The National tribune., 1888-11-22
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
GleaningS from National Headquar-
ters---NOteS from the Departments.
Headquarters WoMAN's RELIEF CoRPs,
AUXILIARY TO TIE GAR,
NIgOQUA WIS., oct, q, 1883

Headquarters WoNAS's RELIEF CoRPs, !
AUXILIARY TO TIE GAR,
VIRoQUA, WIS, oct, %, 1851
To all Members Of the IJomuHs Relief Corps Greet
ing:
National Convention, placing me at the head OF lhe
Woman's Relief Corps for the ensuing year, con
slider the highest token of esteem and honor tiiat
could be given by that body: but the grand Order
those delegates represented can 90 stIll more oy
adding to the action of the Convention the personal
loyalty of every officer and member TO the ONCE OF
President.
You. members Of the Relief Corps are RESPONSE
BILE, through your delegates, for your officers;
prove their choice wise one by striving To pro-
mote n steady growth Of the Order, and by carry
ing out the principles for which sou stand pledged
Let ench member constitute herself an AID 10 Ma
tiona President, to promote peace and good VIII IN
all existing Corps and let all Corps prove them
selves such valuable aids III Fraternity ana CnarlIy
that no Post will rest until il too has an auXllary
Remembering that not one soldier served ms
country faithfully for even year but gave some
measure of life or its successes let all loyal women
unite to overcome any bad effects descending to
children of veterans because of that service ana
the giving of their strength and vitality to resist
hunger, cold and malaria incident to camp lie,
march or imprisonment.
Let loyalty be ever kept before the rising gem
Grafton; and teach them the value of that principle
by letting them know what their fathers went
through with in he Sixties, that these United states
remain one and undivided.
Keeping ever in view Fraternity, Charity and
Loyalty, let this Order carry the work OF the
year, and by concerted action and harmony make
such n record as the Relief Corps has never known
No administration, however strong. can advance
the Order unless ii has the cordial earnest support
of all its members. Believing from assurances re-
ceIved, that such support Will be gwen TINS ADMIN
isration, pledge to this work whatever oil aohlty
Yours, in F., c. & L, CHARITY RUsk CRAIG,
National President
GENERAL ORDERS 40. 2.
Won A.fe llt~T1I -Er
AUXILIARY TO THE GAR Z
NIRoQUA, WIS, Oct 20, 1883
General Orders. No 2
/, The sixth National Convention, Woman's Re-
lief Corps held at Columbus O., sept. 1914, 1855,
elected the following officers for the ensuing year
President Charity RusS Craig, VirOqua, Wis.
Senior Yice-P resident-Abbie Lynch, Allegheny,
Pa
Junior Observation-Disclosures A. Small, Lewis
ton Me.
Treasurer-Lizabeth A. Turner, Boston, Mass
Chaplain-Kate e. Jones, Hon, N. Y.
Executive BoaTd-Elizabeth Darcy Kline, san
Francisco Cal; Lydia ). Morrison, Cincinnati, o.;
Mary s. McHenry, Dennison, Iowa; Sarah a. Z.
Plummer, Lansing Mich; Sarah }. Martin, BROOK
field, Mo.
Z. Florence Barker, Maiden, Mass Annie Wit
tenmyer, Philadelphia, Pa; Sarah e. Fuller, East
Boston, Mass.
III. The following appointments nave Deen
seeretary-Hettie NJ. Nichols. yiroqua, Wis.
Inspector-Oive HOgle, Denver, Colo.
Mich
Insti.uting and Installing Officer = Matte B.
Moulton, LaConia, n. ii.
3. Sherwood, Toledo, o.; Mary A. Logan, WASH
ington, D. c.; Clara Barton Washington, d. C.;
Gertie Rogers, Milwaukee, Wis., Sue A. Sanders,
Delavan, III.
~. Ali officers. elected and appointed, have en-
tered upon the duties of their several Offices and
they will be obeyed accordingly.
" The following amendments and decisions
were adopted 10y the sixth National Convention:
l. Change Sec. e, Art. XI, Chap. XI, to read as
follows:
Each applicant, upon her election, shall be at
once notified IN writing, and on presenting herself
at subsequent meeting, shall be properly initiated
2. Add 10 Chap. III a new section. rs follows:
The admission fee OF charter members shall be
the same members admitted on application lnoi
less than 81 and price of badge addedl.
3. Chap. III, Art. H. Sec Z, shall read
Election return blanks must be liiied out and sen
in after installation Instead of after election.
4, Add to Chap. " Art. II, sec. !, Par, D: De
partments having less than 500 members shall bt
/ entitled to but delegate-R delegate at large
And to Sec ,, same article and chapter after tht
/ clause an equal number OF alternates, ADD, IN
/ Guiding alternate at large.
! 3. Change Sec. l. Art. III, Chap. III, and Sec l
| Art. H. Chap ~ TO read or at some contiguous
| point if Recommendations for both are inadequate.
/ 6. All National, Department or Corps oulcer
holding appointIye offices can be removed at lh'
option of The appointing power.
| 7. The Lords Prayer shall be inserted IN tdtua
work after reading Of Scripture
| s. Badges of Department and National officers
both elective and appolntIve, revert with once th
same as do those of Corps, and past rank badges
ali such officers must be ordered through their DE
partment Presidents at their own expense.
9. Members receiving discharge, or leaving tn
Order shall deliver up their badge and receive TN
! regular price for the same.
TO- National Treasurer shall be required TO fur
nish all Departments and detached Corps quarter
ly statements OF their indebtedness lthe same as
required of Corps Treasurers) and duplicate state
nlent to the National President, that she may b
familiar with the financial standing OF the Order
Non, rtts4rar md GAaM pfln
Hnger in debt, all moneys received from thenl-eX
cept per capita taX-shall be credited TO STANDING
| account.
u. No goods viii be shipped FOR the formation {
detached Corps until the money be first receive
for both charter and supplies.
10 No money shall be paid from any fund b
Corps Department or National Treasurer, exceI
| upon regular drawn orders OF the Secretary al
proved by the President.
IA. The Pension and Relief Committee, vine
contracting bills, shall forward them for paymer
through the regular channels.
I5 The following blanks will be furnished FIRE
TO Departments;
Corps Secretary. FERN A; Corps Treasure
Form b Assistant Inspector, Form Il; Institutin
and Installing Report, Form u; Election Return
and Applications FOR Corps Charters.
l6. Department Presidents are required to pr
| sent to Department EnCampments through the ID
partment Commanders brief reports OF relief wor
done during the year.
II. The ratio Of representation TO National Cor
| veution is one in 500 members, with such addition
| provisions are contained IN Rules and Itegul
|
Is. The salary of National Treasurer was il
creased TO $500 per year
10 All Corps having trouble which demands c
, pense for investigation shall pay the same fro
their own treasury.
VI The sixth National Convention adopted
miniature badge, in the shape ola Maltese cross,
! be worn q sign of recognition ut ali times; SUI
badge to be procured as other Corps supplies.
r VII. Sixth National Convention wisely drectt
the distribution of one-half the accrued funds
Pension and Relief Committee holiday gift
aid of women who served their country in the al
. Kitchens hospitals and on the baltlefelds of &
S war. In coniormauce with such provision the \
tonaI President hereby directs ali Corps Presidei
. | having cognizance of such persons within tn,
respective Jurisdictions to forward authenticat
statements of such cases TO their Department Pre-
= dents, to be by them Endorsed and filed with ks
/ b. Sherwood Chairman, Pension and Relief Col
: mttee, Toledo o. The name and age, time n
: place of service and present state of health a
= pecuniary circumstances will be required.
y by command of CHARITY RUsk CRAIG, NatioI
d President.
HErTE NJ. NICHOLS, National Secretary.
Department Gleanngs.
KANSAS W.R.C. AND THE VETERANS.
- III r,aetip,r of tho Danartu,ent of Kansas