[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 42, of Sing Sing, who are located in Peekskill, was organized March 10, 1880, for the purpose of affording instruction ami drill to membefljj and to more effectually promote the interests of the parent coinmanderv by unity of purpose and action. The association is composed of twenty-two members. CORTLAXPT 411 thirteen active and nine dormant, — the latter to fill vacancies which must sooner or later occur. Thomas J. Hodgkins is the present Commander; John Han-cock, Generalissimo; Wm. Mabie, Captain-General, and George Sykes, Secretary and Treasurer. Excursions to the ocean have been given yearly, under the auspices of the'assoeiation, which have be-come very popular with the citizens, and a source of considerable revenue to the organizers. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. — The first lodge of Odd Fellows in Peekskill was Cort-landt Lodge, No. 55, the charter for which was granted August 18, 1841. The names of the peti-tioners were John C. Hitchcock, Caleb H. Bosworth. James L. Seabury and James M. Frear. Its first meeting-place was in the building on Main Street, adjoining the old plow-works on the east, and the next in the building on the northeast corner of Main and Union Streets. In 1848, while in this locality, the trouble in the order occurred, which re-sulted in the formation of a Northern and a Southern Grand Lodge in the State.