The National tribune., 1888-07-19
Department GIeanings.

DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS.
DEAR TRIBUNE: The following, with one excep-
ton lHutsonYIlle, not yet instiiuted1, were or
gained and officers installed between Feb 20
1888 and June 30; IN all is Corps
Corps No. l02, Hutsonviile Feb. "a, IA members /;
No. i03 Hillsboro, March l3 26 members; No lOt
Polo, April II. I9 members; No l05, Marshall
April 3. % members; No l06 AIlledgeville April
26, Is members; No. l07, onarga April l6. 70 mem
bers; No. 30, Augusta, May r. l6 members No.
81, Barry, May ID, Is members; No. 100, Jackson
vile. March 80, IL members; No. 10, Taylorvie,
April II, "a members; No. Ill, Rossviile, June II
~ members; No liz, Glasford, May 5, 20 members;
No Il3, Plano May l6 IA members; No. ILL., Flora
May %, 81 members; No. lis, Edinburg, May %
TO members; No. ll6 Streator May 10 26 mem
bers; No. III, Waukegan, June %, 81 members;
No llS, Lincoln, June q, Is members Total
376 members. Two more await institution, Kan
kakee and Pittsfeld, and the good work steadily
progressing; This against eight Corps In the same
period III 1881 From Department Convention
Feb. 20, 1884 to june 30, six Corps organized; Feb
~, 1879 TO June 80, IL Corps organized; Feb. 20,
1886, 70 June 30, 10 Corps organized Feb. 90 1887
to June 30 eight Corps organized; Feb 20, 1888 to
June So Is Corps organized At the close of the
quarter ending March 30 1888 there were $50
members IN good standing, and there had been
expended in relief during the first quarter Of 1883
Ssl4.76.-Josephine Cleveland, Department Secre-
tary, Springfield, Ill.
DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
DEAR TRIBUNE: The Department President
urges every Corps President ascertain If possible
the number from her Corps who expect TO attend
the National Encampinent at Columbus, and report
the same to the Department Secretary.
The latest Corps are: No l04, Philadelphia No.
l05, Tower City; No. LOG, Philadelphia: No lO7
Marion; No. l08 Chambersburg No lO9 Tyrone
No. 10, Apollo; No. ILL., Franklin; No. liz, Rox-
bury. Applications pending.
The amount expended for relief by the w r G..
OF Pennsylvania during the quarter ending March
81. 1888, was S526.70
Our Instituting and Installing Officer Mrs Helen
S. Morrison, wife of Judge Morrison, of Smethport
has been quite i'll, but will soon be able to report
| for duty.
| We hear of many Corps In the State which ably
assisted in celebrating the Nations natal day
Mary e. Wallace, Department Corresponding Sec
rotary.
| sCoTCHMAN's TRIBUTE TO AMERICA
| DEAR TRIBUNE: A gentleman of Scotch birth
viewing for the first time the beautiful custom rs
observed in this country by Memorial Day serv.
ices and noting the tributes of affection rs they
were being placed upon each soldiers grave, re-
marked: They are all officers of the army W no
| lie buried here?" A comrade overhearing this
| query made answer: " All are equally remember
! ed; we sIrew the humbest private's grave with
flowers well as the heads of armes'
This affected the Scotehman, and with tears
| streaming from his eyes he said American sol
diers will never be found lacking when this won.
derful country needs thenn and America will never
| yield her Government while her people keep green
the memories of her fallen soldiers like this have
| witnessed here to-day. No wonder the American
loves this country and bravely fights To protect
her flag of Stars and Stripes. Amanda o. Daniel
| Department Senior Vice-P President, Trenton N j.
| ALL ALONG THE LINE
Mrs. Gen. Logan advises us that she will be with
| the Relief Corps at National Convention having
been detained last year by injuries sustained in her
| fall from carriage. Mrs Logan is a member al
| Abraham Lincoln Corps (reorganized), Chicago
H., and while serving on the National Pension and
| Relief Committee has rendered the WR.C. i'm.
portant service She Is anticipating great pleasure
| in meeting the tens of thousands of the comrades
OF her lilustrious husband and her sisters of the
| Relief Corps, to all of whom she is warmly at
| taced.
Cora Day Young, National Senior Vice President
has enjoyed many delightful reunions with her
friends of the Relief Corps in Massachusetts w he
| visiting her parents DIR. and Mrs. Albert Day OF
Boston Among the festive pleasures pro-
yided Tor her was lunch by resident National and