CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS.

ARTICLE I.-TITLE.

This organization shall be called the United States Naval Institute.

ARTICLE II.—OBJECT.

Its object is the advancement of professional, literary, and scientific knowledge in the Navy.

ARTICLE IH.-HEADQUARTERS.

The Headquarters of the Institute shall be at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

ARTICLE IV.-OFFICERS.

The officers shall be as follows:

A President.

A Vice-President.

A Board of Control.

A Secretary and Treasurer.

A President and Corresponding Secretary for each Branch.

ARTICLE V.-ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

SEC. 1. There shall be a meeting of the Institute at Headquarters on the second Friday in October of each year, of which at least two weeks notice shall be given, at which meeting all the foregoing officers, except those of Branches, shall be elected by ballot in open session, and a majority of votes given by presence or proxy shall elect; regular or life members only being eligible for office.

SEC. 2. Absent members who have the constitutional right to vote may vote by proxy at such elections, and in the same manner on all questions involving changes in the Constitution and By-Laws, and upon questions involving the expulsion of members and the election of honorary members. On all other questions voting must be by actual presence. Life members shall have the full right of regular members to vote on every question. Honorary and associate

members shall not have the privilege of voting. All proxies must be signed by the member whose vote is to be represented.

SEC. 3. Members elected to the position of officers of the Institute will assume their respective duties at the date from which elected. SEC. 4. Casual vacancies in the officers of the Institute may be temporarily filled by the Board of Control.

ARTICLE VI.-DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

SEC. 1. The President shall preside at business meetings of the Institute, or its branches, at which he may be present.

SEC. 2. In the absence of the President at Headquarters, the Vice-President shall preside.

SEC. 3. The Board of Control shall consist of seven members in good standing, regular or life, and its duties shall be the management of all the financial and administrative business of the Institute, including the censorship, printing, and control of its publications. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be, ex officio, a member of the Board, its medium of communication and the recorder of its transactions. The regular meetings of the Board of Control shall be held upon the first and third Saturday of each month. A special meeting shall be called by the Secretary and Treasurer upon the written application of two members of the Board. A quorum shall consist of

three members. In the absence of both the President and VicePresident at business meetings of the Institute, a member of the Board of Control shall preside. It shall be the duty of this Board to appoint a committee of three of its own members to audit and certify the books and accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer at least once every quarter.

SEC. 4. The Secretary and Treasurer shall keep a register of the members in which shall be noted all changes; an authenticated copy of the Constitution and By-Laws in force; a journal of the Proceedings of the Institute; a separate journal of the transactions of the Board of Control; a receipt and expenditure book; an account-current with each member. Under the authority of the Board of Control, he shall be the disbursing and purchasing officer of the Institute and the custodian of the funds, securities, and assets, and it shall be his duty to furnish members with receipts for dues paid. He shall attend to all correspondence and keep a record thereof, give due notice of meetings of the Institute and Board of Control, have charge of the stenographer and copyists employed to prepare records of the

ARTICLE VII.-MEMBERSHIP.

SEC. I. The Institute shall consist of regular, life, honorary, and associate members.

SEC. 2. Officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and all civil officers attached to the Naval Service, shall be entitled to become regular or life members, without ballot, on payment of dues or fees to the Secretary and Treasurer, or to the Corresponding Secretary of a Branch. Members who resign from the Navy subsequent to joining the Institute will be regarded as belonging to the class described in this Section.

SEC. 3. The Prize Essayist of each year shall be a life member without payment of fee.

SEC. 4. Honorary members shall be selected from distinguished Naval and Military Officers, and from eminent men of learning in civil life. The Secretary of the Navy shall be, ex officio, an honorary member. Their number shall not exceed thirty (30). Nominations for honorary members must be favorably reported by the Board of Control, and a vote equal to one-half the number of regular and life members, given by proxy or presence, shall be cast, a majority electing.

SEC. 5. Associate members shall be elected from officers of the Army, Revenue Marine, foreign officers of the Naval and Military professions, and from persons in civil life who may be interested in the purposes of the Institute.

SEC. 6. Those entitled to become associate members may be elected life members, provided that the number not officially connected with the Navy and Marine Corps shall not at any time exceed one hundred (100).

SEC. 7. Associate members and life members, other than those entitled to regular membership, shall be elected as follows: Nominations shall be made in writing to the Secretary and Treasurer, with the name of the member making them, and such nominations shall be submitted to the Board of Control, and, if their report be favorable, the Secretary and Treasurer shall make known the result at the next

meeting of the Institute, and a vote shall then be taken, a majority of votes cast by members present electing.

SEC. 8. The annual dues for regular and associate members shall be three dollars, payable upon joining the Institute, and upon the first day of each succeeding January. The fee for life membership shall be thirty dollars, but if any regular or associate member has paid his dues for the year in which he wishes to be transferred to life membership, or has paid his dues for any future year or years, the amount so paid shall be deducted from the fee for life membership. SEC. 9. No member of the Institute shall be dismissed except by recommendation of the Board of Control, and by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Institute voting at any regular or called meeting, of which, at least, one month's notice shall be given. Without the recommendation of the Board of Control, no member can be dismissed except by a three-fourths vote. In both the above cases there must be a total vote of at least a majority of all those members entitled to a vote, the voting to be either by presence or proxy. Members two years in arrears shall be dropped. Those dropped for non-payment of dues can regain their membership by paying two years arrearage of dues, but the Board of Control may adjust any special case upon its merits.

ARTICLE VIII.-RESERVE FUND.

The amount now invested ($1800) in United States and District of Columbia bonds shall be placed to the credit of a Reserve Fund. All moneys received from life membership fees shall, as soon as practicable, be invested in United States bonds, or bonds guaranteed by the United States, and shall be added to said fund, which shall be held in perpetuity to guarantee the future interest of said life members. The interest of said fund may, however, be used for the current expenses of the Institute.

ARTICLE IX.-MEETINGS.

SEC. 1. The regular time of holding meetings of the Institute shall be the second Friday of each month, but if there should be no paper accepted by the Board of Control to be read, professional subject to be discussed, or executive business to be transacted, the monthly meeting may be omitted.

SEC. 2. Special meetings of the Institute shall be called by the Secretary and Treasurer when directed by the Board of Control.

Commanded Ironclad Passaic operating against Fort Sumpter during May, 1864. Commanded Steamer Sonoma, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-1865. Naval Observatory, 1866. Commissioned as Commander, July 25, 1866. Hydrographic Office, 1867-1868. Commanded Steam Sloop Narragansett, 1869. Special duty, Washington, 1869-1870. Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, 1871-1872. Commanded Shenandoah, European Squadron, 1873. Commissioned as Captain, January 6, 1874. Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1874-1876. Commanded Powhatan, North Atlantic Squadron, 1877-1879. Special duty, Navy Department, 1880-1882. Commissioned as Commodore, May 7, 1883. Ordered to command Navy Yard, New York, March 31, 1884. Died at Navy Yard, New York, September 26, 1884. Sea service, twenty-three years, one month. Shore duty, seventeen years, four months. Total service, forty-two years, eleven months.

SAMUEL DANA GREENE was appointed an Acting Midshipman in the Navy, September 21, 1855. Graduated June 9th, 1859. Was warranted as Midshipman from June 9, 1859, and ordered to the Hartford the same day. September 18, 1861, was commissioned as Lieutenant, from August 31, 1861. December 5, 1861, was detached from the Hartford and granted two weeks leave. January 23, 1862, was ordered to the Monitor-Executive officer of the Monitor during the action with the rebel Merrimac at Hampton Roads and vicinity, March 9, 1862. On the Monitor during engagemeut at Sewell's Point, May 9 or 10, 1862-also in the fight at Fort Darling, James River, May 15, 1862. January 5, 1863, ordered to the Florida. September 25, 1863, detached and placed on waiting orders. October 31, 1863, ordered to special duty at New York. February 10, 1864, detached and ordered to the Iroquois. October 3, 1865, detached and placed on waiting orders. October 7, 1865, promoted to Lieutenant Commander, from August 11, 1865. October 17, 1865, ordered to the Naval Academy. September 30th, 1868, detached and ordered to the Ossipee. April 21, 1870, detached from the