The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-14

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/ Lizzie VI. Powers, Chairman, Chadron.
| ILLINOIS IN LEGISLATION.
! DEAR TRIBUNE: The bill asking for APP
preparation of $3.50 for our W.R.C. Home
has been introduced into both Houses
The W.R.C, through Its Department Presi-
dent, has also pledged its support to assist in
| redeemiDg the monument to Abraham Lincoln
| from the decay and neglect into which it has
/ been allowed to sink.
Department President Miller thus beauti-
| fully portrsys our duty: "W &c. of Illinois.
| pause one moment in your busy work. gaze st
the records OF the Prairie State; do you not see
| embroidered in Mercy's loom by angel fingers.
the name Of him who was God-like in his daily
liie2 With malice toward none. with charity
toward all he lived his life and when in death
he stepped above this earth, it was left for the
generation to reverence his memory.
In this age be needs no monument, for the
clsnking Of the chains from the freedmen's
limbs are still ringing in our ears. Future gen.
erstions, however. need to hear the story OF
raising the stunted humanity. and will need to
note the monument to his memory. Let rs do
what We can that this shall be an homer to the
State and to the memory Of Illinois's grandest
hero" Efie r. Kennedy
DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS.
The 10Th annual Convention. Department. of
Kansas W.R.C., was an event of great pleasure
and profit; Department President Edith NJ.
Wood in the chair All the arrangements Of
Corps were com pleted; the church was beau
tifully decorated for the Convention, and many
pleasures were provided.
Past National President Margaret Ray Wick
ins fresh from the National Council Of Women
at Washington, in whose industrial and pa
triotic programs she had an important part,
added much interest by her attendance.
The attendance was large, the reports en-
couraging and the sessions harmonious Fra
ternal greetings were exchanged with the State
Convention. W.R.C., and the usual interchange
with Department Encampment, GAR, were
enthusiastic on both sides.
Commander-in-C Chief Lswler and staff visited
the Convention, and in the course of highly
commendatory remarks he said the W.RC. eI-
pended far more for charity than the GAR,
and more judiciously, too. Department Com
mander Campbell said the reports of his Inspec-
tor told the story. Many of the Posts reported
uniforms irregular attendance and q de-
pleted treasury, but the Post with q Relief
Corps reported was in good heart, with Gu
couraging prospects.
committee embracing Emma B. Alrich,
National charter member, W.R.C.; Past Ma
tionai President Margaret Ray Wilkins, and
Mesdames Stewart, Edward, Webb, Sells, and
Campbell, bore Convention greetings to the
Grand Army Encampment and were given an
Convention reports, az follows: Corps in good
standing in the Department, 233; members in
good standing, 6,6i6; amount expended for re-
lief, S2,9l7.43 amount of relief other than cash,
81, 5o7.6I; amount of money turned over to
Posts, Sl,5l7.48; amount expended by Depart
ment for relief Sl9462; total amount expended
for relief, S721Z.I4; total amount expended for
reliefsnc the organization of the Department
Feb 6. 1884. S49.564.O5; number of persons as
sisted during the past year, 1896; balance on
hand in the relief funds of the Corps, SO 231. go
amount in the general fund of the various Corps
$lS,2O0.4S; total amount of relief in the Ma
ti0nal Corps since the organization, over
S, OOO, 900.
The Grand Army and Relief Corps enjoyed
joint installation. The Department officers,
installed by Past National President Wilkins,
follows: Pres, Emma b. Alrich; 8. w.
p, Julia Mccarthy; ]. V-P., julia Campbell;
Treas. Helen Edwards; Chap, Minnie s. Criss;
ms, Margaret Griffith; /. and J. Officer, Nellie
Volk: Sec. Rachel Candy Alrich Counselor,
Lucy Reed Jones. Executive Board, Edith NJ.
Wood. Julia Chase. May Lapham. Jennie Marsh,
Minnie ID. Morgan.
POINTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST.
The Department Encampment of the GAR.
passed resolutions of thanks to all patriotic
associations extending them assistance or aid
ing in maintaining high standard Of loyalty
to our flag and country. Resolutions were
also passed requesting the Kansas Legislature
to enact law at its next session, requiring
School Boards to hoist the flag over every
sehoolhouse; also, to provide for the erection
of 1.-THE Union Soldiers Memorial Hall of
United States History" at the Capital, as the
most appropriate monument to the memory of |
Kansans who served in the Union army.
1t was voted to urge officers and teachers in |
all public schools to set apart Friday preceding
Me-, rr,ln axy 70 ho Ennv d.
triotic Day." devoted to exercises teaching |
patriotism and loyalty.
The Relief Corps will unite with the Grand !
Army in pressing these requests. It Is inter /
esting to note that the amount expended in |
relief and turned over to Posts by the ". re. |
Is largely in excess of the entire expenditures |
of the g.
Past Department President Wood was pre-
scented Past Presidents badge. gold. set with |
diamonds; a merited honor for faithful and
efficient service.
The election Of Emma B. Alrich. National
charter member W.R.C., and one of the veteran
newspaper women of the Snnfower State gives
great satisfaction in State and National circles.
GAR. aud W.R.C. Relief Corps work will
take no backward steps while she Is President,
but, on the contrary, will take a new impulse
In patriotism and relief, since she is both or
ganizer and ad vocate and Is heart and sole in |
the cause.
MASSACHUSETTS CONVENTION.
DEAR TRIBUNE: A more enjoyable and bust |
ness-like gathering never assembled than the |
18th annual Convention of the Woman's Be- |
lief Corps, Department of Massachusetts.
Department President Clare II. Burleigh pre- |
sided with grace and dignity.
In her address she reported the issue of nine |
General Orders aud a visit to al Corps, includ- |
ing 20 exemplifcations, seven fairs. five public
to deliver addresses, and numerous |
She installed the officers of 21 /
Corps and instituted six. She also addressed
the Legislative Committee in the interests of
the bill making it unlawful to print, stamp or
impress any words, figures or designs upon the /
dag of the United States, with o penalty an
nexed.
Department Secretary Mary E. Elliot re-
ported six Corps instituted during the year,
and the gain by charter membership 145.
Number of members initiated, 1,06S; admitted
by transfer 1O3; reinstated, 1870; lost by death,
1873; lost by honorable discharge, 384 lost by
transfer, 1889; lost by suspension, 979. Loss,
!. 600; net gain, 361. Number of members Jan.
|, 1895, 1929.
Amount expended from the relief funds. S.
BIS. 43; amount turned over to Posts, $6, 5e5.07;
amount expended from Memorial fund and De-
partment relief fund, $603.1I; total cash ex-
pended for such purposes, SIT. s9S.5a
Value of relief other than money, 81, 67551;
relief other than money disbursed by Depart
ment Relief Committee, $3.50; total, s.. S2S.5l
This makes o grand total of over $4,000.
Departments Treasurer Sarah E. Fuller re-