The National tribune., 1884-09-11
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
Gleanings from National Headquar-
ters--News from the Departments.
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL WoMAN's RELIEF
CORPS, TOLEDO, O.
KATE b. SHERWOOD National President
EMMA ID. SIBLEY, National Secretary.


Business at National Headquarters continues
active, and not having, as yet settled into the
regular routine, is varied and interesting in
character, with its importation of inquiries,
its expectation of responses, its revenue of
willing assistance, and its sinking fund of con-
gratulations. 1t is to be hoped that the present
administration will retain the patronage of the
past, and the establishment never be "closed
for invoice"
Through an unexpired lease, parties occupy
ing the Office designed for headquarters have
only to-day vacated the same, and the scene
presented there this morning was to your cor
respondent most forcble reminder of the APP
proach of that season of chaotic households
the Fall house cleaning. However, out of the
rubbish and kalsomne will soon result order
and cleanliness, and more pleasant and commo-
dious apartments could not be wished for.
Ladies of the Relief Corps, jot this down on
your memoranda of praiseworthy achieve
ments: A wise and good Judge" learned
and eloquent member of both the GAR. and
the Knights of Honor, predicts a neater, more
orderly and inviting headquarters than the G.
A r. have ever had, because of the presence of
women at National Headquarters.
A formal surrender of supplies from the Past
National Secretary, Mrs. Fuller, has taken
place. The shipshape" of this neatly packed
box, with its carefully labeled files and busi-
ness-like books and documents, has called forth
a most deserving compliment on viewing the
contents year of work well done.
ROUTINE WORK.
During the past week there have been for
warded, by express, to National Corresponding
Secretaries and other officers who have signi-
fed their acceptance of appointment, 21 pack
ages of stationery and printed matter necessary
to the successful management of the work as
signed them, besides parcels less bulky by
mail. Calls for further supplies of General
Orders, No. l, have been promptly responded
to, and in two instances copies of Rules and
Regulations, blank applications for charter,
ETC., have been sent, by request, to Department
Commanders, whose willing hearts and ready
hands are offered in furtherance of our work.
Applications for charter have been issued to
Comrades w. S. Cole, of Post 239, Cooperville,
Mich; t. a. Harris, Commander, G. III. Thomas
Post, indianapolis, Ind; Rev. Robt. McCune,
Kokomo, Ind; Edwin F. Applegate, Com
mander, Capt. James w. Conover Post, Free
hold, n. j.; Vim. S. Cobb, Commander, ]. B.
Morris Post, Long Branch, n. j.; j. c. Dunkle,
Commander, Post IA, Huntington, Pa; Lewis
c. Moore, Columbus, Ind, and to Mrs Ella A.
G. Karns, Mt. Etna, Adams Co.; also, through
Commander in Chief John S. Kountz to Com
rade E. B. Howard, Adj't, Admiral Farragut
Post, Kansas City, Mo. In States having regu
larly formed or Provisional Departments, the
applications are always made returnable to the
Department Secretary; in all other cases, to the
National Secretary.
OFFICIAL DECISIONS.
A recent important decision of the National
President, bearing on the subject of special in
itiations given outside the regular meeting
place of the Corps, is IN substance as follows ::
Department Presidents may grant special dis
pensation to Corps Presidents TO initiate candi-
dates at their homes in exceptional cases OF
course, this deviation from our regular order of
| business applies only to cases where candidates
are detained from the meeting by prolonged
| invalidism, and are at the same time in every
way eligible to membership In the Corps.
Another decision is with reference to the
wearing of badges by officers pro tens-viz. !:
Officers pro TEN are entitled to the badge of the
Office which they are filing as substitutes only
in Corps meetings, and not occasions of social
entertainment or in public gatherings of any
| kind where the Corps may be called out by or
| der of the President or acting President. For
| example: a Senior Vice President occupying
the chair of the President, will wear the Presi-
| dents badge while the Corps is in session; but,
although still performing the duties of the
/ President outside the Corps meeting viii al
| ways wear her Senior-Vice badge.
ENCOURAGING OFFICERS LETTERS
| Additional letters from Department Com
mander5 and others, to whom were sent copies
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for assistance in carrying out the objects of our
Order, are of this weeks encouragements.
From these is deduced the following, congratu-
| latory of the achievements already gained, and
prophetic of still brighter future:
The Relief Corps shall continue to receive what
influence and support / give it during the re-
mander of my admnistration.-Joh ID. Billings.
! Commander, Department of Massachusetts,.
| We assure you that the work you have in hand
will receive the warm encouragement of the De-
partnent officers.-Ben ID. House, Assistant Adju-
tant- General, Department of Indiana.
/ / am heartily in accord with you In the good
work in which you are engaged, and shall be only
too glad to aid you in any way that my limited ac-
| quaintance will admit-John Taylor, Quartermas.
| ter General.
i can assure you that any assistance that can
| render the W.Is.C. will be willingly and promptly
| given-C b. Stiilson, Assistant Adjutant-G General
| Department of Iowa.
/ Iinclose you a copy of our Circular No. T. dated
| April %, showing that we alive to the work
done by your organization, and that we have been
| willing to give helping hand. We wish you
every success in your good work. God bless you
Geo. B. Squires, Assistant Adjutant- General, De
partment of New York.
shall take great pleasure using what influence
7 may possess to establish the W.R.C. on firm
foundation in this Department of the Grand Army
/ shall soon make visits to Chattanooga and othel
points, and may be able to form Corps.-Edwart
| s. Jones, Commander Department of Tennessee.
A BLESSING FROM A SOLDIER CHAPLAIN.
Rev. VIM. Earnshaw, DID,. Past Commander
int Chief and Chaplain of the National Soldiers
| Home, Dayton, O., in acknowledging an appli
| cation made by the National President for
Missouri veteran desiring admission to the
Home concludes his letter as follows:
The fact of his writing you, is very pleasin,
evidence of the necessity of the grand organization
over which you preside. This is only one of tn
many channels in which you will find abundan
work. God bless you and every member of th
Woman's Relief Corps. have read General Order
No. l. with intense interest, and am very proud o
every word it contains.
Comrade JOS. Ferguson, ND, Past Medica
Director Department of Pennsylvania, send
congratulations to National Headquarters, an,
evinces an active interest in the Woman's Re
lief Corps.
WELCOME VISITORS.
Besides the letters Department rosters Gen
eral Orders, circulars, etc. have been receive,
from New York, Ohio New Jersey, Wisconsin
Nebraska, Maine Maryland, and Michigan, al
of which are particularly useful, while the ros
ters afford means of direct communication witt
Post Commanders throughout the States
pleasant diversion for the officers at Headquar
ters has been the perusal of some wide-awak
soldier papers sent them, each with its inter
esting Department of Relief Corps news. The,
are: The Veterans AdUocate, Concord, n H.; th
Knight and Soldier, Topeka, Kan; the Soldier
Friend of Beattyville KY, and our old friend
The Veterdn of Lansing, Mich. All are mos
welcome visitors, and it is hoped they vii
come again.
ZEAL FOR THE NATIONAL ORDER.
I cannot close this weeks chat with th
ladies without reference to the numerous an
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