The National tribune., 1899-06-22
THE RELIFEIcoRPs. !
News and Gossip Of the. Great
AuXiliarys
KENTUCKY CONVENTION.

Belle Ross Lndwigi Department SeSre- sG
Convention met in Glasgow on Tuesday,
May %. The session was very short.
lasting only a day. nThe Department OF
Kentucky is very small, having r5 only ~
of the day was receiving the report of the
Department officers and committees and
the election of officers. The report OF the
committee to the Grand Army was resume
of the relief work during the year. Cash
expended i'm relief during the year was over
$500; relief other than money, 5000. Nearly
5000 was received and expended for relief OF
the Spanish war soldiers at Fort Thomas
and at Chattanooga.
"The election of officers resulted as fol
lows: Pres, Hannah Donaldson, Ludlow; ).
V. p, Lizzie kees, Louisville; j ". p, Alice
Breitenstein, Dayton: Treas, Fannie
Laird, Covington; Chap, Hannah Davis,
Covington. Executive Board, Anna Belle
Mason, Louisville; Lizzie Trimble, Covng-
ton; Annie J. Payne, Louisville; Mary E.
Porter, Louisville; and Sarah Fowler,
Louisville. Delegate-at-Large, Anna Sny-
der, Bellevue; Alternate at-Large. Mary F..
Porter, Louisville; Delegate, Mary A.
Ninekirk, Louisville; Alternate, Anna
Belle Mason, Louisville.
'The following appointments have been
announced: Sec, Belle Ross Ludwig, west
Covington; Counselor, Mary A. Forstner,
Newport; Ins., Amanda Harritt, LOUIS
vile; Instituting and Installing Officer,
Mallie kuhling, CovingtOn; Patriotic In
structor, Lois Proctor, Dayton"
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT.
Nellie Prince Quinby, Department Press
Correspondent, Saginaw, writes: H. +:
Merrill Corps, OF Bay City, recently united
with the local military company in the
holding of a Cuban Carnival, which con-
tinued five evenings. Booths were fur,
nished by both parties, and supper served
on last evening. A miniature Spanish
blockhouse was erected, and each evening
thrilling camp and battle scenes were en-
acted. There was a hospital tent under
Red Cross management, to which the
wounded were borne, and saddening
burial i'm the trenches. The door receipts
were divided, and the ladies added a snug
sum to their resources and the boys to
their fund for new armOry.
Fitzgerald Corps, of Hastings, is re-
ported in a flourishing condition. They
are few in numbers-only 30 in good stand
ing, but they are loyal and true to the best
interests of the Order.
j. b. Mcpherson Corps, of Holly, reports
through its efficient Press Correspondent,
Kate ID. Ream, that Memorial Day was
reverently observed by the Post and Corps
and the young soldiers of the Spanish
American war. The soldiers monument
ana graves were u cDTdteu WIFI llhSS anu
beautiful cut flowers; also the resting place
of one hero of the late war. The fourth
Friday of each month they hold a social,
when all members Of the Post and families,
and also Corps members, meet. They
have recently assisted two of their Post
members, one requiring an operation to
avert blindness, and the other an invalid
and very intirm. .!ft
Saginaw Corps, So. is doing excellent
work. The report for the year by the
Press Correspondent, Siseera Hale, shows
that many necessary articles were sent
to the hospital shipn Relief. In Febru-
ary the Corps sent s. to the National W. re.
Home at Madison, o. and donated S4 to the
Ann NJ. Barney monument fund. In
April S25 was used to oreplenish the furnish
ings of their room at the Annex Of the Sol
diers Home at Grand Rapids, and S3 was
sent to the Southern Memorial Fund.
Over 300 visits have been made during the
year upon the sick belonging to Post and
Corps. The sum of $50 was expended in
relief work, and SIS expended for flowers
for the sick belonging to Post and Corps.
The Patriotic Committee, Nellie Prince
Quinby as Chairman, recently purchased
fellow School Building at a cost of 50.
"A new Corps has been added to our
ranks and will be known as H. S. Burnett,
100, of West Bay City. Della f. Dorland
is President"
OREGON AFFAIRS.
Isabelle Horner, Press Correspondent,
Corps, 43, Elgin, celebrated its fourth
recently. Each member
brought one lady guest. A very pleasing
program was rendered. 1t was very en-
enjoyable affair, and one long to be remem-
bered.