The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-09-13

Tyler Corps, of Hartford. Conn.,. and q
jewcled badge of the w. K. G.. The Ma
tional Junior cePrcsident. Mrs. May
Evans. of Walla Walla, Wash. was pre-
scented with silver tea set. by Mrs. Flo
Jamison Miller, on behalf of Mrs. Evans :
own Corps.
The Colorado delegation to the c. y
II. Encampment sent Mrs. Carr II great
bouquet of red, white and blue astcrs and
roses, and the announcement that Den
yer would he the next Encampmcnt city,
and in a happy little speech she invited
all TO the great Centennial State, where
the grand Order had i;s birth and of
which, after Is years Of faithful service,
she is now National President.
NOTES.
The badge of the Convention was heavy
satin ribbon bearing a fine representation
of Lincoin's head, his signature, and the
sentence, With malice toward none, with
charity for all. let us strive to bind mp
the Nations wounds" 1t was much
sought after. For her staff officers Mrs.
Bcdge had little stick-pin bearing her
own picture.
Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy Kline, Past
National President, and present National
Counselor, brought all the way from Cali
fornia a bouquet of wild peoples, the
State flower. for presentation to the Ma
tional President The delegates from Cal
ifornia wore hand-painted ones ON their
badges.
The hard worked color bearers of the
Convention were Miss Helen Carter. Of
Nashville. H.; Miss Jennie Woods, Palo;
Miss Stella Lewis. Aurora. and Miss
Massie Monnatt, Chicago, who performed
their duties gracefully and willingly.
Miss katherine Il. Wallace, daughter
Of Mrs. Emma Il. Wallace, was Chief
Conductor OF the Convention. Miss Wal
lace, ike her mother, is AZ enthusiastic
worker. She exemplifed the institution
of the flag work in the Order in Buffalo,
which was originated by Mrs. Wallace,
Mrs. Hit and Miss Wallace. The As
sistant Conductors were Mrs: Jessie
Durley Murdoch, Chicago, Mrs. Mary Il.
Scott, Ohio; Miss Newhart, Minnesota;
Zoia Miller, Illinois; Miss Cummings
Pennsylvania, and Mary Field Peck. Chi
cago.
The Chief Guard of the Convention was
Mrs. Ella V. Work, who was assisted by
Mrs. Mile Fisher and Eva Bent.
Mrs. Georgia Wade Mcclellan. Of Iowa
Chairman of the National Executive
Board, is sister of the Miss Jennie Wade
who was so cruelty shot by the rebels dur
ing the battle of Gettysburg. Mrs. Me
Clellan lay ill i'll the same house with Il
day old baby on her breast. A spent bah
fell upon the baby's head during the fight,
and Mrs. Mcclellan kept here lonely vigil
by the side of her dead sisters body all
one night, with cries of the wounded fill
now, and the mother one Of the most hon
ored i'll the w. Il. G,
Mrs. Alexander, Of Ohio, acted as plan
list fer the Convention, and her cunning
fingers made the patriotic airs so very
pretty that she set the Convention singing
at every possible chance.
Iowa, Kansas and Massachusetts had
full delegations, not Il member missing.
Greetings were received from Past Ma
tional Presidents Sarah Il. Fuller aud
Mary Sears McHenry, and messages sent
in reply. Mrs. Fuller can hear so little of
the proceedings that she no longer cared
TO attend. 1t was while in Washington,
with Mrs. Sherwood, Mrs. Turner, Mrs.
Barker and Mrs. Reed, working FOR the
passage of the Army Nurses bill, that
Mrs. Fuller lost her hearing, after q seri-
the efforts of these devoted women, but
Mrs. Fuller has been II sufferer ever since
Through the efforts Of Mrs. Turner all
the cOlored members of Detached Corps
were permitted to sit in Convention and
vote.
The Department of Illinois served
fine lunch to the delegates Wednesday and
LulSNiy III tut Hu.l VI NiuSOIIs
Temple, 18th floor.
Some Of the Aids got awfully "spoony."
Result: \ fne addition to the souvenir
spoon collection Of National President
Dodge. .r
Past COMMANDMENTS Chief Van der
WORT carriede off enough silk badges
make bed quilt, and down in Cuba they
don't need such things. He is proud of
his honorary membership in the w. X. C..
Ey nj t'1nv.ption NVhitn { in,
the South are given the same privileges
as the colored Corps, that of Withdrawing
from the Department and reporting di-
rect to the National as Detached Corps.
The National Association of Civil War
Nurses have swelled their numbers to so.
1t must be remembered that every blessed
one Of these women went to the front as
volunteer nurses and are on the Govern
ment rolls. That constitutes their eligi-
bility to the Order. Some of these women
suffered frightfully, being wounded by
stray shells; others had smallpox, and
many had both cholera and yellow fever
The stories they tell would make yellow
journal seasick. Yet they are jolly lot
and rare good company when their tongues
are Embossed.
Among the many Chicago young ladies
who labored to make the visit of the
Daughters of Veterans delight, no one
was more active than Miss Lille Gund-
lock, daughter of the Past National Pres
ident of the Ladies of the G. \. X. Miss
Gundlock was the life of the party on the
lake trip to Milwaukee.
The Duchess d'Arcos. wife of the Span
ish Minister, herself an American woman
and thoroughly loyal, was handsomely en-
tertaincd while in Chicago, a guest of the
National Encampment. One of the hospi
talities extended her was by Mrs. Flor
ence Mcclellan, President of the Depart
ment of Illinois, who entertained IT ladies
at luncheon in honor of the Duchess. The
luncheon WAS served in the oriental room
of the Lexington the decorations being
American Beauty roses. The menu cards
bore the q. A. Il. badge. The guests were
the Duchess d'Arcos. Miss Clara Barton,
Mrs. Harriet j. BODICE, Mrs. John g.
Black, Mrs. G. c. Jones. Mrs. FitZ Sim
Ons, Mrs. Moulton. Miss Shirley. Mrs. Jul
La Sine, Mrs. Il. ii. Heryey, Mrs. II. S.
Chaplin, Mrs. Agnes Hit, Mrs. Sarah D.
Winans, Mrs. John Burst. Mrs. Mussey
and Mrs. Clara ID. Hall