The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-23
THE RELIEF CORPS
News and Gossip Of the Great
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Auxiliary.

AuXl1lary.
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General Orders, Nos, issued from Ma
tional Headquarters,n w re, Brookfield
Mo-, by National President Sarah j. Mar
, TIN, are given up largely to the routine work
oil the Order and the announcement OF Ma
tonal Aids from the several States. me-
| mortal paragraph announces the death oil
Past National Junior Vice-President Mary
+. Stimson and Past Department Presi-
dents Julia Abraham, of Oregon: Helen A.
Brigham, of Massachusetts,: Kate John
son, OF Maryland and Mary +. Bancroft, of
| Ohio.
Attention is called to the Holiday season
! and the importance of remembering the
wards of the Woman's Relief Corps who are
now inma16s of the National Relief Corps
Home, Madison, O. Corps arc asked to re-
member their pledge of five cents per mem
| Der to the AndersOnville Prison fund.
The following appointments are an
| nOunced: National Organizer, Elizabeth
| Darcy Kline, San Francisco, Cal; Ma
| tional Patriotic Instructor, Flo Jamison
| Miller, Monticello, Ill. Committee on Ma
| tional Council of Women, Kate b. Sher-
| wood, Canton, o.; Lnc Stuart WadswOrth
| Boston, Mass; Lottie d. Crosley, Column
| bus, o.; Ada G. Briggs. Joplin, Mo-; Louise
Barnum Robbins, Adrian, Mich.
ANNIE wITTENMYER TESTIMONIAL.
| The committee in charge OF the Annie
Wittenmyer Testimonial Fund-Fannie A.
| BOyden, Chairman, Abbie Lynch, Secre-
tary-recently issued a printed report OF
money received and paid over to Mrs Wit
| tenmyer, through Charlotte j. Cummings,
Treasurer. Contributions received from the
Woman's Relief Corps, s., 305.2S; from the
Grand Army of the Republic, % States con
| tributing, S54613; from the Non Partisan
w: G: I. u, sl6c.S5; from all other sources,
Si37.36. Total, s3,451 80. Expenses of the
committee, s135.90; paid Mrs. Wittenmyer,
| So ,315.72
Besides contributions in cash received
by the committee, there was one from Mrs.
ID. {. Turner, East Helena, Mont, a gold
nugget weighing three-quarters Of an
ounce, value SIP. The largest money CON
tribution was from Post 2, GA r., of Phila-
deiphia; amount, S1l0.
The Secretary, Mrs. Lynch, received and
filed, IN a large souvenir volume, nearly 800
congratulatory letters, coming from nearly
every State in the Union, containing eulo-
gles of Mrs. Wittcnmyer's work in the war,
and expressing good wishes upon the conf
pletlOn OF her three score years and ten
less one. In another volume she engrOsSed
the names of personal contributors; also,
the names and numbers OF Posts and Corps,
with their Departments. The books have
been sent Mrs. Wittenmyer.
PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL FLAG.
Delegations from the Grand Army, the
Loyal Legion, and other veteran and pat
riotic Societies andnumerouS distinguished
soldiers and civilians, among whom was
Gen. Nelson a. Miles, of the United States
Army, were present at the Boys High
School, Philadelphia, recently, to partici-
pate in the presentation of flag to the
school by the National Society Of the Ameri-
can Institute of Ciyics. The flag was pre-
scented the Society for this purpose by Mrs.
VIM. T. Carter, of that city.
The school room was decorated with the
National colors, and the red and orange,
class colors ofthe school. Col. III. III. Adams,
one Of the Trustees of the Institute of
CvicS, and Chairman Of the Committee on
Patriotic Teaching, Department Of New
York, GAR, was the speaker of the oc-
caSlOn. He estimated that the rolls OF our
public schools nun, Der 1900, GOO of pupils,
who, in 10 or - years more, would cast the
ballots of the country.
The census of 1890 showed that we had
population of %, zoe coo foreign born chill
our country. All these were welcome, but
they must be inculcatcd with American
ideas of citizenship. The public school was
the bulwark Of all American institutions, |
and the teaching OF civics in the public
schools and the incubation of patriotism
necessary for the preservation Of those |
ideas which had been born in the City of |
Brotherly Love over a century ago, and |
which had been crystalliZed in the most |
glorious of charters, the Constitution of the |
United States.
To the boys he said: In you lies the |
hope of those heroes who yet survive the |
greatest of all wars, living soldiers of The |
great rebellion. To YOU they leave the |
heritage of country according civil |
rights to 1900 900 Of people. To your ears
will come the refrain from Gettysburg, from
the lips OF that spirit which has been
has illuminated Wittenberg, Geneva, the
masthead of the Mayfower, the Pilgrim
Rock, Old North Church, the Kitchen of
Harriet Beecher Stowe, and which was
finally crystallized in the sublime charac-
ter of Abraham Lincoln"
DEPARTMENT OF VERMONT.
Vermont has had a pleasant sensation
in Grand Army and Relief Corps circles
through the marriage Of Department Com
mander T.. .. jewett to a member of the
staff of Department President Florence H.
Gates, and an active Relief Corps worker.
Col. and Mrs. Jewett gave a largely atten-
ded wedding reception at their home in
SwantOn, upon their return from their
bridal trip which Department Correspond
ent Zena b. X. Pierce reports as very en-
joyable.
A plan for increasing funds and keeping
up the interest of relief work has been
put in operation by U. S. Grant Corps,
Randolph. This is a series of five cent
sOcials held at the homes of members in
the afternoon. Tea is served to which
each member contributes, the members of
he Post coming as guests. Throughout
he Winter months evening sOciaIs will
be held, to which the public are invited.
Mary l.. Rising, Press Correspondents
W re, Randolph, Vt, would like to hear
rom friends who can suggest an entertain
nent suitable for a tenth anniversary cele-
oration of the Corps, soon to be held.
The village schools of johnson have |
,cen supplied with patriotic primers and
Declaration of independence charts through
he enterprise of Old Brigade Corps, 73.
This Corps is a true auxiliary to the Post
md very active in relief work.
A bright little opcretta, Seven Old
aides of Lavender Town. varied the
,ocials and suppers SO frequently given
y FarnswOrth Corps, of LindenviIle. !
This Corps is the standby of both Post
md Sons of Veterans. Many opportuni-
les for relic! work arc found these DAYS {
~ Sedgwick Corps, 8, Brattleboro, which
has just replenished it's funds by public
supper in Grand Army Hall.
A Vermont Corps ranking high i'm rtu-
llistic and relief work is A. E. Burnside
Jorps 70, Greensboro At an anniversary
Inner given in connection with the Post.
90 guests sat down to the table. The !
resident who has served two years, is the
ecipient of handsome gifts. Social meet
ngs with the Post are frequent at the {
ZONES of members.
Good reports come from Gen l. B. Rich =
ydSnn Germs 72 Fpiffax alec from, Ethon