The National tribune., 1886-12-09
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
Gleanings from National Headquar-
terS--NOteS from the Departments.
HEADQUARTERS WoMAN's RELIEF CORPS
SAN Francisco, CAL.

HEADQUARTERS WoMAN's RELIEF CORPS
SAN Francisco, CAL.
ELIZABETH D'A. KLINE, National President.
NELLIE q. BACKUs. National Secretary.
Nov. 80. 1856.
DEAR TRIBUNE: The following is a list of
officers of Grant Relief Corps, Eastville, Va,
which was instituted and installed by Arthur
Booker, Commander of Grant Post, No. Is,
Department of Virginia, with the assistance
of Mrs. Brickhouse, rs Instituting and Install
ing officer, July 80, 1856: President, Mary h.
Brown; S. V.-P., Patience Riley; J. V.-P.,
Sallie Nottingham; Sec'y, Hannah Blue; Treas,
Rosa Henderson; Chap, Betsey Bailey; Con-,
Mary A. Upshux; g., Rebccca Gusts, Asst e.,
Maggie S. Booker.
THE DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS.
The National President has received these
words of encouragement from J. L. Sayles, De-
partment Commander of New York: ut shall be
my purpose to aid you all can in building up
yoar organization, and believe that in this De-
partment the W.R.C is doing noble work"
Henry de Il. Clay, Department Commander
of Virginia. writes: 81 shall take great pleas
ure in actively cooperating with youin matters
pertaining to the good of your Order"
From Z. S. Post, Commander of the Depart
ment of Illinois, we quote these words: " 1t
will afford me great pleasure to cooperate
with you IN building up your Order IN this
State"
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
A Convention of the Provisional Department
of Washington Territory, W.RC., met Nov. IL
and II and perfected the organization of Per-
manent Department.
The following Department officers were unani-
mously elected and installed: Pres, Mrs. Viola
A. Kenyon, Seattle; s. Y-P., Mrs Lou L.
Sampson, Tacoma; j. V.-P., Mrs. Lavinia Mes
| telle, Tacoma; Treas, Mrs Helen Burke,
Seattle; Chap, Mrs. Jennie Foster, Seattle
Sec'y (appointed), Mrs. l.. T. Herrick, Seattle
Ins. tappointed), Mrs. Dora milford, Seattle.
Department Couneil-Mrs. Alice b. BashfOrd,
Tacoma; Mrs. Louisa Bogard, Seattle; Mrs.
Maggie Bywater, Seattle; Mrs. Addie Carr,
Tacoma; Mrs. Mary L. Spaulding, Seattle
The Past Provincial President, Mrs. Kenyon,
made very eloquent address, giving history
of the Order in their Territory, which gives us
every reason to expect q continued advance
ment.
General Orders, No. 2, recommended that nc
two executive offices be held by any one person
at the same time, and as there seems TO be some
little misunderstanding in this matter, 1t seems
well TO state that the positions of President
Secretary, Treasurer and Inspector, National
| Department or Corps, are executive offices
while those of Senior and Junior Vice-Presi
dents or Chaplain and other minor offices and
those of members of the Council are not.
Another matter that il is proper to call atten
| ton 10 Is that the Regulations provide lOl
| Assistant Conductor and Assistant Guard, and
these officers must be provided with the badge:
of their Office and not allowed to wear the floor
badges of the Corps.
There are constantly being received at Head
quarters supplemental reports, and, in fact, only
yesterday there was supplemental report re
ceived for the second quarter of this year
Unless it is DESTROYS for the purposes of a Con
veRtion, when they will be particularly re
/ H..
reports can be put. The quarterly report il
obliged to stand unsupplemented while the
supplement is laid aside to no other purpos,
whatever. Hope that these few words viii
spare other Departments time and trouble.
| EUREKA.