The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
G. 4. R. POST %
Announces That 1t Will Stand
by the Women.
WARM RESOLUTIONS
That Are Adopted at a Meeting, Called
Forth by a Memorial From the Corps,
Setting Forth the Fact That Their
Charter will be Asked for.

Setting Forth the Fact That Their
Charter will be Asked for.
For some time there have been rumors
afloat that the department council of Ohio
had demanded the charter Of the Canton
W. II. G. on the ground that the corps
was not carrying out the aims and pur-
poses for which IL was organized The
W. II. G. met Wednesday night TO oppose
any effort that would be made TO take
their charter from them and the Canton
Post, No. 25 G. A. r., proposes to stand
right by them. The following memorial
and resolutions are self-explanutory
W. II, G. MEMORIAL TO THE G. A.. r,
At u regular meeting of the Canton
Post, No. 25 G. A. r.. held December
Is, 1895, the following memorial from the
W. II. O. No. 4. was presented and read
Dear Comrades: We beg to draw your
attention to general orders No. from ma
tional headquarters, W. X. c., as widely
published i'm the National Tribune by
Kate b. Sherwood, the editor Of the relief
corps columns, i'm the issue of December
IL, which is as follows:
First-The following decision of the
| thirteen conventions hereby promulgated:
"That incoming officers be instructed to
civil or otherwise against Ada +. Clark,
as seems best to them to demand at the
hands Of the department Of Oho the char
! ter of Canton corps"
We have not been advised that any COM
! plaint or charges have ever been made or
entertained against our corps either at de-
partment or national headquarters W. r.
| c., nor are we conscious of any infractiOn
of the rules and regulations or usagcs Of
the organization or of the lawful orders Of
either national or department officers
We have an active, earnest leadership of
5S ladies, very largely composed of the
wives, daughters and other relatives of
the comrades of the post. Our relations
with the post have always been friendly
and our corps is now i'm q particularly
hcalthful and prosperous condition. We
earnestly desire to continue our work of
fraternity and charity, as your faithful
and loyal auxiliary. In this emergency
we respectfully and urgently ask your
wise counsel and assistance.
The following preamble was then intro
duced by A. ID. Braden, and adopted with
out u dissenting vote:
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, Our faithful and loyal auxil-
iary, Canton Corps, No. 4, has sent to the
post a memorial setting out part of a
general order recently issued by the ma.
tional president and published in the Ma
tional Tribune, to-wit:
First-The following decision of the
thirteenth national convention is hereby
. promulgated: That the incoming officer.
be instructed to confer together and tC
proceed in any case, civil or otherwise
against Ada f. Clark, as seems best tC
: them to demand at the hands of the de
/, partmcnt of Ohio the charter Of the Can
ton corps, and
= Whereas, An auxiliary, Canton Corps
No. 4, has asked our counsel and support
in this emergency, therefore
Resolved, That we do now as in tht
past, declare our unbounded confidence il
the loyalty, capacity, integrity and efiic
iency Of our noble auxiliary, Canton Re
lief Corps, No. 4, W. r.. c., and in tn,
, membership thereof individually and col
lectively. We appreciate and honor tn,
ladies of Canton corps for their higl
character as women, for their tireles
work and the loving and efficient assist
ance they have always given us in on
great labor of fraternity, charity and 10y
atty. They are our wives mothers, daugh
ters and sisters, and they are in ever,
I way worthy of our highest confidence, re
spect and esteem.
h Resolved, That we hereby pledge our
+ selves and this post to the support, assist
+ ance and defense of our honorcd auXiliar
O against any, every and whatever attemp
that may be made to wreck, destroy
!, weaken or cast reprOach upon their organ
q ization as a coprs.
Resolved, That we deprccate and de
NLn "a. I'D
personal spite which impel Canton wOmcl
J high in the counsels of the W. r. c., t
> resort to such questionable and unjustifla
> bic measures for the sole and only purpos
L of reaping reprisal Of malice against al
u individual member of Il respected and hon
!, ored corps.
U Resolved, That the national presiden
: of the w. r. c.. be and she is hereby 1T
quested to furnish for the information G
this post statement embodying the Ian
d guage of the resolution, which is elaine
e to be the decision of the thirteenth ma
r tional convention, referring to this sui
ject and that she be requested to furthe
y state for the information of this post
First--Whethcr any charges have bee
lodged with her or were presented TO sal
thirteenth national convention agains
said Canton corps, imputing to Canto
n corps any disobedionco of lawful order
or infraction of rules and regulations c
J. the w. r. G. Second-The nature an
"a character of such charges if any, an
l. third, by whom suchgcharges, if any, hav
been preferred. Or, If no formal charge
n have been preferred against Canton corps
# then that she inform this post of the basi
or foundation of the alleged action of tn
v thirteenth national convention, whic
warranted her in incorporating into he
general order No. 3, the menace against
and reflection of Canton corps coontaine
I, in the clause above quoted.
Resolved, That the commander of thi
post be, and he is hereby directed to fol
:. ward copy of these resolutions and
~ copy of the memorial to the president {
y the department Of Ohio; to the editor {
II the National Tribune with request fc
the publication Of the same; to the nj
y tional commander of the Grand Army {
u the Republic, and to the department. con
y mander of the department Of Ohio.
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