The National tribune., 1890-06-26

tribucd hospital supplies or money the past year.
which, added to n number of donations received
from private individuals and other societies,
reached an estimated amount of about 81, 800 The
committee wore warmly indorsed aud sustained in
their work by Gen. M. r. Force Commandant of
the Home, and the Board OF Trustees, /. f. Mack,
President. and Il. b. Brown, Secretary. Sarah j.
Price Matron and Assistant Secretary, rendered
important service tho past yenr, and appeared be-
fore the Convention 10 plend forthe veterans. She
particularly urged the continued need OF largesizo
soil slippers, muslin shirts and handk erolcfs, for
the bcdridden patients, of which the number is
great; home made icllics, canned fruits and
dials for the sick; and rolls of worn muslin and
linen Tor old wounds and cancer cases
Those who contributed 10 the fund solicited TO
enable the aged wife OF n dying comrade to make
him u farewell visit at the Home, will be glad TO
know TINT, while the wife was too feeble TO
undertake the journey, the daughter visited her
father, which proved great consolation to him.
His wife has been sent portion Of the fund.
A resolution recommended by the Board was
adopted, entrcating the Grand Army to unite with
the Relief Corps la urging upon tho Ohio Legis-
lnure the imperative need of Il cottage mt the Home
for this class of comrades and their aged wives that
those who have spent long life together shall not
be separated III their old ago-onc to the Soldiers
Home and the other to the poOrhousc. Every
member of the Order can render valuable serv ice
by urging this righteous measure upon tic atten-
ton of the members of the Legislature from their
own localities
Three hundred dollars was appropriated by the
Convention for the purpose of adding tho snmo
comforts to the recently -opencd cottages and tho
II To be built this Summer, which were placed in
those first opened.
Ohio the duty of forwarding at least ono box dur
ing the year to the Soldiers Home containing
hospital supplies, such as have been enumerated.
Sehd no more old magazines or newspapers, but
such supplies will he grateful to the sick and
suffering old soldier. Remember the Soldiers
Home Is great invalid camp and its wants are
increasing daily.
Hereafter contributions properly reported. will
be mentioned in General Orders The following
have been reported to these Headquarters since
Department Conventions:
Lyons Corps London, roller chair. $3.50; Wells
Corps, Columbus box of hospital supplies and
delicacies; A. w. Day Corps, Kent, box of jcilies,
fruit and linen,
The Committee on Ohio Soldiers and Sailors
Home ~ hereby announced: Chairman Kate Il.
Sherwood Canton o.; I,innie G. Holiday, Steu-
benvillc, o.; Ann g. McMecns SnndusSy, o. Eliz-
nbeth Daugherty, Dayton, o.; Secretary, Mary M.
Qulntun, Cincinnati, ..
In order that donations shall bc properly
ported, Corps will observe the following:
Make nn inventory OF the supplies forwarded,
with name, number and postofiice address OF tho
Corps.
p Place one copy on the top Of the box, before
CLOSING, and send one copy to Sarah }. Price, Ma
tron OF the Home, 10 whom the box should bc ad-
dressed
Donations OF money should be sent direct TO
Emma Rooms, Department Treasurer, Canton, o.,
TO bc expended by the committee.
There is an immediate demand for an unlimited
quantity OF son slippers handkerchief, old linen,
and thin. cool shirts AS warm weather has set ia
and the paraIytic, enemc aud other chronic, In
curablc eases, ars in need of constant changes.
slippers are In equal demand the footsore old
soldiers, no matter how feeble have only the Gov
eminent bTogans for their feet
Lot the Relief Corps of 1890 remember that theirs
Is tho work Of the Soldiers Aid Society of ls6l-'65.
transferred from war TO peace, and prepare their
gifts in the spirit.
by command Of ADA f. CLARKE, Department
President
ALICE NJ REX. Department Secretary.
DEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN,.
DEAR TurRuSE: want to tell you that Wisoon-
sin is working steadily on. and increase is
h.u1f ns.1 Efa do "a l,t,
widely observed, not with tho ceremony In MIL
wRukce that some OF us wished, but this year
yielded to the element that opposes all expense
ia the way of paradcs. The Posts and Camps
of sons OF Veterans aud tho Woman's Relief Corps
uriied aud being Chairman OF the Memorial Com
uiltee OF Wolcott CORPS rs usual took charge Of
tho flowers We received coo plants Chiyss Corps
loo, and purchased iig. The expenses of flags,
cougeyRucCs Rad flowers purchased were paid by
per capita tax. the Corps ard Sons of Veterans
sharing the same as the Post. Twenty-six pupils
Of the Seventh Ward School marched to tho hail.
where received tie fiowers, each bearing
polled plant with "a little flR beside 1t. A commit
tee OF four boys Of the Fitth Ward School came
with four boxes of cut flowers, and pottcd plant
carried by each. The children seemed TO have
very good idea Of the object OF Memorial Day. The
Department President. Corps President. tho
Department Treasurer and yssif, with one or two
others took out the cut flowers and placed them
the unknown graves 10 Forest Home, aud we icit.
willie reVefrHty covering tile grounds there It
also done la memory Of tho> thousands OF
brothers siceping at Audefsonylllc. Lookout
Mountain and ali over that dosoIatod neighbour
hood
At n Memorial service in the evening under the
auspices OF Woeolt Post, Department Pfesi-
dent read poem Of much beauty.
Two Corps have been organized since Depart
meHt Convention. the latter last week al Pcshtigu.
There 10 he tho best OF feeling between the
Posts aud Corps in ttc state. A Post In the north
wrote To- get a banner made for them tn present
to their Corps. had IL made with the badge i'm
tie center over black with gilt trimmings on one
side, red silk or the other. This - tie FIRST
instance Of the kind Ia Wisconsin. / have pur-
s4ltaa
before Our Department has just purchased
expensive organ for our Whupaca Home and
TO build chapel nso.-CAgoLISE III. BELL,
Past Department President.
ALI ALONG rHE LINE.
Department Of New York wRC Sarah c.
Nichols. President. VIII have headquarters mt the
Brunswick Hotel, Boston. during National En-
Compliment
Department President Nichols, Of New York. ia
General Orders M. 81, announces George q. Prisoe
Corps. 100, Mary T. Pond, President. Castle; A. l.,
McDougg!i Corps l5l, Adelaide ]. Hill. President;
Salem t'r.ry CORPS 49, Lucy Webher President
springyie; G.. l.. Willard Corps, l53, GeOrgiannn
Griffith President Troy Chaplin Corps. No. 4,
Ellen NJ. Putnam. President, Buffalo.
Emma ID. Arieh, Of the Cawker City tKRn.l
Record is credited by the Western press with the
best report Of the editorial excursion to Galveston,
Tex.
The electric currents that propol the energetic
Kansas woman occasionally run wild, and then
theTe Is trouble This II what befeli Emma Is. Al
rich Past Department \. " y, aud ono OF tho Ma
husband Ia tle CAwkef City (Kans Record:
Providence il always kind Here il AN item we
didn't have TO run Alteri II came right down from
Heaven aud sought us out. At ~ minutes past 10
o'clock on Tuesday night during tho severe thun-
der storm, lightning struck the north chimney on
our residence and tore "a hole through tho base OF
IL, covering the tin roof with broken bricks. MrH
A. WAS the second floor at the time within 10
fest oil the spot that struck, aud received "a
severe shock, from which she suffered for some
time Afterwards"
General Orders. No. 4, Of Department President
Clarke, of Ohio, opens with the following:
With this issue of General Orders pleased
10 announce 10 the C0rpa OF this Department that
the National President, Annie Wltlcnmcycr, and
her Council have decided the location of the Ma
tionnl Relief Corps Home for the benefit of Army
Nurses hnd aged widows Of deceased soldiers. The
site chosen Is near Geneva, o., and is OF the
most favored spots ia Our beautiful State. The
Corps OF THIS Department are requested 10 hold
themselves ia readiness for any assistance the Ma
tionai President may ask to forward the oomp eton
aud equipment OF this institution.
Sarah NJ, T.. Batteis Past Department President
Of Ohio, Binding il impossible To serve rs Chairman
Department relief COMMITTEES, owing to the in
creased inValidisu of her soldier brother mud other
equally imperative home duties, her declin0tion
was accepted 10y Department President Clarke aud
Louise NJ. Roland, Past Department $. Y.-P Of
Cleveland, appointed in her stead. Ohio Corps will
note the following:
we desire to max an Honor Roll OF every woman
resident ia this State who serSed as an Army Nurse
THIS roll will be OF service To the National Pension
and Relief Committee Ia fnrDjE hing needed material
TO forward legislation, and Will also be OF useful
reference Ia arranging Tor those who may wish To
enter the National Home when completed. Every
Relief Corps IL therefore charged to secure tbs
names of Army Nurses In their vicinity and for
ward 10 Louise NJ. Roland, Chairman OF Depart
ment Relief, who Will supply blanks These, when
filled, should he returned, FOR the purpose hereto
fore Algpfa1