The National tribune., 1893-07-13
THE NATIONAL TRIBUE WASHINGTON O. THURSDAY JULY 1s 1898

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| and Regulations Of the Order, and do not try
to undo in o few short hours the work that
has caused weeks and months of weary and
harassing toll LII
g. Read carefully the printed reports placed
in your hands by the officers reporting to Con-
vention, and in SO far as they are plain to you
be prepared to upportlantfcommend. If there
is anything you do not ompIehend, rise to an
inquiry, and do not let any irregularities,
should they occur escape your scrutiny This
is your duty as delegate, and why you are
there.
a. Do not clamor for the election of officers
until you have received and acted upon the
reports of the officers of Convention. Keep
close to business, and this work will be quickly
done.
5. If you do not know the ms and outs of
parliamentary bodies, do not obstruct proceed.
ings by thoughtless Interruptions. and do not
be jealous if those who know the ropes"
have more to say than you can understand or
appreciate.
6. Select as your standard bearers women
who stand number one in their own Depart
ments; women who have performed unselish
deeds for the soldier without thought of remu-
neration in this world; who are honest and
true and careful in things great and small;
and when you have elected them, stand by
them just so long as they stand by the prin-
ciples of the Relief Corps, and no longer.
T. Commend the right; condemn the wrong.
Take a full dose of conservation" every
morning, and the last thing before retiring at
night, and "let all things be done decently
and in ORDER" for "order is heavens first
law"
Should you see proper to receive these sug-
gestions, you will not only secure greater
pleasure in Convention and better service for
the coming year. but you will gain through
brevity of proceedings and the reduction of the
vast expense entailed upon the Order by USE
less revisions and voluminous minutes.
Do not forget, now that you are complaining
about the magnitude of the Journal of Pro-
ceedings of Tenth National Convention, that
many pages were necesstated by the efforts of
Convention to pull down and render null and
void the work of their duly-qualifed officers.
PRACTICAL FRATERNITY.
The Chillicothe TO- Register has a pleasant
account of how the Relief Corps of that place
are making practical exposition of the fra
ternty that binds the Woman's Relief Corps to
the Grand Army.
little girl who has no home except the Sol
diers' and Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia, ar
rived there to be the honored guest of the men,
bers of the Woman's Relief Corps during the
vacation. Most of the children have homes to
go to during the vacation, and they are glad to
see their relatives at least once year, not
withstanding they are we'll taken care of at the
Home. Yet, be 1t eyer so. humble, there is
no place like home" and the child who has a
home is not likely to forget it. But unfor-
tunately, some children have no homes, and
this little girl is one of them. Consequently,
if these ladies had not concluded to take her,
she would have had foreman at the Homo all
during the Summer, when most of the children
are away enjoying themselves Her name is
Anna Flowers, and she is a handsome, bright
little girl.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
It Is matter for regret that SO many CORPS
and Departments have held back Memorial Day
reports until more timely matters have crowded
them out. Will our correspondents kindly |
to "strike when the iron is hot"?
The Department Encampment of Ohio |
GAR, like the two preceding Encampments, |
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Past Department Commander, for Commander |
in Chief. Gen. Hurst is veteran with dis |
tinguished record, and ia stanch and true |
friend of the loyal women who are banded |
together for soldier service.
Headquarters, Department of Vermont, |
W.RC., will be established at the Hotel Bates,
during National Convention. |
Sept. to 8; Calista r. Jones, Presi-
dent.
Thirty-two Corps in Vermont responded to |
The call for aid for the Phil Kearny Memorial
fund Of Richmond Va. The sums varied in
amount from 30 cents to S. making in all
S63.64, which Commander Wilson has CRATE
fully acknowledged. He has also sent to each
Corps contributing photograph of Libby
Prison, to be followed by the published account
Of the observance of Memorial Day by Phil
kearny Post.
Gen. Manning F. Force, Commandant of the
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home, and one of
he founders of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home, Xenia. o., has been on a recent
visit to the latter institution. In letter, re-
erring to the Orphans Home and his visit
len. Force says: II saw last evening two boys
rom Xenia-Closo graduated and Harmas, not
yet IA years old. Their frank and manly bear
ng is good advertisement of the Home.
greatly enjoyed my visit to your Home. 1t is
certainly the most interesting aal the most
valuable institution that Ohio has built. No
'uo can VAsit IL WltnOuG having ali tuAt ID GOOD |
II him freshened and strengthened"
For some years Angerona Rice Thrift, Past
Department. Inspector of Ohio has been devot-
ng herself to the care of her soldier husband,
Or. Z. w. Thrift, who died at their home,
lima, O., June 25. DR.. Thrift, who was Vir-
,inian by birth and an Ohioan by adoption, was
man of serene and noble life distinguished in
lis profession, successful in business, aud be-
owed in all the relations of life. He entered
he Union service after the first call for volun-
eers as Captain, resigning when the call for
surgeons came to enter the Medical Corps, serv-
ng from May 8, 1861, to September, 1864
During this time he filled the positions of
surgeon in Chief of the Second Division,
Twentieth Corps; Third Division, Fourth
>orps and Medical Director of the general
hospitals at Danville KY.
Katie Neal, Saltwater, Okla daughter of DR..
Tames I. Neal, professor in the Agricultural
md Mechanical College of Oklahoma, and
'eteran of an Indiana regiment, was the winner
# gold medal in the recent defamation con.
est in the Oklahoma College. Her recitation
vas Searching for the Slain"
Our correspondent, Laura Rosamond White,
writes: Bowers Corps, Geneva. o. has been
njoyng a number Of surprise visits made
o members The first was to President Helen
lawyer and the next to Secretary Helen Bar
um. The latter was costume party, and
here were present Samantha Allen Sawyer;
Infanta Eulalia" Bowe; Lady Somerset"
,adle, Bristol, Eng, who Bristol ed" with
ristocracy; Mrs. Grover Cleveland Scoville
nd many others. The Secretary got even