The morning times., 1896-05-27
RELIEF Corps IS AT WORK
Grand Army Women Making Loyal
Preparations for Memorial Day.
by the Department President.
Meetings of the Corps.

The Woman's Relief Corps, Department
Of the Potomac, has arrangements almost
perfected for the Memorial Day services
at the various cemeteries in and about
Washington, services which they never
fail o hold above the tonbs OF their dead
members.
Asis the custom, the corps will go in dele
cations on Friday or very early on Saturday
morning to place flowers on the graves of
those and then be ready To Ia Ike UP he work
for the larger cemeteries where the Union
dead lie mar ked with the flag they roughtto
save.
The department commander and Col.
Edwin j. Sweet, chairman of decora-
tions aud grounds, have assigned To the
Woman S Relief Corps the tomb OF the I'M
known, Sheridan tomb, PORTION OF the
officers section and sections f, f. A and B
The exercises about the tomb of the I'M
known wllb more than usuallyimpressive,
and Mrs. Susie McCabe will be in charge of
the decoration, assisted by the department.
officers and Past Department Presidents
Mrs. Hendricks, Mrs. Cowng and Mrs
Hamilton Sheridau's tomb will be in
charge OF Mrs. L. C. Months and her selected
committee
The officers section will be in charge of
Mrs. Bessie Boone Cheshire, senion vice
department president, and Potomac Corps,
of which she is president. Section F.
Will bein charge Of Mrs. Strickland, president
of Burnside Corps, and assisted by its
members. Lincoln Corps, Presid Mrs.
Naylor. will have charge OF decor olng sec
tion "E.'
Miss Saunders and o. z. Morton Corps,
of which she is president, will have charge
of section "A, - and Miss Goings, president
Of Sumner Corps, assisted by its members,
will have charge of section "B." The
department president, Mrs Annie w.
Johnson, and a special detail consisting OF
Mrs lisa bel Worrcll Ball, Mrs. Mamie
Dorsey and Mrs. j. NJ. Layton, will assist
Sumner and Morton Corps and all others
where necessary.
The executive board, whose chairman
is Mrs George Balm, has made preparations
for bountiful lunch, and every old soldier
and every member OF a loyal woman S
order will be served.
There are so many national cemeteries
III and around Washington, that all can
not so 10 Arlington, and so some of the
corps have been detailed 10 go elsewhere
Lafayette Corps will go TO the Soldiers
Home, as has been their custom for a great
many years. This year, Mrs. Georgis Van
Fleet, the president will do the work that
her mother, Mrs Chambers has so long
done there. Farragut Corps, Mrs Clara
Kalstrom, president, is detailed for Con-
gressional Cemetery. John A. Logan
Corps, Mrs. Mary Crawford, president, is
detailed to go to the insane as YUM ccme-
terry, ana George II. Thomas, Mrs. Mecham,
president, is detailed TO Graceland and
Mt. Olivet.
The ladies had very enthusiastic meet
ing at the house of the department pres
ident last evening, and a ranged the last
detail OF the work The next meeting
will be on Friday at Grand Army Hall.
where all the members OF the order VIII
gather to make up The wreathes and bou-
quets for the decoration on Saturday.
One OF the delightful features of me
mortal day at Arlington will he the pres
ence of Mrs Florence Z. Barker, the first
national president of. the Womans Relief
Corps, who will take an active part n
the beautiful ceremonies of the day