The National tribune., 1884-07-17
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
A Memorial Hall Project Department
RoSterS---All Along the Line.
by Kate B. Sherwood.l

by Kate B. ShertDoodl
Iss.An communicating intended for publication
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington. u. O.
The press of Port Chester, N. Y, makes
highly complimentary mention of the Dept
Sec, Mrs. NJ. E. Hausbeck, New York city, in
instituting Chas. Lawrence Relief Corps, upon
q recent date. The Journal says: She dis
played frmness and knowledge of her work
that would have done credit to the Grand OFF,
GERS OF more pretentious organizations" Her
facetious manner and good-natured sallies kept
the audience in the best of humor. Conn
mander Enoch in introducing Mrs. Hausbeck,
paid noble tribute to the women of the war;
speaking from personal experience, when
wounded at Port Hudson La, when SO many
comforts, prepared by woman's hand, came to
stay and comfort the suffering soldiers. S.-V.-
G. John Foran assisted in the service of in
stallation. The officers installed were: Pres,
Mrs Mary Wakefield; S. v. p, Mrs. Carrie
Hyler; j. v. p, Mrs. Maggie Siltz; Sec,
Mrs Annie E. Sackett; Treas, Mrs. Hannah
DeMott; Chap, Miss Alice Hawkins Con-,
Miss Susie Halpin; g., Mrs Annie E. Terhune.
Vocal and instrumental music, Rotations re-
marks by Comrades DeMott Hyler, Jardine
and Others, followed by refreshments, filled up
an evening OF great interest.
A GOOD QUARTERLY REPORT.
To THE EDITOR: During the quarter ending to-
day Tod Corps, No 8, have mustered in %
members and are to lose one of our charter MEM
bers. Mrs. Henrietta Cashier, who has been our
chaplain ever since we were organized. She
moves to Cleveland. The Corps called on her one
evening after she handed in her resignation and
presented her with beautiful and useful piece of
siiyerware. Memorial Day passed off very nicely
the Corps having made beautiful wreatbs of ever
greens and flowers, with red, white and blue rib
bon steamers, for the 12S graves of fallen
braves. We feel that we were especially honored
by the presence of Dept. Com. Lloyd on that day.
and his eloquent and touching remarks were lis
tened to by nearly all of the Corps as well as the
comrades. The Corps held an ice cream social Mt
the residence of Luea NJ Cooke on the ed of
May and cleared enough to pay for the expenses
strawberry festival and cleared neat sum to be
added to their fund for getting new furniture when
the new hall is completed. That same day
Jolly Guard was son-sruck, and as it is the first
child OF the Corps, she has decided to name him
Tod Bremen. We had letter from our former
Pres, Mrs. Lucy T. Jacobs just after she was set
tied in her Kansas home She had visited the W.
X. Z. at Topeka and spoke very highly of their
Corps and President. was very much pleased
with the letter signed s, - Cedar Bluff, Iowa,
the loyal woman question. would say, " If the
line is drawn anywhere, let it be with those who
were wives and mothers during the war. In go-
ing over our roll-book, find Is out OF 80 would
constitute Tod Corps if the line were drawn theren
daisy, youngstown, Ohio
NEBRASKA AT WORK
To THE EDITOR: As the reports come IN Ne
braska has more reason than ever to be proud of
her loyal women. Very beautiful the zeal
displayed by the Corps everywhere in working
with the veterans of the Posts for Memorial Day
The ladies of Farragut Corps Lincoin s. A Strick-
land Corps, ttastings Lincoln Corps David City;
OF kob,t anderson, Ransoni, SedgwicS, g. G. Wash
burn--in fact, of every Corps in Our Department.
did good work for that day; while at Hastings
Lllicoiil, ana our own town, st Paul, every one
VINO witnessed the ceremonies pronounced them
grand and impressive. at st. Paul the professions
were very imposing civic societies joining with
to symbolic Peace j.ai berty etc Vile -
dressed in white, with scarlet sash and a blue
shield on the LETT breast, with the proper emblem,
represented the various corps of the Union army
as the acorn, shield, triangle, 40 rounds etc Their
work was TO assist in the decoration ceremonies
The address Of Conlrade ard ex-Gov. Abbott, of
Grand Island was noble tribute to comrades Iv-
ing and dead. Hon Thos. DaureaI paid just honor
10 our veteran citizens and urged the citizens to
see to it that the G. A: r. were provided with
suitable hail. and SO discharge great and lasting
debt to the men who wore the bue-LoUIsA II
MERRILL, Pres, Dept. of Nebraska, ST Paul Neb
A KANSAS MEMORIAL HALL.
Fort SCOTT, KAN. July s. 1884
To TIE EnIToR: can give you some par
ticulars concerning the Memorial Hall that w III
Lytie Post and Relief Corps intend erecting at this
place. AS wrote you, the Government Cemetery
is located one and half miles south of the city
and has lovely lodge for the Superintendent 10
occupy The grounds are encircled by q high
stone wall and magnificent gates The drives are
Hi IiiacHianlZeG, ana tile lawn is dotted with
shrubs eyergreens. and forest trees A large ros-
trlim has recently been erected and from the tow
ering staff in the center of the grounds the flag
for which our heroes died floats over them from,
sunrise to suDGet.
Eight cannon. donated by Congress are placed
at intervals, and each grave is marked by a head
stone bearing name, regiment. and State OF the
sleeping hero, where known. Those of whom no
record can be found simply numbered and on
the record book marked Unknown" There are
$50 interments: 65 from Wisconsin. % Ohio ID
Cav, IA from Indiana ID from Illinois from Iowa
from New York; also. l61 unknown Union and
about 30 Confederate dead. Now, you sec what
great and noble work can be done here, in erect
ing, instead of a monument, a hall with tablets in
memory OF, and we expect assistance from the G.
A K. all over the Union and particularly from
the States represented here. We have two elegant
lots which will be decided for that purpose on one
of the principal streets in the city, and as soon as
arrangements can be effected in regard to taxes,
DC, I'VE cleared by our Campfire, and have placed
IN hands of three trustees to invest at good rate
OF interest, the SIM OF ST9,) we propose erect
ing two-story building Of stone and ali we
ask from any soldier Is the price of one stone
Tor the walls. We expect the relatives of the
dead, of course, to place tablet in the in
Der walls in memory of their loved ones The
project is no myth, but will be pushed through
as we must have suitable place for the reception
of the crowds that come to the Decoration Day
services. 1t now costs the Post here annually $50
at least for conducting those services and we must
have assistance to erect this hall. Stone can be
quarred here of the best quality and stone blocks
can be furnished from 80 cents to So each and
considering what lasting reminder this will be to
our growing youth of the heroic deeds of those
who died for flag and country, that alone ought to
be a sufficient incentive to contribute to such
building. We expect to solicit at National En-
campment, and hope the G. A. r. will all interest
themselves in this grand project ANY further par
tIcular5 desired canbe had by addressing the mn.
dersigned.-Presidcnt w. II. LYTLE w R. Corps
No. IL
A CONVERT TO LOYAL WOMEN.
Celia f. p. Foster, Secretary of the ReliefCorps.
Dept of New Hampshire, corrects an error in
the Dept Roster given IN THE TRIBUNE of
July g. NJ. b. Moulton, Laconia, is the present
Dept President, NJ. A. Lul being a Past Presi-
dent 1t is very gratifying that among many
communications received by Mrs. Sherwood.
Endorsing her paper of July 3, on the elligi-
bility of all loyal women to membership
in the Relief Corps, so ardent worker and
former advocate of exclusive membership as
Mrs. Foster should be among the number
Recalling her earlier position in favor of GER
tain restrictions to mem bershp and her partial |
conversion later, Mrs Foster finally saws: "a
year ago, when the national organization first
saw life, | might have been called a partial
convert. But now, as the Order assemblies for |
the first time in annual Convention my heart |
sincerely and reperently responds amen to the |
spirit of your paper on this vexed question of |
and also to the interesting and-E
forcibie argument presented by the comrade |
from Kansas. j sincerely trust that in the |
approaching Convention, soon to be held at |
this matter may be permanently |
settled; but not to the exclusion of loyal
women. In our Dept some of our Corps ex-
clude all but the immediate relatives of soldiers
by advice and in compliance with the wishes |
OF the Posts. But sentiment il chap0;p, onJ |