1902. Dec. 21. Death of Capt. Patrick O’Farrell, Washington, D. C., a member of the Society. He was a lawyer, and a veteran of the Civil War. 1903. Jan. 19. Annual meeting and dinner of the Society at the Hotel Manhattan, New York City. Hon. William McAdoo was elected president-general. Hon. Franklin H. Danaher, of Albany, N. Y., read a paper on “Jan Andriessen, ye Iersman van Dublingh, and His Compatriots in Old Albany.” 1903. February. The Society issues this month a volume on _Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution_. This is the first time the subject has ever been specifically treated. 1903. March 2. John J. Slattery, Louisville, Ky., of the Society, has a communication in the Louisville _Herald_, of this date, ably dealing with the “Anglo-Saxon” fallacy. 1903. March 11. Hon. J. J. O’Connor, Elmira, N. Y., becomes a life member of the Society. 1903. April 12. Death of Rev. John Flatley, Cambridge, Mass., a member of the Society. 1903. May 19. Daniel M. O’Driscoll, Charleston, S. C., a member of the Society, passes away. He was a native of Bantry, Ireland. During the Civil War he was a military telegraph operator in the Confederate service, and sent the first message out of Petersburg, Va., announcing the surrender of Gen. Lee. 1903. June. Thomas Addis Emmet, M. D., LL.D., of the Society, New York City, leaves there for Ireland, for the purpose of locating the grave of the Irish patriot, Robert Emmet. His search was not successful, but he hopes that a satisfactory result will be attained in the near future. 1903. June 2. An order published at the War Department, Washington, D. C., to-day, names one of the batteries at Fort Strong, Long Island, Boston harbor, as Battery Drum, in honor of Capt. John Drum, Tenth U. S. Infantry, who was killed in the assault on Santiago de Cuba, 1898. Capt. Drum was an Irishman by birth, and was a member of our Society. 1903. June 2. An order is published at the U. S. War Department, Washington, D. C., to-day, giving names to sea-coast batteries as follows: Fort Preble, Me., Battery Kearny; Fort Williams, Me., Battery Sullivan. 1903. June 19. Celebration to-day of the 125th anniversary of the evacuation of Valley Forge by the Continental army. The celebration was under the auspices of the Valley Forge Anniversary Association. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, Pa., a member of our Society, presided over the formal portion of the exercises. 1903. July. Death in the Adirondacks of John A. Mooney, LL. D., New York City, a member of the Society.