Proper descendants of commissioned officers, aides de camp, and commanding officers of private armed vessels of the United States, the proper descendants of members heretofore dully admitted; and the proper descendants of original members in military societies formed prior to January 8, 1856, by men who served in the armies and navies of the United States in the War of 1812, and to hereditary members heretofore admitted in such military societies and their proper descendants and to the proper descendants of the veteran delegates to the national conventions of the soldiers of the War of 1812, held respectively in the City of Philadelphia on January 9, 1854, and in the City of Washington on January 8, 1855. Inquiries by all qualified persons are welcome