The National tribune., 1899-04-13
THE Relief CORPS.
News and Gossip of the Great Auxil'
iary.
HEADQUARTERS NEWS.

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| National President Flo Jamison Miller
in General Orders just issued from Ma
tional Headquarters, Monticello, H., ap
peals 10 all Corps to contribute something
toward providing flags for decorating
graves of soldiers in Southern cemeteries
Since last Memorial Day many new
| mounds have been added, and 1t is pro
posed by the National President to deco,
rate the graves of all our heroic dead, not
neslecting those of soldiers OF the Spanish
! American war.
| The Grand Army of the 1iepublic has 4
| long list of suspended memberS-com-
raGes who desire to maintain their con
nection with the Order, but are unable tc
pay their dues. President Miller asks
| that Corps tender their Posts an offering
| for the reinstatement of members i'll ar
rearS.
| Recognizing the fact that the sons are
| taking up IN, work of the fat rs, and
realizing the Importance of organization
| in their ranks, the National President
most heartily commendS the organization
of the Sons of Veterans, and asks the as
sistancc and cooperation of the mem
berS of the W.R.C. in sustaining Camps
already formed and i'll the organization oi
new ones.
The following appointments are an
nounced:
National Aids-Adaline L. Black, Chi
cago, ILL.,; Nettie MCGOWAN, Chicago, III: /;
Alice w. Newton, Globe, Ariz.; Addie ;.
Williams, Brighton Park, H.; Carrie l..
Swigart, Dixon, H.; Henrietta Scott, CHI
cago, H.; Ella +. Gearhart, Duluth Mimi;
Mary DeWolf Jones, Rome, N. Y; Ella
F. d. Scott, New York City; Maize Green,
New York City; Susie ii. Carver, Bing-
hamton, N. y; Elizabeth Vail, Buffalo,
N. Y: Abbie p. Bentley, Buffalo, N. Y;
Margaretta Oberist, Buffalo, N. Y; Lenna
II. Coleman, Sanborn, Iowa; Elizabeth
Harding, Clinton, Iowa; Emily Brady, Po-
mona, Cal; Carrie B. Livermore, Water
town, Mass.
Assistant National Inspectors-Sarah E.
Phillips, Syracuse, N Y; Emma c. Dick
inson, Missoula, Mont.
PATRIOTIC TEACHING.
Department Patriotic Instructor wealthy
Frances Kemp, Fremont, Neb., writes as
follows: Following as nearly as possible
the suggestions communicated to us by
our National Patriotic Instructors, Ne
braska has, since the Office of Patriotic
Instructor was created, done much to
organize End syst matize the work OF
the Womans Relief Corps along the line OF
patriotic lessons. Our first Department
Instructor, Helen Cook, although super
intending the work but short time, laid
a foundation of which her successors are
proud and feel safe to build upon. She
got at the very root of success by secur-
ing the cooperation of our State Super
intendent OF Public Instruction, receiving
from him a written statement recon-
mending the use of the Patriotic Primer
and independence Chart in our public
schools. This introduces the Woman S
Relief Corps TO the teach rs of our State,
and we feel at liber to bring the matter
before County and City Superintendents
and teachers of the rural districts, know
ing that our highest school officers ap-
prove of patriotic teaching. Upon the
foundation laid by Helen Cook we have
builded cautiously, and, we trust, firmly,
laying no stones that must be replaced.
1--WE have 103 Assistant Instructors,
many of them actively engaged in carry
ing out every plan suggested by our SUI
perior officers. In January we prepared
and caused to be published a program
that will reach every Corps, and for each
month these programs are to be published.
We hear from many Corps that the pro-
grams are followed as nearly as possible,
and that the Grand Army and Relief
Corps are alike interested in the thorough