Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-15

view MIS-. Nc MARY SEARS I'll HENRY.
Henry dwelt upon the nece ssity of
the army nurses and deplcred 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 were enrolled, but
of $4,000 more there was no record
whatever. The speaker made refer
enee to the fact that considerable work
was being done among the colored
people and that corps auxiliary to posts
of colored veterans had within 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, "has steadily increased in
influence during the year, and is rep
resented in every state in the union ex-
cept e-Alabama-and all the terri
tories except Indian, Idaho and Alaska.
Even Canada claims it's post and aux
iliary corps, which are attached. to the
department of Vermont. Three hun
dred and sixty-two corps have been in
stituted during the year, with u MEM
bership of 1900"
National Secretary Hannah Plimp-
ton, of Iowa, next presented her re-
port, showing a total membership of
| TITO, divided into 2.022 corps and COW
ering nearly every state and territory.
Owing to the delinquent reports, which
were discredit to the order, there had
been loss of S21 corps, representing a
membership of 12,s41 during the year.
The general and relief funds on hand
aggregate S160,S2
In response to letter of love and
sympathy from Mrs. Logan the follow
ing was telegraphed:
Greetings to our revered 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"
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. THE ses-
sions of the national convention OF
the Women's Relief Corps were con-
tinued Thursday. Greetings were ex-
tended by committee of the grand
army encampment headed by Com.
manders Brown, of Ohio, and Morgan,
of Vermont There was dis
cussion upon the recommendation
of the committee on national W.
R. c. home that more land be
purchased for the grounds. Mrs. Wit
tenmeyer defended the recommends
tion with ar earnest argument. Mrs
D Turner and Mrs. Sherwood pleaded fol
the army nurses outside the home ant
believed il more practical work to re
lieve the distress than to appropriat,
money to. beautify the home. Th'
Recommendation was lost. TIL,
department of the Potomac i'm
mediately offered to raise $500 for th
purchase of the land. Mrs. Witten
meyer and the department of Illinoi
pledged themselves to raise the remain
ing sum necessary, and the offers wer
accepted by the convention.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 8. = Th
Women's Relief Corps convention Fri
day morning was occupied with com
mittee reports. Officers were electe,
in the afternoon as follows: Nationa
president, Mrs Sue A. Sanders, Della
ware, H.; senior vice president, Ma,
garet r. Wiggins, Sabatha, Kan
junior vice president, Mary Lyle Rey
nolds, Covington, Ky; treasurer, Ameli
A. Cheney, Detroit Mich; chaplain
Miss Clara Barton, Washington.
LADIES OF THE G. A. R.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. THE 81;
dies of the Grand Army" have hel
very successful meeting. The o.
der is purely charitable and soci;
institution, and was called into e,
istence for the purpose of takin
into a benevolent. working, patrioti
ass ociation all the members of
soldiers family. While the gran
army excludes women and the Won
ans Relief Corps excludes men, til
, Ladies of the Grand Army makes bot
eligible, admitting soldiers mothe
widow, wife, sister or daughter and a
; ex-soldiers and sailors. Its popularit
is attested by it's growth. This is I'll
! fifth year of it's national organization
Its total membership is between tiftee
!; and twenty thousand, and the pres
!, dent states that 260 new ci
!; cles have been chartered durir
! the last year. Its object is vel
K broad, being simply to render pr
j. lection and aid to all soldiers, the
t widows and orphans, and to see thi
no one who has served his country
u it's hour oil need shall be an inmate
l a poorhouse. Its revenue is derive