Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-17

ana rZfNNotG& The o4A sAl1A9444 . 3
puRnmmams Department
Tne maaaina wna very pisaaana an9
haSmozigna. The ue1t Cnmxgnsio1 VII
b hold ID annmeu1iom vita aae nsxa -.
mma1 Enaanunnnmt 81 TIE q. A. h.
whish VIII tals piaos nsxt April -
Tnssma
Ths foIIowing DspaEtnan1 ofzlnsEs
waFs auauimuusIV eleole6 an4 inslzlis4.
Praaiaans. MaS. Viola 4. Ksnyo1. Sc
allis; SsulsR Fles PEeaide1t. Mfa. Lo1
& sauspasn. Ta6auns; JunioF Fiee PFss-
ident, Mrn. I.oEinia Nestslle, Iso0mas
Treasurer. Mra. Hslsn B1rke, 1saftlas
Chapisin, Mn. Seu1ie FoateE. seastles
eenrefarg fnppain1od). MrA Lzzie Z.
Hsrriok. 9antlIes I1apee1aE FDointool j
Hrs. DaIa Mulfurd. DopaE1Isut Conn-
aii-Mra. Allies b. Ba1hfar1, Xasozz4s
MrH. x,oaisa Bogari. B. aftie; Hrs BaG-
aia BFWnssr, Gsattis; Mrs. Addis Carr,
Taooma; Mn. Mary =. spaaidinR. Sc
atais.
FoIlowsnQ 3 the address Of fha Pro
viaionaf DsnaRtmeui Prasidant hafoEs
the Convention, which b published b
speoial request 81 ths Couvanfipn.
PnEsmEnT's Abuses.
Lsdies oTa.e Wsaaass R.llsf cszps u
Waskaqf6s TsrritogVs-Ws have msf
hsfs today IL aoooEdanoe With es1a1al
orders, No. 4, for TIE pnFposs q oEnzs-
iziuQ 8 peFmanent DeparlmeBf q ths
Wonan'S Relief Corps IL tits Terri
tory.
Let a. bring 70 the work cur eaEnssa
aua careful eousldeEafion, and lasing
saide Ell feeling Of aGgTandi2smaas
strive 10 lay, wisely and vel. fha ooTnag
stone Of TIE afructure, % that theae who
continue the work may fad 8 sure foam
daticn 10 bald UPON.
The areWsh OF Ger order e. q nati0ual
organisation has been most wondaffnl,
having been oEgnmizsd o1ly q LITTLE
over three years aqo q panvsf, CoIoFa-
do, With Mrs. r. Fl0rsnce Barker %
Maiden, Massachusetts fFst NationaI
President, followed b. Mrs. Kate B.
Sherwood % Toledo. Ohio, e. aeooad.
sad Mrs.. Sarah & EullaF % Bosson e.
thiFd. To the wiss management and
great exseatiVe Abilily % these thrss
noble women, ebly seconded - their
associate ofLiosla, tha success % ear Or
der h due; and Ne may look with con-
adsnae 20 Che future. feeling sura that
10 Mrs. Eii1abeth Darcy kinns, fourth
Natfnnal President, Wo have one worthy
80 carry on the great work aondded %
her keeping. Daring the adminissRa-
tiou 81 she arnt National pregidgnt.
Mag 8, 1884, Stevens Relief CoFna, No.
1, Seattle, was Organised, Being the Rrst
OF the kind IN the Terrific
~. TIE officers we're installed bv she
DepaTtment Commander Of the Grand
AFmy. Captain George d. Hill. A fey
days later Custer Corps. No. 2. % Taeo-
ma, vas organized, aud for year and
q half these two we're the only corps 10
the Territory.
June 3, 1856. the Provisional Depart
meat vas organized b. she National
President, Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, and
I vas appointed Prssident. TIE ap-
pointment vas q eomplete auxpFiss 20
me. and fully apprsciating the honor
conferred up0n me, accepted the tFust
with many miagivinGn, scarcely know
ing what work was required Of me the
third National Convention was TO meet
In Portland IN Jalv, and the nationai
officers were too hurried 10 write IN
stFuationa. By virtue Of my appoint
ment ! was an authorized delegate to
that convention, bat regret 20 say yes
net able % attend. % July 10Th ue
issued General Orders No. /, IN Whish
tbs following appointments we're an
nounoed For Provisional Depagtmaas
Secretary, Mrs. Helen Burke, Stevens
Corps; for Provisional Departments
Treasurer. Mrs. Mary 3 SpsuldinR.
stevens Corps for Provisional Depart
meni Chaplain, Mrs. Leu. +. sampson,
Custer CoFps for Chief los. and I. On
Ger, Mrs. Lou. n. eabin, Custer Corps
Copies we're sent 70 all the q. A. h.
Posts In the Territory, asking their co.
operation In extending she work. / also
opened correspondence With the Depart
ment Presidents Of California and Ore
goa, and my gFatsfal thanks are due
them for kind oourtesies and favors.
Ia November, Ellsworth Corpa. Nc. g
Vancouver, vas duly instituted and on
GERS installed BY the Post Commands.
and IN February, SedRviok, Ne. I, Of
Spot ans Falls.
In March, 1886. Vo issued q circular
letter 10 the various q. A. r. Posts il the
Territory, urging upon them the bene6t
70 be derived from an auxiliary. This
letter met Rith q kindly response from
several Post Commanders, and IN April
A. Lincoln Corps, No. s. Walla WallA.
was instituted, followed in Nay BY Phil.
KeaFney, No. 6. Toledo, and IN June b.
A. sally. No Z. Dayt0n, aud WarFen,
No. ., Walia Walia. In July. In ever
case. By my instEuetigns tie corps we're
organized and Tie officers installed b.
the Commanders 81 the Posts 10 watch
they we're auxiliary, 10 save expense 70
The newly formed Corps.
very muoh feeFet that lack Of means
has prevented me from making q per
sonal visit 70 al Of these Corps but 10
every case my correspondence With he
different oliloera las been Of snoh Z
pleasant nature, that I have oome 10
regard them ell as dear friends, EathaF
than strangers.
Ia August last q vas my happy pEivi-
lage 10 attend The fourth National Con-
vsntson held in San Francisco. from
which received much useful instFne-
tien regarding our work.