lake Erie. A flight of granite steps 67 feet wide ascends to the plaza, and entrance to the rotunda of the Memorial is obtained through four bronze doors marking" the diameters of the column. The rotunda is faced with Indiana limestone and the floor is three feet below^ the terrace level, four short flights of g'ranite steps leading- down to it. The floor is of Tennessee marljle with a centerpiece and border in color; beneath it, at a spot which will be appropriately marked, repose the remains of three British and three American officers killed in the Battle of Lake Eri'e. September 10, 1813, which for a hundred years lay buried on the shore of Put-in-Bay Island and were disinterred b\' the Commissioners of the Interstate Board and re-interred in the present Memorial, Avith impressive ceremonies, on September 11, 1913. The ceiling of the rotnnda takes the form of a dome. No artificial lighting is reqnired by day. At night a bronze and alabaster light, suspended from the center of the dome, gives a l)eautiful radiance to the interior. On the walls are carved in stone a dedicatory tablet, and around the rotunda the names of the American vessels engaged in the historic battle which the Memorial commemorates, and the names of the killed and wounded on board each of them. The names of the Federal (Gov- ernment, the States participating in the construction of the Memorial and their Commissioners are in process of being placed on bronze tablets in the walls of the four doorvvavs. BRONZE TRIPOD AND LIGHT { I v. Surmounting the Spectators' Gallery of the Memorial at a height of 350 feet. Tripod: Height, 24 feet; greatest diameter, 20 feet; weight. 11 tons. The solemn atmosphere of this rotunda, so sii^nificant in its lessons of patriotism and self-sacrifice, is deeply impressive. Ascending" to the second floor of the Memorial, flights of granite steps between glistening- walls of white tile rise from the entrance op])osite to the entrance through which the visitor enters on the harl)or side. On this floor are bronze tablets containing the names of all the men engaged with the Ameri- can fleet in the Battle of Lake F.rie, a total of 508 names, taken from the government records of those who received i>rize money for participation in the battle. Thus the C(mimis- sioners of the Interstate Hoard ha\'e immortalized in stone and bronze all those who in any degree, by loss of life or otherwise, contributed to one of the greatest naval achievements in his- torv. On the second floor also is the elevator which carries visitors to the spectators' gallery at the top. an ascent of some 320 feet, in one minute. The Memorial and plaza are erected upon a reservation of 14 acres which at this point is only 500 feet in width between the waters of Put-in-Bay Harbor and those of Lake Erie, with the result that from a distance, or to one standing upon the ])laza, the great column and its approaches seem to rise sheer from the water — an illusion which greatly enhances the beauty and impressiveness of the scene. The parking of the grounds around the Memorial has not been completed, but this and the facing of the plaza floor with tile are the only tasks now confronting" the Commissioners of the Interstate Board. Operations to clear the site of the Memorial were begun in June, 1912. Ground was broken for the construction of the Doric column October 1, 1912, and the corner-stone was laid on Jul}' 4, 1913, under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, and in the presence of the members of the Interstate Board, the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and State officials, judges of the Supreme Court and members of the General Assembly, who were inxited to be present as guests of honor. The Centenary exercises commemorating" the Battle of Lake Lrie were held on September 9. 10 and 11. at which time ceremonies of a semi-dedicatory nature were celebrated at the unfinished Afen-iorial and at a public meeting in the Put-in-Bay Coliseum and a centenary banquet at Hotel Breakers, Cedar Point, under the auspices of the Interstate Board. DEDICATORY CEREMONIES The afternoon meeting Septeniber 10th, the 100th anniver- sary of the Battle of Lake Erie, was called to order by Presi- dent-General George H. AX'orthington, of the Interstate Board, who introduced Hon. Jan"ies M. Cox. Governor of Ohio, as master of ceremonies. Addresses appropriate to the occasion were delivered by Former President of the United States Wil- Ham H. Taft, ; Dr. J. A. Macdonald, of Toronto, for the Domin- ion of Canada : Hon. Emory A. Walling, of Erie, Pa. ; Hon. R. B. Burchard, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, and the Rev. A. J. Carey (colored), of Chicago. In the evening" of the same day the Interstate Board ten- dered a banquet to the distinguished guests at the Hotel Breakers, Cedar Point. Eight hundred and thirty guests sat at tables. Hon. John II. Clarke, President of the C)hio Commission, presided as toastmaster, and responses were delivered by Hon. James M. Cox, Governor of Ohio ; Hon. John K. Tener, Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania ; Hon. James B. McCreary, Governor of Kentucky; Hon. lulward F. Dunne, Governor of Illinois; Hon. Aram J. Pothier, Governor of Rhode Island ; Hon. Wood- bridge N. Ferris, Go^'ernor of Michigan ; Hon. Francis E. Mc- Govern, Governor of Wisconsin ; Hon. Samuel L. Ralston, Governor of Indiana; Mrs. William Garry Slade, President of the National Society (_)f the United States Daughters of 1812 ; Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., retired. United States Commissioner of the Perry's \"ictory Centennial ; Dr. J. A. Macdonald, of Toronto, Canada, and Hon. William H. Taft. At 12 o'clock noon the following day, September 11th, occurred the disinterment, at Put-in-Bay of the bodies of the American and IJritish officers killed in the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1812, and their re-interment beneath the rotunda of the Memorial. The religious services were under the direction of the Rt. Rev. James DeWolf Perry, D. D., Bishop of Rhode Island, and the Rev. Venerable Archdeacon H. J. Cody, D. D.. LL. D., of Toronto, and their assistants, including the vested choir of the Grace Episcopal Church of Sandusky, Ohio. The military exercises were under the direction of Com- missioner Harry Cutler, of Rhode Island, Colonel Command- ing the First Light Infantry Regiment and Band of Provi- dence, R. I., as Chief Marshal. Participating in these exercises were a provisional battalion of Unites States Infantry, Capt. H. A. Smith .commanding; officers and men from the U. S. S. "W^olverine." Capt. William L. Morrison commanding; the Third Coast Artillery Company of the Rhode Island National Guard; the Third Division of the Rhode Island Naval Bat- talion ; officers and men from the U. S. S. "Essex," "Dorothea," "Don Juan de Austria" and "Hawk"; the Newport Artillery Company, Rhode Island Militia, and the First Light Infantry Regiment, Rhode Island ^lilitia. The remains were borne from their resting place of one hundred years to their final interment in the Memorial, in a catafalque draped with American and British flags and carried on the shoulders of non-commissioned officers detailed by the military and naval organizations participating in the ceremonies, and preceded by an honorary escort consisting of the Chief Marshal, the speakers of the day, the Governors of States partici])ating in the erection of the Memorial, and the P'ederal and State Commissioners of the Perry's Victory Cen- tennial, and descendants of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION The completed Memorial, except as hereinbefore stated (the parking" of the grounds and the facing of the plaza), was opened to the public on June 13, 1915. The contract for the construction of the great Doric col- umn, in the sum of $357,588.00, was awarded by the Building- Committee to the hrm of J. C. Robinson & Son, of New York and Chicago. The contract for the construction of the plaza and approaches, in the sum of $122,000.00, was awarded to the Stewart Engineering Corporation, of New York City, and sub- sequently reduced to $102,000. The construction of both has passed the most thorough tests by eminent engineers and archi- tects. Every stone in the Alemorial was required to pass two expert examinations before being accepted and set, one at the quarries in Massachusetts and the other on arrival at Put-in-Bay under the watchful eye of Superintendent of Construction C. E. Sudler, who represented the Puilding Committee on the ground throughout the period of construction. The foundations of the Memorial and plaza go to rock at an average distance below the surface of the ground of from ten to twenty feet. If this portion of South Bass Island were washed into Lake Erie, the Memorial would still stand. NATIONAL OWNERSHIP By authority of the General Assembly, the Governor of Ohio has executed a deed conveying the Memorial and its reservation to the United States (Government, and this instru- ment is of record in the courts of C)ttawa County. All that is now required to make the property of National ownership and control is the acceptance of this trust by Congress. THE MEMORIAL SELF-SUSTAINING A most gratifying state of affairs seems to exist in reference to the maintenance of the Memorial. This problem appears to have been so solved that neither Federal nor State aid will be required at any time in the future to provide for the upkeep of the Memorial and grounds. During the period from June 13 to September 16, 1915, the first season of operation, more than 22,000 persons ascended to the spectators' gallery of the Memorial, by means of the elevator, as paid passenger? ■"^■■e fees for this service being twenty-live cents for adults .ixid fifteen cents for children under the age of tweU'e years. From this patronage the total receipts were $5,470.95, ler:ving a bal- ance of about $4,000 after the payment of all expenses of oper- ation. The season of 1915. on account of unpleasant weather conditions and the general Inisiness depression then prevailing, was the dullest known in the history of Great Lake resorts, and Put-in-Bay, in common with other points of interest to tourists, sufTered from the decline. The revenue from oper- ation of the column during that year, therefore, may be taken as a moderate index of what future patronage will be ; and there is no reason to believe that there will be any diminution of it with the passing years. Indeed, it is probable that the surplus accruing each year will enal)le the present commis- sioners, or the National (Government whenever it comes into control of the property, not only to maintain the Alemorial and grounds, but to beautify the latter so as to make them among the most attractive and artistic pleasm-e grounds in America. APPROPRIATIONS AND COST OF MEMORIAL For the Centennial Celebration of 1913 and the construc- tion of the Memorial, the State of Ohio made appropriations as follows: March 12, 1909, for expenses of the Commission, $3,000; April 26, 1910. for Alemorial building, $25,000; April 26, 1910, for actual expenses, $5,000; ^lav 2. 1911, for site of the Memorial, $5,000; May 31. 1911. for Memorial and Centennial, $45,000; April 28, 1913, for the Memorial and Centennial and for incidental educational purposes in the public schools and other, educational institutions in Ohio and for the proper par- ticipation of the Naval Militia of Ohio in the Centennial Cele- bration, and to aid in entertaning the President of the United States and other distinguished guests, $115,000. Of this total of $198,000 the sum of $15,451.12 lapsed to the State Treasury from the appropriation for general purposes in 1911, so that the total sum appropriated by the State of Ohio, for all pur- poses in connection with the Centennial Celebration and !Me- morial, was $182,548.88. Appropriations for the Centennial Celebration and Memo- rial by the Federal Government and participating states other than Ohio, were as follows: Federal Government. $250,000; Pennsvlvania, $100,000; Alichigan, $30,000; Illinois, $50,000; Wisconsin $50,000; New York, $150,000; Rhode Island, $25,- 000; with a subsequent appropriation of $15,000 for the partici- pation of the State in the Centennial exercises, over wdiich neither the Rhode Island Commissioners nor the Interstate Board had anv authority ; Kentucky $25,000, and Massachu- setts $15,000. " U should be uiulerstood that the Interstate Board, in o" and arduous. It is a uratifving tribute to the educational advancement of the pupils of Ohio schools and the undergraduates of her higher institutions of learning, to cite the opinion unanimously expressed by the able judges of the contest, to the effect that the average excel- lence of the essays submitted indicated a very high standard in the essential factors of original thought, research and liter- ary expression. For awards in the school and college contest, the Commis- sioners paid cash prizes aggregating" $2,685, to seventy-eight competitors. The first prize of $200 in the State contest for the best essay was awarded to W'esle}' Xewton, Jr., of Marietta High School, for his essav entitled, "The Xaw and Its Heroes in the War of 1S12"; the second, of $100, to Clair F. Brickner, of Columbus (Ohio State University), for his essay entitled, "A Centurv of Peace Between Fnglish Speaking Peoples"; and the third, of $50, to Russell N. MacMichael, of Bucyrus High School, for his essa\" entitled, "The Arm\' and Its Heroes in the War of 1812."" CONCLUSION \\'ith the filing of the present report the Ohio Commis- sioners feel that their responsibilities to the State of ( )hio are ended, so far as they relate to past legislation by this State. In common with the Conmiissioners representing the Federal Government and the participating" States, they will be recpiired to continue their relations with the Interstate Board until that organization is superseded by the (iovernment own- ership and control of the ^Memorial property- : and during what- ever term of service they may be thus engaged, they will continue diligent in the interest of the great Commonwealth which honored them by their appointment for the objects already achieved and yet to be consummated. Your Commission begs leave to recommend that at a suitable time the State of Ohio shall appropriate sufficient funds to place a fitting statue of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in the ro- tunda of the Memorial. In this recommendation the Interstate Board cordially joins us. The design of such a statue, to cost about $10,000. has been executed at the instance of the Interstate Board, and in the arcliitects" original conception of the interior it was contemplated that it should be so erected in the rotunda ; but the cost of the Memorial proved so great that the requisite money is not now available for the purpose. It seems to us that it would be most appropriate for the State which initiated the construction of this noble Alemorial to bear testimony of her appreciation of its location within her own l:)oun(laries, by placing this finishing mark upon its historical significance and its patriotic appeal to future generations. Respectful!}- submitted. (Signed) * TORN H. CLARKE, President. GEORGE H. WORTHINGTON. Vice President. S. M. JOHANNSEN, Treasurer. ELI WINKLER, WILLIAM C. MOOXEY, HORACE HOLBROOK. HORACE L. CHAPMAN, NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, Commissioners. WEBSTER P. HUNTINGTON, Secretarv. SUNSET. Photo from the top of the Memorial. THE INTERSTATE BOARD GENERAL OFFUl-.US PrL'sidcnt-(;cin.ral, George H. WOrthington, Cleveland. Ohio; iMrst Vice-President-General, Henry Watterson, Louisville, Ky. ; Secretary- General, Webster P. Huntingtdn, Cleveland, Ohio: Treasurer-General, A. E. Sisson, Eric, Pa.: Auditor-General. Harry Cutler, Providence, R. L; MacKenzie R. Todd, iMiiancial Secretary. iM-ankfort, Ky. COMAIISSIOXERS For the United States Government: Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., Ret., Rear-Admiral Charles H. Davis, U. S. N., Ret., Wash- ington. D. C; General J. Warren Keifer, Springfield, Ohio. Ohio: John H. Clarke, George H. Worthington. Cleveland: S. M. Jo- hannsen. Put-in-Day : l^-!i Winkler. Nicholas Longworth, Cincinnati : Horace Holbrook, Warren ; William C. IMooney. Woodsfield : Horace L. Chapman, Columbus; (Webster P. Huntington, Secretary, Cleve- land, Ohio). Pennsylvania: A. E. Sisson, Milton W. Shreve, Erie; Edwin H. Vare, Philadelphia; T. C. Jones, McKeesport : George W. Neff, M. D., Ma- sontown Michigan: John C. Lodge. Detroit: Arthur P. Loomis, Ionia; Roy S. Barnhart. Grand Rapids : E. K. Warren, Three Oaks. Illinois: William H. Thompson, James Pugh, Richard S. Folsom, Nelson W. Lampert. Adam Wechler, Chesley R. Perry, William Porter Adams, Willis J. Wells, Chicago ; General Philip C. Hayes, Joliet ; W. H. Mc- intosh. Rockford ; H. S. Beckemeyer, Springfield. Wisconsin : Rear-Admiral Frederick M. Symonds, U. S. N., Ret., Gales- ville: John M. Whitehead, Janesville : A. W. Sanborn, Ashland: C. B. Perry, Wauwatosa ; S. W Randolph. Manitowoc ; Louis Bohmrich. Milwaukee : Sol. P. Huntington, Green Bay. New York : William J. Conners, George D. Emerson. William Simon, John F. Malone. Edward D. Jackson, Buffalo : Simon L. Adler, Charles H. Wiltsie. Rochester ; Edward Schoeneck, William F. Rafferty. Syra- cuse : William L. Ormrod. Churchville : Jacol) Schifferdecker, Brooklyn. Rhode Island: John P. Sanborn, Newport: Louis M. Arnold, Westerly; Sumner Mowry, Peacedale; Henry E. Davis, Woonsocket; Harry Cut- ler, Providence. Kentucky : Colonel Henry W^atterson, Colonel Andrew Cowan, Louisville ; Samuel M. Wilson, Lexington: Colonel R. W. Nelson, Newport; Mac- Kenzie R. Todd, Frankfort. 89 W av o . » " ^feranivilte, Pa < •> A^^^^ ^ ^