1901. Aug. 29. The Society observes the anniversary of the battle of Rhode Island by exercises at Newport, R. I. This battle took place in 1778, the American forces being commanded by Gen. John Sullivan. At the celebration here mentioned, Mayor Garretson of Newport welcomed the Society to the city and delivered a patriotic address. Letters of regret at inability to be present were received from Dr. John Sullivan and T. Russell Sullivan, of Boston, Mass., kinsmen of Gen. John Sullivan; and from Governor Gregory of Rhode Island, Congressman Melville Bull, President Faunce of Brown University, and other gentlemen. 1901. Sept. 14. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, a member of our Society, takes the oath of office as President of the United States. 1901. Sept. 22. Hon. Jeremiah Crowley, ex-mayor of Lowell, Mass., dies. He was a member of the Society. 1901. Sept. 30. Patrick J. Flatley, Boston, Mass., a member of the Society, passes away. He was a lawyer of much ability. 1901. Sept. 30. Very Rev. Abbe John Baptist Hogan, S. S., D. D., a member of the Society, dies in France. He had been head of St. John’s Ecclesiastical Seminary, at Brighton (Boston), Mass. 1901. Sept. 30. Joseph Geoghegan, Salt Lake City, Utah, becomes a life member of the Society. 1901. October. John A. McCall, president of the New York Life Insurance Co., becomes a life member of the Society. 1901. November. Very Rev. Michael C. O’Brien, vicar general of the diocese of Portland, Me., dies. He was a member of the Society. 1901. Nov. 14. Rev. J. H. McKechnie, Worcester, Mass., a member of the Society, passes away. 1901. Dec. 2. The president of the United States appoints the Rev. Edward J. Brennan of St. John’s church, New Haven, Conn., a chaplain in the U. S. Navy with the rank of lieutenant. Father Brennan took the oath of office in the Superior Court at New Haven, on Dec. 30. 1901. Dec. 6. Meeting of the executive council of the Society at the residence of President-General John D. Crimmins, New York City. 1901. Dec. 10. Hon. Patrick A. Collins, a member of the Society, is elected mayor of Boston, Mass. 1901. Dec. 11. In to-day’s issue of the _Free Press_, Charles Town, W. Va., appears the following: “We are gratified to observe that Capt. James H. O’Bannon was again chosen superintendent of public printing by the Virginia legislature. He has occupied the position with fidelity to the state for a number of years. Capt. O’Bannon is a native of this county, learned the printing art in this town, and during the war of ’61–’65 was a gallant officer in the ‘Stonewall Brigade.’” 1902. Jan. 7. Joseph G. Geoghegan, of New York City, becomes a life member of the Society.