St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-26

| Lie luOlCS dOOtc uCACi WClC udAOSOmc-
| ly aided in tho reception by Mesdames s.
E. Fuller and L. A. Turner. The ladies
were armed with autograph albums which
were ornamented by the signatures of the
notables.
| A short business session followed during
which com mittee on resolutions were ap-
| pointed, when an adjournment was had un
| til two o'clock.
| AFTERNOON SESSIONS.
| At the afternoon session resolutions were
presented and unanimously adopted express
| ing the condemn alton by the corps of the in
justice done Anna Ella Carroll by Congress
| in refusing to remunerate her for services
| rendered during the war; The execution of
the plans which she had conceived having
decided the fate of the union.
| The following officers were afterwards
| elected:
| THE WOMAN NATIONAL RELIEF CORPS.
E. FLORENCE BARKER, Natl President,
Maiden, Mass.
KATE B. SHERWOOD. Natl S.V. President,
Toledo, o.
E. K. STIMSON, NATL j. V. President, Denver,
LIzABETH A. TURNER, Natl Treasurer, Bos-
! EMILY GARDNER, NATL Inspector, Denver Col,
| MATTE B. MOULTON, Natl Chaplain, Lsconia,
n e..
P. S. RUNYAN. Natl Cond uctor, Warsaw, Ind.
j. w. BEATSON, Natl Guard, Rockford, Ills.
National Corresponding Secretaries.
MARY J. TELFORD Denver, Col.
II. K. DEVENDORF. Topeka Kan.
The annual meeting of the above organic
alton was held yesterday at Curtiss Hall, 81
delegates being present Considerable work of
a routine nature was transacted. A paper was
read by Mrs. NJ. s. Goodall, president of the
department OF Massachusetts,, upon the ex-
emplitication of ritual work.
A report was made by Mrs. Fuller, who
gave an account of the work transacted
by her during the year. In 1888 the report
for last quarter gave the total u Der of corps
as rs, with a membership of 8, 756, the total
| number of corps reported the first quarter of
1884 as 1877, with membership of 4, 962
there probably being now total membership
| of 5000.
Mrs. Turner, as treasurer made report
showing the receipts during the year to be
81, 23I. IS; the expenditures; 4, 1875. IL; bal
ance, on hand S105.24; assets, 81, 652.23.
Liabilities, 81, 516,27.
Mrs Florence L. Parker the president fol-
lowed with an interesting address in which
she gave the history of their work and pro-
gress of the relief corps during the year.
After reading Of prayer by Mrs. Irving,
the installment of the officers of the
corps took place. Mrs. E. Florence
Barker, of Massachusetts, the retiring pre-
sident, who had declined a reelection, made
very graceful address In surrendering the
Office, and her remarks, which were listened
to with marked attention, received loud ap-
plause. The ceremony OF installation, which
was close imitation of the same ceremony
as carried out by the encampment itself, was
gone through Wit 1t hesitation or mistake
by the ladies', and the military salute. which
was given with precision, tiekled the mem
bers of the G. A. H. eucampmeDt.
| A comrade arose and requested in behalf of
the heroes Of Gettysburg and Atlanta that
Mrs. Irving be invited to recite the poem:
ssThe Drummer Boy of Mission Ridge" The
Appropriateness Of the suggestion was at
once recognized. Not only was the only
the authoress present, Mrs. Kate B. Sher-
wood, but Gen Sherman, who was referred
| to In glowing terms in this well known war
poem, and last but not. least the drummer
boy himself In the person of John s. Kountz
who had just been elected grand commander.
Mrs. Irving came forward In responses to en-
thusiastic calls and applause and reeited the
| poem In manner which
was admirable. She is an
elocutionist Of remarkable power and grace
and the occasion was one which inspired her.
| At the close the widest enthusiasm prevailed
and after cheers Comrade Fitzgerald started
the chorus, 'HurTsh, boys, hurrah'' Of
marching through Georgia. He started in
too high key, however, for many Of the
male parties Of the audience to follow him,
and the singing was not general.
General Sherman was then loudly called
for and mounting the stage made one OF the
| best speeches and one Of the longest that
sold Tecumseh" has ever been known to
make. His speech was full Of good points,
and valuable suggestions to the G. A. r.
| He was very graceful in hts remarks to the
| ladies and references TO the work of the Wo-
mans Relief corps. He was often interrupt
ed by applause, which, as he closed, broke
into enthusiastic cheering which lasted sew
| eral minutes.
| Hector. the colored comrade. was next
called for and made one of his unique
speeches, which created no little laughter.
He said that if nature had not made it i'm
possible for blush to be seen upon his
countenance that his face would be found to
be deep red, for it was fattering indeed to
find himself standing upon the stage on the
very spot where his old COM
mander and the greatest general
on earth had just stood when during the war
he used to black the boots of one of that
very generals officers.
At this remark Gen. Sherman sang out
sThat true; that's truel''
Miss Kate P. Sherwood was called for, and,
although she said she could not make
speech, succeeded in creating con siderable
applause and merriment, and, before she
discovered the fact, had made one of the
most interesting addresses of the occasion,
which was notable for good speeches.
There were calls for other speakers, but,
as many of the members of the encampmeat
had gone without dinner the motion of Com
rade Warner TO adjourn sine die prevailed.
The ArfiItery.
The artillery drill by Company F. was
one Of the most attractive features Of the en-
twelve pound rife guns When the battery
came running down the line directly in front
of Company Beath, the cheers of the old
veterans rent the air denoting the fact that
the scene revived memories of war time. The
company is under excellent drill and every
command was obeyed with alacrity and pre-
cision. The horses are powerful and hand
some animals, and were susceptible to every
pull upon the reins. In fact they seemed to
almost understand the significance of the
bugle blasts. The manoeuveres Of q mock
battle were executed and when the cannons