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BUSINESS OF THE ORGANIZATION
BEGUN LATTER THE PREsI-
DEsNTss' ADDRESS
GIVEN IN THE ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE SECRETARY AND
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Detailed Report of the National
Corps Which Is Meeting i'm Gem
trail Presbyterian Church.
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Detailed REPORT of the National
Corps which Is Meeting I'm Gem
trail Presbyterian Church.
Inc fourteenth national convention
OF the Relief Corps was called
TO order IN Central Presbyterian church
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock by
National President Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Turner and the following COMMITTEES
and other appointments were made:
Observation-Disclosures L. Reed. chairman:
IMassacn9setts: Abbie Lynch, Pennsylvania;
Eleanor p. Wheeler, Massachusetts; Julia p.
Mason. Rhode Island; M. Lizzie Foster. New
Gonductors-Chie conductor, Mary A. Luz
Ceager' Iowa; assistant conductors, Rose
Gt aia 1lllnois; Helen M. Lavalley, West Vir-
Laura Lear. Missouri; Myrtle w. Rixhv
Lloyd, Minnesota 800 ISL
Chief Guard-Lou Stuart wadswor+h ,rou
Assistant Guards-Mattie M. Allen. Min
heSota; Matte B. Richards, Vermont; Ma
Wisconsin: Nellie F.. Mecuen. Massacbnsotas
Mary X. Tower. Iowa; Annie NJ. Shields
m pGess s.F J. Miller, Monticello, ILL.,. chair
ID AhdSOStid, L.. O., MARY
e. Sor Morgan Alma, Neb.; Mary E. Elliot,
Somerv1lle, Mass; Isabella Worrell Bali
w washington, D.; C.; Rachel Greulich. Chi
Hamilton. Nuha M.
postmistress-Alberta Smith, Minnesota.
assistant Postmistresses-Ella Chapman.
Tunstead. Minnesota. iohe
Natlonal A~ides-Anna L.. Walker. Indianan-
Jennie in a. c Mary E. Adams; Lynn, Mass;
peth Beach. Tracy. Mimi; Helen A. Rrie-
nam, Hyde Park, Mass. Brances b. Derby
Sprlngneld, Mass; Annie M. Warne, Walt,
Hsn, Mass; phoebe A. Moore, Lynn, Mass.
Mass. TIP ~" "A wares,
The past national presidents in at
lehuance We're invited to seats on he
PIatIorm and Mrs. Charity Rusk Craig
Mrs. Emma Stark Hampton. Mrs Az,
ME Wittenmyer, Mrs. Margaret Raw
Wlckens and Mrs. Emma r. Wallace
responded. After prayer by Mrs. A. G.
hummer the opening ode was sung nv
the convention. ,
Mrs. Turner showed the gavel she
expected to use, n said it was made
wooo from Chickamauga, by a vet
efan or Worcester, Mass. The animal
report of the president was then road
n is as follows:
officers and Members Of the Fourteenth Ma
tional Convention.
AGAIN we assemble in the far West whore
We first pledged allegiance to that hand of
llberty-loving men-the Grand Army If +be
hepupnc. we meet again today to renew our
pledges and show them by figures unmistaf :
able that We have tried to keep the faith
Each OF these yearly returning conventions
OF the veterans and the relief corps gathers
about us new interests and emotions. The
tender, loving, memories Of those that have
crossed the river and left vacant nIaces
In our hearts; the old friendships renewed
and new ones created; the consideration of
the best care Of the sick and INDECENT, cali
most touchingly upon US as the auxiliary of
the Grand Army, to be ever ready with a
helping hand to care for their sick and de-
pendent ones, Y 4and-5withs our feachines ~
patriotism perpetuate the story and results
aside the mantle Of care which she had worn
with so much dignity and honor. and 7 took
up the work you committed to my care and
became the trustee of the National Woman's
The officers that were honored by election
and appointment have gathered the sheaves
save one. And today we lay them at your
feet, to be threshed by your good Judgment
and winnowed in the spirit of fraternity and
charity. IL you find aught of grain so sifted
that is good, let us plant 1t deep in our
hearts for a future harvest, and scatter the
chaff to the four winds of heaven.
Immediately on my return from the Louis-
vile convention. headquarters were estah-
lished at 29 Temple Place, Boston. Mass. All
supplies and books were promptly forwarded
from Chicago, and the work of the year was
/ commenced with many misgivings. but with
a strong desire for peace and harmony and
to be OF assistance to the veteran soldier.
NATIONAL w. r. G.. HOME.
/ had the pleasure of stopping over for a
day at the Wonfan'sl Relief Corps Home in
Madison. Ohio. Il found the home in a good
condition under the guidance of Supt. Han
nah R. Plimpton. who at the first board
meeting OF the new. year felt obliged to ten
der her resignation on. account of ill health.
The board tried to induce a reconsideration
OF her retirement, bat her family felt they
had the best right tof her loving care and
wanted her in the heart of their home. Mrs.
Glare H. Burleigh, past department president
ssassd y Mrs. e% sl,abton.s ! resI 4a SaeA Hsr
1.-THE right woman IN the right place. she
having a happy faculty of getting along
with old people. Her diversity of talents-not
the least being a good, musician-led US to be-
lieve that she would make the lives of those
entrusted to her care cheerful and happy.
To the many corps and departments that re-
mas remembrandes for the inmates Of the
home, | tender my sincere thanks. and l
trust the consciousness that 1t is more
blessed to give than to receive ms al their
dependent ones of the Grand Army are the
wards of the woman's Relief corps.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Never since the thoughtful comrade-loving
Logan a day to be held sacred
to the memory of the men that counted their
lives cheap when compared to the life of the
nation, has the day been so thoroughly ana
reverently held sacred as the one last past.
1t is a day of history and remembrance.
living history for the children OF our land; a
remembrance to those who, looking backward,
see the part they took in the strife that re-
leased from slavery four million people.
Too much credit cannot be given corps
and departments, that so generously
contributed over twelve hundred dollars for
Memorial day in the South. Posts and corps
near these Southern national cemeteries ara
small and have not the means at their com.
mand to furnish flags for nearly So. 1000
graves: consequently. lit must be our duty
TO assist in this sacred work OF Memorial
day. The Sers of Veterans have already be-
gun to show their zeal and loyalty IN this
direction. The camps in Massachusetts, fur
nish the flags each year for the 14,00e heroes
that sleep In AnHersonville.
| They slumber now. Each soldiers humble
mound
Is a sad monument that speaks to you and
| Saying. Our land Is Freedoms holy ground
Twas they thattmade 1t free"
SONS OE VETERANS.
/ The Woman's Relief Corps make no mistake
| when they render to this Organization help
and encouragement Whenever and wherever
they can. They are the descendants OF the
| men who stepped to sThe front from every
walk in life to takeG the stand for freedom
| and the flag" and, il need be, give their
| I;-zr for tbo DriaoipIas fhay sought to main