The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-03-13
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DEPARTMENT. OF Ml>StIl.l.
Ransom Relief Corps No. g. 81 Louis, Mo. re-
Gently purchased finc piano FOR Corps use. This
Corps VIII tender reception To- sarah \. G.. Plum
mer, National J. and /. Officer upon her return from
Texas. John Pope Camp ;. Of V, will participate.
Gen. Lyon Corps, No. 4, aud John \. Logan, No.
50, contributed the $50 to Johnstown sufferers
mentioned ia the Proceedings OF Seventh National
John A. Logan Post. ST. Louis, Mo. las been
greatly proSpeTcd through Lincoln Corps. iustitut
ed in january, lsS9 At the joint installation at
Pick wick 1hcatcr the Corps reported Sl6I 80 -pcnt
in relief for 1889, beside donations TO the amount
OF SiG9 10. Total number assisted 81; family of
eight placed on their feet By removal to New Mex
leo and another family OF four largely provided
for.
sadie T. Row, Lisbon " D. writes that their
Corp- secured the books Tor q Business Mems Car
aud the entertainment which followed was "a grand
success. 1t WAS to have been repeated. by request
but In grippe caught some OF the performers aud 10
could not be done.
IIollen T. Day is among Missouri w.RC work
ers who Is urging the project of II Memorial Home
for the soldiers and sailors OF Missouri, also move
ment 10 place the stars and stripes IT. the school
rooms Of that State Commenting on the proposed
Confederate Home, by the Confederate Association
she urges the project upon the attention of Sixth
Department Convention IN tho following spirited
address Standing the threshold Of u new year
all the members OF the Woman's Relief Corps
should resolve not 10 let this year expire without
some decided steps taken Tor "a Soldiers Home, the
realization of which depends on the faith, courage
and patriotism that should animate them. Let u9
achieve the individual happiness of every veteran
ia this State, by erecting for their use Memorial
Homci Aud please let II be a few feet higher than
tne Confederate Home IL must aud shall tower
away above it Memorial Homcl Memorial
Homci Dream OF il, think of II night and day,
until there Is no other way OF getting II oil your
mind but by building 1t stubborn facts the
foundation thereof being Missouri granted"
DEPARTMENT OF NEBRASKA.
DEAR TRIBUNE: The seventh annual Convention,
Department of Sebrt-lsn W re, held at Grand
as "A al on hR
Department WAS greatly honored by the presence
of Annie Wiitenmycr, National President. aud
Emma Stark Hampton. Past National President,
who had iourneyed hundred of miles 10 encourage
us in work and assist Us in our deliberations;
and so successfully did they aid us that venture
to predict that the coming year viii witness the
known.
The greetings sent from the Convention to the
Encnmpment met with IA warm reception and q
committee, consisting al Gov, John NJ. ThRyer. \.
" Cole, Past Department Commander; Gen. H. A.
Morrow, Il. $. a; Hon. T.. *. Valentine. Gen. a.
II. Bowen, III. G. Russell, Past Department Com
maudcr, aud Brad j. Cook, honorary member
w. re, Department of Nebraska. were appointed
To visit the Convention and assure the members
that the comrades of the Encampmont were proud
of their Auxiliary and appreciated their assistance
in behalf of needy soldiers; aud that in recogni.
ton OF the same they desired to present them with
II sum of money, IA sufficient amount of which they
wished To be expended in purchasing for Mary l.
Morgan, Department. President IL badge, the bal
nnce to be placed in Il contingent fund subject To
her order. Speeches by Gov. Thayer aud other
comrades followed. commendatory of tie past
years work by the w. re. aud were responded to
by President Morgan, pedgin9 her best efforts for
future assistance in the same worthy cause 4
lovely bouquet of roses and other choice cXolics
graced the Presidents desk, with card containing
compliments of Custer Post. No T. OMAHA The
following officers were chosen: President. Mary Il.
Morgan, reelected; :. N.-P, Lana A. Bates j.
V.-p., otheia Dudley; see, Amanda NJ, Laf.
ferty; Treas, Gertrude Horr Council; Chap, La
Dell Stilsoni Counselor, Helen II, Cook. Execu-
tive Board, Lyde NJ Bohm, Mary Il. Cook Sophii.
L. Bennett, Julia =. Bowen, Mary t. Miles. Dele
gates TO National Convention, Theresa Woodland lat
Target, Juliet q. Howe, \. u. Wheeler, Susie l..
Cole; Alternates, Mury H. Miles tat laTgel. Julia
S. Bowen. Helen l.. Cook, Emma Bender.
Iii compliance with invitation from the Encamp-
ment, the ", re. met with them for joint insialla-
ton. The officers of Encampment were first mus
tered, afterward the officers OF the Department,
W.R.C. Installed by National President
Annie Wittenmyer, Emma Stark Hampton oiiici-
ating as Chaplain.
TO me the services of installation are ever im-
pressiVe, and these We're unusually So, To see that
grand Army Nurse who had ministered to some
of the comrades present Ia hospital and on bloody
battlefield during the years 1861 To 1868 still labor
ing for their good and that of MI veterans in Ne
braska by inducing into office those who the ma
old soldiers aud those dependent upon them 1t
be mostened with tears that could not be sup.
pressed.
National President Wttenmyer responded to the
calls from the audience in an eloquent address,
which, judging from the applause, touched the