The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-03-14
CAPITAL RELIEF
CORPS REPORTS
Work of This Charitable Of
ganizatiOn at Salem.
Saved the County 'and City
Expense and Rescued Fam
lilies From Want.

At a recent meeting of the Capita
Relief Corpe, held at the home Of tn,
president, Mrs. q F. Moody, on Court
street, the appended report prepared BY
Mrs. Moody and the secretary OF the
society, Mrs. E. Y. Chase, in which a
years work Of the organization is re.
viewed, was read and adopted.
In response to call by the president
in a meeting of the Capital Relief Corps.
a few ladies met at the residence of Mrs.
2. F. Moody on the afternoon of last
Friday.
Outstanding bills were credited and
ordered paid and work done by commit
tees reported.
A short statement Of what this society
may be of interest;
When the Capital Emergency Corps
disbanded in August, 1898, the funds on
hand, $2.l2, were turned over to this
new society.
The Capital Relief Corps since its or.
ganizatiou has afforded relief to 80 fam.
lilies, in which were 80 children also to
several men and women who needed
helping hand.
Money has been spent for wood and.
provisions, chiefly. Clothing and food
have been freely donated by generous
friends. Work has been found when |
possible for those who were able TO |
work. The aim Of the society has been
to afford temporary relief; when there
was demand or necessity for continued
aid, the county must be called upon.
Funds given to aid in this workiwill be
received, and the county saved
much unnecessary expense. Each ap.
plication is investigated by committee
bef9re relief is given.
The bank account of the society
shove:
Cash receipts from all sources. .Slss s2 I
Cash expended .............. 30 80 {
Balance ...... ................t 4S AZ Q
The society has done much charitable
work and in its operation has saved the
county many dollars on its pauper ac.
cunt. The organization was effected in
he summer Of 1898 under the name Of
)apital Emergency Corps" for the pur.
ose of providing the volunteer soldiery
{ this and other states with homemade =
ecessa 'ies for their limited wardrobe !,
nd supplying the army hospitals with :,
ordials and other refreshing beverages. =
he organization was subsequently - -
lerged into tho Capital Relief Corps for ?
laritable work in this city although an y
pportunity TO render assistance to some r
'ansclent soldier boy in need Of aid, has c,
ever been overlooked. Many a penni t,
1873 soldier, through the agency OF the g
orps, has been provided with the com =,
'rts Of a home for a day and furnished tl
small sum of money 10 help him on o
lie way. The society raised all the a
Ioney.it has disbursed, in the giving Of ii
alls and entertainments, TO which the b
alem public hae always readily re- 81
)onded. a
The good and unselfsh women con b.
ituting the membership Of the Corps. OF
-opose TO maintain the organization 81
hile their funds last and, in fact, as ri
ng as the good people Of Salem render D,
sislance in the work. These women q
i'll gladly make iudioious distribution cl
nong the deserving needy OF the city of W
! funds, clothing AM provisions that u,
ay be entrusted 10 them. IL is a char CA
able mission and should continue TO 81
}, as it has been in the past, literally or
Ipp0rted by the residents OF Salem. al
trough this organization much tenn n,
'rary aid 80 given dependent persons eli
ltil their actual warts may be perma- i'm
'ntly prsvihed for by the county. In OF
is way, many destitute persons are 70.
wed, who otherwise might suffer be Jc
re their wants could receive the OH su
al attention Of the county. on