The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-13
woMEN,s ORGANIZATIONS.
w. II. c., Ladies' OF the q. A. r. md
Daughters Meet.

PITTSBURG. Sept 1.-THE Woman's
Relief Corps held its first session this morn
ing. The national president. Mrs. Sarah G.
Mink, in her report, said that the move
ment to obtain pensions for army nurses
had been pushed during the year, and re-
ferred to work done i'm securing a general
observance of Memorial day. The report OF
the national secretary, Mrs. Sarah +. Phil
lips, shows the number Of corps 10 be 2.6S6:
amount expended for relief during thu
year, s64, 15l.5 SO; amount turned over to posts.
$50, 1917 amount expended for Memorial
day, S13,s27.37; amount expended for w. r.
C.. homes, $,S24.Sl; distributed to army
nurses not i'm homes. $3.50: expended in PEN
sion work, 1858. IS; expended i'm relief from
national relief funds. $50: total cash ex-
penditures. sl14, 10; amount of relief 9TH
er than money, S55, 739. 10; making total
amount of expenditures during the year.
s17o, 5s4.2s, and the total amount of relief
since organization, $l,0ls. $50. 25. The national
chaplain reported go. 100 soldiers graves
decorated May 80, 1894, at a cost OF Sl2,-
654.72.
The afternoon session lasted but thirteen
minutes and was secret. At the conclusion
of the business meeting the doors were
thrown open TO visitors. The crowd was
large, because Governor Pattison and staff
were present. When the Governor appeared
on the rostrum he received an enthusiastic
greeting. He complimented the members OF
the corps on the grand progress they had
made since their organization. At the con-
clusicn of his address he was presented a
badge OF the Woman's Relief Corps by
Past National Commander Kate f. Sher-
wood.
The annual convention of. the ladies OF
the q. a. II. went into session this morn
ing in the First German Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Mrs. Amanda /. Wetherr.
or AnOka, Mimi. presiding The buiidin .
was lavishly decorated with flowers, ferns
and palms. Among the delegates were a
number of colored women from Southern
The afternoon was devoted almost en-
daseeeitys TO Isnd nearing Ms rSTPoTts; In "a the pres =
her opinion the order should never seek
adoption as an auxiliary to the G.. A. r.
better for the ladies of the @. A. r. to
remain as Ii is nova noble, dignifed, In
dependent organization. asking no protec-
tor from any other. but working I'm per-
feet harmony and sympathy with the O..
A r: and being responsible TO Itself
Mrs. Flora n. Davey. of Duluth, Mimi.
the national secretary. reported the loss
by fire of most OF the records. She ex-
planned that on Sept. l she had placed In
the hands of the American Express Com
pany a trunk containing the official rec
o-ds OF the society. This had been de-
stroyed by the recent forest fires in Mn
nesota. the train on which il was being
| transported having been burned. She had
rewritten the report as carefully. as Sne
could No circles have been suspended or
lost during the year, and there are at this
time seventeen departments and twenty
four circles. Four departments were or
ganized and a number Of circles instituted.
The Daughters of Veterans held a very
brief session this morning and adjourned
until tomorrow morning, when they will
elect national officers.
Mrs. John A. Logan arrived i'm the city
this evening and was escorted to the
Monongahela house by Columbia Post 706.
of Chicago. Her arrival was announced by
the firing of a number of decorating caps
on the dock in front of the hotel. She held
a reception for Post zoe and later was taken
to the reception at the east end.