Iron County register., 1898-09-01
w. C. T. q. Notes.

M q; ~ when we hear nothing
HHHAEE but war, war, war, it is
SAEMNHl interesting to know what
GZAp the different philanthro-
pic socities are doing to better the con-
dition of our '.boys in blue" In this.
as in every other good work, the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union Is
one of the foremost. A few items will
illustrate the work done
The local union at Chillicothe, Ohio,
sent fine barrel of deiicacies to the
sick soldiers at Newport News, Va.
The Union at Newport News writes,
''we have administered to their wants
and done what we could to make them
comfortable, have supplied thousands
of pages of literature and distributed
house wives which the ladies of Wis
consin w. &. T. U. were SO kind as to
send. They have also provided ice
water daily to the camp. The camp
this same union for a box of hams.
canned goods etc. The department of
"work among soldiers and sailors" has
with this war become one of the most
important departments of the w. G. L.
U. No mistake was made when Mrs.
Ella NJ. Thacher of Florence, N. j.
was selected as Supt of this important
department. In private letter she
writes: Il have been to Camp Alger.
| went down in the hottest weather we
have had, and l never experienced
such before; it was simply dreadful.
/ spoke in the Y. M. C.. A. tent of the
third New York and found the boys so
ready to hear and Chaplain Brainard
such a noble man. | took over four
dozen oranges, but found over two
hundred hundred sick men. Fortunate
ly l had just enough to hand out in two
tents among the sick. Oh, it made
my heart ache to see so many ill and
so little had l to give. The boys told
me that they do not get what is sent,
the nurses and others use the delica-
cies. But am so glad to tell you that
all we give is delivered into the boys
hands by our women. l have been
very jealous of every cent of money
and only sent it where 1 knew it
would reach the boys. Over one hun
dred in Camp Alger and in our own
state IN. J) Camp Voorhees, have
signed the pledge. How l wish | had
comfort bags for them all. l do not
send mine now in bulk, but send to
the boy who signs the pledge and gives
me his name and address. / also give
them little song book. l am trying
now to arrange to have one struck off
Cor us with our name on the outside.
and two or three songs that we use and
like and pledge in the back to be
signed and sent to mother or sweet
heart, and a coupon to tear off and
send TO me. l have no money for it.
but if I can get it done and pay as the
orders come in to me, perhaps it will
pay for itself" All money for this
purpose should be sent to Mrs. Ella NJ.
Thacher, Supt. work among soldiers
and sailors, National w. G.. T. o.,
Florence, N. J. !,
Besides the work which Mrs. Thach-
er as national Supt. carries on. hardly
a local union but is doing something
for our .'own home boys" And at
near Camp Thomas.
where thousands of soldiers are in
camp, the white ribboners have opened
head quarters and begun with $175 in
their treasury and plenty of faith in
God. They begged bunting of mer-
chants and local music dealer loaned
a fine piano. They got stationery On
thirty days time. How they succeeded
may be seen from this extract from a
letter in the Union Signal. "Yester-
day thirty boys came in together. A
young Virginiau sat down at the piano
and played for time, then they gath
cred round and sang. Home Sweet
Home Annie Laurie My old Ken
lucky Home after which our pianist
began to play The Star Spangled Ban
ner.' The sweet tones of the piano
were heard in the oratorio, The Re-
deemer" and crowds gathered about the
door to hear. After they had regis
tered found one of the boys was from
Maine, two from Nebraska, one from
Michigan, one from Georgia, two from
Mississippi. four from New York, two
from Virginia. one from Montana, two
from Missouri, onefrom South Carolina
and the rest from Illinois. All College
bred. And ten of them had been in
the l.. T. L.; twelve were the sons OF
white ribboners.
Who can tell of the good accom-
plished, OF the truths scattered when
these boys ..come marching home
again. Now that peace has come
countless mothers will bless the one
who gave their boys back sound not
onlv in boJ,t hut In soul