The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-08-15
DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS.

The departments oil Kansas W.h.O. ana
GAR. will make the trip together to Louis
vile. Louisville Headquarters at Hotel Will
lard, to which visitors cordially invited.
The Louisville Reception Committee ia
headed By Julia A. Mccarthy, Larned.
A gain OF 100 members in the Department
for the quarter ending June 80 is reported.
Lawrence Corps, 8, has the largest number of
members. LOG in all, and Corps 7, Emporia, ex.
pended the largest amount of money.
Relief was extended to 372 persons in SOL
diers' families for the quarter.
The annual State Reunion is announced at
Selma for Sept. % to %.
DEPARTMENT OF RHODE ISLAND.
Department President Emily F. Fish an
nouucss In General Orders that the Grand
Army and Relief Corps will proceed together to
Louisville. where the official delegation W.R.C.,
will have Headquarters at 422 East Broad way.
Meetings for cxemplifcations of the rituals,
prior to inspection, will be held at Department
Headquarters, to be presided over by Depart.
ment officers.
Sympathy is extended to Department Junior
Vice President Bessie NJ. Soymore on the death
Of her husband.
DEPARTMENT OF CONNECTICUT.
A general exemplfcation meeting for the in
gtruction of Assistant Inspectors will be held
at Windsor Locks, Oct. 2; Emma NJ. Goodrich,
Department Inspector, presiding
Tho Department President, staff, delegates
and members of the Corps have been invited to
accompany the Department Commander and
staff to the Louisville Encampment.
Forty-eight dollars have been contributed
for Memorial Day in the South by the Corps of
Connecticut.
Connecticut has goodly number of Corps on
the honor roll. Palmer Corps, 5, initiated the
largest number of members.
Twenty Corps attended the annual donation
party at the Soldiers Home, Noroton, and left
a goodly supply of hospital delicacies and com
forts.
Department President Hayder says that Sol
dicrs' Home Day has been voted a success, and
she thanks in General Orders all who have con-
tributed.
DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI.
Department President Adah Goss Briggs, In
General Orders, No. a. compliments the Corps
of Missouri on increased prOmptness in for
warding returns.
Headquarters Department of Missouri will
be established at I7i3 West Chestnut street,
Louisville, where all members of Relief Corps,
Grand Army and friends are invited to call.
The Relief Corps will accompany the Grand
A series Of l2 District Conventions is an
nounced, and President has been appointed
for each. ..,,u.
Department President Briggs urges Missouri
women to organize, aud says that Missouri has
more old soldiers than either Kansas, Me-
braska, Iowa, or Illinois, q statement which
will be new to most OF our readers.
The institution of John S. Phelps Corps st.
James, aud Gordon Granger Corps, Clinton, is
announced. tR7oT
DEPARTMENT OF NRw HAMPSHIRE.
The Department of New Hampshire, W.R.C.,
will accompany the Department GAR. to
Louisville.
Department Headquarters of all will be at
the Louisville House, where joint reception
will be held for friends and comrades
The 10th annual Reunion of tho New Hamp-
shire Veterans Association will be held ut The
Wcirs from Sept. to 9, inclusive. to be at
tended as usual by the W.RC.
A Relief Corps reception will be held during
the Encampment.
Corps requested to send chairs and other
articles of comfort and convenience.
Department President Ii. Lizzie Foster in
last General Orders, announces the reorganiza-
ton of Corps 5, Lskeport.
DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT OF OREGON.
Mary Scott Myers, Department President of
Oregon, resident at The Dalles Is the wife of
w. S. Myers, attorney, who served his country
ct tho front four J cars ia the 9th Vt.
This stanch pair Of Union patriots were mar
ried prior to the war, and when the young hus-
band was fighting in the ranks tho young wife
was teaching school and writing him words of
good cheer.