The National tribune., 1886-06-17
DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS
BY Kate BrotgnIec Sherwood.


DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS
By Kate Br0tgnlec Shertcood
Dear Daughters OF Veterans! here is my hand,
With the clasp OF fraternity all understand;
Here u love asId expectancy blended in one
Here Is hope ios fruitiOn Of duties begun.
And here with my hand is a patriot heart.
That thrObbed when our heroes rose up 10 depart /:
That bounded with JOY when the battle went well,
That melted with grief when disaster befell.
Dear Daughters of Veterans, banded to-day
When the Union Is dear and fair Freedom holds
sway.
Rejoice Chat your fathers were first in the fight.
Rejoice and be glad that they ever were right.
Rejoice evermore you We're born Of the sires
w nose hearts We're enkindled by LibeTty's fires;
The vanguard who sprang a. the tap OF the drum
Our Army Of Safety Whatever may come.
Dear Daughters Of Veterans. Cherish their deeds /:
BE quick to respond in the hour of their needs;
And under the banner Of Union and love
Alay you and your children your heritage prove.
Aye strong in the daughters, as well as the sons.
Fraternity. Charity, Loyalty" runs
Far legend, inscribed ia the temple Of fame
Your fathers have reared in sweet Liberty's name
Kate b. Sherwood Camp. No /, Daughters Of
Veterans, San Jose, Cal.
woMAS's WAR ALBUM
The Military Order Of the Loyal Legion OF the
United States, Conmandery Of the State OF bIassa-
chusetts. 50 fremont street Boston Mass. has
through Col. A. A. Rand, T. ;. W Recorder been
able TO collect very large number of portraits of
officers Mho served during the war, and has added
several thousand photographs of scenes in catuD
field, and hospital. These have been carefully
mounted and substantially bound in IS volumes
The collection Is of great historical value but can
not be deemed complete until other volumes are
added, which shall recall aud perpetuate remem-
brance OF the noble work accomplished by woman
In hfgH md HF.ar ful
with troops, in the service Of the Sanitary Com
mission, and in local aid societies
Every woman who was identified with the Hos
ptal aud Sanitary Service is asked To contribute
her own photograph, taken during the war IL
possible, or more recently, with autograph sigma
ture upon separate card. A short sketch with such
dates and details Of service as may enable US to
make up q record, is most desirable.
The following addresses or any information and
assistance which may aid the work will be thor
oughy appreciated.
Wanted Photographs and present address
From Illinois: Mrs. Eliza q. Porter wife of Rev
Jeremiah. Chicago: Mr.. l.. w. Blackboard North
western Sanitary Commission: Miss Mary j SAT-
fords, Cairo; Mrs. Lincoln Clark and daughter
were at Huntsyille, with Mrs. Porter and Mrs
Bickerdyke; Miss Louisa Maerte, Quincy
From Iowa: hr5. X. l.. Conrad and two sisters
Keokuk; Miss Melcenia Elliott who served al
Benton barracks, st. Louis; Miss Moorehead, of
From Ohio: Mrs Elizabeth Mendenhall. Cine;n-
natii Mrs. George Hoadey; Mrs Rouse: Miss
Mary Clark BraytOn and Miss Ellen r. Terry
eTn Sanitary Commission.
Nurses at Benton Barracks Hospital, St. Louis.
Miss Meleenia Elliott, Miss Sophia Knight Miss
Phebe Allen died in servccl.
Department GIeanIngs.
GOLD FLY" CELEBRATES MEMORIAL DAY.
DEAR TRIBUNE: Post 2s2 and the patrio,ic citizens
Of enterprisng little village in the heart of a
fine farming country. observed Memorial Day i'm a
behtlug manner. Marching 10 Liberty Cemetery
heir fFft =
soldiers buried there in the presence of large au
dence. We were again honored by the presence of
Ola Fly the famous army mare. She is owned
by Geo A. Barrett living near Stewartsyie late of
Co A. lat Ind. Cav. Mr.. Barrett raised her and
rode her through the war. She participated i'm
eight battles and innumeftble slSirInishe. and av
cept wound ia the back. she came out yicforious
she Is 81 years old, and has not lain down for
four months, but rests in swing prepared for that
purpose Yet she was patriotic enough to wall,
nine miles 10 be present at decoration On her ar
rival she was decorated by the ladies with a wreath
Of evergreens and flowers, tied with the red white
and blue Flowers were in abundance and were
strewed by little girls, daughters Of brave soldiers
Elder James himself veteran made n line oration
iui Of noble thoughts. The music was appropriate
aud well rendered. SO has passed another Memo
rial Day, and the fresh-inade graves since LAST wear
admonish rs that others may follow the coming
year and that the roll-ea OF the dead Is lIino fast
Lilly Carter. Cynthiana, Ind.
THE UNION VETERANS SCHOOL.
Mrs. Corporal Tanner is a match for her eloouon,
sodierboy Ia wit and oTatOry, and has been giving
series Of unique lectures for charitable enteTtain
mentsin Brooklyn. which are pronounced decidedly
taking, she calls her lecture The Product of an
Auction Room" which product is an imaoinarv
machine for grinding out essays and orations upon
variety of topics. chiefly humorous in Character
The serous strokes OF the machine are equally
telling, as the following extracts from a poem de-
scribing the sort of Civil Service School the veteran
attended will show
Are republics all ungratefulG Must we soldiers
ever hear,
When we ask to our living, only scoff and
taunt aud sheer?
And those boys get all the places who are fresh
from public schools,
For answering more questions under civil service
rulesg
How well do we remember in those days of long
ago,
When we babe good-by TO loved ones and marched
10 meet the foe,
How they checred us all the people and the nIed0es
that they gave
That grateful country would adopt the children
OF the brave.
Now they say the earth we're wanting; no, Just a
little space