"America's Secret Establishment", by Antony C. Sutton, 1986, page 5-6, states: "Those on the inside know it as The Order. Others have known it for more than 150 years as Chapter 322 of a German secret society. More formally, for legal purposes, The Order was incorporated as The Russell Trust in 1856. It was also once known as the "Brotherhood of Death". Those who make light of it, or want to make fun of it, call it 'Skull & Bones', or just plain 'Bones'.
The American chapter of this German order was founded in 1833 at Yale University by General William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft who, in 1876, became Secretary of War in the Grant Administration. Alphonso Taft was the father of William Howard Taft, the only man to be both President and Chief Justice of the United States.
To learn more, read Antony Sutton's "America's Secret Establishment." Originally released in the early 80's, the book was researched based on a Skull & Bones membership list/book that was given to him by an ex-Bonesman. At the time the book was written, critics dismissed the list as false. Now, 25 years later, we know the list is true. George W. Bush and John Kerry we're both listed in their correct (and now admitted) years. Sutton did his research on Skull & Bones while he was a professor at Yale.
