The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-08-06

shall be draped in mourning for 90 days: that these
resolutions be put upon the records Of our Corps;
ceased; also, to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for publi-
cation.-Isabella Bradford, Jennie Davis, Lydia A.
Prescott, Oakland, Cal.
STATE RELIEF CORPS OF MAINE
HEADQRs. WosfAN's STATE RELIEF CORPS orr
MAINE. AUXILIARY To THE GRAND ARMY OF
THE REPUBLIc. PORTLAND. Me-. July Is, 1885.
The announcement that Gen o. s. Granthas an
swered to the roll call of the Great Commander Is
received.
Therefore all Corps in this State viii drape their
Charters in mourning for 80 days, thereby showing
their respect for his memory.
All Corps in this State, If consistent, viii hold an
Open Memorial Service Aug. s, in honor Of this
great hero.
Corps Presidents will attend to this as soon az
possible, fully reporting the same to these head
quarters.
A telegram of sympathy has been rendered the
bereaved family of our dead hero in behalf of the
Wonans State Relief Corps of Maine.
Mrs. A. NJ SAWYER. President.
Mrs o. Il. LEcROw, Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF VERMONT
HEADQUARTERS DEPAETMENT OF VERMONT, I
WoxAN's RELIEF CORPS,
AUXILIARY THE c. AR 4
BRATTLEBoRo, July %, 1885.
Our Nation mourns the death of It's great cham
p;on and leader. Through nine long months he
brGvely endured disease, but now he has found
lease from WEAKNESS and suffering and has entered
into his eternal rest In the death of the undsunted
soldier Ulysses Grant the people OF these United
States have met with great and deplorsble loss
He was an unselfsh patriot a hero in battle, and g
General of matchless ability. As soldier ne was
free from malice envy to his comrades in arms.
As victor he was most magnanimous to his de-
feated foes. A man of deeds not words-the hero
of Vicksburg and Appomattox VINO was never de-
feated in battle won from his feIlow-countTymen
the fullest measure of gratitude, honor and love.
Praised and exauted as few men in any age have
been, he retained in the hight of prosperity the
same manly and generous spirit which won for him
the confidence and esteem OF the American people.
His life work is ended, his last victory on earthly
battefields has been won, yet even in death he has
been the victor. 1t can truly be said THAI he was
"whose duty was his creed
Whose choice the warriors part,
Who, when the fight was done,
The grim last foe deied,
Naught knew save victory won,-
Surrendered not-but died.
Upon the day of the funeral of Gen. Grant the
members of the Woman's Relief Corps in Vermont
are requested to unite with the Grand Army Posts
of the State in the public services to be held in
honor of his memory.
BY command of Mrs. MrNNA G. HOOKER, Depart
ment President.
Mrs. LENoRA W. HOWE. Department Secretary.
ALL ALONG THE LINE
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE would like brief
reports from all the Departments of Corps par
ticipating in memorial services in honor of the
hero of Appomattox. Department and Corps
Secretaries will please respond.
Mrs. Mary Z. Bullock, organist of National
piano at the reception rendered by the Ma
tional Convention to the Grand Army and
State Relief Corps, of Me-, at Portland, is Sec
rotary of Forsyth Relief Corps and organist of
the First Baptist Church, Toledo, o. She is
also prominent member of the St Cecilia So
ciety, and one of the most accomplished mu-
sicians East or West spending part Of each
year in New York or Boston to perfect herself
in the art divine.
Miss Sophia c. Halls, of Boston, whose beau
tiful contralto solos were so thoroughly en-
jOyed at the City Hall reception, is an Ohio
girl from Ashtabula, although a temporary
resident of Boston, and member of John A.
Halves Relief Corps. A bright future is before
her.
From all sources we have letters from dele
gates and others in attendance at the National
Convention. who express their sense of pleas
ure and profit in the grand gathering of repre-
sentative workers for the old soldier and his
dear ones. A prominent Department officer
says: :" You can hardly imagine how my am
bition was fired by meeting with so many
gifted, noble women, and / came home with
new enthusiasm for the work, and great de-
sire to be more perfectly gifted for it."
We are indebted to Miss F. Adelaide Sackett,
Treasurer of Robert o. Tyler, No. 6, DEPART
ment of Conn, Hartford Conn.,, for copy OF
the Memorial Day Proceedings of May 80, 1885,
containing the address of Hon. Henry G.
Robinson, poem of Mrs. N. P. Dawson, and SER
mon of Rev. VIM. DeLove. The poem abounds
in patriotic sentiment, tenderly expressed.
The Woman's Relief Corps has lost an en-
thusiaStic and earnest friend in the death, July
IL, of that noble Christian gentleman and SOL
der, Comrade William Earnshaw, Chaplain Of
the Nation Military Home, Dayton, o. Comrade
Earnshaw early became member OF the Grand
Army of the Republic, and enjoyed in marked
degree the confidence of the great Comradeship,
having been elected Department Commander
of Ohio in 1876, Junior Vice Commander-in-
Chief in 1877, and COMMANDMENT Chief in 1879.
He was one of the first to express his gratifi-
cation over the organization as National as
ISOLATION of the Woman's Relief Corps, recog-
nizing its capacity for wide usefulness to the
old soldier and the cause of loyalty and love in
which he is enlisted. Comrade Earnshaws
letters to the editor of this Department are
among the cherished mementoes of Grand
Army work and workers.
Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer. National Chaplain,
Woman's Relief Corps and President of the
Provisional Department of Pennsylvania, IS
spending the remnant of the Summer at Judge
Cookies Susquehanna, Pa, where she is COM
piling material for her forthcoming book on
army experiences. Mrs. Wittenmeyer was also
reelected, at Old Orchard Beach, one of the
Vice-Presidents of the US. Christian and SAM
tary Commission. On the Sunday following
Encampment week she occupied the morning
hour at one of the largest churches in Port
land the Posts of Portland being present in q
body. Her theme was "reminiscences of the
War" the Oh urch being packed TO listen to her
fervid descriptions Next week we shall have
review of Mrs. Wittenmeyers new book,
Women of the Reformation" which Is meet
ing with sordal reception.
SONS OF VETERANS.
THIRD GRAND DIVISION.