The National tribune., 1894-06-28

soldiers asleep on Southern battlefelds; 81 to
the National Relief Corps Home and $19 to the
National Veterans Building at Wiers.
Corps 63, Salisbury, has the sympathy Of the
Department in the loss by fire of their charter
and part of their Corps supplies.
DEPARTMENT OF NEBRASKA.
DEAR TRIBUNE: In his Memorial Day ad-
dress at North Platte, Judge Conger, of Loup
City, orator of the day, dwelt upon the impor-
tance of patriotic teaching in our schools. This
was the more grateful to his audience as Corps
110 claims the honor of being the first Corps in
| the State to introduce the flag salute into the
schools.
DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK.
The Relief Corps of Watertown and Linville,
N. Y, gave the Memorial of the Flowers" in
| a most impressive manner.
New York sends out solid roster for 1894 of
205 Corps, and not one vacant number.
O'Rourke Past, No. l, Department Of New
York, GAR. organized Corps in April last
with SO charter members. And now that Post
would like to know which Post can beat tina.
record.
Past Department President Bessie E. Young,
of Missouri, is seeking rest and health at the
home of her sister at Dover, N. H.
| New York women, in their labor on behalf
of their Relief Corps Home bill, set an example
| to the women of other States worth following.
| When the bill was pending the united COM
| mittee, GAR. and W.R.C., the latter headed
| by National President Sarah G. Mink and Past
| Department President Ellen NJ. Putnam Chair
| man of the W.RC. contingent, visited the capi-
| tol at Albany and made their plea direct to
| those In charge of the bill. There are many
veterans in legislative circles in New York
State, and they, with Past Commander-in. Chief
| Palmer Secretary of State, lent the committee
| great assistance. There is nothing like strik-
| ing when the iron is hot
| Alexander Hamilton Corps auxiliary to
| very influential Post in New York City recent
| ly organized Corps with "a charter members.
The passage of the New York Relief Corps
| Home bill by the Legislature promptly signed
by Gov. Flower and COW law, has been hailed
| with the highest satisfaction by New York
| veterans and patriotic citizens generally.
| GERTRUDE HoRR CoNNELL.
Department President Gertrude Horr Con-
nell, of Nebraska, was born at Carthage, N. Y.
| 1916, and was educated at the Wesleyan Semi
| nary, Gouverneur, except one years attend
ance at school in Syracuse.
She had three brothers in the Union army,
| and each returned with impaired health, one
dying in 1875 from disease contracted in the
service the second dying from the same cause
minded by his suferings every day of the ter
rible time he passed in the pits before Peters
burg.
Department President Counell was married
to John T. Connell in 1865, late of Co. A, 1st
Ill. l.. A., in which he served three years and
three months. They resided in Carthage until
1884 when they removed to Grand Island, Neb.,
their home since that time.
In 1885, when Lyon Corps, No. 10, was formed,
Department President Connell was made Presi-
dent. The following year, 1856. she was chosen
Department Treasurer, and again in 1890. 1891,
and 1893, serving in all four years. The past
year she served as Department Secretary, and