The National tribune., 1895-08-08
BETTER CARE OF SOLDIERS GRAVES.

| of Calvin Duke Post, No. 49, Sturgis, s. D., on
last Memorial Day, when they learned, incl
dentaly, that on the day previous Mrs. Elsie
A. Mcmillan, wife of Comrade J. c. Mcmillan,
| had repaired to the cemetery, and with her own
| hands trimmed and smoothed the graves OF
| their departed comrades thus fttingly pre-
| pairing them for the reception OF those embems
of love and Acknowledgment fiowers-that
| were so lavshly strewn thereon.
Duke Post did not pass over this patriotic
deed, but addressed Mrs Mcmillan an official
| letter of acknowledgment, signed by Alex Nc
Call, J. ID. Sadler and T. G. Geek, committee,
and countersigned by Bailey Madison, Com
mander, and ]. ID. Sader, Adjutant which
they close with recommendations that should
! be widely needed
Z" For that touching tribute to the memory of
| our dead, beautiful in conception. tender In
| execution, patriotic and refining in practice
we take this means of conveying to you our
deepest sense of respect and gratitude.
Our Post shall-and we hope all organized
societies. families, and individuals oil Sturgis
having lost members or loved ones sleeping
in the silent city of our dead will-make the
Saturday next preceding that of Decoration in
each succeeding year a day for the emulation
of the example-prompted by womRnly tender
ness-you have set for all of Us, which may
you live to see universally followed by all the
refined and good throughout this land we love,
until it becomes an inseparable adjunct to the
exercises of our annual decoration"
TOUR OF VETERAN CO. A.
Veteran Co. A, N, G. NJ, of Kansas cry, are
preparing for an extended tour of the South,
beginning with the Louisville Encampment
The marching of this fine company at st.
Louis, Columbus, Milwaukee, Boston, and
Washington will be remembered by all who
saw them in the GAR. parades.
Henry J. Taylor, Co. ID. o. V. l., is the Cap
fai bic To fTar dan htar
of the company.
Veteran Co. A, organized 1881, is the only
company of war veterans doing duty in the
National Guard of the United States. 1t has
80 members and 1l9 honorary members,
among the latter being exPresident Harrison.
Veteran Co. A will visit the battlefields of
the South, and will, at many places, by invita-
ton, be guests of ex-COnfederates whose hos
pitalty they have accepted.
Twenty-one Southern cities will be visited.
Ex-President Harrison and E1-Speaker Crisp,
United States House of Representatives, are
among the honorary members who will accom-
pany the party.
At Mobile reception will be rendered by
Lomax Rifles, Ex Con federate, happily brought
about by Miss Kate Duff Union Army Nurse.
poem in celebration OF the trip has been
contributed by Kate Brownlee Sherwood. by in
vitaton of Veteran Company A.
UNCLE JOBS PICNIC.
The Grand Army and Relief Corps OF Han
over, o., enjoyed a delightful picnic at
Uncle" Jobs Fruit Hill Farm, near that
place. a recent Summer afternoon. So says
q comrade who was there.
Over so veterans accompanied the merry
party and did their part in telling of the stir
ring scenes and incidents in which they had
shared. A fine dinner was served under the
sugar trees. 81
Songs and Rotations and resolutions of
thanks to Uncle" JOB and Aunt" Alice,
varied the afternoons program.
"MoTHER" RANsoM's FAITH.
"Mother" Ransom Is still in Richmond,
Ind, stopping at the Home for the Frien dess,
al institution she founded % years ago.
She accidentally fell down the back stairway
after the Pittsbufg Encampment and sustained
injuries she has ever Since suffered from.
She expects to be able to attend the Louis
vile Encampment, which she thinks will be
her last. as she is now quite advanced in years.
Mother" Ransom Is still young in the
beautiful faith which has sustained and CON-
forted her through long and eventful life.
As her children are all gone and she has no
near friends, she thinks Of taking up her resi-
dence at the National Relief Corps Home.
Mother" Ransom is deeply interested in
the patriotic work OF the W.RC. in counec-
tion with the National Council. and sets an ex-
ample worth following by contributing 81 to
the Founders Fund.
DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS
Department President Flo Jamison Miller
announces in last General Orders the appoint.
ment of Past Department President Julia q.
Sine as Department Instituting and Installing
Officer.
Corps are asked to send in the names of ap-
plicants to the new Soldiers Widows Home of
Illinois, of whicb.the Department President is
one of the Trustees.
The Home has not been located. and this
plan Of setting Corps to work by taking time
by the forelock is most commendable.
The Department of Illinois has been divided
up into Inspection Districts, corresponding to
Congressional Districts, and President APP
pointed for each. Past Department Presidents
Julia G. Sine and Sarah C. Harmon are among
the appointees
Corps are urged TO pay the dues of members
of the GAR. suspended because of their fnan-
cial inability to meet them and also to encour-
age the Sons Of Veterans.
DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA.
DEAR TRIBUNE: Stanton Corps, Los Angeles,
cleared nice little sum by serving noon lunch
to their friends.
In the evening, it being the fourth Tuesday
of the month, the Post and Corps, according to
custom, enjoyed joint Campfire.
Following the songs and recitations fine
silk -andvelvet quilt was drawn, Margaret
Hewes, a former member of the Los Angeles
School Board, being the winner.
The quilt was made by Past Department Sec
rotary Mary G. Hartwell of material furnished
by W.RC. members, and was sold for tho pur-
pose of liquidating the debt on a monument
erected by Frank Bartlett Post, realizing $3.50.
L. 0. c. Ord Corps, Los Gatos. mourns the
loss by death, of Amelia Klotzback, a worthy
and honored member, and a committee, en-
braciug Helen b. keifer, Jennie l.. Hamilton
and Leila E. Lord, have reported appropriate
resolutions to the husband and family bereft of
a beloved wife and mother. The Corps charter
is in mourning.
Stanton Corps realized handsomely on
Fourth of July dinner, served for the benefit
Of the relief fund.
All the Relief Corps of Los Angeles belong
to the California Federation of Societies, and
Stanton Corps had the honor of presenting the
work of Womans Relief Corps at the last
meeting in an excellent paper read by Past
Department President Abbie E. Johnson
Margaret L. Bell, Department Press nnRss-
spondont.
PATRIOTISM IN MINNESOTA.
The work of teaching patriotism In the
schools of Minnesota is progressing finely. At
Department Convention many veterans were
present to witness the flag salute and listen to
the address of Mary A. Silloway, Of the Depart
ment Committee Patriotic Teaching, who
was also active in placing this work before the
Minneapolis Congress of Women.
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