It was concluded to hold the next annual meeting in Baltimore in the latter part of November, 1912.
The following officers were elected: President, Frederick C. Pettigrove, Chairman Massachusetts Prison Commission; Secretary, Joseph P. Byers, Newark, N. J.; Financial Secretary, H. H. Shirer, Columbus, Ohio; Treasurer, Frederick H. Mills, New York City.
The representatives of various Prisoners’ Aid Societies held two or three meetings while at Omaha, and formed a permanent organization, and the Executive Committee was directed to endeavor to secure recognition for the association as a constituent part of the American Prison Association with the privilege of presenting their work and interests at the Annual Meetings.
The officers of the National Prisoners’ Aid Association are:
_President_: Judge T. F. Garver, Topeka, Kan. _Vice-President_: William R. French, Chicago, Ill. _Secretary and Treasurer_: O. F. Lewis, New York.
_Executive Committee_: General E. Fielding, Chicago, Ill.; F. Emory Lyon, Chicago; E. A. Fredenhagen, Kansas City, Ore.; R. B. McCord, Atlanta, Ga.; and A. H. Votaw, 500 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
John H. Dillingham, whose death occurred in Third Month, 1910, joined the Prison Society in the Fifth Month of the year 1882. He was elected a member of the Acting Committee a few months after joining the Society, which position he held until he was called to another and higher field of usefulness in the world beyond.
Our brother was always much interested in the humanitarian labors of the Society, and was a valuable visitor at the Eastern Penitentiary until, owing to his many other duties, he was obliged to discontinue that service.
As an evidence of his interest in and desire to help the objects of our care, it may be stated that a short time before his death he said it was his intention to resume his visits to them, but the Lord, “whose he was and whom he served,” willed otherwise, and the service will have to be performed by others. His genial disposition, loving nature and conspicuous goodness endeared him to all who knew him.
David Sulzberger, a member of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, and a member of the Acting Committee since 1903, was born in the Duchy of Baden, in 1838, and died in March, 1910, at the home of his sister in this city.