The National tribune., 1883-11-08

you will do 1t. Yes, not only the care of the
country, but your fathers graves will have to be
remembered and, decorated. Watch those graves
carefully, for they sacred And if our dear old
flag should ever Be threatened again you will have
to step to the front and protect it with your life
blood If necessary --and I know you will do it.
God bless you My husband was member of
company ], Third Ohio regiment, and was wounded
in The head at Perryyille, KY.
Fraternally, yours,
REBEcCA T. BENNETT,
President Of Auxiliary to James st. John Post.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Let every reader of THE TRIBUNE read every
word of Comrade Wamsley's letter, so full of
encouragement for wemans work in the g. A.
r., and for which the editor is especially CRATE
ful. Give US the old soldiers for a backing, and
the women of America will stop at no cost and
no sacrifice in making their work as real and
practical as did the women of the war on the
battlefields and on the Government transports
Comrade Wamsley, here is our hand with our
heart in it And now that you have got into
the Experience Meeting and have escaped un-
harmed, we trust you will come often, and may
be some time we shall have some hot coffee and
baked chicken to hand around again
Applications for charter in Ohio were for
warded through the Woman's Department Of
THE TRIBUNE the past week to E. A. Good
rich, z. c., Deios Northway Post, Orwell, Ohio;
@. ID. Eastman, Adj't Winslow Post, Milford,
Nebraska; L. r. Hart, Adj't Weiser Post, Du-
pont, Ohio; T. G. Bishop, p c., Middletown,
Ohio; G. J. Deitrick, P. c.. Gallon, Ohio Mrs.
c. L. Clarke, secretary Woman's Auxiliary,
Columbus, Ohio, and J. St. J. Clarkson, P. c..
Dayton, Ohio.
Comrade j. St J. Carkson, editor of the
Dayton Sunday People, Commander of Edward
A. King Post and Assistant Inspector Depart
ment of Ohio is an active Grand Army man,
and an earnest advocate of Relief Corps work.
He writes us that Dayton can organize a corps
OF seventy-five or one hundred to begin with.
Good for Daytonl
Mrs Julia Hill, the widow of Gen. Charles
w Hill, one of the first Ohio soldiers to be ap-
pointed a4brigadier general in 1861, serving in
the West Virginia campaign, contributes an in
teresting sketch 0fthe Soldiers and Sailors Ohio
Orphans Home at Xenia, Ohio, where Mrs.
Hill is one of the efficient corps of teachers
Comrade Thomas e. Woods Commander of w.
II. l.. Wallace Post EIdOrado, Kansas, writes
us that the Post is composed of the very best
men in the community, and that the loyal
ladies are now organizing Relief Corps and
will work, and adds that none who deserve
help shall be left to suffer AS Eldorado is the
home of Kansas Widow" our generous COM
rades and Corps will be glad to know that the
Post has pledged itself to look after the family
according TO their needs
Mrs. Lottie NJ. Myers, the efficient secretary
of the newly installed Canton (Ohio) Relief
number of the members OF the Post since you
were here, and they, one and all, expressed
themselves highly pleased with the installation
service. l can safely say we have the best
wishes OF every member of Canton Post, No p,
and hope the ladies will sustain with credit
the honor that has been conferred upon them"
The fourth annual convention of the Depart
ment of New Hampshire, Woman's Relief Corps,
was the largest and most interesting ever held
in the State. The Department has been de-
veloping in numbers and efficiency, under the
able administration of Department President
Matte b. Moulton, who is the chaplain of the
National Corps.
correspondent writes THE TRIBUNE from
Ithica, New York, that Moses Wisner Post re-
Gently held a very enjoyable Campfire, and is
in fourishing condition generally Many of
the comrades favor q woman's auxiliary, but
none has yet been formed. The particulars of
the death of Col. Terence J. Kennedy, Auburn,
New oTk, our correspondent asks for, and says !:
enlisted as member of his company, which
was company B, April 16, 1861, to serve two
years, and was mustered out with the regi-
ment." The letter is signed "Wife of Henry
T. Jenner," and concludes as follows: Fra
teruity, Charity and Loyalty means every
thing that mortal could ask for, and we, as
comrades and their wives and heirs, must live
up to the lofty principles inculcated, and l ex-
tend my hand in friendship and love to all the
loyal boys who wore the blue and their CO.
workers wherever found"