The National tribune., 1898-01-20
THE RELIEF CORPS
News and Gossip Of the Great
Auxiliary.
OHIO RELIEF CORPS.

General Orders of Department President
Emma +. Cressinger, OF Ohio, show that
the buckeye organizations contributed
literally during the holidays on behalf of
the children Of the Ohio Soldiers and Sail
ors Orphans Home, for whom II sumptuous
Christmas is always provided by the Grand
Army and Relief Corps of that State.
Other funds were well remembered in
Guiding the educational fund, which is
used in securing a higher education for
the orphan girls who leave the State Home
at the age OF IS.
Contributions Of money and boxes were
sent Ia the National Relief Ccrps Home.
Madison, o. There were accessions to the
Debt Fund, the Wittenmeyer Fund and
the Andersonville Improvement Fund, and
boxes were sent TO the Soldiers Home
SandusEy.
The Committee on Patriotic Teaching,
Sadie ID. Chapman, Columbus, Chairman,
has issued a circular letter to the Relief
Corps of Ohio, approved by the department
President. This letter enjoins the Corps
TO do all in their power 10 br ng about the
practice of the flag salute and the use OF
the patriotic primer in Ohio schools, also
that school for patriotic instruction for
children be opened in Grand Army halls
the first and third Saturdays OF each
month; committees from Pest and Corps to
instruct the children.
1t is further recommended that Post and
Corps give Joint patriotic rallies, children tc
take part on the program, comrades to re-
late war "reminiscences, the public TO be
invited. Also, that the flag salute be in
troduced into the primary departments Of
our Sabbath schools, and that patriotic
teaching be brought before every meeting OF
an educational nature great or small
a wider obs ervance of National patriotic
days is recommended, especially Flag Day
and Memorial Day, the children to be
taught that To have been soldiers in the
cause OF our country, TO have fought its
battles won It's victories, perpetUated its
renown. is the grandest insignia of life.
res:dent Eliza Crook Leamon. who has
lust taken up the gavel of Old Guard Corps
Dayton, is n niece of Gen. Crook, and par
ticularly interested in the work of patri-
otto teaching. She hopes to have the
schools OF Dayton observe Washington s
Birthday. Past Department President
Mary y. Lyon, OF the same Corps is in de-
mand as speaker, not only at Grand
Army gatherings but at school celebra-
tons.
Every Ohio District except one held a
Convention before the year closed and the
10th was held the first week i'm January.
This beats all the records and much credit
is FlVcn Department ms itutng and In
stailing Officer Lucie S. Hamilton.
The fo' nth Ohio Convention was held at
IIppecanoe City, royalty entertained by
ID. NJ. fOuzer Corps. Ella Bell Woodward
President. This Corps installed their Off
GERS with four color bearers in their places
each bearing beautiful flag. recently
unanimously Endorsed for Department
President
JUNIOR RELIEF CORPS
Some time ago mention was made in
these columns of a Junior Relief Corps that
EGpn at L,
and il is now pleasant to note that the
order OF little girls, pledged TO fraternity,
harity and oyalty, is f0urishing and
promising well for the mother society.
one OF the objects OF the Junior Relief
Corps IS To train up recruits for the W.RC.
little girls between the ages of six and IS
years being eligible. The Junior Order
meet after the regular meetings of the Re
iiel corps, and any member who has at
tanned the age Of 10 may be promoted to the
Relief Corps.
The officers of the Junior Relief Corps
are Presidant, Vice President Secretary.
and Treasurer. Initiation fees, five cents
dues. five cents IL month Ida Grant is
the Secretary.
COLORADO DOINGs
Department President Fannie ID. Hardin
has instituted Corps at Florence, Colo.
with % charter members. The President
worker in the Relief Corps ranks OF Den
yer, and has found her new home a good
center.
Department Treasurer Clara Rapp was
the winner of a silk quilt, drawn at an
entertainment under the auspices OF Vet
eran Corps. This Corps holds an open
meeting, monthly, with the Post
Olive Nj. Butler, the new President of
Veteran Relief Corps, is an ex-member of
the Colorado Legislature and it is ex-
pected that she will have her Corps well
up in parliamentary law
Among late successful ventures are
those of Meade Corps which reports a
dance, and the enterprisng Corps of Ala
mosa, supper, from which they realized
over S7O-large returns for so small town.
The removal of Past President Miller to
Indiana is regretted by all, and she was
given many gifts on taking her departure
Before leaving Alamosa, Past President
Miller banquetted the entire Corps at the
Victoria Hotel, an occasion of mixed Joy
and sorrow. President Sadie Simons sue
ceeds to the Executive chair. Josephine
Cheesman, Department Correspondent.
NEBRASKA AT WORK.
Van Meter Corps, Alma, Neb., are proud
of a set of resolutions received from Van
Meter Post recOunting services in raising