The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-06-21
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
GleaningS from National HeadQuar-
terS---NOteS from the Departments.
TIE GENERAL COUNCIL AND w.R.c.

Sixth National Convention is fortunate in having
the General Council GAR, so thoroughly in
cord with its aims and interests, aud may rest as
sured that everything that can possibly be done 20
mako their visit to Ohio's Capital pleasant and
profitable, will be done by the Buckeye veterans,
TO Col. Carl N Bancroft Chairman of the Relief
Corps Committee Of the General Council, THE Ma
TToEAL TRIBUNE is indebted for the following sum
mary of arrangements:
DEAR TRIBUNE: The Woman's RellefCorps Com
mittce of the General Council desires to make
known through your columns what has been done
up to this date in the duties intrusted to them by
the General Council in making arrangements Tor
holding the Sixth National Convention of the Or
der in this city Sept L. The committee has
arranged for the Convention to hold its sessions in
the Second Presbyterian Church, half a square
from the Capitol
National and Department Headquarters will be
established rs follows:
Masonic Cathedral: National, and Department
of Michigan.
First Congregational Church: Massachusetts
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maryland
Trinity Church: New York, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey.
Wesley Chapel: Colorado, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Oregon, Washington Territory, Dakota,
New Mexico, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri
and Nebraska.
First Presbyterian Church: California, Indiana
Kansas, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky.
These churches and cathedral nearly all on
the same street, within two squares of one another
and opposite State Capitol, where the National
and Department Headquarters OF the Grand Army
OF the Republic will be located Connected with
the churches, which are all modern lu structure,
are numbers of rooms, 80 that each Department
will have separate headquarters. The committee
also desire TO announce that they ready to as
sign Department delegates and members Of the
Convention on application, many of which have
already been received.
As soon all members OF the Convention are
quartered circular will be issued and copies for
warded to each Department with full information
regarding National and Department Headquarters,
stating hotel or private residences where the mem
bers OF the Convention quartered, names,
street, number, etc-Carl n Bancroft, Chairman
Woman's Relief Corps Convention, General Coun-
Gil.
WAR REFERENCE LIBRARY.
To COMRADES EVERYWHERE: The Toledo Sol
diers Memorial Association, Toledo, o., dedicated
their Memorial Building, a substantial three-stoTy
structure, Feb. o. 1896 The second story is dedi-
Gated exclusively to memorials of our Union volun-
teers. 1t 10 the depository of all sorts OF historic
relics, trophies and mementoes Of the war; flags,
portraits. commissions, swords engrayings, oil
paintings. memorial tablets. busts and cases, with
collections from the battefelds of the East and the
West.
a War Reference Library has just be opened, and
many contributions have been received. Publish
ers of war books have shown their interest by fur
nishing their works ut greatly reduced prices.
Private parties contributing books and bound
newspaper files of the war period.
We earnestly desire contributions of Tegimental
and company histories; reports c. r. audW x. O.;
war books out Of print; Sanitary and Christian
Commission Reports; State publications growing
upon the achievements of the men and women of
ls6l-'65 VIII you help us by writing rs how aud
where these may be proCured?-kate Il. Sher-
wood, Charles l.. Young, Henry s. Bunker Lii
brary Committee, Toledo Soldiers Memorial AS
ISOLATION.