The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-02-27

Than that her grand danes shifted at sea,
AT Yankee Doode's first great show,
In immemorial long ago,
The cup of kindness sweetly borne
To tbirsting hearts on Powder Horn.
| But things are not done In the dark,
For 10, here comes an honest Clark"
Who goes through all the books and BILLS
lnspects the beanpots doles the pills.
And sees that all the work Is done
Both spick and span by every one,
Her work is done. the ledgers tell
noble work for f., c., l..
O. Mozart, Haydn, Meyerbeerl
What hurley" Burlegh" have we hero!
poet singing songs has como.
With waving flag and rolling drum;
| The children give the flag salute,
Old Glory takes an upward shoot,
| And patriot doings still are done
| At Bunker Hill aud Lexington.
But how can hungry souls be fed
| Unless Cook " Is Mt the heal?
| So here she comes. with bread and brew
| And gives you each part TO do.
| In word and deed she's dainties 1ce;
Well mixed with condiments and spice;
| Her flowing spirits never droop
Nor is she :" Eva in the SOUP
o. Massachusetts! Best Of kin.
Or "Turner" out, or Turner" in,
Or Turner" all around about,
We ever will re-" Turner shout;
| And come smile, or come a frown.
| Wen never. never Turner" down.
| o. mother of the W.R.C.,
Well ever Turner" thoughts 10 tneet
ENcAMPMEHT NOTES.
| Senior Vice Commander William p Derby.
! Springfield, upon being elected Department
Commander, spoke highly of the Woman 8
Relief Corps as an auxiliary of the GAR, and
| made special mention ofsthe Sons of Veterans
and Daughters of Veterans. Let US 90 forth
with heart and hand" he said, land keep the
/ Grand Army where ii belongs"
Commander-in- Chief Walker was given a
great ovation. Quartermastor-G General ]. w.
Burst said it was great pleasure to him to say
that the Department Of Massachusetts,. GAR,
stand at the head of the splendid Departments
in the service of which they are banded to-
gether.
! National President Turner, accompanied by
National Secretary HarrJette l.. Reed, Past
National President Sarah Z. Fuller. Past Ma
tionsl President Mary j, Deane, and National
| Insttuting and Installing Officer Ella Jordan
Mason, Of Maine, visited the Encampment and
were presented to DEPARTMENT Commander
! Thaysr by Past Commander-in-Chiof Adams
and Past Commanders Billings and Smith,
| while the veterans followed with rounds of
applause. %
The National PRESIDENT pledged anew the
services of the W.RC. lin every line of soldier
work. The National Instifnting and Installing
Officer made a brilliant little speech, and was
given royal ovation. Past President Deane
thanked the Encampment for the honor Just
bestowed upon her husband in his election as
Senior Vice Department Commander.
DEPARTMENT of VERMONT.
The evening before the formal opening of
18th annual Convention, Department of Yer
mont held at Rutland Feb. - W.RC recep-
ton was held, attended by hundreds of people,
an orchestra playing patriotic war songs Ma.
tional President l.. A. Turner and National
Secretary Harriet,e L. Reed, and State officers,
past and present, assisted Department President
Needham in receiving.
After the formal reception and collation. the
assembly was called to order aud addressed by
the National officers who were obliged to leave
the following morning in order to be present at
the Massachusetts Convention. Their reports
of Relief Corps work were received with ap-
plnnse.
On Lincoln's birthday Convention opened in
Grand Army Hall. with III voting members
and numerous visitors present. The National
President and Secretary were present at the
morning session and listened to the Presidents
address and the reports of officers. all of which
received their highest commedstion.
The little Secretary" Alice M. Coolidge,
was specially complimented. and the report of
Alice c. Willoughby, Department Inspector,
received merited praise.
Three Corps were added to the roster the
past year. The several Corps expended in
relief $685. IS; estimated value of relief other
Der OF soldiers assisted during year, 1856; num-
Der of soldiers families 359 number of men,
bers assisted, 1O9; number in members families,
140: turned over to Posts, s4l2.37.
Vermont has now a membership Of 1855, q
net gain of so the past year. Number of Corps,
IA.
The subject of patriotic teaching received
wide attention the past year, having been
vigorously pushed by Department President
Needham. Chairman Ormsbee reported l54
schools using the Balch flag salute and "a schools
using the Bellamy salute. Ninety schoolhouses
display Old Glory.
In Putney the Aag Is in every school room.
and the salute given at the morning exercise
daily. The schools of Rutland are fast taking
up the work of patriotic teaching. Hundreds
of flag rituals have been distributed among the
schools OF the State.
The Superintendent of Schools at Rutland has
from the first been deeply Interested in patriotic
teaching, and when the flag rituals were brought
to his attention he placed them in three or four
of the schools, and for a few weeks watched the
results. He was so well pleased that lie placed
them in every school under his direction.
By consent Of the Superin tendeut the schools
of Belle E. Coolidge and Eleanor Tookey visited
Convention, the former giving the Belamy
salute and the latter the Balch salute preceded
by flag drill -
Just as the salutes were about to be given
committee from the Grand Army. headed by
Lieut. Gov. Mansur, came hearing greetings A
correspondent writes rs fellows:
"When the committee,had been welcomed by
the Department President and we had listened
to ringing speech frPni Gov. Mansur, the
Bellamy salute was given beautifully by class
of ~ girls from IL to IL years of age, followed
by the singing of America But the enthusi-
asm reached its hight when the little tots from
one of the primary schools gave the Balch
salute, preceded by the singing OF Kate Brown
lee Sherwood's stirring ysens, Awake, Salute
Old Glory A. p,
1T was too lovely fol, spything. Gov. Man.
sur reported his visit to the Encampment, with
what he saw, and moved that committee be
sent at once to invite, and escort the teachers
with their classes, to the Encampment.
"Of course the teachers went and the De. !
partment Commander Gov. Mansur and other
comrades spoke of it as the best thing in the |
Encampment. The men were wild over it, and |
cheered and cried at the same time"
Vermont Convention is reported as veritabla |
lovefeast from first to last. The sessions were |
unusually short, aud Convention ready to close |
earlier than the GAR, while a more than |
usual amount of business was transacted.
Among prominent participants in the Con- |
venti0n were the wives of the Governor and |
Lieutenant t. Governor and the wife of ex-Goy. |
Ormsbee and the daughters of Gems. Thomas |
and Gilmore, and others of scarcely less dis
tnction.
Convention expressed its interests in the Ma
tionsl Council Of Women, and the work of pa