The National tribune., 1885-05-21

Of course d woman cannot keep secret, and
this is the only excuse of your correspondent
in smuggling the following letter from the desk
of the National President. We trust our unau-
thorized action will cause no serious trouble in
the Grand Army.
OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES,
BROOKLYN n. Y.
MY DEAR MADAM: You are the President of the
National body of the Woni;,n's Relief Corps. You
may not be aware that am an honorary MEM
Der of that organization for the Department of New
York. proudly wear the badge, presented me by
my sisters of the organization Oh all proper occa-
sions. They notified me that my baptisnal desg-
nation was Sister Jelnima You are pretty well
acquainted with the peculiar personal and mental
characteristics of Sister Pauline of Omaha and all
other places i'll the United States. Sister Pauline
lays great stress upon the fact that he ranks in
organization, by reason of the fact that he is
honorary member of the National body, while
simply member of that branch of it located
III the Department of New York. He lays great
upon the fact of the difference in the color of
the ribbons on our badges. l have never given
much account to those things perhaps largely for
the reason that am color blind, but believe that
the most generally accepted authority in the world
that good book, which is the best guide for all
human kind, contains something to this effect ::
" By their fruits shall we know Them or, as Arte-
mas Ward would say, Words TO that effect" Now,
l make claim of being able to compete with Sis
ter Pauline iR glowing uttcrances regarding his
appreciation of the fair bat desire to acquant
you with the fact that under Civil Service exam-
nation recently held i'll this city for vacancy i'll
this Office of the three who passed highest in
the examination and was certified TO me by the
Board of Examiners as eligible was lady, and
having right to exercise my discretion in the
matter. remembered my obligations to our sisters
In the Order and appointed the lady. And par
ticuariy desire you to be acquainted with this fact
for give you notice that the assumed superiority
an! naughty assertion of Sister Pauline will not be
tolerated by me hereafter until he can show, like
myself, that his regards for the right of woman is
something more than mere lip service In other
words, my dear madam this wild Westerner must
hereafter muzZle when am around until he has
done something practical to indorsc the many
glowing words we have heard him utter. II ne
ever gets TO Toledo, perhaps you had better show
him this letter-SisTER JENNA, per Private Sec
rctary.
f. S.-Vou see that my faith in the sex ~ so great
that have taken the lady into the close relation OF
Private Secretary. Again. i notice that since
joined the sisters the feminnity of my nature is so
developed that it is hard for inc to send letter
without adding postcript.-S. l.
APPLICATIONS FOR CHARTER
sent ont Since our last report are: To Comrades
W. A. Dckcrson, Commander, ClearGcld, Iowa
i. Netf, Quartermaster, Reynoldsville, Pa; and
by recommendation OF Elliott X. Marcum, AS
sstant Inspector. General, New Tacoma, Wash.
Ter, to Commanders of tho following Posts in
that Territory: Sally Post, Dayton; Philo
Backman Post, Sprague; Garfield Post, Monte
sano; Phil kearney Post, Winlock Geo. ii.
Thomas Post Olympia Ellsworth Post, Van
couver; l.. G. Ladd Post, Puyalup.
HEADQUARTERS NOTES.
To Comrade F. j. Baboock, Past Department
Commander of Oregon and honorary member of
that Department, W.RC., our National Head
quarters is indebted for a copy of the journal
of proceedings of the ninth annual Encamp-
ment of the Depaltmen of Oregon, GAR. In
it we find most favorable mention Of the work
of our Oregon Corps, and the happy relations
existing between the members of both Orders.
1t will be remembered that the permanent
Department of Oregon, W.R.C., was formed at
that time, and that Mrs. Ida M. Babcock, Pro-
visional President and wife of the Department
Commander, was elected President. A joint
installation of officers took place also. Grand
Army Campfire, both of which are most hap
PLY reported under the head Of unofficial pro-
ceedings.
General Orders. No. g. OF, Department Com
mander j. s. .Ltzenbergs of Delaware, has the
following paragraph Of good cheer for the hope
full organizers in that Department:
The attention Of the Posts is called to the
organization of WomGn's Relief Corps as auxiliary
the comrades in this Department need no urging to
avail themselves of this valuable auxiliary which
the loyal women of America have established and
hopes each Post will have its own Relief Corps be-
fore the end of the year.
RELIEF FOR ARMY WORKERS.
It is pleasant to know that the contributions
for the relief of army workers have not entirely
ceased Mrs. Maggie Davis, National Core
spending Secretary Of Brooklyn, reports con-
tinued interest in the New York army nurse
By singular. coincid ee contribution oil
S.. so was received by Ms DAVIS on the same
day that she was informed that the dear old
lady made application for that amount to meet
deficiency in rent. The old story of the meal