The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-01-24
THE WORK GOES ON.


THE WORK GOES ON.
Relief Corps Notes from Various Points Along the
Line.
Major w. B. Shocl1ly, of Fort Scott, oficiated
as installing officer for w. III. Iytle Relief Corps.
The officers are as follows: President, Mrs c.
III. Haynes; senior vice-president. Mrs. H.
Pond; Junior vice president, Mrs. Lucas; Sec
retary, Mrs. w. B. Shockly: treasurer, Mrs. G.
Myers; chaplain, Mrs W. Cermary; conductor,
Mrs. McCombs; guard, Mrs. Dodson. The
Corps will be fully represented at Topeka,
February 4th, TO organize Department Corps.
The Dahlgnaa Gun was a bright, crisp little
soldier sheet, published in connection with
the fair, In South Boston. of Dahlgren Post
and Corps. resulting IN grand success. The
Corps, organized in April, 1881, numbers nearly
one hundred zealons and noble-hearted women.
They have done a grand work among the sol
der poor. The newly installed officers are:
President Mrs. NJ. E. Lawton; senior vice
president, Mrs. Dora G. Ross; junior vice
president, Mrs n. III. Vaughn; secretary, Mrs.
J. L. Spooner; treasurer, Mrs. Fannie Wilcox;
chaplain, Mrs. Eleanor Johnston; conductor,
Mrs. Susie E. Young guard, Mrs. Hattie M.
Tuttle.
8 Broomstick,n New Haven, Conn, writes us
that Relief Corps No. g. auxiliary to Admiral
OF officers on the 2d inst, at which al the old
officers were installed, as follows: President,
Mrs. Juliet /. Baldwin; senior vice president,
Mrs. Mary J. Dyer; junior yiee-president,
Mrs. Phebe A. Foster; secretary. Miss Ida p.
Beecher; treasurer, Mrs Louisa c. Goodrich
chaplain. Mrs. Hattie Buckingham conductor,
Mrs. Emily Sharp; guard, Mrs. Lizzie Arnold.
0nr correspondent adds that the Corps, which
was organized on the 10Th Of May last, with
sixty-six charter members, has now member
ship of SS: over 81 900 In the treasury, and is
in every way prosperous.
Since January lst the Relief Corps in many
places have been pushed to the utmost to pro-
vide for the suffering soldiers families, which
the severe weather found lily prepared, in the
way OF food and clothing. Forsyth Relief
Corps, Toledo the first two weeks In the
month, were called upon to arrange for two
funerals, two births, and 70 provide articles
Of clothing and food for over twenty-five per-
sons, over the usual average of about twenty
per month, the great majority of whom were
children. In one comrades family the mother
gave birth to twins, having four other children
under ten, and another comrades wife died
leaving six boys, the youngest year old and
Corps are constantly met with the question:
What do yon do? thought all the soldiers
children We're grown up bL this time"
Fora IL Fran, secretary of Patchin Corps,
Burton, Ohio, writes ns that the installation of
the officers of Patchin Post conducted by
Gomrade III. w. Grittenden, Senior Post Com
| mander, was happy occasion 60 all. Patchin
Corps attended in body, and the hall was
well filed with friends of the Grand army.
There was speech-msking, singing, and an
] oyster supper served TO over three hundred.
| Mrs. Fran says: The ladies united in bring
/ ing together such a quantity of everything
I good 10 cat there was enough and to spare, and
as for oysters, il any one left that hall hungry
for them, il was their own fault, and it was
4 very evident that, though so many of the boys
have seen many times when actual starvation
held them in its strong grip they did not
I intend this occasion 10 remind them of that
unless by contrast. The occasion was pleas
ant one and long to be remembered as the
I beginning Of what promises 10 be happy New
4 Year. We are very proud Of our Post. it
I having gained rs new members in the last
4 year, which is considered excellent. For those
! who live IN the country labor under one dis
advantage those in the city do not-that OF
! living 50 Ear away. The officers are men who
not only take pride but manifest great enthu-
siasm in the work they have to do. and per-
form their duties creditably to the Order they
represent"
The following is an extract from the annual
report OF the secretary Of the Ladies' Aid As
sociation of the Massachusetts Soldiers Home
at Chelsea In reviewing briefly the general
1 work Of the Ladies' Aid Association during the
past year, it is pleasant to refer to the sociabil
Ity and harmony which have been character
istic features Of Its monthly gathering; TO the
increasing interest manifested IN the Soldiers
Home, and 20 the cordial response which has
greeted efforts for its support. The association
has total membership OF 335, and forty
cities and towns Of the State are represented
leading feature, that is appreciated by both
officers and inmates Of the home, is the weekly
visits Of the Board of Visitors, who have pro
Tlded Sabbath services and arranged a series
Of dramatic, musical and literary entertain.
Inents, securing. In many instances, the best
professional talent. They have made over sew
enty-fye official visits, and their.list of contri
buttons embraces several hundred articles A
reference 70 the matron's reports shows that ths
Momans State Relief Corps has sustained itt
reputation as a valuable auxiliary TO the g. A
r., the department officers and subordinate
corps having always co-operated with all PLAN
for the benefit of the home The formal pre-
scutation Of a flag by Mrs. J. G. johnson, tlli
address Of Miss Clara Barton and other exer
cises connected with the anniversary picnic
July q, and the assembling Of 400 members Ans
friends az the reception rendered the Board o
Trustees, October 4th are incidents in on
past years history that viii be pleasantly re
mcmbered. The report closes with a eompli
rnentary allusion 20 the services of the eficien
president, Mrs. Dyer, and congratulations t
the members upon the auspicicus prospects G
the ensuing year"