The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-06-03
Department GleanIngs.
IMPAIRMENT or MAINE


Custer Relief Corps. No 5, Lewiston. the largest
In the State is in fourishng condition, initiating
new members at each meeting. All the Corps in
this organization are doing a noble work and are
inspiration to the Posts, whose auxiliary they
are. Many loyal ladies are falling in, willing and
anxious TO give their time and means TO the boys
who have done so much for them.-Grace X.
Howe, Department Secretary.
DEDICATION OF SOLDIERS CEMETERY.
The Ladies' Aid Association OF the Soldiers Home
In Massachusetts, dedicated the soldiers lot at Forest
Dale Cemetery Maiden, Mass, Sunday, May 30,
1886, at 2:30 p. Mrs. F. Florence Barker, Chair
man; Mrs. Julia X. Dyer Mrs. Sarah f. Fuller,
Mrs. l.. A. Turner, Mrs. r. =. Converse, Mrs. Chas.
Sprague Mrs. ID. r. Copeland. Gen. Paul Van Der
WORT, Past COMMUNICATIVE Chief was the orator Of
the day, and Mrs. Sherwood contributed the fol-
lowing poem, as a comment on the statement that
90 veterans had passed from the Soldiers Home on
Powder Horn Hill to their final rest:
SLEEP, SOLDIERS, SLEEP.
Sixty old veterans under the sod
Sixty brave souls in the bosom Of GOdi
Under the shadow OF Powder Horn Hill,
The flag they have saved floating them still.
Sleep soldiers, sleep, for the land you loved best
Dwelleth in gardens of peace and hath rest.
Sixty old veterans Swiftly they go,
They who have stood in the Face Of the foe;
Fathers, and brothers, and husbands, and sons,
Nearest and dearest and ftithfullest ones.
Sleep, soldiers. sleep. there is no coming back,
Soon shall we join in your long bivOuac.
Peace TO you, veteransi here or awayt
Flowers and tears for the fallen to-day
FLOWERS ana Years. Dun EOnut4eS and bread
Unto the thousands unsheltered, unfed.
Sleep, soldiers, sleep. while gzaciously still
Hover the banners Of Powder Horn Hill.
DEPARTMENT OF OHIO.
DEAR TRIBUNE: Although you have received
nothing from Forsyth Corps for some time, it il not
dead, neither is it sleeping. but busy at work for
the old soldiers. During the Winter q series of
Camphres and sOcials kept warm the fTaternal
relations Of Post and Corps, and preparations are
now ia progress for the annual entertainment bene-
it Of the relief fund, and also for Memorial Day.
90 wednesday, May - on the occasion Of the
the Relief Corps presented TO the Post q handsome
silk flag, feet long and SIX feet wide trimmed
with heavy bullion fringe and tassels. The flag
the Flag Committee, and the presentation address
was made by Mrs. Kate b. Sherwood, Past National
President W IL. O., and was accepted behalf Of
the Post by Commander Greene, who in his re-
Spouse said that the ladies had been working for
the soldiers . years, instead Of eight. when
present organization began, and promised that
they would defend and protect the flag in the future
as in the past, II need be. With three rousing
cheers from the veterans, the ladies' Withdrew.
Mrs. Sherwood's address as follows.
COMRADES OF FORSYTH POsr: Nearly eight years
ago IL was my privilege to accompany member of
Forsyth Post on round Of visits 10 a few ladies'
prominent in the charity work of city, to ask
them TO unite with in arranging for a lawn fete
to replenish the relief fund of Forsyth Post, so
sorely taxed by the many calls made upon il in the
hard Winter just ended. A few evenings later
some of these ladies, to the number of a score or
more, met at the Custom House, which formed the
has since been torn down for the erection OF the
/ larger building, nearing completion. The
result was successful entertainment and hand
some sum IN the treasury, which led 70 the belief
i In the minds of many comrades that the Grand
/ Army needed the hel Of women well in peace
"a In war. Following resolution of thanks for the
efforts put forth by the loyal ladies Of Toledo was
another asking the ladies' to organize themselves
| into permanent society, to aid the Grand Army
| In caring for those who had borne the battle and
| for their widows and orphans.
In March, 1879, the following Spring, now more
| than seven years ago, such society was formed,
bearing the name Of Forsyth Post Ladies' Society.
The few ladies then at the helm have never weared
| or grown faint, but instead Of a dozen there are
II dozen and ia like proportion has the society in
creased its opportunities and facilities for doing
good. For seven years the same grand effort has
been made TO increase the relief fund.- with trained
workers Mt the front, urged by loyal hearts and
earnest desires for doing good. Again the Spring
time has returned and again the ladies of Forsyth
Corps have taken ,up their annual toll to aid For
syth Post in their lateFnal care of the sick and the
suffering and the destitute.
Forsyth Auxiliary has changed It's name and Its
form Of Corps government but its methods and
distribution of charity have never changed. In
Summer heat and Winter SHOWS our faithful work
ers are found IN the byways and the lanes of our
thronging city, scattering their bOunties ike the
dews of Heaven, no less refreshing and no less
silent. Thousands of dollars have been earned and
spent by Forsyth Post and Corps. always going
hand in hand, with never a shadow coming be-
tween. So marked has been the harmony with
which we have worked, to Justify the title OF
Mutual Admiration Society" given by some Of
those who could not what we were doing
with all the money" Little they knew of how
faithfully Forsyth Post was fulfilling her trust. Of
the old soldiers rescued from worse than death; Of
the widowed and the orphaned clothed and fed
and comforted.
A few years ago when our union was new and
we had not learned TO know one another "a wei
as now the ladies Of Forsyth Auxiliary presented
| Forsyth Post with flag. That flag. which has
headed the professions OF rejoicing and of sorrow
which has led the Scared veterans on their Memo
| rial Day marches and the slow and solemn process
sOns which have followed eomrade to his res
under the green and silent tent y now in tatters
Not so the fraternal sympathies which have joined
US together in insepaTabie and indlssoluble bonds
Az the years go by and we begin to count the gray
hairs in cur fast-thining locks when the rOll-cal
grows shorerand the bronze faces in the professions
are few and halt and a limp slaekens the pace o
many gallant brother, the love light grows
warmer in our hearts and our work for the soldier
| grows every day more dear. So be il to the end.
| In token Of our answering zeal and as an EN-
blem of our mistaken faith in the Union veteran
and all he holds most dear. and a special tribute
to Forsyth Post we have prepared for you anothe
| flag, which we ask you to accept and cherish n
| your own. Others may boast that they and thei
friends were a part of the Lost Cause and tina
| their children were born in the COnfederaey-
whatever that may mean. Our boast is that on
fathers. our brothers, our sons daughters, wer
born in the Union, under the old fag-nay in th'
broad sunlight of Freedom and the Stars and Stripes
Accept this banner emblem of a blood-bough
Union and united people. Carry it before yoI
In your marches of peace, even as you carried you
| rent and riddled banners to the red SUBMITS o
war. And when the ranks that have followed ar
still in DEATH your children shall lift the dear O
flag from your shrouded faces and bear it Onwar'
/ In the grand march of Fraternity, Charity. ant
Loyalty to which this Nation has forever set he
stsps.-Annie f. Howe, Corps Correspondent.
DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA
Officers Gelcich Corps. No % East Los Angeles
instituted by Mother" Ransom, assisted by Fran
Bartlett Corps: President, Ada Bachman; s. V.-P
Eta McKeagi j. p, Emma Moore; Sec, RIOS
|. Spencer; Treas, Maria Tyler; Chap, Jane
Ellis; Con-. Annie j. Ellis; A. c., ADena Treat; G.
AGelphine Russell; A G., Sarah a Saunders.
Foot Post, at Santa Maria, and Durham Post a
Kingsburg. are forming Corps in time for Nations
Convention.
National Convention. Lincoln Corps had nearl
100 members at a recent evening. Four appliea
lions for membership were received and six ladie
initiated. Arrangements were MAIDS for Memoria
Day, the Corps voting to supply one Post In Ne
, vada, in addition to their own work, with flower
to decorate the graves Of their dead. Vocal an
instrumental music, under the head OF good an
r welfare, >" was greatly enjoyed
Warren Corps, Sacramento, give their first birth
day dinner on q recent evening. the ladies all az
pearing in red, white and blue.
Mrs Department President Russelrs Memoria
, | order enioins Corps Chapains to report promptl
| TO Department Chaplain, Eleanor B. Ransom COZ
ner Hill and Fifth streets, Los Angeles.
Rod Matheson Corps, Healdsburg, is ioursbinl
and its entertainments have been very successful.
land kitchen recently, realizing handsomely fC
| their relief fund.
. Mrs Elizabeth Darcy Kinne Past Departmer
President, had an enthusiastic reception at Rec
ding. where she went To instruct Winsow Corps
secret work. The comrades of Winslow Post PAL
tieipated in the evening.
Z Heintzelman Corps, san Diego have secured
Gag for the Post through entertainments given.
DEPARTMENT. OF IOWA
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