The National tribune., 1896-04-09
MARYLAND cosYEsrror.

Auburn, department. correspondent, was sue
| coss. Department. President Salle A. Moore
presiding. After the business routine Of the
morning hour an elegant W.RC. lunch WAS
enjoyed, under the direction OF Jennie Fauth,
Chairman of the Baltimore Corps.
| Custer Corps, 2, exemplifed the ritual at the
opening of the afternoon session. Proceeding
to the election there was q spirited contest be-
tween the friends Kate Johnson, of Vernon
| Corps 6, and Clara A. Afford, of Custer Corps,
| 2, resulting in the election of the former.
Following are the officers installed by Past
Department. President Evans, of Pennsylvania:
Pres, Kate johnson SV.-P., Elizabeth
Holmes; J.V.-P, Annie Warwick; Sec, Lizzie
o. Buchta; Treas. Agnes Zentz; Chap, Annie
Wild ms, Laura n. Enochs; Counselor, Sallie
A. Moore Instituting and Installing Officer,
Jenaie Ross.
President Johnson was stanch worker Tor
the boys in blue long before there was Relief
Corps and it was a fitting tribute to her loyalty
I'm the dark days Of 1S61-'65 to confer upon her
the honors Of her position"
So says our correspondent. adding: "0ur
Department is in good working condition, aud,
as Presiden, is a hustler, We look forward
to successful year under her guiding hand"
DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON.
Mary E. Eliot, of Walla Walla. has been obl-
gated Department Treasurer, to bucseed Ella
Brning, deceased.
John F. Miller Post and Corps, Seattle. have
| enjoyed a pleasant Winter, beginning with
joint installation. Past President Langley re-
joces in Past Presidents badge and a gold
recognition pin presented her at q reception
she rendered the Corps.
Midwinter entertainment and Business
mems" lunch Melted them handsomely.
Patriotism i'm the Schools" was the theme
of an address delivered by Eva st. c. Os-
bourne of Tacoma, at q Campfire held by
Everett Post and Corps, Sumper. after joint
n,ha - ta;r of
| the Department Committee on Patriotic Teach
ing. Everett Corps have shown themselves in
| full sympathy by presenting the public schools
of Sumner with flags and insugursting the flag
| salute.
NOBLE WOMAN OF THE WAR DAYS
The first woman to enroll herself char
ter member of Norris Relief Corps, Monmouth,
Me-, was Sarah Towle, wife of Capt. Daniel
Towle, 9th Mimi, who passed away Feb %,
| aged 81 years.
| She was woman of rare qualities Of heart
| and mind, and her whole life was spent in the
unselfsh ministrations of Christian charity.
| Time had dealt lightly with her, and her men
tai faculties were unimpared; her brightness
and lovely spirit never changed, and to her
friends she never seemed old. Shortly before
| death she sang Nearer, My God, to Thee"
and with scarcely sigh she had joined her
| family in the land of the blest.
| She left no children, ami her aged CON-
panion is left comfortless. The Post and Corps
| attended her funeral in a body, the Corps lay
| ing 81 fragrant flowers upon her casket typical
of her life-iled with fragrance and good
deeds.
TEXAS CORPS VISIT.
Mrs. McCluskey, our Texas correspondent
| writes of delightful evening enjoyed by the
GAR. and W.R.C. of Fort Worth upon the &C.
casi0n of q visit from Mesdsmes Leeds, Harmed,
III ThnmaQ
Corps, Dallas
After short meeting at Parmely Post Hall
and addresses by Col. Howell, of New York,
aud Prof. Lewis. of Houston, Comrade Grade
invited all present to his home. on behalf of his
wife, Corps President, where the Corps officers
had feast in waiting.
Sociability ruled the hour, making red
letter day for the GAR. and W.RC. of Texas.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Comrade Ambrose Owens Providence, KY,
writes that Gen. Anderson Post, So was mus
tered in in 1892 with Is charter mem bers, and
in 1898 Anderson Corps was instituted with 80
charter members, their present membership
being so Both Orders are doing well, but our
correspondent thinks that il the Inspectors,
GAR. and W.R.C., would make their rounds
oftener, there would not be so many disbsnded
Orders the country over.
Mary Harrison Mckee National Vice. Prssi-
partment President Flora Wulscbner. of Indi-
ana President of the Children of the American
Revolution OF that State.
The W.RC. Souvenir, published in the inter-
ests Of tho Pennsylvania Memorial Home,
under the auspices of E. X. Brady Corps, Brooi-
vile, Pa, Kate NJ. Scott, editor-in-cbisf, will
be handsomely illustrated with half-tone en-
cravings.
Past National President Annie Wittenmyer
has been spending some time in Washington in
the interest of moro liberal rulings in the Army
Nurse Pension Bill.
All the Department Conventions, as far as
reported. have taken up collections for the Ma
tional Council of Women fund. The latest to
report are New Hampshire, s10.43; Vermont,
$3.50; Maryland, S460; and Potomac, So.
Past President Johanna Starbird, Of Runyan
Corps, 81, Norwalk, O., furnished q history of
the National W.RC. for the Easter edition of
home paper conducted by women of that place.
The roster of the Department of Maryland,
W.R.C., numbers % Corps.
The fifth annual Con INVENTION, Department Of
Tennessee, will be held at Chattanooga April
IA; jamie M. Case. Department President; BIZ
anca l.. Muller, Secretary. visit to the Chat.
tanooga- Chickamauga National Park will be
the entertainment feature of Eucampment and
Convention.
The public school Of Corvallis Ore, has
been presented a Declaration of Independence
chart by Ellsworth Corps. 1t is neatly framed,
ready for hanging, and was procured from Capt.
Wallace Foster indianapolis. Ind.
Sabetha Kan newspaper contains touch
ing memorial of Mrs. Frank Berzog, daughter
of Past National President Margaret Ray Wick
ems, who will be remembered by many as the
Chief Conductor Of 18th National Convention.
She was taken i'll while on a visit to her mother
after Convention. and never recovered. She
was possessed of sweet and lovely qualities, and
her loss is mourned by hosts of friends of her
self and mother.
Department President Sophia Dodge, Am
herst, N. H., has appointed Martha J. George,
Concord, Department Press Correspondent, and
a strong committee on Patriotic Teaching, en-
bracing Sarah L. Runnells Nashua Augusta
S. Bennett, Fannie Z. Minot, Sarah E. Grimes,
and Lydia L. Jones.
Gen. Lyon Corps. 4s. st. Louis as reported
by Hollen E. Day, has done more towards diff
fusing patriotism in the public schools than
any Corps in the city.
National Junior Vice President Henrietta
Stiesmeier has been suffering from q serious
accident, from which she is recovering.
Department President Sophia E. Dodge, of
New Hampshire, Headquarters at Amherst,
pays o deserved tribute to Past Department
President III. Lizzie Foster, when she says she
"has set us q noble example to follow, ae
III of rit Gha hos aa,, fntt Sol