Hon. John C. Linehan of Concord, N. H., Treasurer-General of the Society, in his annual report stated that the total resources of the Society for the year were $2,341.17; and the total expenditure, $1,248.80, leaving a balance in the treasury, Dec. 31, 1904, of $1,092.37.
The committee appointed to audit the Treasurer-General’s accounts, reported the same as correctly kept and that all expenditures were accompanied by proper vouchers.
The annual reports were unanimously accepted and adopted.
Mr. Joseph Smith of Lowell, Mass., moved as the sense of the Society, that the latter heartily approves the project to erect a monument in Washington, D. C., to Commodore John Barry. The motion was unanimously adopted.
The annual election of officers for the Society then took place and resulted in the choice of the gentlemen whose names are given on pages [5], [6] and [7] of this volume.
The following were elected to membership in the Society:
- Hon. Hugh Hastings, State Historian of New York, Albany, N. Y.
- Rev. James J. Baxter, D. D., Boston, Mass.
- Mr. T. Vincent Butler, New York City.
- Mr. Michael J. Morkan, Hartford, Conn.
- Mr. Edward R. Carroll, New York City.
- Mr. John Jay Joyce, New York City.
- Mr. D. H. McBride, New York City.
- Mr. P. H. Garrity, Waterbury, Conn.
- Mr. G. W. Lembeck, Jersey City, N. J.
- Mr. T. F. Donnelly, New York City.
- Mr. Patrick Murray, New York City.
- Mr. Arthur McAleenan, New York City.
- Hon. Lawrence O. Murray, Washington, D. C.
- Mr. Thomas Kenney, Worcester, Mass.
- Thomas F. Kenney, M. D., Vienna, Austria.
- M. X. Sullivan, Ph. D., Providence, R. I.
The Annual Dinner.
Upon the adjournment of the business meeting, the Society and guests proceeded to the banquet room for the annual dinner. One hundred and forty-five gentlemen participated.
Among those seated at the head table with Hon. Morgan J. O’Brien, the presiding officer, were: Rev. Henry A. Brann, D. D., New York City; Hon. Joseph F. Daly, New York City; Mr. Osborne Howes, Boston, Mass.; Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H.; Hon. Hugh Hastings, Albany, N. Y.; Thomas Addis Emmet, M. D., New York City; Mr. M. F. Dooley, Providence, R. I.; Mr. John F. Doyle, New York City; Mr. Stephen Farrelly, New York City, and Mr. Joseph I. C. Clarke, New York City.