The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-11-16
NATIONAL eEsfk&f' ORDERS.
HEADQUARTERS WoMA MIS- sRErfEF CORPS.
AUXILIARY TO fsaHT(h RI.
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AUXILIARY To TFfF An.
SYRACUSE, N,rY,r Oct. 26, 1893. }
General Orders, No 2. 800.
i. To all members ofihthe, Woman's Relief
Corps ] extend a cordialsHreetiDg and an ear
nest request that to the National President may
be given the personal tpyaltyof every officer
and member of our grand Order.
2. To the delegates and representatives OF
the 18th National Convention held az Indian
apois Sept. and T. wish to tender my SIM
cere thanks for the high token of honor be.
slowed in eecting me to the Office of National
President. That my election was an unani'
nous one is source of great satisfaction TO me,
as by that act / am assured OF the hearty CO.
operation of united body, and / enter upon
my duties with confidence in you, and that to-
gether we shall accomplish much good.
3. The following officers were duly elected
for the ensuing year:
Pres Sarah C. Mink Syracuse, N. Y.
S. V.-P, Jennie Myerhoa, Evansville Ind.
J. V.-P., Amanda I. Newc0mb, Montpelier,
Vt.
Chap, Harriet J. Dodge, Hartford, Conn.
National Coupcil-Executve Board-Li,a
Members, F. Florence Barker. Maiden, Mass,
elected 1855: Annie Wittenmyer, Saratoga.
Pa. elected 1885, Sarah E. Fuller. Medford,
Mass, elected 1887.
Executive Board-Elected Members, Flo J.
Miller, Chairman. Monticello, H.; Gertrude
Horr Connell, Grand Island. Ncb.; Lanra s.
Dodge. Boulder, Colo; Amanda L. Murdoch,
Wheeling W. Va; Mary E. Wright Baltimore,
Md.
Board Of Directors for National w. II. c.
Home-Annie Wttenmyer, Chairman, Sana-
toga, Pa; Pluma L. Cowles, Secretary. Geneva.
o.; Charity Risk Craig virooua, Wis; Marga-
ret Ray Wilkins, Sabetha, Kan; Emma b.
Lowd. Salem, Mass.
4. The following appointments are announced:
Secretary, Sarah E. Phillips, Syracuse n. Y.
Inspector Mary f. Bancroft, Columbus, ..
Counselor, Elizabeth Darcy Kline, San
Francisco, Cal.
Instituting and Installing Officer. Edith
Train, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Chief of Staff. Abbie Lynch, Allegheny, Pa.
5. These officers having been installed in
Office, they will be obeyed and respected &C.
cordingly; and their predecessors are hereby
relieved from duty, and all books, papers, and
records in their possession shall be turned over
to their successors. Those who have not re-
ceived their badges can procure them by adj
dressing Mrs. A. A. Cheney, National Treas
urer. 81 Brainard street, Detroit, Mich.
6. National Headquarters have been estab-
lished at IL HER Flats. Syracuse, n. Y. and
all official communications should be addressed
TO Sarah T. Phillips, National Secretary.
z. From quarterly reports received ut these
Headquarters, it Is noted that in some instances
Corps have not established relief fund A
relief fund shall be established by the several
Corps and held sacred for the purpose Of ASST T.
ing uaed ,.aa.s.l THAR families End le
widows and orphans of Union soldiers. sailors,
and marines
g. Reports also show a marked decrease in
membership, caused by suspension of members
for non-payment of dues. While il is our de-
sire to add to our ranks new recruits, let us see
TO it that some means are taken to strengthen
and encourage those already Of u.s. Many may
find themselves unable to pay even the small
sum necessary to keep them in good standing.
l would therefore recommend that Corps, as
far as possible, remit the dues of all such, and
thus retain them in the Order.
8. There has never been .ime since the date
of our organization when the needs of the VET
Grams have been as urgent as the present. The
prevailing hard times, coupled with the sus-
pension Of pensions. have combined to make
the future outlook a dreary one for the man
who, from his service for his country in her
hour of peril finds himself in his declining
years unable to provide for che wants of his
family. Ny dear sisters of the Woman's Relief
Corps, let me urge upon you the necessity for
more devoted, cOnsecrated effort in our work of
charity. Let us keep ever and always before
us the great object for which we are banded
together.
10. All bills 10 be paid from National Treas
ury must be audited by parties contracting
quarters. 90
H. The decisions of the 18th National Con-
veniion will be promulgated as soon as received
at these Headquarters. The National password
has already been issued.
i2. With sadness | announce the intelligence
OF the great bereavement which has come to
our Past National President, Margaret Ray
Wilkins in the death OF her beloved husband,
and in the name of the Woman's Relief Corps
of this Nation offer her heartfelt sympathy.
The coming days TO her can but be fraught
with deepest sorrow and loneliness each one as
it succeeds the other seeming more dark and
drear, but
IT'S His way, and so II must be right;
Alihougs al ever, step, some foot that bleeds
Leaves print OF anguish. still our Father leads
Through darkness into light"
Outgoing and incoming and permanent rep
resentatives TO National Convention receive
National General Orders from their respective
Departement Headquarters. Department Presi-
dents will place this order in the hands of
Corps Presidents and representatives at once.
By order of SARAH Z. MINK, National Presi-
dent.
SARAH E. PHILLIPS, National Secretary.
THANKSGIVING IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Department President Cleveland, Esmond,
8. D., notes the following in last General
Orders:
icLtcT ToccINeu Sosio ID. blGgrcW,
Matron, Soldiers Home, Hot Springs, s. D..
asks the different Corps to donate before
Thanksgiving something for the worthy COM
rades who are inmates of the Home, and also
asks for fruit and other delicacies to be used
for the sick who are in the hospital.
LET us not wait, and coldly stint our praises
And leave reverent homage unex pressed,
'Til brave hearts lie beneath n roof Of daisies,
Then heap with flowers each comrades place
of rest.
For every year the veteran ranks are broken,
And every year new graves await flowers.
ALI! why not give to loving hearts some token
OF half The love and pride that tbrob through
ours?"
Corps desiring to assist In Soldiers Home
work will communicate with Eva Williams
Secretary Soldiers Home Committee, Water
town, S. ID.
THANKSGIVING IN INDIANA.
Department President Julia s. Conklin,
WestGeld. Ind, embodies much practical adj
vice to the Corps of Indiana in last General
Orders She particularly enjoins the selection
of capable Trsasurers and representative dele
gates to Department Convention. Corps are
asked TO contribute to the annual Christmas
fund, to be used in the purchase of gifts for
the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at
KnightstowD, and the inmates at the Inst:u-
ton for Feeble Minded Fort Wayne; also, to
the maintenance of a soldiers orphan attend
ing business college. This admonition on be-
half of relief is of general application:
"The sutumnal sunshine. the brilliant