Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. THE FtRST YEAR. In pursuance of the foregoing call, the Convention assembled at the time and place named,—in the rooms of the New York Young Men's Christian Association, Bible House, on Thursday, November 14, 1861, at 3 o'clock, P. M. The following is a list of the delegates present and of the Associations represented : — textit{New York City.—Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., Vincent Colyer, Frank W. Ballard, Edward Colgate, Rev. J. H. Burtis, Cephas Brainerd, Benjamin Lord, Benj. F. Manierre, Gilead B. Nash, Lewis S. Hallock, Caleb B. Knevals, Gerardus C. King. textit{Amsterdam, N. Y.—E. J. Purdy. textit{Boston, Mass.—E. S. Tobey, Charles Demond. textit{Bridgeport. Conn.—Rev. A. R. Thompson, M. C. Hawley. textit{Brooklyn, N. Y.—William B. Jones, Henry White. textit{Buffalo, N. F.—William C. Bryant, J. D. Hill, M. D. textit{Chicago, III.—J. King. textit{Cincinnati, Ohio.—H. Thane Miller, Samuel Lowrey. textit{Danbury, Conn.—S. G. Raymond. textit{Philadelphia, Penna.—Geo. H. Stuart, Rev. S. J. Baird, D. D., John Wanamaker, A. M. Burton. textit{Stamford, Conn.—Hennell Stevens. textit{Trenton, N. J.—E. W. Scudder. textit{Tro-y, N. Y.—Rev. Wm. H. Smith. textit{Washington, D. C.—R.T.Morsell, William Ballantyne. textit{Waterbury, Conn. — L. S. Davis, G. W. Beach. Upon the organization of the Convention, Geo. H. Stuart was chosen President; Edward S. Tobey, Vice- President; Cephas Brainerd and William Ballantyne, Secretaries. Messrs. Demond, Vernon, Wanamaker, Manierre, Baird, Colyer, and Stuart, were appointed a Business Committee. The Convention was in session two days. The first day was occupied with statements and addresses, setting forth the wants of the army, and what had been done among the soldiers by the Washingto...