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affecting the work, and for fostering the comfort and pleasures of travelers. Councilors may also serve as aides to Vice Presidents in divisional work.
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Amend Article II of the By-Lavra by striking out the words "The Board of Directors consists cf the eight officers as hereinbefore provided."
Motion was made by J. 7/. Apperson, Biloxi, Mississippi, that a Mississippi Gulf Coast Division be created to include the territory from the Alabama line to the Louisiana lino. Seconded and carried.
It was moved by Ms G. Hoffman, Pensacola, Florida, and seconded that the divisionirig of Florida be referred to the Florida leaders, together with the President and the Managing Director, and that the matter of- redivisioning be decided after due conference. Carried.
Other rearrangement of these divisions to work in with the changes proposed wero left to the Board of Directors.
Judge Charles E. Chidssy, Pascagoula, Missiobipni, redd a paper on"THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL, A MILITARY NECESSITY." This was followed by a discussion of the .subject by Captain Harry J. Vogel, San Antonio, Texan.
Rogor i,7„ Babson, Boston, Massachusetts, was introduced and spoke to- the delegatee on "Finance.” Hie remarks- were encouraging and the' word "VIM" v/as recommended to the trail as a motto, the "V" standing for VISION;, the "I" for INITIATIVE and the "J!« for MONEY.
The following committoee were appointed by the Chairman:
NOMINATIONS:	F.	B.	JOICISTON,	San Antonio, Texas.
Mayor R. ’J. Webb, B.yy St. Louis, Mississippi.
H.	G, Hoffman, Pensadola, Florida.
RESOLUTIONS:	Ray	H.	Fleming, New Orleans, La.
Mrs.-julie Riegler, San Antonio, Texas.
Mayor John Kennedy, Biloxi, Miss.
Mrs. E, B. Luder, San Antonio., Texas, was introduced and spoke of the work that women must do in beautifying the Trail. "Men may build the road," she said, "but the women must beautify it and make it popular." Mrs. J. C. Hardy, Gulfport, Miss., responded, telling of some of the things that were being done by the woman of Mississippi a1ong these lines.
Mayor YI. E. Lea, Orange, Texas, was introduced and made an impassioned appeal to the delegates to insist within their respective spheres of influence that all trails leading into the OLD SPANISH TRAIL loss their identity where the routesware identical. He spoke