The National tribune., 1893-03-02

Department President Cornelia s. Perry, of
Michigan, assisted by Past Department Presidents,
National President and Treasurer, Department
Commander Deane and Assistant Adjutant- Gen
eral CIV r. Pond will receive their friends ut Hotel
Benton Tuesday evening. March 8, and all are
cordially invited 10 be present and exchange greet
ings.
AIDA T.. Travis. Corresponding Secretary of the
Corps at Parsons, Kan reports increasing menu
bershp and organization ready and willing to
answer all calls for relief The Corps has warm
words OF comtnendation for Department President
President Margaret II. Wilkins. who visited that
city November, 1892. The visit of Command er.in-
Chief Weissert was greatly enjoyed.
A. Eliza Van VIE, Secretary of Swift Corps, No.
49, Geneva N Y, writes of the happy feeling
growing out of the joint installation of Post and
Corps, ut which time Department Commander
Poole, of Syracuse, and Department Secretary
Jennie p. Shepherd. of Seneca Falls. were among
the guests and speakers. The Relief Corps of Cliff
ton Springs were present in a body as guests, and
the occasion began with bountiful supper and
closed with Campfire OF song and story. The
Department Secretary read history of the Wo-
mans Relief Corps since its organization, in 1888
A member of the Corps read an original poem
the battle Of Gettysburg
The presiding officers ofsseveral working Corps,
as reported to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE are fol-
lows: Cooper Corps, 1874, Marion. o.. EIeanora
Matthews President; Winsow Corps, SO, Wapato,
WASH Helen Roberts President; Leon Corps zoo
Leon, Iowa, Anna Allen president Gen. Sanders
Corps, Kelso, WASH, M. Ham Presidents Corps
81 Beaver Falls, Pa, Fannie . Bricker President.
The 10Th " annual n UonvensSn Pspartmsnt Of
March 7. 8, and Q. George H.rThomas Corps I2I,
have had charge of the arrangemcnts,-Ee ID.
Pummer, Presdent.-and everything possible has
been done for the pleasure and comfort of Con-
veniion. Department President Cornea S. Perry.
in closing General Orders, concludes rs follows
ITO the nearly 5000 me nbers of our Order in
the Peninsuar State extend thanks and grateful
appreciation for the loyal support they have given
this administration. Our relations have been
pleasant in the extreme. Sweet peace every where
prevails. j shall not sever our official relations
with Sadness nor consider one tie broken, for we
shall continue to labor together for the upbulding
and strengthening Of the Order we love so we'll and
soon we shall bde, side by side;
Aoored in the city of Somewhere"
Nearly all the officers of Morton Corps, No II
Terre Haute Ind, were reelected by the Corps
a handsome compliment to their worth and eff
cheney; President, Mary MeElrain. This Corps
says our correspondent, N. j. Hins, has been
divided into three sections. each section dividing
aud executing work for the advancement of the
Corps. The Corps assisted the Post in Wash
inglon's birthday entertainment, proceeds TO fur
nish their new hall The Corps is preparing for a
fair to be held next Fall. benefit Of relief
A comrade pays high compliment TO a Western
worker in the following: Sister Tomlinson is n
star in this very valuable auxiliary 10 noble
Order. She did noble work during she year she
was Mt the head of the Womans Relief Corps of
Washington and Alaska, organizing goodly num-
Der of Corps, and winning many into the folds OF
| the Corps. which had become weak by domestic
trouble, by her gentle loving, loyal, womanly
manner. While the sterner duties of life fall to the
lot of man, il In to the gentle sympathy of woman
turn with grateful hearts in the hour of adve,-
siiy, and there find that charity which fail
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