The National tribune., 1884-09-04
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
Gleanings from National Headquar-
ters--EchoeS from the Departments.

HEADQUARTERS. NATIONAL WoMANs RELIEF
CORPS, TOLEDO, o.
KATE B. SHERWOOD, National President.
EMMA ID. SIBLEY, National Secretary.
TOLEDO, o., Aug. 81.
The following extracts are from letters of
National and Department officers of the GAR.
received during the week ending Aug %:
can only say that will be only too happy to
forward your noble work-WM D. HALL. NJ D.,
Surgeon-General, GA r., Altoona. Pa
In my next General Order will refer to your
valuable organization have read General Order,
No l, and think it would be wise to send to
every Post in the Unon.-HENRY NJ. MENUS, Com
mander, Department of New Jersey, Red Bank,
N. J..
We will take great pleasure In calling attention
to your noble work in our next General Order, and
in this Department.-THos. L. MATTHEWS, Assist
ant AdJutant- General, Department of Maryland,
Baltimore Md
We take vital interest in your organization,
and fully realize the importance of every Post in
the United States having an auxiary.-BRAD. p.
Cook Assistant Adjutant- General, Department of
Nebraska, David City Neb.
1t will give me pleasure to render any assistance
in my power to the Woman's Relief Corps, both
State and Natonal.-BENJ. WILLIAMS. Commander,
Department of Maine. Rockland, Me.
GLEANINGs FROM HEADQUARTERS.
Comrade Z. F. Applegate, in applying for
application from Freehold, n. j., says Capt.
James w. COnover Post, No. 63, desire to form
an auxiliary which admits to membership all
loyal ladies.
The special field assigned to Mrs. Maggie
Davis, President, Mansfield Corps, Brooklyn,
N. Y, and National Corresponding Secretary
and Instituting and Installing Officer, is New
Jersey. Comrades desiring information in the
formation of Relief Corps will address as above.
The special field assigned to Mrs. G. T. Rus
coll Notionol dino In
stituting and Installing Officer, Zanesyille, o.,
is Kentucky. Comrades of that State will apply
to Mrs. Russell for full information in forming
Relief Corps
Among applications forwarded from National
Headquarters the past week are the following !:
Ella A. G. Karns Mt. Etna, Ia; Comrade 7. I'll.
Harris, George III. Thomas Post, No. II, Indian
apolis, Ind; Comrade E. F. Applegate, editor
of the Monmouth Inquirer, Freehold, N. j.;
Rev. Robert McCune, Kokomo, Ind; Comrade
r. w. Quackenbush, Quartermaster, E. o. G..
Ord Post, Carleton, Neb.; Comrade Elias Moore,
P. c., Maxwell Post, Kingston.
Invitations are acknowledged to the 18th
annual Reunion of the 9TH Mich South Lyon,
Mich; to the Soldiers and Sailors Association
of Dakota, to be held at Yankton, Sept. 8, 10,
and IL, and the Northern Indiana Soldiers and
Sailors Reunion at Mishawaka, Ind, Sept. II
and 18 At the Mishawaka Reunion soldiers
monument at Battell Park will be unveiled.
EXCHANGE OF TRIBUTES.
The following are the officers of Abraham
Lincoln Relief Corps, Chicago, Ill: Pres, Mrs.
Edward Roby; S. Y.-P, Mrs. A. B. Russ; j..
V-P., Mrs. L. c. Colt; Sec, Mrs. NJ. L. Vaughan !;
Treas, Mrs. ]. Boiles; Chap, Mrs. G. w. Wade !;
Con-, Mrs. Frank Fox; g., Mrs. n. FanestOck.
Following a public installation before the Post,
Comrade G. E. Vaughan presented the Presi-
dent with beautiful gold badge as a slight
testimonial of Mrs. Roby's great and lasting
services in behalf of the veterans OF Chicago.
Mrs. Roby's reply was most happy, in which
she paid a glorious tribute to the Grand Army,
in which she said:
Nineteen years and one month ago newspapers
ofthe Old World predicted that with the disbanding
OF our great army million men trained to vices OF
camp and field known to the Old World would be
cast upon the people. That they would revel in
crime and debauchery; that anarchy would take
the place of law, and virtuous government would
soon be at an end. Now in the Grand Army of the
Republic are gathered half million men; bald
heads and grey are here before me. as IN every
Post they gather, telling of added years. But they
are marks of honorable age. Those VINO were first
in war have been first in peace. None have ex-
celled them in the promotion of education, of
virtue, honor, and obedience to the law. Instead
of the predicted poison TO the body polite, after
these 20 years, upon the banner of the Grand Army
of the Republic throughout every State we read
these objects: ITO maintain true allegiance to the
United states of America, based upon paramount
respect for, and fidelity to- the National Consttu-
ton and laws; to dlscountenance whatsoever tends
to weaken loyalty, incites to nsurrection treason
or rebellion, or In any manner impairs the effi-
cheney and permanency OF our free institutions and
to encourage the spread of universal liberty equal
rights and justice TO all men,"
This Is the rock on which our Republic stands.
FLAG RELIC AT THE LINCOLN HOMESTEAD.
When the battle-fags of Illinois were placed
in permanent position at the dedication of Me-
mortal Hall, Springfield, ILL.,, the flagstaff OF
the 21st H., Gen. Grants regiment, was found
| to be too long, and piece of it was sawed of
and presented to Mrs Edward Roby, of Chi
| cago, now President of Abraham Lincoln Re-
| lief Corps. When once in her possession she
| bequeathed part of it to Capt. Oldroyd, who
| is in possession of the Lincoln homestead. and
there it is on exhibition among the vast num-
! Der OF relics which grace that place.
woMAN's STATE RELIEF CORPS OF MAINE
LETTER FROM ITS PAST PRESIDENT.
| To THE EDITOR: i desire through the medium OF
your paper to contribute something that may be oi
interest to the readers of THE TRIBUNE who in
/ terested in Relief Corps Work. Although the
Woman's State Relief Corps OF Maine is not part
| of the National Organization, have thought il
well to give the origin of the first Corps IN this
State and, far as L can learn, the first in the
| United States; but of this much l am positive
that it the first Corps to work with rItual and
| secret work. Bosworth Relief Corps, No. l. OF
Portland Me-, organized June 6, 1869, and from
| this small organization away-down in Maine,
think have authority for stating, grew the State
| corps Oh massachusetts ana NdLlOnal OEStill-
| zaton at Denver, Colo, July, 1883. / make this
statement for the benefit of all interested in Relief
Corps Work, as noticed in the address of the Ma
| tional President Mrs E. Florence Barker that she
| says, "The date of the first membership i cannot
ascertain, etc.
My authority for saying that the State Corps OF
| Massachusetts, grew out of our Maine organization
is this: Correspondence began in the year 1877 be-
! tween 4. " Sumner Post. No. 10, GAR. of Fitch
| burg Mass, and Bosworth Post, of this City, re
] garding the organization of a Corps auxiliary tt
| +. V. Sumner Post. The first communication was
| addressed to the Commander of Bosworth Post
| Portland, Me- and signed by Sidney Sbley, of z
V. Sumner Post, Fitchburg, dated Oct. p, 1877
/ The above referred to as President OF Bos
worth Relief Corps and correspondence begaI
both of Fitchburg. January 10, 1878, T.. V. sum
ner Relief Corps organized by officers from
Bosworth Corps, of this city, myself being one o
that number Some time IN 1879 the Massachusetts
State organization was formed, those interested
meeting at Fitchburg with the already organized
body for that purpose and at the same time changed
| the constitution so to admit all loyal ladies
which we did not, neither do we at this time. Blu
for the admission of any but mothers wives
daughters and sisters of soldiers and Sailors il
Maine should no doubt be part o. the Natona
Relief Corps. Yet, we are not alone on that ques
ton; other States oppose the admission of any bu
aboye-named relatives, New Jersey in partcula
not having allied itself to the National on that
and 26, voted to admit ex-army nurses to member
ship in addition to those already named.
Now, word to the progress made by th
| Womans State Relief Corps of Maine in the yea
just passed, and the first one of our existence
State Corps We organized June 49, 1888 with min
organization, not penny in the treasury. In June
1884, had paid for printed rituals, constitution
circulars letter blanks. charters and in fact
everything with report from the treasurer Q
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