The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-03
rutlic Installation q Officers at
Fest headquarters.
Also BY WoMAN's RELIEF CORPS,
ne Eat 81 OAcsra q enc Fsst and the
nsilsf Csrps-rhs Addrsssss and
Other Features.

large room being crowded with members
OF each organisation. The object OF tho
lergc gathering was to witness the public
Z installation OF officers Of the post and
corps which had been announced. There
were no decorations to tho room except
that q large flag Of the Union was I'M
furlcd Just to the rear OF the command
er's station. This flag il a handsome one.
OF Bilken fabric. and was a present to the
post from tho ladies composing the corps.
bcing the first work after they organized
Z few months since Tho old veterans
who followed that flag In the bloody con-
flict between the people of Nation who
were then divided In sentiment, but who
are now single and united country. gazed
upon the silken folds OF the banner as
they sung the old. familiar songs which
recalled the days Of "a Tramp, Tramp.
Tramp, tho Boys Are Marching" and
Marching Through Georgia." were rem
dered by all present and the ritualistic
exercises Incident to the Installation OF
Officers commenced. The ladies' had pre-
cedence in the programme. Mrs. Jennie
Rue. Installing officer for the occasion,
performing the duties OF that office
When the corps had organized she In |
stalled the following as the officers of
Relief Corps No. i6.
President, Mrs. Maggie Rusk.
Senior vice president, Mrs Elenora En-
gle.
Junior vice president Mrs. Nettie SEQ
field
Treasurer. Mrs. Mary Fuller
Secretary. Ms. Maude Pendley.
Chaplain, Mrs. Cynthia Fellows.
Conductor Mrs. Belle Hudson.
Guard, Mrs. Carrie Billow.
Assistant conductor. Mrs. Sarah Davis. |
Assistant guard Miss Rebecca Berry
( When each bad been instructed In her
10 occupy during the year, Mrs. Rusk
took the presidents chair and addressed
the members follows:
To Comrades and Ladies Of the Grand
Army OF the Republic and Woman's Re-
lief Corps:
Feeling highly complimen,ea for tho
Mcclellan Relief corps in selectine nue.
for the scCond time as their president
with 20 many capable. earnest women 20
seleet from. desire to say thnLi this COPS
shall have my hest efforts for Its ah-
vaneement In the year TO come as IT has
during the past six months. and | tr,ist
for the upouldine Of our corps and the
relief OF needy veterans and their help
less ones Thought II might be OF In
terest TO both rost and corps 10 know
what this corps has done since its organ
ization just six months ago.
Feeling iha. we would like 10 do some
thing for the Grand Army post to which
we are auxiliary. our first work was to
raise the money and purchase the hcauti-
ful silk American flag which floats proud
~ DER us tonight, and present II to the
post as an earnes. Of the work this corps
expects to do tor the Grand Army In this
city. During the last quarter our total
receipts from all sources have been Si5S. "a.
some OF this money being earned by our
late dining hall. which was literally pat
ronized by our citizens We have dis
burscd sii2.el. including our per capita
tax to the state convention Woman's Re-
lief Corps, leaving a cash balance in our
general fund OF si6.1 and $50 in our re-
for relief and have extended aid 20 old
veterans and others, Our membership j.
made up of thorough. earnest and patri-
otic women, and we IRE adding constant.
ladies'
word In regard to the history and
work of the Woman's Relief Corps may
not be out OF place. During the foui
/. years war for the preservation Of III,
women was strictly thai Of relief relic
on the battlefield and In the hospital fo
the wounded and sick; relief In homes pro
vided for them OF the wives and children
OF the soldiers ut the front. as well n!
for the widows and orphans of the mel
who went forth. never to return MI
lions OF dollars were raised and expended
by these noble women during our ioh
years struggle for National existence
with the disarmament OF our armies fol
lowed the dissolution OF these Christian
and sanitary commissions which had don
such great work during the war. "A de
cade Dassed by financial crisis was o
gan to make cruel work In the ranks O
the veterans: hundreds OF orphans erie
for bread; women In widows. weeds wen ,,,
name of soldiers widows. and found non'
Tho Grand Army of the Republic organ
ized at the close OF the war and did Il
utmost to relieve the wants OF the need
veterans. but they were few In numos
and poor In purse. Where. now, Shout
women <of the land who had stood b
them in the darker daysf No sooner WEI
they called than these noble women asai
Tho name .reiief corps" was frat use
by q society at Portland, Maine. orsa'
a ixed in 1852 -Bosworth Relief Corps Ne
society stIll In existence. Then Ma
eachuaetts and Ohio took II up and o
ranized local relief corps: but 1t was N
until ls3 when Paul. v .roS ,ba, s, ",
were taken to organize a National OF
ans Relief Corrs. At the Denver e.
campment OF the Grand Army in Jn'
isss. about fifty women representatives
the different auxiliarics I'm the count
r,,et end organized a National woman
elected the first president. Later NJ /,
anne meeting they were received into !
Grand Army OF the Republic eneampnis
grown rapidly and there are now orga
fred departments In thirty-ive dffere
States and Territories , Two ,nous "a,
n total membership OF over ielvn Tn
maid out for relief OF worthy rotera
y
Sis5 GO Our own Department In Tex
was formed by Mrs Plummer In 1850, q
now numbers ten corps with n,emh'
shyn 81 about go. Mrs. Lavantta Cons
n Waco il president Of this departing
and Tho next meeting Of the dcnartms
encsmpment win be held at Dallas
This closed the relief corps exerct'
and the post then went into session, II,
Dcpa rtYuent Commander A. x, Taylor. !
instituting Officer. in the chair. nepa
lrert Inspector II. q. Rust Rcting
cffccr OF the day. The follywing w
y \. then installed according TO the ritual
the National ORGANIZATIONS.
post Commander. y. J. Schoh; sen
& v,ce rou,mander. A, 81. Encie; Junior
c~n,martier Ben A. CURE: surgeon, !
y r,,a rtermast ]. J. Biiiow: officer az
4 dsv. r. O. Rus; outer guard Ell
"A weed edfrsrnt. p. W. Hudson; screen
Il ynsior. II. r. Rue; anartcrmaster-sersea
n I'M. Fellows.
q nav commander. j. j. Schoii. took CO
II rrand OF the most aud delivered the
" Ccs,srades: 1t 10 upon an occasion OF
al Kind that tho incoming commander. "
~ ~ confidence