The National tribune., 1886-10-14
THE RELIEF FUND.
The GAR. Donations to the People of Charleston
ILLINOIS.

ILLINOIS
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Last evening
the Quartennaster Of Veteran Post, No. 49,
mailed TO w. A. Courtenay, esq, Mayor of Char
lesion, draft for $5I5, for the relief Of the
sufferers OF that city from the recent earth
quake.
This sum was collected from the citizens OF
Egin by the members of the Post, aud as the
plan was formulated by the comrades prior TO
the PRONUNCIATION of Gen. Farchild's order OF
the l4th inst take the liberty of inclOsing
an envelope and subscription paper, showing
the manner IN which this amount was raised,
and that, too, without a single item Of expense.
The envelopes containing the contributions,
with the subscription papers, were turned over
10 our Quartermaster, after which ! committee
Of comrades met with a citizens committee
selected by the Post, and together they opened
the envelopes and ascertained the total amount
collected.
This arrangement gave universal satisfac-
tion, and am of opinion that much larger
sum was realized than would have been in any
other way. Just think Of fit-bOys i'm blue from
the prison pen of Andersonyille, Belle Isle and
Libby; boys with empty sleeve and noisy
crutch; boys prematurely old and feeble from
the hardships and exposures incident 10 army
life; boys who carried bags of sand through
two miles Of swamp and marsh to build the
fort from which the Swamp Angel delivered
its iron compliments TO the city of Charleston,
trudging through the streets and by-ways of a
Northern city soliciting aid for the afflicted
and needy inhabitants of that stricken city.
The person who 20 years ago should have
predicted such an occurrence in the city OF
Elgin, would have been labeled as the king of
preyaricators, only 10 be surpassed in history
by that prince OF meteorological cranks and
fools, Canadian Virgins.
The remark of Col. Ingersoll, in his famous
speech made in New York city Just after the
inauguration OF President Hayes that The
South must forget and the North will forgive.
and the vines and the roses will climb and
Chamber over the broken cannon Of war" has
become veritable fact and that grim imple-
ment Of bloo6shed and death has been buried
beneath a wilderness Of flowers in this the
hour Of their great calamity.
Macaulays New Iealander" may vet make
his prophetic journey on a sketching tour; lac
may even wanderdown the ruined and deserted
aisles Of Westminster 10 dccipher amid the dust
and mould of time the inscriptions upon the
marble tablets erected by England 10 her illus
trlous dead he may perchance in the ruins of
some grand old library scan the historic page
of some musty and moth-eaten volume 10 ind
an item worthy OF mention 10 be passed down
10 the generations Of coming time; and pre-
nhlhb 10 illt0tSA Liihl Ol All lnt events WHICH
may be presented for his perusal the c0ntri-
buttons Of the North TO the citizens of Charles
ton solicited by the veterans of the late war
VIII shine forth IN the armament of history as
the bright, COnsummate star Of American civil
iZatiOn and of the world. But i must stop;
the leng 9Th Of my letter warns me TO desist from
further intrusion. Suffice il 10 say the COM
rades worked faithfully, the citizens responded
chcerfully, aud the tender cord of brotherhood
tod f1g a
bounteous charity.-GEo. ID. SHERMAN, Post
Commander, Elgin, i'll.
MISSOURI
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Custer Post,
No. T. Of this city, acted promptly on your rec
ommendation aud gave most Interesting
Campfire ON the evening Of Sept 80 for the
benefit Of the Charleston earthquake sufferers.
The sum realized was $255. Post No z was
ably assisted in carrying out their program by
conrad y from Post l75, of Sabetha, Kan, and
Posts "a aud 45 Of this Department.. S.
sTERRErT, st. Joseph, Mo.
MINNESOTA.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / have lust
received The NATIONAL TRIBUNE and read
your editorial on the Charleston relief fund,
and thought that perhaps you might be
pleased TO know the action Of the boys here.
We anticipated Gen. Fairchild's Is order, aud the
result is that have to-day sent small draft
for 5000 TO the Adjutant General for the fund.
j knew by the daily papers that the order
would come IA few days, aud | anticipated il
by giving an entertainment ia the rink for the
fund; so when / received the order we were
ready 10 respond Is above. We gave Col. J. G.
q. Redington's Musical Festival "Colum-
bias Glory and camp scenes and songs; aud
notwithstanding there having been four chari-
table entertainments in the city in the last 10
days, in which nearly $4,000 had been raised,
we cleared enough 10 pay Col. Redington and
all expenses and send the above amount TO the
fund and have about $500 left for our relief
fund. We hope TO add 10 our contribution
little latcr.-AHDREw L. YEoN, Commander
Pap Thomas Post, Brainerd, Mimi.
NEBRASKA
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: We send this
day $3.50 10 the National Quartermaster-Gen.
eral for the Charleston sufIerers.-LoUIs LANCE,
Quariermaster, Lew Wallace Post, No. l5l, Hub
bell, Aeb.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Bailey Post,
assisted by the Moman's Relief Corps, gave an
entertainment for the benefit of the Charleston
sufferers, aud the net proceeds $50 28-were
sent 10 A. l.. Conger, Commander, Department
OF Ohlo.-JoHN X. DUKE, Commander, Bailey
Post No. lGi, Portsmouth, o.
wAsHISGToN TERRITORY.
EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: After hearing
OF the distress of the city of Charleston, we did
not wait for orders from Department Headquar-
tiers but formed a committee consisting Of Com
rades Gilbert, Ellsworth, w. II. Carnes, Past
Commander aud myself, and collected Sl0g
from comrades and citizens, aud forwarded the
same TO our Department Headquarters.--C T.
miGHTMAH, a. Lincoln Post, No. a, GAR,
Walla Walla, w. r.