The National tribune., 1885-06-25


Yours, in F., C. aud L.,
CoRPs To DEPARTMENTJ
HEADo' Rs. CoRPs No.. DEPARTMENr wRG
AUXILIARY To THE GAR
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Eadam:
Yours, in F., c. and L.,
G-.......... H...........
Corps President
>, DEPARTMENT TO NATIONAL HEADeuARrERsl
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT oF.............. W. r O..
AUXILIARY TO THE GAR.
Madam:
Yours, in F. c. and L.,
Department President.
The official orders of a Corps viii be signed:
By order of..--............., Corps President
A..-.....-.. B..--.....-.
Secretary
[Of Department:
By command Of Department President
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G.......... H............,
Department Secretary
OF National Headquarters:l
By command Of National President
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National Secretaru
Orders received by Corps should be read with
communications, notices. etc. in regular order Of
business at the next meeting after their reception
No vote Is necessary on their reception. If busi-
ness Is suggested it lays until 50 New Busi-
ness; otherwise the orders will be duly fled
Under the same head of economy in correspond
ence l would offer still another suggestion viz:
The liberal use of printed matter wherever and
whenever il is proper to do The saving in post
age will soon balance with the price of printing,
besides giving better satisfaction 10 those under
command. The simple circulars sent out with ap-
plication for charter, generally in use have
alone, dare say, saved many hours of writing for
already oyer-taxed handsand brains. There should
also be a blank furnished all In5titutng and In
staiiing Officers, such as, for example tine one
adopted by the Department President of Massa-
chuSettS and Ohio, which combine a conyeniens
form of official report of the insttuting OF Corps
with a voucher for the officer performing the WORK.
am of the opinion that such blanks should be
recognized as essentially part of supplies; and in
order that the reports may be uniform the National
Treasurer be able to meet all acquisitions for tho
same made by Departments. For convenience in
preparing newspaper publications as an inter-
change OF Department news, the value OF the blank
Is unquestioned
to make suitable recognition of the encouragement
and support given Order by the Grand Army
newspapers and journals of the country almost
without exception. With many pleasant ex-
change for General Orders other printed matter
OF interest to the soldier public has been MAIN
tanned at Headquarters during the entire year. A
Relief Corps or Loyal Woman's Department is now
very generally regarded as an important aduGet to-
any paper published in the interest of the soldier
the wide-awake Michigan Veteran appropriately
classing such news items under the head OF Loyal
Left" While to each and ali we owe much for
assistance which can not be derived from any other
source, particularly is this true of THE NATIONAL.
TRIBUNE, of Washington ID. c.. the only DIS per in
direct communication with National IIeadti quarters.
Neither space, notification, fact. favor OF
kind has ever been refused, and the weekly con-
tributions of long columns of valuable information
it has contained edited by National President,
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appreciation and warinest thanks of every member
of the Woman's Relief Corps. Permit NE TO urge
upon the various officers in command the appoint
ment of correspondents in Corps and Departments
for some one or more of these numerous papers, as
the surest and shortest road to the great ield Of
labor destined TO be assigned to the Woman'S Re-
lief Corps
Seven General Orders and five Special Orders
have been issued during your term, also Cir
ders, No. 2 was sent out to every Post es well as
Corps In the country, call for contributions
the fund for relief OF army nurses.
And now, in surrenderiug the appointment with
which you have honored me for the past year
desire express to You my earnest heartfelt thanks
for the never failing, wise and loving counsel the
tender but sustaining sympathy In hours Of tenn
porary WEAKNESS and encouragement, and, too for
the kindly spirit in which you have ever regarded
my many shortcomings, as an associate officer bear
ing responsibilities peculiarly affecting the welfare
and harmony of the Order. To you, my honored
President, / am indebted for the happiest year OF
official life possible in the gift of n superior ofieeR
the days, weeks, months all blended into un-
broken chain OF Eeinsries that will serve To syeeten
and purify all my thoughts and aspirations while
memory lasts.
In the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army.
John ). kountz, the National officers OF the Relief
Corps at Headquarters well members of our
Order everywhere who have been in any way otii-
cialiy associated with him, have ever found warm
friend and a willing counselor in anything pertain
ing to the good of the Order. In this have such
officer and member shared with grateful appreeis-
ton. To the ever courteous, kind and truly gal
liant Adlutant- General. tOmr2ue w. w. AlcOru.
without whose advice and assistance might have
faltered and failed many times. also due my
bounded thanks as representative of the Womans
Relief Corps. Much of the system introduced in our
work for the past year purely the product of his
Judge Acknowledgement ID. r. Austin and Senior
Add Camp II. H. Cochrane the same grateful
thanks extended for invaluable aid in carrying on
the work of the Secretary's office to its present.
somew bat commendabe status. In truth, the motto
of the Grand Army of the Republic and its Auxili<
ary has never been more befi;tingly exemplified
than in the fraternai charitable and loyal character
of the treatment of your assistant at Headquarters
at all times by the recognized heads of the Grand
Army itself.
To enumerate the acts of fraterusl regard shown
me by members of our Order or to speak R
language were at my command, my whole thanks
to those with whom L have been most directly in
terested, would require time and space which do
not consider proper to appropriate But at the same
time cannot close the volume of this years ex-
perienee, summarily reviewed to-day, without
referring to some of its most memorable pages,
clear bright and unsoiled by the faintest touch OF
or ingrat1tu0e. t1ctureu mere are tG6
faces well known to me, of our faithful Corresponds
ing Secretaries, Mrs Hampton. of Michigan; Mrs.
Bowen of Nebraska; Mrs. Russell. of Ohio Insti.
tutng and Installing Officer Mrs. Lincoln, of Utah,
and our Jealous untiring and efficient Chief Insti-
tuting and Installing Officer, Mrs Holbrook of our
own city of Toledo. Other pages bear record Of
valued. helpful assistance from those whom / have
known through correspondence only, but for whom
treasure friendship that needs not the eye to
nor the to hear. OF this number Mrs.
Davis of New York; Mrs. Foster, of Maine; Miss
of Missouri, and Miss Monroe, of Iowa,
all Assistants the Staff of the National President
and with whom L have held extensive correspond.
enee in furtherance of our work in their respective
districts.
The National Officers have one and all ever
eheerfuiy responded to any call for assistance in
correspondence for the perfeeting or
of our work, Mrs. Fuller Senior
ce-President and Mrs. Anderson, Junior Vice.
President having particularly aided in tightening
my laborS in this regard; while to my associate,
Mrs. l.. A. Turner. National Treasurer Is rendered
q peculiar debt of gratitude for the relations to
me- so happily preserved throughout the year.
The promptness and precision with which all buSt-
ness between the offices of Secretary and Treas
urer has been dispatched and adjusted whenever
praise, and must commend her the faithful
keeper of the funds of the organization to the hg<
est admiration of every lover of order and system.
With the close of this Convention, Mrs. Presi-
dent, severed our official relations the head
and hand of the Womans Relief Corps, but the
hearts that prompted US to assume the duties of
respective positions must remain firmly united IN
the indissoiuble bonds of Fraternity, Charity, and
Loyalty.
May the - Giver OF every good and every perfect
gift " bless all the works of the WOmans Relief
Corps, give to one ana all enlisted under Its bannee