The National tribune., 1884-02-28


That many brave boys must fail.
Under our homestead roof
Nestled so coy and warm.
While soldiers sleep with little or naught
To shelter them from the storm;
Resting on grassy eouches,
Plllowed on hillooks damp,
OF soldiers fare how little we know
Till brothers are i'll the camp.
ChofNS-Brave boys, &c.
Thinking no less of them
Loving country the more,
We send them forth to fight for the flag
Our fathers before them bore.
Though the great tear-drops started,
This was our parting trust
God bless you. boys; we IL welcome you home
When the rebels are III the dust 2
Chorus Brave boys &c.
May the bright wings of love
Guard them wherever they roam,
The time has come when brothers must fight
And sisters must pray at home.
Oh the dread fields of battle
Soon to be strewn with graves
If brothers fall. Ofi bury them where
Our banner III triumph waves
ChorusBrave boys, &c.
''Alter Veteran" Denver, Colo, win accept
the sincere thanks Of the editor for most
complimentary letter, closing with an account
of the yalor Of the men who fell at Chancel-
lorsville. The letter has been translated and
viii appear III part, in an early nGmher. No
apology is needed for writing in die matter-
sprache. AS INLAND says:
Sic tone stolzi Sic weihe
Sich dahin, der Freie
Fuehr Reeht, fuehr Freiheit, spricht
Gut he'll! Zum Deutschen soldaten Won die
Union.
Relief Corps Work.
A THOROUGHLY ORGANIZED DEPARTMENT.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
The Department of Ohio is now thoroughly
0runn izpd for tha on of 1874 The firSt
general order of Mrs Lottie NJ. Myers, WHICH
appears below is to be followed by letter of IN
struction TO Corps presidents The Department
stationery is very handsome Mrs. Myers
writes US she is very busy and hopes to con-
tinue to be. She will be ably assisted by De-
partment secretary, Mrs. Ada f. Clark, and in
the Institution Of Corps by her jealous assist
ants, Miss Emma d. Sibley and Mrs. Josephine
Weller, Department inspector. Ohio comrades
can rely upon faithful service from Relief
Corps headquarters
By resolution of the retiring Department
Commander Colonel e. I. Clark, of Columbus,
the Department of Ohio, G.. A. r., at the
GAINESVILLE EncaInpment, voted unanimously to
make the proceedings of the Department Re-
lief Corps a part Of their own. The joint
report will shortly be issued, and woman's
work in its details thus brought squarely before
every Post in the State Colonel Clark's ac-
tion is deeply gratifying and the crowning act
Of a successful administration.
Article ~ of the General Orders of Depart
ment Commander f. P. Lloyd, issued February
ii, is as follows:
The attention Of comrades is called to the fact
that the WomaI's auxiliary Relief Corps has been
fully organized in the Department of Ohio, and
Mrs. Lotte III. Myers, of Canton, has been elected
and Installed as president. The Importance of the
noble work undertaken by the loyal women of
Ohio in relieving cur suffering comrades and the
widows ana children Of the dead cannot be over
estimated. To the Woman's Relief Corps we give
the heartiest Endorsement and pledge the most
cordial cooperation. Post commanders are espe-
ciay charged TO encourage the formation of Relief
Corps, and at all times to render them all needfui
assistance.
The following is the General Order of De-
partment President:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF OHIO WoMAy's
RELIEF CORPS, AUXILIARY TO gHE G. A. r.,
CANTON, OHIO February Is, 1854.
General Order No J.
Upon assuming the duties of president of the
Department of Ohio. Womans Relief Corps, ]
desire 10 express my grateful aeknowledgnlents
TO the members Of our Order for the high honor
conferred upon me- Realizing the great RESPONSE
blty of the position, earnestly call upon every
member of our Order 10 assist me in making this,
the first year OF our organization as Department,
so successful TO commend ii to that noble
organization to which we are auxiliary.
The first official recognition and Endorsement of
our work as auxiliary to the q. A. r. was given
! by the Department Eneampment of Massachusetts,
in Boston, January, 1881 Later in June 1881, the
! fifteenth National EncaEnpment. held at INDIAN
/ apolis Ind, unanimously adopted resolution
recognizing the Order auxiliary to the Grand
Army Of the Republic. From that time onward
the interest has steadily Increased eliminating in
| the invitation contained in Commander-in- Chief
Paul Van Dervoort's General Order, No. IL to rep
resenafives of Womans Relief Corps and all other
auxaries to the &. A. r., TO meet at Denver, Col.
I July y, 1883, to perfect national Order. This
! invitation was responded to by large number of
active, earnest laborers in the soldier work. and
/ the national organization of the Womans Relief
/ Corps perfected. COMMANDMENTS Chief Robert B.
| Beath in his General Order, No. l. warmly in
dorsed the work of the Woman's Relief Corps.
Immediately after the organization of the Ma
/ tional Order Mrs. Kate b Sherwood, of Toledo,
senior vice president, chief mastering officer and
! provisional president of this Department entered
upon the arduous task OF organizing a Department,
/ and through her vigilant and untring efforts sue
ceeded in perfeeng the organization at GAINESVILLE,
during the Department Encampmerit of the G. A.
| r. where officers for the ensuing year elected.
/ This organization was recognized and warmly in
| dorsed by the retiring Department Commander C.
| T. Clark. and the work commended to every Post
| in the Department in his annual address, and his
| Endorsement heartily approved by the En-
| campment. The newly-elected Department Conn
mander, III. p. Lloyd, has also pledged his earnest
4 support and influence for the promotion of our
! work.
Attention is called to the following:
/ 1st. Subordinate Corps may be formed upon APP
plication to Department Headquarters The appii-
cation for charter shall be signed by at least ten
persons eligible to membership in the Woman m $
Relief Corps, and shall in all cases be accompanied
by the charter fee of FIVE dollars and bear the in
| dorsement of the Post commander
/ 3D. All acquisitions for supplies, books and
papers of the Order should be made on the Depart
| nent treasurer, Matilda Z. Ebersole Canton Ohio
3D.. The insttuting and installing officers of the
| Department are Miss Emma ID. Sibley of Toledo
and Mrs. Josephine Weller, of Hamilton who will
| be respected and obeyed accordingly; but the re-
quest of Corps for any member of the Order as
institutng officer will be honored by a special
| detail
4th. Let every officer Department or Corps
attend promptly and faithfully to the respective
duties of her office, and it will greatly facilitate the
work of the Order.
u We enter upon the first year of our Departmental
existence under the most flatterng circumstances
and require only the same degree of patriotic deyo
ton TO duty which distinguished the Iowa
women during the war to render our Organization
assuaging the sorrow which that conflict entaiIed
Relying confidently upon the hearty cooperation
OF all patriotic women we assume the duties o
our office. LoTSE NJ. MYERS
Department President.
1 ADA r. CLARK.
Department Secretary.
1 ALL ALONG THE LINE
Applications for charter have been sent from
Ohio Headquarters to Comrade J H. Patterson
commander, Fisher Post st. Marys; Conrad,
| NJ. j.. Edwards, commander, Treseott Post
Salem, and Mrs. Susan Given, Wooster. Thes,
are all first-class Grand Army towns, and vii
have strong Relief Corps.
Mrs. Barker, National President writes us
she has ordered supplies for the newly-organ
! lied Departments of Ohio New York. Kansas
Illinois and Nebraska, and sent full instruc
| tions to Department presidents.
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