The National tribune., 1896-07-02

or What the Loyal Relief Corps is DoinI
from Maine to Oregon-Practical Teach
ing of Patriotism and Love for the Flag.
w.R.c. OFFICERS HoNoRED.
Laura A. Bates President of the Nebrask
Soldiers Home Board, attended the meeting o
the Northwestern Soldiers Home Association
at Grand Rapids Mich, in her official capacity
She is also Secretary and Treasurer of the asso
citation.
The National Convention of Charities ant
Corrections met at the same time and place
when Mrs. Bates took place on the program
Topic, Work of tho WR.C"
Past Department President Louise Barnun
Robbins again represented Michigan, by ap
pointment of the Governor, at the meeting 0
National Charities and Corrections.
DEPARTMENT JOURNALS.
The Journal of Proceedings. 18th Annua
Convention, Department of Massachusetts
WR.C, is a volume of 255 pages, issued il
handsome style by E. B. Stillings, of Boston
and bearing the portrait of Past Department
President Eva T. Cook as a frontispiece. Por
traits of Department Secretary Mary E. Eliot
and Department Treasurer Sarah L. Fuller ap
pear in the volume.
There is matter Of interest on every page o.
the Journal. and much to excite admiration and
emulation; but the summary in the Depart
ment Presidents address. page 45, is the crow u
ing sheaf of all.
Ii is there reported that, with membership
of ID. 500 the Department of Massachusetts, last
year expended i'm the several lines of relief pa.
triotic teaching and Memorial Day the magnif.
cent sum of $23, l40.91.
The Journal Of 18th Annual Convention,
| cf oh
pears in good style from the Farmers Cabinet
press Milford. half-tone portrait of Past De-
psrtment President III. Lizzie Foster adorning
the frontispiece.
The Journal is a record of which New Hamp.
shire may be proud, particularly in the exposi-
tion of work for the veterans at the Soldiers
Home and on behalf of the soldier Mecca at
| Weirs. A GAR. Bureau of Patriotic lnstruc-
ton has been established in New Hampshr re,
in connection with Patriotic teaching, which
other Departments may well emulate. This
bureau engages the services of Union soldiers
TO deliver, on call, lectures recountng the story
of the great struggle for the flag. and so awaken
the enthusiasm Of the rising generation in les-
sons of good.
NEW YORK w.R.C. HOME.
Department Correspondent Helen J. Parker
| writes that the New York Relief Corps Homo
is fast nearing completion bat awaits the cleo
| trio light, sewerage and water before it can be
| furnished aud opened. Members of the Com
mission visited the Home, following Depart
ment Encampment, and were satisfied with re-
| suits.
New York Corps have contributed literally
| TO the erection fund, and will largely furnish
the institution, and Mrs. Parker says, in con-
| clusion:
The building stands on a slightly location
among the hills near to the village of Oxford,
with the Chenango River flowing along the
| edge OF the slopng meadows which form the
| grounds in front of the Home. 1t is beauti-
fnl spot. and here may many valiant souls
those who have been faith fnl to their country s
csuse-fnd resting-place until called from
the comforts with which grateful people can
provide them to the mansions of rest above"
DEPARTMENT OF OHIO.
In conformance with a vote of Department
| Convention President Emma 4. Cressinger, of
Ohio, has appointed woman in each of the SO
Counties in the State to look up homes for the
soldiers orphans at the State Home. who,
under the law, must leave that institution at
| the age OF 16.
The following -Chairmen of standing COM
mittees are announced: Soldiers Home, Lottie
ID. Crosley, Columbus; Relief Mary Mason.
| Melina; Ohio Orphans Christmas, Margaret
| f. Wilson, Greenfield; Patriotic Instruction,
Ellen jenkins, Washington Courthouse.
DEPARTMENT OF LOUISIANA.
| Fourth annual Convention. Department of
Louisiana, W.R.C, was anothel stepping-stone
in the successful work performed by Depart
| ment President Josephine II. Lewis and her
associates Twenty three Corps were reported
| with membership of $685. Seven Of these
Corps are located in New Orleans, Headquar-
tiers of the Department.
! In her annual address the Department
| President acknowledges the important serv-
ices of Col. c. Antoine, Department Mus
tering Officer, GAR, who has done much to
extend the Order among the Posts.
Several Corps of New Orleans assisted the
Grand Army and Sons of Veterans in Me-
mortal Day observances. The States of the
Union were represented in the parade by "a
little girls in National colors under the direc-
| tion of the Woman's Relief Corps. Many beau
tiful floral offerings were placed OH the SOL
diers monument, aud the United States
troops fired the salute. Ex-Gov. Yarmouth
was orator of the day.
NOT SOLICITING FUNDS.
The Editor having received a postal card
signed Jennie T. Sturtevant, President of Corps
Ill. Pembroke, Mass, soliciting funds to assist
the Grand Army in a Memorial Hall building
made due announcement in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE The President whose name was
used denies in toto that she either directly or
indirectly permitted such use Of her name
President StSrtevant writes that Joseph E.
Simmons corps, III, nave erected a very nice
hall for the of Post, Corps, and S. of ",
which will be named when dedicated.
AN OKLAHOMA WORKER.
Much successful work was done last wear !.
the Relief Corps ranks of Oklahoma During
the administration of President Pomeroy nine
Corps were added to the roster, making q in
all.
Department Encampment and Convention
were held at Enid, forming the largest assem-.
blage OF the kind ever held in Oklahoma Terri
tory, and described by those who have been
present at similar meetings in the older States
as in many respects, equal to any. Comrade
Cater, OF Nesbitt. was elected Department.
Commander, and lie, like every other officer on
the staff, is warm friend of the W.R.C.. with
possibly one exception.
The improved status of the W.RC. work in
Oklahoma is attributed to the work of presi-
dent Pomeroy, who made a tour of the Terri.
tory, strengthening the Corps, organizing new
ones, and exciting much enthusiasm among
Grand Army comrades wherever she appeared
Department Headquarters, W.R.C, this wear
are at Oklahoma City. and President Laux has
been acting upon applications for charters
from localities visited by President Pomeroy.
There is earnest desire on tho mart of
President POmeroy's friends throughout Okla.
homa Territory to see her made a National off.
Ger at the coming National Convention. The
place they hope TO her Gil is that of Ma.
tional Senior Vice-President She has the In
dorsement of ali the leading Grand Army and
Relief Corps officers in Oklahoma and hosts of
others in pannsyiyania aud M;e,nus;