The National tribune., 1892-12-01
ALL ALONG THE LINE,

Department President Perry calls upon the Corps
of Michigan to contribute reading matter to the
veterans OF the Soldiers Home. Grand Rapids, to
relieve the monotony of the dreary Winter days.
Books. magazines and go on may be addressed to
the Commandment Col Mckee, for this purpose.
Michigan numbers three more Corps. as follows:
Winfield s. Miner. Vestaburg; r. NJ. johnson,
Ferry and Bartholomew, Nunca.
Stopher Relief Corps. &c. Harlem, Ind, have
passed resolutions of sympathy and coincidence
the death of Susan o. Keefer, Chaplain, and
Mary Lake Secretary. In their death the Corps
has lost two of its honored members the neigh
borhOod cherished friends and their families affec
tonate wives and mothers. Their kindness of dis
position surrounded them with many friends whose
hearts filed with sorrow over the loss of pure
and noble women.-M. Z. Price, NJ A. Clo5son II.
E Cummins, Committee.
Department President Harmon, of Illinois,
ports in General Orders, No. g. applications for
charters from Winchester, Dixon, Nashville, Salem,
Kane, vandalia, Dongola, Red Bud, Collinsvile,
Bath, and Woodstock. Since last General Orders
Corps have been instituted at Pinckneyvie.
Noble, and Jerseyvie.
The Department of Illinois Is raising money to
erect a Soldiers Monument at the Soldiers Home
Quincy. A fund of $500 was reported at Ninth De-
partment Convention, and the work of collecting
funds is still going on.
Iowa gained 5000 members last year, and num-
bers 286 Corps.
Of 81 Army Nurses, and is trying to make up a
complete roster.
There are nine children In the California Relief
Corps Home four boys and five girls, and a call is
made in last General Orders for clothing suitable
for making over Mothers asked to send their
gifts at the Christmas tide to these children al the
Home.
Ericsson Corps, g. Sebastopol, Is reported from
the Department of California.
New Hampshire deserves big credit mark
Every Corps i'm the Department was reported in
good standing last quarter in General Orders OF
Department President Bennett. Number of
Corps g. number OF members 1858. Cash ex-
pended for relief SOFIA Corps. H. Roscheser.
expended $50: Corps Is, Pennington, 1856, and
Corps AZ. Epping. $40.
The Second annual Convention of the First Dis
trict of Indiana was held at South Bend and
proved a most interesting and profitable gather
ing. Delegates from 20 Corps were present. Dele
gates and aternates to llth National Convention
were selected subject to the election of next De-
partment Convention, which meets next Spring at
Evansville.
Harry Harding Corps, st. Louis. was marked
"goodn at inspection. Laura Lear President
Blair Corps, the same Emily Parker President;
also Ransom Corps, Bella Seaman President Mis-
souri, Corps are wide awake, and anxious for high
est success.
Ben Bntterfeld Corps, Lancaster, D., reports con-
tinuous interest and good work Louise Walters,
President serving her second year. committee
of two call monthly on Corps members, creating
more kind and harmonious feeling. Monthly
socias have netted the jorps handsomely. An Oc-
Mack was highly enjoyed by Post and Corps.
Grand Campfire followed on which occasion Mrs
SAM a woman who had suffered much from the
war told n thrilling story of the hardships borne
while bringing up her family, and never pensioned
until recently. She described her home bought
with pension money, as the price of a husband and
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