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THE RELIEF CORPS.
News and Gossip of the Great Auxil
larry.
POTOMAC CONVENTION.

The Department OF the Potomac, W.R.C.,
held its annual Convention last week at
the same time as the Department Encamp-
ment of the GAR. Mrs. Georgia G.. Balm,
Department President, presided, and read
her annual report, which was replete with
patriotic sentiment and facts concerning
the work accomplished during the year
Secretary Layton read her report, which
showed a total membership OF 595; amount
expended in cash for relief, S434; amount
expended other than money, Si94; number
Of persons assisted, 81.
The report of Treasurer Gladys Thomp-
son showed $3.50 had been received and
$3.50 expended during the year.
The election of officers resulted: Pres,
Anna A. Peck; S. V. F., Laura Wheeler;
j. V. p, Mrs. Miller; Treas, Gladys L.
Thompson; Chap, Mary Ripley.
Others chosen were: Chairman of Execu-
tive Board, Mrs Sprague; members, Mrs.
NOerr, Mrs. Hire, Mrs. Morgan Mrs Van
Fleet; delegate at-large, Mrs. VIVA NJ.
Calhoun; Alternate large, Miss Maria l..
Jordan; Delegate Mrs. Julia Hamilton:
Alternate, Mrs. Alice Burgess.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
Much interest centered in the new in
Stallation service of the Woman'S Relief
Corps, in which the Stars and Stripes were
used with good effect, at the installation OF
officers of Post and Corps Broollfield, Mo.
from the fact that National President Sara
j. Martin installed the officers of the Corps
and Department Commander John +.
Platte, the officers of the Post. At the
conclusion the National President was
presented Il tribute of roses.
Post Commander George j. Haven and
Corps President Fannie Gee made felicit-
Gus remarks upon being indicted into
Office and the address of Department Com
mander Platte was full Of ringing patri-
otism. There was orchestral music, a col
Iation and a prize auction for the benefit of
the relief fund. Miss Carrie Qucsta, so
long prominently connected with local Re
lief Corps work, is Secretary for 1898.
a reception TO National President Sarah
j. Martin was the closing feature Of the
Massachusetts Convention, W.R.C.; a bril-
liant occasion with high dgnitaries pres
ent.
In General Orders 6, Assistant National
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Massachusetts.

Ind, announces that the annual Reunion
of he 4sth ind. viii be held at South Bend,
L eb. 16 and II.
Massachusetts.
Co. II, seth Mass, recently held pleas
ant Reunion at Boston. Capt. Z. n. Hunt
WAS elected President and L. Bradshaw
Secretary Treasurer.
4 Peunion of survivors of Co a, 10Th
Mass, was recently held at Boston. Tween, y
members answered 10 roll call. w. T..
Flimp on was chosen President, j, ID. VII
lis Vice President, and {. Ii. Brooks Sec
rotary.
The 18th Mass. Association recently held
a Reun on at Boston. Col. Benz. +. Cook
eSided Among the guests were Secretary
Of State DIN, Lieut. c. T.. Bell, 18th Mass;
Mrs l.. a. Turner, Past National President,
WRC: Mrs T. / W.Natcrman, MaSsachu-
sets DEPARTMENT Pres dent, and many
others wno made excellent addresses. he
Association voted TO present To the Common
wealth the regimental banner, for trescr-
walton in Memorial Hall in the atehcuse,
this banner having been presented, as its
staff plate states, "By the ladies of BoS-
ton, through Edward Everett, to the Web
stcr regiment, 18th Massachusetts, Volun-
teers, Julyl9 '61." Secretary George Kim
ball reported II deaths. The officers elected
for the year ensuing were as follows: Pres,
Col. b. r. Cook; V.-P. IS, Moses n. Arnold
and Albert Clark; Sec, George Kimbali;
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Coloradn's Lincoln Memorial.

Plans for the Lincoln memorial 10 lie
erected on an elevation o. the left hank
Of the Arkansas River near Salida,
ChaiIee County, commonly Known rs
Mount Lookout, comprise Il stately col
umn, for build ng which CaloTado's quau.es
Of granite. marble, onyx, alabaster and
othe. 5 mlar ornamental as well as dur
able materials are to be drawn upon.
Br0nzcs OF different kinds, o her metals
and some compositions OF recent inVen-
ton which contain aluminium, will he
fas h oncd into a statue OF Abraham Lin
coin, busts of leading contemporaries,
vaultct structures for the reception of
documents, tablets, fac-similes If state
papers and extracts from public addresses,
and many other features, all OF which will
add beauty and perpetuity To the whole.
W. +. HarbattIe, OF Solda, Colo, is the
Secretary.
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Ladies' of the GAR.

Mrs. Flora NJ. Davey, National President
Ladies OF the GAR, has recently returned
TO her home in Duluth, Mimi, after an cx~
tended TIP in the interests of the Order
Mrs. Davcy visited the Departments of Hill
nois, indiana, Ohio, and kentucky, and also
Circles under National jurisdiction in Mis-
souri,, Georgia, and Louisiana. Receptions
were rendered 10 her in Chicago, fitzgerald,
Ga, Logansport, lid, and in New Orleans.
Mrs. DaVey found the work in flourishing
condition at all these points, and every
where won golden OPP Mons for the Order
and its repres entativeS.-F. l.. Hubbard,
National Press Correspondent, Chicago.
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Pennsylvania.
Ladies of the u. ". L.

Editor National Tribune: The officers Of
the Ladies Auxiliary, 10, Of U.V.L. En-
campment 100, were installed Feb. 2, at
GAR. Hall, Baltimore. Mrs. NJ. Tanner,
National President, and Mrs. Cen Mussey.
National Counselor. The officers are
Pres, Mrs. Priscilla Hubbard; S. V. p.
Mrs. Laura Enochs; j. " r., Mrs. Streib:
Chap. Mrs. Biddison; Sec, Miss Hussey
Treas, Mrs. Alexander; Conductress, Miss
A. 6. c.
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DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS.
Sketches of the National Junior Vice-Presi-
dent aud OIin,. IRE .ident.

National Junior Nicc-President Anna VI.
Clark is one Of New York States most
popular Daughters OF Veterans. She was
born at CIR nnell, Iowa, in March, 1874, and
is the daughter of Comrade George NJ.
Clark, Co. NJ, 9Th y. Y. II. \. She moved
to her present home, B nghamton, n. Y,
in 1888. Miss Clark became a charter
member of Mrs. Beni. Harrison Tent, 2, on
its organization in 1872, and was its third
President. She served two ears as Secre
tary OF the New York Department. She was
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By draining out OF the Blood the poisonous Uric
Acid, Urates Lithates, etc, which cause the dis
eased conditions.
Rev. A. e. Darling, OF North Constantia, New
York, testifeS in the Christian Witness that IL
cured him of Kidney disease after sixteen
years suffering. Hon. II. e.. Wood. OF Lowell,
Ind. writes that in four weeks the kaya-kavs
Shrub cured him of Kidney and Bladder dis
ease of ten years standing, and Rev. Thomas
NJ. owen, Of West Pawlet. VT. gives similar
testimony. Many ladies also testify 10 its won
derful curative powers in disorders peculiar TO
womanhood.
That you may Judge OF the value of this Great
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cured Yourself you VIII recommend IT 10 others
IT is ~ Sure Specific and cannot fail address,
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Avenue New York City. Mention this paper.
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A New Cure for kidney and Bladder Diseases,
Rheumatism, etc.-FTee 10 our Readers,

DISORDERS of the
Kidneys and Bladder
cause BRI6HT'S DIS
EASE. RHEUMATISM,
GRAVEL, PAIN IN HE
BACK. FEMALE CON-
PLANTS, URINARY
DISORDERS, 0R0PSf,
etc. For these dis
eases a POSITIVE SPE-
clFlC CURE is found
I'm a new botanical
discovery, the Won
derful KAyk- KAvA
SHRUB, called By bot
anists, the piper ne
hESfic1lBI, from til o
Ganges river, East
India. Ii has the ex-
traOrdinary record of
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DEPARTMENT DOIEGs.

More than a thousand veterans and
their friends attended the Campfire gwen
recently by Harvey Post II, Racine, WIS.
Among the prominent speakers were Gov.
Schofeld x-Gov. Peck, Department COM
mander Grey, Past Commander in-Chicf
Weissert. Col Wattrous, Dr. Carlson, Judge
Lyon, and Comrades Sanford and QuarieS.
The affair was an entire success, and has
put new life into the work OF the G.A.R.
in that section OF the State.
The Society OF the United States Mill
tary Telegraph Corps, through It's Presi-
dent, VIM. b. Wilson, has submitted an
appeal to the Grand Army for admission of
its members to the order, and asks the
Department of Massachusetts to recon-
mend su"h action to the next meeting OF
the National Enrampment at Cincinnati:
Pursuant TO a resolution passed b. the
Buffalo National Encampment, Com
p1ander Deane has appointed the following
Massachusetts comrades committee to
promote the passage of the bill now pend
ing in Congress TO establ sh a National
Military Park to commemorate the cam
raign, scge and defence Of NIcksburg,
Miss: Albert A. Pore, Post 113, Boston;
Joseph II. Barnes, Post %, East Boston;
William II. Hodgkins, Post 139, SOmerville;
w liam NJ. Gin, Post %, Roxbury.
r. l.. Sutphen Post. Al, Evansville, Wis 4,
at recent meeting appointed O. +. Bestor,
A. G. Gray. and G.. a. Libby a committee
to draft resolutions on the deaths OF Com
radcs w. w. Smith and George Christman.
The semi annual report OF the Assistant
Adit,tant- General shows a net increase IN
membership OF 21t in the New York Depart
meut The number of Comrades in good
stand ng July /. 1897, was 1921, and on
Jan I, 1925 had increased to &c, 1872. The
receipts during the six months were S6S ,Ol3,
and The total disbursements S63, 51S. The
balance in the hands of the Assistant
Ouartermaster General is SS5, 1851.
Commander James Il. Averill announces
that the 10th annual Encampment Of the
Department Of Georgia will convene at At
Ianta, Wednesday. March 2. The Com
mander of 0. NJ. Mitchell Post, I, has been
directed to detail the necessary guards.
Commander in Chief Goblin has written
Commander Avcrill that he will be present
with t least a art of the National STAFF.
J. T.. Eichberg, Of I'ost /, has been APP
pointed by Commander Averll to assist in
Organizing Camps OF Sons of Veterans in
GGoga.
"No. thank yOrl.' This is the correct
reply to n merchant who would sell you
ono article when Won have asked for
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began active service in April 1862 At
Manassas it lost ~ killed or mortally
wounded among them Col. Webster. 1t
took 334 men into action al AntIetam, and
"A were killed or mortally wounded. Mai.
Burbank was among the killed. At red
cricksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and
Sfottsylyania it lest heavily, and ranks
among tae best OF Col. Fox S 800 fighting
regimen tS.
Michigan.
Lieut.. Cot +. w Wcrden met with the
survivors Of the 18th Mich. recently, at the
K.lanazoo Reunion, for tie first time since
being mustered cut. lie was rendered IL
royal RECEIPT on by h S old Command. T he
meeting was p eaSant ore, and we'll at
tended by the veterans and their friends.
Cap'. De ICe was reelected President, A.
&. Balch, II. II. Trask, G. +. Hall, Jos.
N Her, and Frecland Gay were elected
Vice Presidents. Comrade White refused
reelection as Secretary, and ". H. Nc
CoTmick, Of kalamazoo, was chosen.
Dozens of good speakers entertained the
veterans, among others being Rev. George
u. Kulp and Col. Wordcn. Rev. Kulp (, Id
OF hi experiences in battle and al Libby
Prison, and defended the rights Of veterans
10 pensions.
THE other day." he said, "a New York
paper published list Of men receiving big
pensions. | saw the name Of one man
and in my heart wish he had ten tines as
much. ] went recently to h S beds de- and
when saw his wasted form and Hounds,
received at Petersburg, WANTED to give him
an old Methodist hug. | remember when
we were in Libby Prison, sitting down
aga nst the cold walls and wonder ng when
we were 10 get back to Gods country.
remember when my comrades grew thin
and their lips became parched with fever
| will defend these men lust as Iongas God
gives me breath to do So"
Pennsylvania.
The nth Pa Cav. Association is prepar-
ing a history, and 1T is intended to print
group photographs Of the different compa-
MES. This reg ment was made up of men
from six different States, and its members
have scattered over the entire Union. ID.
S. Orcutt, Secretary, st. Charles Hotel
Pittsburg, Pa, requests that every solder
who saw service with the 18th Pa Cav.
send his address
The National tribune., 1898-02-10

From Manger to Throne, DR.. Talmage's
New Life of Christ, his Latest and Greatest
Work, the Most Marvellous Book of the Cen
tury, and of which Upward of 800, 600
Copies have already been sold, contains 544
Large Pages, including over 200 Engravings
of Holy Land Scenery.
1t is Beautifully Bound in Red Cloth and
Gilt, and measures when open 9 by Is inches,
each volume weighing three pounds.
From Manger to Throne makes Beauti-
full Holiday Present. 1t Brings Palestine in
the Very Doors of Multitudes who would to
no other way ever have an Opportunity Of
seeing the Holy Land.
This splendid book is sent, postpaid, as
premium for the small club of four sub
scribers.
Address
Washington. ID. G..
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WHR TILES for VETERANS {!
q SnIslsn--@

4 Soldiers
Rom ancP. BY
Mai. George III.
Williams. Illus
trated from act
nal scenes by
Edwin Forbes.
&EGD
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"No. thank you." This is the correct
reply to merchant who would sell you
one article when you have asked for
another.
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THE GRIND HRMY.
What Veterans Are Doing for the
Good of the Order.
POTOMAC ENcAMPMENT.

The Department of the Potomac held it's
| 30th annual Encampment in Washington,
| last week with well attended sessions.
Commander Thomas ). Hopkins presided.
His report submitted to the Encampment
covered wide field of topics OF deep in
terest to the comrades Of this Department.
| In part he said:
GAS whole the year has been a pleas
ant and prosperous one in the Department.
Every President since the war with a
single exception, has been member of the
G AR, and it was with pleasure and pride
that we welcomed, on March 4, Comrade
William Mckinley. The previous Admins
tration had dismissed from Government
positions or reduced about 2 $50 veterans
and veterans widows. We were not mis-
taken in the belief that Comrade Mckinley
would right these wrongs. Through a com
mittee of the Department sos have been re-
instated; 495 promoted, and 377 appointed;
q total of 81.
During the war;" said Commander Hop
kins, "the soldiers of the Union were the
objects OF the most malicious attacks from
the CoppeTheads of the North. We were too
busy to mind them then. When you en-
listed, and during those long years of war,
you never thought OF pensions. The war
over and the country saved, there was a
time to think and act; the gratitude OF the
loyal people found expression through its
Representatives in Congress. So Congress
enacted the pension laws.
"YOu, who did not expect and who did
not ask for the enactment of these laws,
have, however, accepted of their beneti-
cent provisions with grateful hearts. Be
cause you have done so, these enyiOuS
non combatants and their offspring who
were conceived in disloyalty, brought forth
in iniquity, and educated in envy, after a
silence of over thirty years raise their
ignOble heads and give full vent to the
spleen and spite which characterized them
during the years of the war AS at that
time they lied about you and maligned
you so do they now. They cry fraud and
perurer and thief. But they fail to pro
duce him, and they cannot. They spread
broadcast the most sensational statements.
but they lie and the truth is not in them.
Asst Adj't-Gen. Arthur Hendricks sub
mitted a report which showed the number
OF comrades tn good standing, Dec. 81, 1897.
as 2,S14. The amount expended in rehef
by the Department was 81 974.6l.
At the second days session the election
Of officers was taken up. The candidates
were Comrades Arthur Hendricks, DR.. a. j.
HuntOon and w. III. DoOlittle. COmrade
Hendricks was elected by a large majority
Other officers were chosen as follows: ). V.
G. b. +. Chase; j. Y. c., j. b. Carter;
Chap, Rev. W. T.. Parson; Council OF
j. f.. Snow, Peter McGirr and Richard
Bennett; Delegates, j. l.. Davenport, c. Nj.
Robinson, S. w. Herbert and G. T.. Bun
dick; Alternates, James Wood w. l..
Schmalhof, Nelson HOugh, w. II. Henning.
A banquet was given Thursday evening,
i'm honor of COmmander-in Chief j. T. >.
Goblin, and was attended by several hun
dred prominent GA K. men Of Washington
and elsewhere.
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RENEWING OLD TIES.
Reunion of Veterans Who Stood Shout
der to Shoulder in the Dark Days.

!. \. ". La Pierre, Secretary, South Bend
Ind, announces that the annual Reunion
of he 4Sth ind. Will be held at South Bend
leb IL and IT,
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PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sug.
geStions Made.

rAll communications for this column siroiN
address of the inquirer The reply, however,
will be marked as may bc desired No attention
viii be gwen to anonymous inquiries. If no re-
ply is printed within three weeks, write again.
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IL shah not do 50, he shall be allowed
uaNel pay and communication Of subsistence
Tor such Time a. may be sufficient for h m
10 travel from the place If his discharge
10 the place OF his enlistment, enrol ment
Or original muster into TIE service, com
puted at the rae OF one day for every 20
miles If trans CITATION and subsistence
Was not furn shed, and for any reason the
cOmmu' alton therefore was not paid the
later may now lie collected The com
mutation could not be collected without
the claimants knowledge unless his
SIGNATURE were forged.
!. D.-ThcTe Is no general law under
which adult sons or daughters Of Rovolu-
tonary soldiers can obtain pension In one
or TWO instances special pension acts have
been passed i'm such cases.
J. c., Lebanon, Pa.-The increase of paw
provided by the act Of June 20, 1864, for en-
listed men in the military service took
effect from May ]. 1854.
b. J. T., New Cumberland, w Va-The
So rating allowable under the act Of March
q, 1880, commences only from the date Of
medical examination, If the claimants con
diti0n did not become such as Ia require
the " regular and personal aid and attend
ance Of another person, until subsequent
90 the date OF the act
II. 81. r., Geneva, Pa.-The act of july
=. 1851, authorizing the acceptance OF vol
untccrS Tor not exceeding three years nor
less than six months, provided that every
enlisted man entering the service under
the act should be entitled 20 a bounty OF
500 g If he shall have served Tor "A period of
two years, or during the war if sooner
ended" The act Of March 3, 1868, pro-
vided tlat The bounty should be paid if
the soldier WAS discharged within two years
from the date OF enlistment by reason Of
wounds " received in battle The act Of
March ), 1893, provided for the payment Of
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aresrins. him into the Brunswick, bought q
0sst .B iii "aid I, whore in tho neuno Of a COWS
horn. lei err The old engineers hand shook as
he cot down his glass and turned to me with q
For Gods cake, sir. don't say nothin'
Look here. Bnl.' 1 continued. You know
d %SrS JON Sn' se sO in the cab Of 90 after you pulled
ont Of the roundhouse that nightf
60 BIT Ts1 he S S1l Sos shack h md h0 fSoi Gnd m nsr nsai 10
said. I know this, sir; az. Is stIll running. I've
seen her twice-onco in the, Big Gut; again on.
bridge Q The neTt tmo III not live to tell OF
The. division superintendent paused to light
'lsSa fTsSsi making q ionS dog Of a short tale,
r0SoFnted b. F ,Ssa to tho c9mpSny,s n of,S
whom ono is dead. the other here before vow.
Christmas eve. The. night was cold, dark,
and sti1, and smclt of snow. had gone down
10 3 f MtasGn's and M inc no St'G at 1885 70 'f I f@o snRPG myself WasR
some four miles from home. speeding. through
the darkness on my railrond bicycle. No trains
small heed 70 the track ahead or behind. but
buckied tightly. down to business and made
Gut flew with dcafonlng chatter. crossed a little
bridge, and o moment later sighted tho lights
of the section house twinkling for up the track.
ing train behind me. 1stoundcd, I looked
nearer came the sound, and then q flood Of light
rounded tho curve behind, out of the Big Cut
cnmo O faring headlight, and instantly tho
track became two long, curvlng. needles of
section house. I applied the brake, awning my
bicycle of tho rails Into o gully. and, drawing
back. watched the oncoming. train. What 1t
GOULD DO I could not think. Possibly some be-
was almost certain that all trains had passed.
Louder and louder grew the rattle and Jar,
higher and higher sang the rails. and more dis.
tinct each moment camo the bang-beng. thump-
strange unsteadiness of the headlight. From
side to side It swayed, like a masthead light
in q heavy swell, and with a queer tremor at
my heart l knew that the engine, approaching
me was t rnnInains .l Light; !. : running light t,a and A., at
same instant Bill Gabbert's strange tale came
against 70 th %'ei fur M ! bank q E's 81 il. sf Siash. l 0f felt
faint, and then my sight cleared. q glare of In
tensoly white light was all about me. n deafen-
Ing noise filled my cars, and ] saw quite plain
caught a fleeing glimpse Of the empty and
dimly M cab, saw the tender piled high
with. coal, and then found myself running
blindly down the track in a cloud of dust and
shape. Nearly opposite the section. house. l
slackened my pace and tried to pierce the
gloom. The engine was only n faint echo of
sound in the black distance.
II stumbled over some obstacle, and fell to
my knees. With fingers that trembled ] drew
forth q match and lighting 1t. held It aloft. A
mans body lay directly across the rails. As
tho little flame frightened I looked about me:
A few feet distant, within the dim circle of
light. stood a milepost, white and ghostlike, and
the black figures on 1t stood forth distinctly,
and looked into the wide, unseeing eyes of Bill
Gabbert,"