The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-13

Henry dwelt upon the necessity Of
the army nurses and deplored the
failure year after year to extend to
these deserving women the benefits of
the pension laws. Congress. she said,
should pass a special pension law for
them. and to that end the record should
be completed as soon as possible. So
far 26, 900 names We're enrolled, but
of $4,000 more there was no record
whatever. The speaker made refer
ence to the fact that considerable work
was being done among the colored
people and that corps auxiliary to posts
Of colored veterans had within a year
been organized as follows: Twelve
in Virginia. four in the Carolinas,
three in Florida, three in Louis
lana, two in Tennessee, one each in
Georgia, Arkansas and Mississippi
The mem bership of our ORDER said
the president. ''ha, steadily increased in
influence during the year, and is rep
resented in every state in the union eX-
cept one-Alabama-and ali the terri
tories except Indian, Idaho and Alaska.
Even Canada claims its post and aux
iliary corps, which are attached to the
department of Vermont. Three hum
drcd and sixty-two corps have been in
stituted during the year, with MEM
bership of 1900"
National Secretary Hannah Plimp-
ton, of Iowa. next presented her re-
port. showing total membership of
17.179. divided into a.oa2 corps and COW
ering nearly every state and territory.
Owing to the delinquent reports, which
were a discredit to the order. there had
been loss of 321 corps. representing a
membership of la,s4l during the year.
The general and relief funds on hand
aggregate Sl60, $40.
In response to letter of love and
sympathy from Mrs. Logan the follow
! ing was telegraphed:
Greetings to our reyered and beloved sis
ter and widow OF John A. Logan, blessed in
memory. May gracious peace spread her
sheltering wings over her and hers this day."
The day was principally consumed in
the discussion of the reports of the
various officers.
DETROIT. Mich, Aug. THE ses-
sions of the national convention of
the Women's Relief Corps were con-
tinued Thursday. Greetings We're ex-
tended by committee of the grand
army encampment headed by Com
manders Brown, of Ohio, and Morgan.
of Vermont. There was dis
cnssion upon the recommendation
of the committee on national w.
X. {. home that more land he
purchased for the grounds. Mrs. Wit
tenmeyer defended the recommends
ton with ar earnest argument. Mrss
Turner and Mrs. Sherwood pleaded for
the army nurses outside the home and
believed it more practical work to re-
lieve the distress than to appropriate
money to beautify the home. The
recommendation was lost The
department of the Potomac inn
mediately offered to raise $500 for the
purchase of the land. Mrs. Witten-
meyer and the department of Illinois
pledged themselves to raise the remain
ing. sum necessary. and the offers were
accepted by the convention. Pledges
from - to 500 were made in quick sue
cession by delegates and departments,
amid great enthusiasm. Over $1,000
+, was thus raised in few mo-
ments. The entire afternoon session
was devoted to the consideration of the
report of the committee on revision of
the ritual. 1t was accepted as whole
and the new ritual adopted.
LADIES OF THE q. A. r.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. THE La
dies of the Grand Army have held
very successful meeting. The or
der is purely charitable and social
institution, and was called into ex-
istence for the purpose of taking
into benevolent, working. patriotic
association all the members of a
soldiers family. While the grand
army excludes women and the Won :
! ans Relief Corps excludes men, the
Ladies of the Grand Army makes both
eligible, admitting a soldiers mother,
widow. wife, sister or daughter and all
/ ex-soldiers and sailors. It's popularity
is attested by its growth. This is the
J fifth year of its national organization.
! Its total membership is between fifteen
and twenty thousand, and the presi-
dent states that 26O new cir.
cles have been chartered during
the last year. Its object is very
broad. being simply to render pro.
lection and aid to all soldiers, their
= widows and orphans. and to see that
no one who has served his country in
its hour OF need shall be an inmate of
poorhouse. Its revenue is derived
from dues. donations and the proceeds
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