Evening star., 1899-04-17
THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS
General Orders No. Q Issued by the Depart
ment President.
Announced for Ensu.
ing Year-The Department Council
COmp1etc-WOrk of Relief.

The president of the Department OF Poto-
mac Woman's Relief Corps, Mrs Charlotte
A. kibbey, has just issued her general Or
ders No. 2, in which she promulgates the
decisions of the tenth annual convention
and announces committees, etc.
One of the decisions of the convention, as
recited in the orders, was that the several
corps should hereafter render patriotic
program, as follows: January, Corps NO. 1,
NAVAL Victories and Naval Heroes Feb
ruary, Corps 2, '"The Father of His Coun-
try" March, No. 8, Signal Victories on
Land and the Memories Of Famous Men in
Our Army April. No. 4, Leading Events
in American History" May, No. 3, sacred
program; June, No. 6, THE Birth OF the
American Flag" July, No. Z, THE Birth
of the Nation-Declaration of Independ.
ence;" August, 1.-The Greater United
States" September, Women in the Civil
War" October, Our Foremothers,' and
November, Our Forefathers.
The following appointments are an
nounced: Department patriotic instructor
Mrs. Ida V. Hendricks; department press
correspondent, Mrs. Julia Mason Layton:
chief of staff of department aids, Mrs. Kate
Steinle. ..-
The Department w R. C. is member of
the Federation of Clubs, and the depart
ment president and Mesdames j. w.
Turner M. M. North and ]. s. Brida-
ham are the representatives to that body.
The present director, Mrs. l. V. Hendrlcks,
will in October be superseded by Mrs A.
Peck.
The women Of the department, it is stat
ed, have been kept busy in every section of
the city alleviating the many wants of the
needy old veterans and their dependent
ones. There are ten corps in this depart
ment, with 5S4 members, and they have ex-
pended from January 1, 1899, to April 1
over 5000 In food, clothing and rent. They
go into the hospitals, workhouse and other
institutions, and then render whatever as
sistance may be needed to the comrades or
their immediate kith and kin. Mrs. Mary
+. Ripley is chairman of this committee.
Headquarters are open every day of the
week from IL am to 4:3O pm. The presi-
dents day is Thursday; the secretary's,
Tuesday and Thursday; the treasurer, Fri
day.
The president and her staff win make fra
ternal visits to the corps as follows: Nor
ton, May s; Sumner, April 10; Farragut,
April "a; Logan, May "a; Thomas, April 81:
Potomac, April IS; Burnside, April 26; Lin
coin, May 10; Lafayette May 3; Morris,
April 27.
The Department Council is complete, as
follows: President, Mrs. c. A kibbey;
senior vice, Mrs. NJ. R. Sprague; junior
vice, Mrs. X. L. Waggaman; secretary,
Mrs j. Emma Evans; treasurer Mrs. An
ME b. Frost; chaplain, Miss Mary Fletcher;
counselor, Mrs. Anna Peck; patriotic in
structor, Mrs Ida V. Hendricks; inspector,
Mrs NJ. w. Fuller; I. and 1. officer, Mrs.
r. b. Meacham. Executive board, Mrs. j.
r. Mclean, chairman; Mrs. S. F. Van
Doren, Mrs. Mary Taft, Mrs. ]. E. Hamil-
ton. Mrs. Jane Grunwen.
All the corps are making extra efforts to
Increase their relief fund. o. p. Merton
Corps last Monday night held social. The
pest commander and several of the COM
rades were present from Merton and Fred
erick Douglass Posts. A musical and liter
ary program was presented. Mrs. Mary
Griffin is president of this corps
The executive board and aids are busy
planning for the work of decorating the
graves, May 30 of the fallen heroes in and
around the city.