The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-03

lem, and Anna L. Walker, Indianapolis.
Two thousand nine hundred and ffty-two dol
lars was expended in relief the past year.
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
These two states were organized as one
department March %, 1893 with Josephine B.
Lewis, Of New Orleans, as the department
president. Mrs. Lewis organized the first
corps in the department, when Mrs. Nc
she organized a provisional department. un-
der Mrs. Sanders, national president.
When Mrs Wickens was national presi-
dent, Mrs. Lewis organized permanent de-
partment. She was three times elected de-
partment president. She was an earnest
worker in the effort to secure from the gov
eminent the old marine hospital, at New
Orleans, to use for the purpose of establish
ing a soldiers home. The old building had
not been in use for thirty years. Its capacity
was 5000 men. There are twenty-one corps
and SOL members in the department.
The department president this year is Selma
Gray, New Orleans: department secretary, ,
Alice Ruth Moore, New Orleans; department.
treasurer, Lavina Debose, New Orleans ma
tional aides, Laura S. Remage, Jennings, La.
and Sarah Miller, Natchez Miss. Expended
in relief, $50.
CONNECTICUT.
April l. 1884 saw the state of wooden nut
megs organized as a department with Eliza
beth O. Kefer, of Waterbury, president There
are now forty-eight corps with 2,SO5 members
partment convention was held at Meriden, Z
when Mary E. Matthews was elected presl-5
dent. Later she resigned and Lizzie H.
Arnold, of New Haven, was unanimously
elected. Charlotte z. Wright of New Haven, !
was appointed department secretary, and
Jane c. Pull, of Plantville, was elected de-
partment treasurer. The national aides aret
Maria NJ G. Richards, OF Unionv1lle; Emma
D. Parsons, New Britain; Florence L. Hay
den Meriden; Jane c. Pull Plantville. There
is soldiers home within the department.,
and on a day set apart as Soldiers Home
day, there was a generous contribution from
the corps. Through the fundamentally OF
0f the state and others.
a bill was introduced in the legislature pro-
viding for the placing Of flags over school
houses and other public buildings, and Il Is
now a law. All the corps are reported to
be harmonious and in good working order.
They have for a number of years been main
at Middletown. Expended in relief work,
81, $50.
KENTUCKY.
The Blue Grass state fell into line Sept.
%, 1885, with Mary Lyle Reynolds, OF Coying-
was afterward national junior vice president.
Mary A. Ninekirk, another past department.
president, is now national senior vice presi-
, dent.
There are twenty-seven corps, with SIT
members, and though the membership is
small the spirit of devotion to loyal principles
is not wanting and the plea Of the needy is
never heard in vain At the last department.
convention Belle Ross Ludwig, OF West Cow
ington was elected department president.
with Hannah Donaldson, of Ludlow, as de-
parchment secretary, and Lottie Vincent of
Covington, department treasurer. Lucy Craw-
ford, of Louisville, and Martha F. Walker.
of Bowling Green, national aides Two
hundred and thirty-two dollars was expended
in relief.
KANSAS.
The border land of the war one Of the
first to fall in line of the w. r. c.. when it
was organized, and a department was insti-
tuted Feb. 6, 1884, with Louise Brown
Hedrick, of Olathe. as department president.
The second year 1t had phenomenal growt n, !
under the presidency of Margaret Roy
Wickens who was afterwards national presi 7
dent, when it increased from 80 corps to 149. 1
Kansas has also had a national secretary, I
Flora Preston Hogben, of Sabetha. Emma
B. Alrich, who was department president last
year was, at the national convention in Louis
vile, elected the second member of the ma
tional executive board. Mother Bickerdyke,
who is loved by every battle-scarred veteran,
is carefully and tenderly looked after by her
comrades of the Kansas w. r. c. At the
last department convention the election re-
suited as follows: Department president,
Julia A. Chase, Hawatha department treas
urer, Helen A. Edwards, Lawrence; depart
ment secretary. G. Belle Chase, Hiawatha.
The national aides are: Mary l.. Mathews.