The National tribune., 1897-11-18

as National Pres. Correspondent. She is a
general favorite in her Department and her
circle of friends is widening throughout tho
Order. for. though firm and determined. she
has one of those happy dispositions which at
tracts all her associates towards her.
One of the finest Depart mcmts of the Corps
is that Of New Hampshire. and the present ex-
ccutive head is q type of the sterling loyalty Of
the women Of the Old Granite State" and
one who in herself illustrates the wisdom and
Justice of the eligibility clause Of the w. g.,
which admits to mem bcyship women on their
own merits, Irrespective of their relationship
10 The Union soldier President Millie A.
Worcester was heart and soHi in the Union
cause all through the war, though she had no
near relatives m il. She married n soldier, who
j. now Junior Vice Department Commander of
New Hampshire. and an active member OF
Sam pson Post. Rochester. AS she is Of sampson
Corps. President Worcester is the daughter of
Charles Green field, President Of the Norway
Plains Savings Bank. the Greenfield family be-
ing one of the oldest and most prominent III
that section. She is charter member and
Past President of Sampson Corps, Al. and his
served the Department in several responsible
offices. including that of Department Senior
Vice President. aud was an Aid on the stat of
National President Margaret Ray Wickens
Mrs. Jane {. PATTI. Plantsviilc, Department
President of Connecticut WAS born III South
ingtom, Conn, and has always been a resident
of the place. Sne has been closely identified
with the work of tho Woman's Relief Corps for
the past ii years. being n charter member of
Trumhul Corps, IL, which WAS organized in
1856. She WAS elected its first President, and
afterwards served three years III that capacity.
Sire then elected Treasurer, and served
three years. In 1894 she was elected member
of the Department Executive Board and
chosen one of tho Auditing Committee, and at
the 12th Department Convention she was
elected Department. Treasurer. holding that
office for two years
One OF The mos notable women of 10Th Ma
tional Convention was Department Presi lent
Florence II. Gates. of Vermont. Tie Vermont
delegation always in their places at every
Convention, and thoroughly mp in everything
pertaining TO the good of the Order. Depart
; ment President Florence II. Gates has been
identified with tho Woman's Relief Corps since
1883, and each year has found her in active
Service in all work Of tho Order, Department
and National. She was the first President of
J. n. Warner Corps 81, Morrisville. VT. which
Office she held for two years. She served three
years as Department Inspector and one year as
member OF the Department Executive Board,
aud WAS National Aid to National President
Sarah {. Mink. and was unanimously elected
to her present office at the Convention in S97.
! She is charming woman Of many accom- plish-
menis and marked executive ability. She is
| the widow of soldier and tho sister of two,
one of whom killed at the battle of the
Wilderness and sleeps in an unknown grave.
Department President Emma f. Crcssinyer
| of Ashland o.. stands at the head of the second
| largest Department of the Woman's Relief
! Corps, and one which is at all times At the
| front in all the work in which the Order is
! engaged. la the special care given TO tho or
/ phans of soldiers Ohio has always led all other
! States, and her Central Home for this class of
soldier dependents is the greatest institution
! for child training ia the world. Department
President Cressinger is noted for her personal
| interest in all charitable w0ras. and has given
! special to all soldier institutions IN the
State. including the Soldiers Home and Ma
| tional Relief Corps Home. She is the only
ONO woman chosen to second term 3s De-
partaent President, Ohio always having been
known q oue.term Department. She is u
woman OF fine presence aud winning manners,
wife of DIR. Cressinger, and the light of "A
| happy home.
Fannie ID. Walthall Hardin, of Denver, De.
partmcEt President Of Colorado and Wyoming,
| WAS born in Indiana; WIS raised on the frontier;
! lived In Iowa when the Indians roamed at will :
| In Kansas and is pioneer OF Colorado.
| Her parents. Samuel w. and Rebeeca A. Wal
thali, were natives of Virginia. Senator Wal
thali, OF Mississippi. is her cousin. Her brothers
! James Madison and Samuel IL. Wathali
served in u Kansas regiment during the war oil
the rebellion, and her father was "a soldier in
the War of 1872 Her husband, George II
! Hardin, deceased, was born i'm Boston, was 8
| pioneer of Colorado, served as First Lieutenant
of Co. q in the LIST Colo. Cav. Mrs. Hardin
has been in the W.R.C. work 10 years, and il
devoted TO the cause for which it Was organized