The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-06-04

Department Convention: Heintzelman Corps,
No. l, San Diego, Mary Y. Jones President.
Arma A. Rice Secretary; Phil Sheridan, No 2,
San Jose, Emma W. ANGEL Pres Serena A.
FoOte Sec; Lincoln, No 5, San Francisco Flora
E. Bowley Pres, Minnie Ii. Chapman Sec; Jno
A. Dix, No. A. San Jose, Cornelia f. Russell
Pres NJ. E. Bennett Sec; Appomattox, No. >,
Oakland, b. Jane Russell Pres. Jessie l..
Thomas Sec; Lyon, No. 6, Oakland Kate NJ
McGrew Pres, De Irena Fields Sec; Frank
Bartlett No. Z, Los Angeles, Eleanor C. Ransom
Pres; Rod Matheson, No. g, Healdsburg, Luta
+. Warfeld Pres, Elizabeth +. Keith Sec;
Cornman, No. g. San Bernardino, Jennie b.
Hargrave Pres, Marion Reeves Sec; Starr
King, No. 10, Santa Barbara Florence E.
Moore Pres, Clorissa III. Davis Sec; Sumner,
No. IL, Sacramento Mary c. Kent Pres, Matte
Medley Sec; Fitzpatrick, No II, St Helena NJ.
Jennie Simmons Pres, Mary p. Hale Sec; War
rem, No. Is. Sacramento, Sallie III. Henry Pres,
Lucy Mead Sec.
Since the publication of the above Jesse L.
Reno Corps, st Hollister, has been instituted.
The following Assistant Inspectors are an
nounced: Alice b. Works, Heintzelman Corps,
No. /, San Diego; Abbie Burgess, Phil Sher-
dan, 2, San Jose; Isidora Horton, Lincoln, 3,
San Francisco; Laura Erkson, John A. Dix, 4,
San Jose; Sarah A. York, Lyon, ), Oakland
Harriet 3. Van Kirk, Appomattox, 6, Oakland;
Elizabeth McCiish, Rod Matheson, s, Heads
burg; Adah Suhr, Cornman. 8, San Bernardino;
Mary +. Hammer, Starr King, 10, Santa Bar
bara; Augusta TOZer Sumner, II, Sacramento;
Sarah Carr, Fitzpatrick, II, st. Helena Melissa
Garlic, Warren, Ii, Sacramento.
Lyon Corps, Oakland, has presented the
Post with an elegant flag, Ia X 90 which will
float over their burial place on Memorial Day
at Mountain View Cemetery. An appropriate
presentation was made by Kate McGrew Presi-
dent response by Post Commander. pleasant
nj foil fkox~
made recent presentation to their President
of beautiful gold badge Mrs. Borland, De-
partment Treasurer, making touching pre-
sentation speech. Mrs Russell, although COM
pletely surprised accepted the gift gracefully.
She left San Francisco for the East on the 2oth
of May, and will be present at the National
Convention.
GRAND ARMY AND LOYAL LEGION EXCHANGE.
Heretofore the efforts of prominent Cincin-
natl workers to start a Grand Army Exchange
have been noted and favorably commented
upon. The project, although somewhat slow
OF development, has not been abandoned. Its
Executive Board aud Managers have been
elected, and have met in regular session at
least once week for two months past. Its
officers as elected are Mrs. Lowe Emerson,
President Mrs. Col Lane, Mrs Jas Niche
Mrs. Col. McClung, Vice-Presidents; Mrs. O.
A. Reynolds, Recording Secretary; Mss. Dr. T.
&. Heron, Mrs. J. N. Hunter, Mrs. NJ. A.
Hunt, Corresponding Secretaries; Mrs F. w.
Brown, Treasurer. Its lady managers are COM
posed of prominent ladies of Cincinnati and
vicinity, who are enterprising and determined
to make it a success. A public lunch at the
Post-Oflice building has been arranged for
Thursday and Friday of this week The Ex-
change will be more than local in its character,
and it is believed it can be made profitable to
soldier families having work to sell or exchange
all over the country.
DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN
DEAR TRIBUNE: Phil Kearny Relief Corps, No.
8, was recently favored by visit from highly
esteemed Department President Mrs Emma )
Hampton, of Detroit Mrs. Hampton is deeply and
earnestly interested in this noble work, aud beinga
woman of intelligence and executive ability,
her visits to the various Corps in tile State the
result Of much good to our Order. From, Muske
gOn she next visited Fremont, and there instituted
Henry Dobson Relief Corps, No. 49, assisted by
Amanda o. Miner, of Muskegon. This is the ninth
Corps instituted since Department Convention in
February.-F., c. and L., Muskegon, Mich.
DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS
In General Orders, No. =, just issued by Mrs.
Julia G. Sine, Department President, we find
the following, showing the growth in the De
partnent OF Illinois: Several applications are
now pending, and new Corps added since Con-
vention, as follows: Potter, No. Is, Sycamore;
Phillips, No. 90 Litchtield; Leman, No. u,
Farmer City; Dan McCook No. -, Elmwood;
Col. JAS A. Mulligan, No. %, Chicago; Lott,
No. "a, Gibson City; Olney, No p, Olncy;
HesSe, No. 20, Winchester.
The reorganized Finance Committee is as
follows: Mrs. Addie B. Malone. Palestine; Miss
Anna Ely, Monmouth; Mrs Dora E. Carman,
Princeville.
Advisory Board Mrs Emiline Thomas Chill
licothe; Mrs. Sallie j. Steele, Decatur; Miss
Jennie Bross, Morris.
Miss Eva B. Ferguson, of Bloomington, In
shutting and Installing Officer.
Corps Presidents are asked to bear in mind
that all orders for supplies, to receive prompt
attention, must be addressed to Mrs. Mary L.
Van. Alstyne, 512 Elm street, Rockford, Ill.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
General Orders, No. T. issued by Department
Commander r. B. Brown, of Ohio, announce
Aug. and as the dates of the semi-annual
Encampment. authorized by the last Encamp-
ment. The Council of Administration, to de-
eide place and dates, have agreed upon Spring
field; arrangements under the auspices of
Mitchell Post. The order closes with " fra
ternal invitation extended to Mrs Lottie L.
Myers President of the Department of Ohio,
W:R.C., and through her to the ladies of the
Department and each Corps, to participate in
all the exercises incident to Grand Army Day."
by which the semi annual Encampment will
be known
Miss Ella Blackley has beeu installed Con-
ductor of Geo. III. Irwin Relief Corps, No. /,
Root Relief Corps, Syracuse, n. Y, has
membership of $50 and is enc of the strong
working bands of the Empire State. Applica
tiOns at every meeting. The Corps has been
aiding the Post in securing funds for soldiers
monument, which will be unvaled Memorial
Day. A large amount of relief work was done
during the Winter - families visited where
pale want sat at the door: some aged people
made happy and comfortable with bedding,
clothing, and the necessities of life; widows
with sick children, and no income, when the
mother was nurse. A soldiers mother has
found 4 place in the Old Ladies' Home through
the efforts of the Corps.
Mrs. Lorraine ]. Pitkin. of Chicago, Past
Most Worthy Matron of the General Grand
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, is to enter
the ranks of Relief Corps workers in Abraham
Lincoln Corps Chicago. Mrs. Pi,kin is woman
of marked executive ability and experience in
benevolent work and will be an acquisition TO
successful contributor to the press and is the
compiler and publisher of Mystic Songs"
-" Gems of Song" and other similar collections
for the uses of benevolent Orders.
Mrs. Helen Hinsdala Rich, De!egate-at- Large
from Missouri, and well known East and West
as poet, lecturer and philanthropist, will be
in attendance at National Convention.
A Good Law.
To THE EDITOR: 1t is now nearly two years
since the Legislature of Iowa passed the fol-
lowing law regarding the burial of soldiers who
die without leaving sufficient means to defray
funeral expenses: Said burial not to be made in