The National tribune., 1896-09-17
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: c.
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SUPPORT r tho Wonan's Hosief Corps in their be-
| nefcent work.
Commander.in-Chief clarkson, Of Omahs,
wom.n's Relief Corps eonvention and pledge
them his hearty support in the work Of the
Past Chaplain. Chief Hagerty. accom-
panied by Capt Wallace Foster and Mr.. W. l.
Heller, President of the American Flag Com
pany, were admitted to Convention and given
| the salute. ,9s.iy
Capt Foster and Mr.. Heller were given a
vote of thanks in their work for patriotic
teaching. Mr.. Heller addressed the Conven'
| ton briefly, in which he said that the Woman's
taken concerted action towards putting nag
in every schoolroom, as well as over every
schoohouse in the land.
| A delegation from the Loyal Home Workers
was received, and after an exchange OF greet.
ings National President Turner was presented
Loyal Home Workers pin. in recognition OF
| the fact that she was the first officer OF the
| W.R.C. outside their President who had given
any recognition to the Loyal Home Workers
and had assisted in helping them to organize az
Boston, six years ago.
Chaplain in-Chief Hagerty presented the
National President with a gavel, the head OF
which is made of oak from the tree under
!
command of the Union army, and the handle
from hickory cut from Wilson's Creek battle
| field, where Gen. Lyon was killed.
Among the visitors was Mrs. Newport Chair
man of the Ladies' Citizens Committee, who
brought pleasant greetings; also, Maj. Espy,
Chairman of the Amusement Committee. 3Oth
| National Encampment and Mrs Gen. John A.
Logan and her daughter, Mrs Maj. Tucker.
| A delegation Of Army Nurses was received
and introduced to Convention. They were as
follows, presented by Past National President
| Annie Wittenmyer: Mrs Woodey, of Philadel-
phia, President of the Army Nurses Associa-
| tion Mrs. Sarah K. Clark, of Iowa, Chaplain
| of the Army Nurses Association; Mrs. Harriet
Abend, of Minnesota Mrs Esther Walker,
Mrs. Alice c. Risley. of Missouri, who rendered
service in New Orleans; Mrs. Susanna Clark,
| of Indiana, who rendered service III Pittsburg !;
Miss II. L. Palmer, of New York, Secretary OF
the Army Nurses Association; Mrs. Rachel
Harris, of illinois, who served in Vlcksburg !;
Aunt Becky" Young, who served long and
well in the dark days of the war; Mrs. Lydia
| George, of Whitmore Mimi, whose service was
| on the frontier; Mrs. Elizabeth Ewing, Penn
| sylvania, who served at Baltimore as vice.
President of the Army Nurses Association;
Mrs. Della d. Peck, three years Nurse in the
| army, and now President of the New York
| Army Nurses Association.
| GREETINGS EXCHANGED.
The usual exchange of greetings between the
Grand Army and Relief Corps was attended
with the usual interest. A Committee on
Greetings from the Relief Corps to Convention
| were Past President Emma Z. Wallace and
| Annie Wittenmyer aud Aunt Becky Young,
Department Chaplain of Iowa. They were
| given q cordial welcome by the Commander.
in-Chief, and a soldiers ovation by the En-
campment. The committee from Encamp-
ment was headed by Past Department
Commander /. F. Mack. of Ohio, aud
| embraced Past Department. Mitchell, of New
York. and Capt jack Crawford, the Poet Scout,
| Aid from New MexiSdpoE the staff of the Com
| mander-in-Chief.
Commander Mack made brilliant little adj
| dress, commencing the work of the Woman's
Relief Corps and assuring Convention that the
Grand Army of the Republic would stand by
its only auxiliary, the Wdman's Relief Corps
Commander Mitchell, Of New York, paid
special tribute to the women of the Empire
State, whose untiring labdrs had made possible
the Woman's Relief Corps Home of New York.
Capt. Jack Crawford made one of his ringing
| speeches. in which he lauded the loyal women
Of America, and closed his remarks by reciting
one Of his own beautiful poems. A comrade
| from Indiana whose name we did not learn
united in the soldiefIy tributes, and received
an ovation from the CONNECTICUT delegation, as
he said ne was soldier from that State
CONVENTION NOTES
The greetings of the Convention were tele-
! graphed to Past National Presidents E. Florence
Barker, Sarah f. Fuller, Elizabeth Darcy
/ Kinne Sue A.. Pike Sanders, Mary Sears Nc
! Henry, and Sarah c. Mink.
letter of greetings was ordered sent to
Clara Barton, Past National Chaplain, W.RC.,
| now due in New York from Armenia.
When it was announced that the next Ma
tional Encampment would be held in Buffalo,
Past Department President Ellen NJ. Putnam,
| nf Na,u ri nd inu itotin ho-
| half of the Department Of New York and the
City of Buffalo.
National President L. A. Turner and Ma
tioDal Secretary Harriette L. Reed were the
recipients of warmest thanks for presiding so
ably over Convention proceedings. Elizabeth "
1ightened many serious problem with her
spontaneity of fun and witticism.
DEPARTMENT OF COLORADO.
The decision of the recent National Encamp-
ment to hold its next meeting at Buffalo, N. Y,
instead of at Denver, Colo, was somewhat of a
disappointment to rs OF the West; bnt, as
anticipation is said to excel in pleasure realza-
ton. we will venture to exist on precept for
another brief season, when we will hope to
prove to the veterans and their auxiiaries that
sojourning beneath the Rockies will renew the
trite saying and teach them to yield homage
to reality.
The Future yet holds in her closed hand
silver possibilities, and when the hosts do
choose to honor the Queen City of the Centen-
NAL State with their presence, we will accord
them royal welcome,
"And instruct them in things they would wish Ia
know
OF this wondrous land called Colorado"
At recent joint meeting of Farragut Post
and Corps of Denver, Mrs. Katharine c. Ken.
nedy, the first Department President of Colo
RADIO and Wyoming, was presented with hand.
some easy-chair and a beautiful rug in which
was interviewer the GAR. emblem.
These we're accompanied with an engraved
framed, and glazed set of resolutions, express.
ing, in behalf of the Department. the apprecia
ton of her work at time when the Treasury
was empty and the laborers few.
Mrs. Kennedy, much surprised, accepted the
: gifts in few fitting words. Her husband
} Gen. J. c. Kennedy, followed with appropriate
remarks and thus closed pleasant Reunion
of the fraternity after the Summer vacation.
]. A. Cheeseman, Press Correspondent, De
partment of Colorado and Wyoming.
IndOrse Mckinley.
Every one of the 60 survivors of the 800
} Ohio in attendance at the annual Reunion O
, the regiment at Columbus, Sept. 3, wore Nc
Kinley and Hobart button. Having fought
four years to preserve the integrity of tn,