The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-20
WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS.
ANIMAL STATE CONVENTION IN
 LAKEVILLE.

Address on the Observance of Memorial
 Day--sessions Begin Tomorrow at lt
 o,clock-Wnu Last Two Days-nIany
 Matters of Much Importance to be Con.
 sidered.
 The following address to the Wo- mems Relief Corps concerning the ob- servance of Memorial day has been is- sued by Calista Robinson Jones, of Bradford, Vt, independent of the corps:
 Again the nations sacred day ap- breaches in which with ceremonies sad and sweet we honor our Nations dead"
 Let this year of 1902 be characterized by the fuller and more perfect obser- vance of the sacred spirit of the day than any preceding year.
 Let us not enter upon this days du- ties in a perfunctory manner, but with ardor and enthusiasm in it's sad and tender ceremonies.
 Although the day belongs especially to the Grand Army and as the honored auxiliary of that order we stand ready to assist in all the days duties and privileges, let us not forget to bring into the grand and patriotic influences. of the day. the children of our land. Let us also interest the people to join with us and the comrades in this me- morial service. Strive to create a spirit of reverence for the bravery and cour- age of our heroes living and dead and teach lessons of patriotism and noble citizenship long to be remembered.
 Let us join with our kindred organi- zations, the Sons and Daughters of Vet erans, to whose glorious patriotic work we owe our hearty support and our sinccerest blessing.
 Let us make the day one in which pure, broad, unselfish national feeling shall run high and the power of it shall be long felt-this do in memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of the Union, who gave their lives for our country and our flag.
 ''They kept the stars in the field of
 blue, t They brought the states to allegiance
 true,
 To them the nation s life is due, And the nation should ne'er forget"
 It is requested that the graves of all army nurses be decorated as they have earned this distinction by their noble work.
 Department presidents are requested to designate some other day in which graves of our deceased members of the Woman's Relief Corps may be appro- priateIy decorated, as we have only one day in three hundred and sixty-five to honor our 'Blue Coats" dead, let us not give any part of Memorial day to per sonal tributes.
 Let us observe the grand, sacred ser vice of Memorial Sunday
 On Memorial day let us bring our starry banners to the music of bugles sweet to place with our tributes of springs fairest blossoms on the messy mounds scattered over all our broad land. and let those who live near large bssies of water scatter their tributes ot love on the shining face of the waters Grown our heroes, the soldiers, who
 sleep on the shore, Where the call of the bugle can wake
 them no more. Men who fought to defend us; Oh, can
 we forget
 The tribute of glory we owe to them
 yet? Bring love's fairest offerings with tears
 and with prayer And gratefully, sacredly, scatter them
 there. Go tenderly, gently and scatter them
 where
 Our heroes are sleeping, go scatter
 them there. Grown our heroes, God bless them, no |
 true heart must lag; Grown the dead and the living, who |
 stood by the flag; In the oncoming ages let each have
 name
 Carved in letters of gold in the temple
 of fame. Let the bright stars of freedom and our
 banner unfurlged. Be the joy of Columbia, the pride of the
 world"
 Marcetta A, Wright, of Norwich, president of the Connecticut depart- ment, has issued the following order the coming department con- 
 I. As announced in general orders, No. 4. the department convention of Con- recticut Woman's Relief Corps will be held at Lakeville, rates having been arranged for May 21 and 22 1902. All which may be legally transac- ted will receive due consideration, and 1t is hoped that every voting member will be present at all sessions, as busi- ness of the utmost importance to them