MARYLAND MANUAL 83
BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE COMMISSION
This Commission is created by Chapter 345 of the Acts of 1922.
The Act provides that the Governor shall appoint three citizens who
were former soldiers. Bailors or marines from Maryland and who
served in France during the recent war against Germany and her
Allies, who shall serve without pay but be allowed actual and necessary
expenses.
It is the duty of the Commission to visit the battlefields of France
and ascertain the points where Maryland troops were engaged and
designate the points where monuments and markers shall be erected.
It shall also determine the character and design of such monuments and
markers and perform all necessary work in erecting these memorials.
The Commission shall report to the Governor, on the completion of
its work, a detailed statement of its proceedings, including a state-
ment as to the locations and cost of such monuments and markers.
(This Commission has not been appointed )
BOARD OF VISITORS AND GOVERNORS OF WASHINGTON
COLLEGE.
Dr. Gilbert Wilcox Mead, President.
Name. Term Expires Address.
Hiram Staunton Brown 1938 . ... New York City
Irvin T. Kepler 1937 Cecilton, Md.
Samuel E. Shannahan ... 1937 ... . . Easton, Md.
Albert D. Mackey . . . 1938 Elkton, Md.
Edward M. Noble . . 1937 . ........ Benton, Md
P. Watson Webb . . . 1938. . Cambridge, Md.
W. Lester Baldwin . ... . 1938 ... ... Baltimore, Md.
John G. Townsend, Jr. . . 1937 . Selbyville, Del.
S. Scott Beck . ... ... 1939 Chestertown, Md.
James W. Chapman, Jr. ..... 1939 ... ... Baltimore, Md.
Nelson H. Fooks . . . 1934 . . Preston, Md.
Arthur O. Humphreys . . 1939 . Snow Hill, Md.
Thomas Harry Smith 1939 Queenstown, Md
Dudley G. Roe . . . 1934. Sudlersville, Md.
W. Earle Withgott 1934.. .. . Easton, Md.
Mary C. Burchinal . . 1930. Swarthmore, Pa.
William D Corddry 1936 ... . ... Snow Hill, Md.
John I. Coulbourn 1936 . . Philadelphia, Pa.
John T. Handy ... . . 1935. ... . . Crisfield, Md
William B. Spiva 1930... . .... Princess Anne, Md.
F. Leonard Wailes 1936 . . Salisbury, Md.
Joseph K. Shriver. ... 1935 ... . ... Cambridge, Md.
Benjamin A. Johnson 1935 . . Salisbury, Md.
This Board consists of twenty-five members. Twelve are appointed
by the alumni of the college, twelve by the Governor, without Senate
confirmation, and these thus appointed appoint annually a President
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