Eighteenth Annual Meeting, held in Washington, D. C., Oct. 5-8, 1909
The President, SURG.-GEN. PRESLEY M. RIXEY, U. S. Navy, in the Chair
Public Meeting
On Tuesday evening the first open session was held. Hon. Hannis Taylor of Alabama, in the opening address, made an eloquent plea for peace, detailing the gigantic preparations for war which are being made at this time the world over. It now looks as if nations might be falling back on the old system of armed neutrality, the essence of which was an armed compact through which peace could be conserved. . . .