The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-11-29
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the Ladies of the GAR. Advance in Patri-
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| EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The first
| bugle call, or general order from our
newly-elected National President, Sister
Eta Lee Tobey, inspires us with the
| thought that a note from this far-oH De
partment of the Ladies of the q. A. X.
and Il renewal and reason for our faith
would h. appreciated by large number
of your readers, and is our incentive for
| addressing you.
a reason for our faith, forsooth! What
better reason would we wish, or could We
have, than that the blood royal of the vet
eran of the Civil War flows through our
veins; that the marital tie and bond
which no man shall put asunder, makes
us eligible to membership in the royal
order of the Ladies of the Grand Army
of the Republic?
\ title truly and surely won, born in
travail and sorrow, amid the shadows,
bereavements and deaths of 81 and 20.
The dover of kinship and marital bond
left us as an heritage by that great host
that went out to battle and to die for the
Union and those who We're in bonds can
not be esteemed lightly, for it was sealed
by the blood and lives of hundreds of
thousands of brave and valiant men in
those crucial days of war, and more, and
as IlOIt, SilCc the great
This glorious inheritance and trust is our
pillar of fire and cloud, going ever before
us, strengthening and protecting us in the
face of every obstacle and all opposition.
Let us not, then, sisters of this mystic
circle, prove recreant and unworthy IF
this honor. The descendants of our Rev
dictionary SireS are proud of their lineage,
and if it is an honor for them to represent
in organization those who achieved the in
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more sacred the privilege to represent and
commemorate those who saved it from
disruption and utter dissolution.
Our name, our lineage and our wifely
bonds proclaim us as of the household of
the q. A. r., and our very independence
and freedom from auxiliary ties is the
meat and strength thereof. Then let the
obligation which binds us together enlarge
and tighten its grip until all women eli
gible, worthy and of good report, shall
have seen their way clear, inscribed and
given us their names, and thus attested
to their rank and title as worthy repre-
sentatives of that great Army of the
Union.
We congratulate all who had the pleas
ure of attendance and participation in our
late National Convention at Chicago, for
surely its labors were for all good and far
reaching, in that it answered affirmatively
its many petitions, and in its profound
wisdom admitted to membership in the
Order all nieces of the soldiers, sailors and
marines Of the Civil War. This Depart
ment, which is ever awake, alert and on
duty, in all that pertains to the advance
ment and welfare of the Order, welcomes
these new recruits sincerely and heartily.
We note with extreme pleasure, in the
aftermath of our late National Convention
tissue of Sept. 30) the reception and obi
CATION as honorary member in our Order
of the newly-elected COmmander-inC Chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic, Com
rade Leo Rassieur. In behalf of the La
dies of the G. A. r. of California, we ex-
tend him most cordial greeting and an
assured welcome should we have the
pleasure and opportunity to meet him.
Your estimable journal is frequent
visitor at our weekly sessions, and con-
tributes often to our entertainment and
information.-Eliza Holloway Waggoner,
Department Corresponding Secretary, La
dies of the G. A. R., 1908 o St., Sacra-
mento Cal.