Daughters of the American Revolution

a patriotic society. The society was organized in the city of Washington, D. C., October 11, 1890. The headquarters are in Washington. Its present membership (1910) is reported by the secretary-general to be 60,250. One thousand state chapters exist in forty-five states and territories and the District of Columbia, presided over by regents. Chapter regents have been appointed for England, Cuba, and the Philippines. Any woman may be eligible for membership who is of the age of eighteen years, and who is descended from an ancestor who, "with unfailing loyalty, rendered material aid to the cause of independence as a recognized patriot, as soldier or sailor, or as a civil officer in one of the several colonies or states, or of the United Colonies or States," provided that the applicant shall be acceptable to the society. Every application for membership must be indorsed by at least one member of the national society, and is then submitted to the registrars-general, who report on the question of eligibility to the board of management, and upon its approval the applicant is enrolled as a member.