The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-09-26
State of Idaho, WITH its 10 widely-iso-

| ldleu COTpS, gave 600.
The National Treasurer sent to the
Department Treasurer OF Texas the mag
nificent sum of $5.650.69, and $52l.3 was
forwarded direct by Corps and Depart
ments. Supplies were also forwarded, the
estimated value of which was about
5000, making a grand total OF nearly
$14 900 in money and supplies contrib
uted by the Woman's Relief Corps IN re-
Spouse to this call for relief.
Il cannot refrain from individual men,
| ton of one of our members, Ada ., Work,
| Past President of the Department of
Texas, who was made custodian of the
funds furnished by both the Grand Army
of the Republic and the Woman,s Relief
| Corps. Her unceasing labors along the
devastated coast among homeless and
heartsick veterans has endeared her to us
ALL Acting under the advice of the wise
and clearsighted Commander of the De
partment Charles b. Peck, Mrs. Work
distributed the moneys and supplies, rid
| ing hundreds of miles, sometimes on horse
back, making a history of each case, and
| by knowledge of individual necessities
making our funds doubly valuable through
tactful distribution"
OF the National w. R. C. Home at
Madison, Mrs. Carr had the following to
say:
Il have visited the Home three times
during the year, and what | shall say to
you will be from my own observation.
Il found there aged mothers whose well
TODD children found it incOnvenient to
| take care of them; sisters whose brothers
counted this close relationship no tie to
bind; the wives and widows of old sol
diers-but not one Army Nurse.
1T would lily become me to criticize an
institution which was founded in good
faith to especially benefit our Army
Nurses, mass of women who helped our
soldiery when most they needed help, and
| the unfortunate mother and widow of the
veteran who would otherwise draw their
subsistence from the 'pauper fund These
appeal to the tenderest sympathies of our
being. But a thorough investigation has
not always heretofore been given to the
character or eligibility of applicants, and
some have been admitted who were not
deserving of our bounty. The rules gov
erring admission have this year been thor
oughly revised by the Board, and, if strict
ly adhered to, will in time remedy this
defect.
The able women who served on the
Board of the Home in the past have
faithfully striven to hold the expenses of
the place within its resources. The reduc-
ton of the per capita tax few years ago,
upon which it depends for support, Sc
riously crippled the institution. The cry
ing need of the place under present con-
ditionS is a sufficient fund for its main
tcnance. The revenues have proved mad
eQuate and it has been found necessary
every quarter of this year to borrow from
the general fund for running expenses"
The National President referred feeling
ly to the notable dead Of the year-Capt.
Jack" Adams, of Massachusetts, and
Gen. Albert ID. Shaw, both Past Com
manders-in- Chief, and on whose graves
beautiful floral offerings were placed by
order of the National President.
She commended the patriotic work OF
the Order, which is spreading rapidly, and
is far outstrippng the widest dreams of
the most loyal in its influences.
She recommended that the next edition
of the Burial and Memorial Service
Books contain appropriate services for the
ceremony Of strewing flowers upon the
ocean and rivers i'll memory of those who
Sleep where pearls lie deep"
All of the recommendations made were
adopted by the Convention, excepting
where later Legislation made the recon-
incubation Of no effect.
REPORT OF NATIONAL TREASURER.
The report of the National Treasurer,
Mrs. Sarah C. Phillips, set forth the fol
lowing interesting facts:
The receipts from last September to
expenditures S19,44419, leaving balance
in the general fund of $S,335.97. This
fund is not the only one and the balance
in lis treasury is not all, as will be seen
by the following summary of balances:
General fund ...... ... $S,935.97
National w. Il. G. Home fund 4G.4j
National w. X. G.. Home land
fund ........... ......... Hiss
Material Council of Women
fund ......... ...,... 1,11213
AndersOnville Prison property .-..s-.
fund .............. ....... 1929
Texas relief fund. .... 2l.J6
Southern Memorial Day fund. 9l0.42
Monument to Loyal Women
fund ........... ... 12S.79
Sons of Veterans Memorial Uni
versity fund ......... 12S.I9
National Headquarters relief
fund ................. O1.l4
Total in all funds June 30,
1901 Observation-Disclosures ST., 1O.Il
There are no liabilities.
The value of supplies in the hands of
the National Treasurer amounts TO ST.
:I73.S7. 8