The National tribune., 1894-04-26
one. Thomas Sawtelle, Chairman; l. D.

done. Thomas SaWteile, Chalrmani Ia ~.
| Rogers, Secretary.
Past Department. President Flora Wulschner
has been suffering from serious attack of
| peritenitis at her home in Indianapolis but is,
| happily, improving
If the Secretary of J. B. Steedman Corps.
| Appleton City, will send the name of her State
to Kate B. Sherwood, the information asked
| for will be given.
The comrades of Marshalltown. Iowa, pride
themselves q good auxiliary in F. NJ.
| Thomas Corps, I. All their work is well done,
| and at the joint installation of Post and Corps
Past Commander Haradon and ex-senator Mills
congratulated the Corps Installing Officers upon
the superiority of their work. President, G.
| M. Paterson; Secretary, Celia White.
Department President Emma ]. Southwick.
of New Jersey, announces in her first General
Orders that Corps may be provided with the
| Manual of Patriotic Salute prepared by Col.
| George T. Balch, 33 East Twenty second street,
New York, at five cents apiece. And SO the
| good work of patriotic education goes on.
The Illinois Convention, WR.C, will be held
| May 10 to IL at Rock ford, where the first Re-
lief Corps in Illinois was formed and still
| fourishes, Nevius Corps. l, the banner Corps Of
| the Department in relief
Massachusetts, is to depart from its time-hon-
| ored custom of holding its Department En-
campment and Con vention in Boston, and will
go next year to Springfield.
Department. Commander Kidd, of Michigan,
in his address to Department Enoampment,
said in reference to the W.R.C: This va!ua-
BILE auxiliary of the Grand Army in this State
| is in most fourishing condition both as to
membership and effective usefulness. / cannot
commend it too highly to the favorable and
grateful consideration of the comrades through
out the Department"
Past Department President Sarah A. G.
Plummer, of Michigan, was Chairman of the
Michigan Convention Committee to extend
greetings to Encampment, accompanied by
Mesdames Cornelia S. Perry and Nina ID. Nc
Kinney. They were warmly greeted, and the
Chairman made one of her most eloquent
speeches.
The Official Roster, Department of Washing
ton and Alaska. is issued in neat, convenient
form, and bears list of 55 Corps. Patriotism
runs in warm currents in the pioneer country.
First General Orders of Department Presi-
dent Hughes of New Hampshire, promulgstes
the decisions of Convention, the most impor-
tant of which are the votes to continue Sol
diers Home work, to contribute to the GAR.
fund for observing Memorial Day in the South,
and to help on the work of the National Re-
lief Corps Home.
The presentation to the Toledo Soldiers Me-
mortal Association of Gilbert Gaul's famous
painting, " Battery H in Action" by survivors
of that command. to be hung in Memorial Hall.
was CREST event in Toledo soldier circles. Gov.
Mckinley was among the speakers, and Past
Cominander-in- Chief John s. KouniZ, Presi-
dent Of the Association, made an admirable add
dress on accepting the painting. Serg't VIM.
Corlett, Of Battery II, and member of the Asso-
citation, was largely instrumental in securing
the prize for Memorial Hall.
Lawyer Chas. T. Preston has been mainly in
instrumental in forming the new Post and Corps
at Wellington. Conn.,, and in placing them in
cozy and convenient GAR hall in one of his
buildings in the center. The institution Of the
Corps, Annie A. Preston, President March 2.
Anna r. LOOMS, of Rockville, officiating was
an inspiring occasion. Charlotte Z. Wright
Department President New Haven, and
Augusta b. Hammond, Past Department Presi-
dent, were among the Campfire speakers. A
bountifui supper was served by the new Corps.
HOllen E. Day, in an open letter to ST.
Louis editor, who wrote idisparagingly of the
Union pensioners, recalls remark worth
thinking about these days made by Abraham
Lincoln, when, with tears coursing down his
cheeks, he heard of the general re-enlistment
of men who had served three years: God
grant that these men may never have cause to
feel that they are neglected despised by
those in whose defense they gave up every |
thing that life holds dear"
Charles b. Mitchell Relief Corps, No. 3S. |
Maumee o., suburb of Toledo celebrated the |
10th anniversary of the granting Of the charter, |
April 16. The Corps was instituted May 10, |
1854, by Kate b. Sherwood, but the celebration |
was held on the date of granting the charter on
account Of Ohio Convention, which comes off |
that week.
INDIANA CONVENTION.
DEAR TRIBUNE: The 18th annual Conven-
ton, Department of Indiana. W.R.C, was held |
at Lafayette April and 5. Flags foated over
the city at every turn and the Arch of Welcome
was Illuminated at night, impressng all with
its grandeur. Receptions were given each
evening in honor of the Ga .R. and W.R.C.
The Convention was well attended by dele
gates aud visiting members. The Secretary
and Treasurer's report showed the Department
to be in successful working condition, en-
bracing 1873 Corps. with a membership of 6,391.
Total value of relief expended was 1926
Total number assisted, SO.
Julia S. Conklin Department President. was
presented by the Department with handsome
diamond ring.
The following officers were installed for the
ensuing year: Pres, Nellie Rainford S. V. p,
Eliza j. Chrsler; J. v P. Gertrude L. Mitch
eli; Sec, Ellie E. Houk; Treas, Jennie NJ.
Booth; Chap, - Tucker; Delegate at Large,
Carrie E. Harper.
The next Department Convention will be
held at Muncie, Ind.