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ent, must come largely through the charity
which 'suffereth long and is kind" Thu re-
turning soldiers themselves recognized this,
and in the closing year of the war began
to band together for mutual aid and pro-
lection.
The soldiers aid societies had all been
disbanded when peace was declared at Ap-
pomattoX. They had been organized by
loyal women as military necessities" and
now that peace had come there seemed no
longer any reason for their existence In
less than year the same devoted women
were organizing other aid societies as a
kind of auxiliary to the posts that began to
dot the land.
The tragedy of individual life went on Just
the same and 1t soon became apparent that
the Grand Army of the Republic which had
so much needed the ministrations Of women
In its days of warfare. could not satisfacto-
rily do without the same helping hand In
Its peaceful campaigns of charity. AS the
years went by and the fraternal kindness of
the Grand Army became more and more a
necessity to suffering comrades and their
helpless families the need of woman's CO.
operation grew more apparent The sick
were TO be nursed, the bereaved to be COM
forted, and the orphan cJothad an6 81
Gated
These new conditions called for an eyer
else OF benevolence that soon passed bevon5
the reach of the Individual, and led to the
reassemoling OF women, hero and there. to
renew in peaceful days the exercise of the
same spirit of generosity SO eloouentIv
manifested under the sublime conditions Of
war. Aid societies they were called al
the start. just as they had been Designated
in war times.
The Grand Army Of tho Republic was or
ganized In July, 1866. To the posts of tina,
| organization there soon were attached these
| ladies' aid societies. They did much
| good. The societies helped the sick an6
| needy veterans. they clothed his children
and put them in schools. Little "campfire'
| entertainments were given by the ladies
thus cementing and binding the fires Of pa
| triotism, which burned a little low, some
times when increasing disability and de
| creasing means made the fast-aging vet
Grams morose ana uncompanionable
| For many years a closer union between
| the aid societies and the Grand Army post
| was discussed. but with no result until 1882
| when Paul Van Der WORT Of Nebraska wal
| elected commander-in-chief He had Away
been enthusiastically IN favor Of gensra
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Mrs Flo. Jamison Miller, Wilmington, III.
Mrs. Mary e. Carr, Denver, Col. The ma
tional convention is held each year at the
same time and place as the national en-
campment Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public.
National Officers.
The national officers of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps are: Mrs. Calista Robinson Jones
Bradford, VT, national president; Mrs
Belle c. Harris, Emporia, Kan, national
junior vice president; Mrs. Minnie M. Kyle
Chicago, Ill.,, national Junior vice president
Mrs. Mary Ellen Conant. Bradford, VT, ma
tional secretary; Mrs. Sarah E. Phillips.
Syracuse, N. Y, national treasurer; Mrs.
Emily L. Clark, Northampton, Mass, ma
tional chaplain; Mrs. Rachel Abbott Hall,
Trenton, Mo-, national 1. and I. officer; Mrs
Kate E. Jones. national patriotic instructor
as follows:
National executive board-Life member:
Sarah E. Fuller, elected 1887, Alfred
street. Medford Mass.
National executive board-Elected MEM
bers: Lois M. Knauff, chairman, White
Hall. Cleveland. Ohio; Eliza G. Brown, 200
University avenue, Rochester, N. Y; Anna
70. Kooken, San Diego, Cal; Mary c.
Mock, 1914 Lynn street, Parkersburg, w.
Va; Emma Galloway, Oregon City. Ore.
Home. elected for five years-Agnes Hit,
chairman. elected 1897, 243O N New Jersey
street, Indianapolis, Ind; Emma Stark
Hampton, elected 1900, Detroit. Mich. to fill
unexpired term from 1898; Flo Jamison
Miller. elected $780, Wilmington, ILL.,; Har-
riet j. Bodge, elected 1900. 81 Asylum street,
Hartford. Conn. Mary L. Carr, elected 1901,
Longmont, Col.
Andersonville prison board, elected for
five years-Lizabeth A. Turner chairman,
reelected 1901, 46 Camp street, New Brit
ain, Conn; Sarah D. Winans, elected 1897,
1871 Summit street, Toledo Ohio: Sarah A.
c. Plummer, elected 1901, adjutant gen.
erals office. Lansing, Mich, to fill unexpired
term from 1898; Mary A. H. gladden., elect
ed 1882 1910 Bolton street, Baltimore, Md;
Ellen M. Putnam, elected 1900, Oxford, N.
Y.
Ex-officio MEMBERSHIP Torrance, COM
mander-in- chief, G. A. R.. Minneapolis,
Mimi; Calista Robinson Jones' national
president, w. r. c.. Bradford, VT; James
Atwell. commander ex-Prisoners Of War
Association, Pittsburg Pa; Edward r.
Campbell, commander-in-chief, s. of ",
Washington, D. c..
Advisory board-James P. Averill, past de-
partment commander, G. A. R., Atlanta,
Ga; w. w. DeHaven. past commander Post
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however. for thousands Of dollars were
raised and expended for the Johnstown and
for the Charleston sufferers, the soldiers of
the Spanish war aBd the Texas flood dis
aster. In this fast great work the Woman's
Relief Corps was first on the ground, and
the aid rendered. was Of most munificent
character, S14,2S1.4a being the exact sum
exnended by the Woman's Relief Corps
The Grand Army OF the Republic expended
81 631. "a, showing that not all the ener-
ries of these two greatest organizations in
fhe world are lavished upon their own.
The Woman's Relief Corps is now round
ing out the twentieth year Of its existence
n has $4,000 members in thirty-five de-
nartments. It owns the National Woman's
Reiief Corps Home at Madison. Ohio, and
the Andersonville prison properly, the value
Of the two being more than $4,000. It has
on hand 900 in cash. with no liabilities
y National Presidents Of Corps.
The national president OF the Woman's
Relief Corps Is Mrs. Calista Robinson Jones
Of Bradford, Vt, the first member from
that state to be elected to the high Office
The list of national presidents in their or
der OF election follows: Mrs q. Florence
Barker. Maiden. Mass: Mrs. Kate B. Sher-
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partment in the United States, except
Florida, and urged upon the posts the
necessity for having the women as aids In
the great work before them. In his general
orders throughout his administration he
continually suggested the formation OF
these auxiliaries, and in his address before
the national encampment in Denver said,
officially:
Kept Pace With G. A. r.
1.-THE organization of Woman's Relief
Corps, Ladies' Loyal Leagues and Auxiliary
Societies has kept even pace with the
growth Of the Grand Army. In every de-
partment the noble women have banded to-
gether in one form another to assist us
in caring for our sick and destitute COM
rades and those dependent upon them.
Many of the members helped. suffered and
sacrificed during the war. and many have
grown up since and here find an enlarged
field for the development of their charitable
hearts. They have accomplished great and
lasting good. 1 am a firm believer in the
work of women. 1 am glad that these So
cieties do not confine their membership to
the wives and daughters of soldiers, but
admit all who are worthy to engage IN the
work
II have called the representatives Of these
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WISCONSIN.
Much Legislation Favorable to Vet
Grams Obtained Through It's Efforts.

Grams Oota1ueQ TnTouSu AUS GuortS.
The war had hardly closed when many
prominent soldiers OF Wisconsin felt that
an organization of the men who fought to-
gether for the preservation of our national
Union would, In many ways. be both pleas
ant and helpful: and so, as early as 1880
movement began for the forming of Sol
diers and Sailors Leagues. Several Oh
these leagues were established within
year or two. but they were not united IN
state organization. They had, however,
common objects-the relief Of INDECENT SOL
diers or sailors or their families, helping ex-
soldiers or sailors to get employment, ana
to advance in various ways the interests OF
those who had Just come home from the
war.
There was one of these leagues at Madi-
son, the capital city, which had had for Its
president General James X. Proudfit. and
for its secretary George F. Rowel When
Mr. Rowell heard of the organization
Of a post Of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public in Illinois, he took pains to find out
at once about It's constitution and Its OBJ
jects General Proudfit and Mr.. Row
ell, after a careful study of the matter,
were pleased with the new society, and
General Proudft called for June Z, 1856, at
Madison, a convention to consider the ques-
ton of it's organization in Wisconsin. AT
this convention resolutions were unanimous
fy adopted to organize the Grand Army Of
the Republic in Wisconsin, and the So
called Soldiers and Sailors Leagues were
urged to reorganize as posts of the G.. A. r.
The department of Wisconsin was then
organized, with General James K. Proudfit
as commander, George f. Roweu adjutant
general, and Edward Coleman, quarter
master general. Three days later, June 10,
1865, the first Wisconsin post was organized
at Madison: there were seventeen charter
members. General Proudfit is still living at
Leavenworth and Henry Sanford is In
Washington. D. c. General Fairchild af-
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g. Macon. Ga; Charles P. Hopkins, Boon
ton, N. J.
Chief of stafr-Isabelle T. Bagley, Zanes-
Vile. Ohio.
National press correspondent-Mary M
North, Snow Hill, Md.
Assistant national press correspondents
Lydia e. White, Bradford, VT; Fannie Nc
Allister, Omro. Wis.
Delegate to council Of women-F1o Jami-
son Miller, Wilmington. Ill.
Standing commttees-National Council of
Women, Charity Rusk Craig, 21S Montford
avenue, Asheville. N. c.; Amanda Thomas
Newcomb, 90 Elm street. Montpelier, Vt;
Geraldine e. Frisbie, Menlo Park, Cal:
Isabelle T. Bagley. GAINESVILLE, Ohio; Ella
Jordan Mason. % South street. Biddeford.
Maine On legislation. Flo Jamison Miller,
nam. Oxford, N. Y; Georgianna Griffith.
40 I'd avenue, Troy, N. Y. Manual duties
Of officers, Mary L. Carr, chairman, Long
mont, Col; Abbie Lynch, S0s Church ave-
nue., Allegheny. Pa: Mary L. Gilman, IS
Schuyler street, Roxbury, Mass: Gertie
Rogers, the Martin. Milwaukee, Wis; Eliza
]. Crisler, Greensburg, Ind. Revision Of
burial and memorial service, Emma r.
Wallace, chairman, 220 74th place, Chicago,
ILL.,; Sarah M. e. Battels, Akron, Ohio;
Sarah E. Fuller, 7 Alfred street, Medford,
Mass. Revision of charter, Mary Jewett
Telford, box 175, Meanwhile, Tenn. Kate
B. Sherwood, 2123 Ashland avenue Toledo,
Ohio: Lizabeth A. Turner. 46 Camp street.
New Britain, Conn.
Honorary members-Paul Van derVoort,
La Gloria, Cuba puerto Principe province);
Clara Barton. Glen Echo. Md.
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Assistant Ad1utant General Department OF Wis
constn.
for war relics there are book cupboards for
a library, and gallery for pictures of both
men and women who did good service in
war time. This room, not only convenient
but beautiful, has already a goodly collec-
ton of relics, books and pictures. During
the past year more than 5000 visitors have
registered there. The state not only provides
and maintains this room. but 1t pays for
the service of a custodian, who must be
an ex-soldier, and furnishes all necessary
stationery for the use Of the department
headquarters. In all these things the bad
ger state Is generous toward Its war vet
Grams.
There are now in Wisconsin 253 posts. ten
posts became extinct during the last year,
and two new ones were organized. The
order is In a good, healthful condition in
the state, yet, from the very nature Of the
case, the membership must decrease after
this more and more rapidly.
Four Of the past department commanders
have been governors Of Wisconsin-Luciu
Fairchild. J. M. Rusk, w. H. Upham and
W. d. Hoard; others have held various
other state offices. Two Of them-Lucius
Fairchiid and A. g. Weissert-have been
commanders-in-chief.
One national encampment, that of 1889.
has been held In Milwaukee.
BY reason Of seniority. Wisconsin occupies
the second place in the line Of march at ma
tdouAl encampmsnts.
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The women's Relief Corps is the largest
organization in the world composed ex-
clusively Of women. 1t has had upon Its
rolls since 1t was founded nineteen years
ago, the names OF more than half million
women. Its total membership today is 145,-
600 This is steadily on the increase. and
interest in its propaganda never seems to
wane.
Fraternity, charity and loyalty Is Its
motto, and it's object is Ito especially aid
and assist the Grand Army Of the Republic
and to perpetuate the memory of their
heroic dead. To assist such Union veterans
as need their help and protection, and to
extend needful aid to their widows and or
phans. To find them homes and employ
ment, and to assure them of sympathy and
friends To cherish and emulate the deeds
of our army nurses and of all loyal women
who rendered loving service to the country
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IN her hour Of peril. To maintain true al
legiance to the United States of America,
to inculcate lessons of patriotism and love
of country among children and in the COM
munities in which they live; and to encour-
age the spread of universal liberty and
equal rights to ALL
All women of good moral character and
correct department who have not given aid
and comfort to the enemies of the Union,
who would perpetuate the principles TO
which this association stands pledged, and
who have attained the age of sixteen years,
are eligible to membership.
The Woman's Relief Corps is the only
recognized auxiliary Of the Grand Army
OF the Republic.
Emergencies are Inspirations 1t is the
need of the hour that develops the latent
force of human purpose. The crisis OF 1861
marked an hour when a strange, appalling
need confronted the nation. 1t took from
the homes of the country its best and BRAY
est men and boys Drum beat and heart
beat kept time with each other in loyal
breasts, while the north was emptying into
the south it's brains and Drawn in a vain
effort to stem the tide of rising disloyalty.
Disaster after disaster, bivouac in poison
Gus swamps, dreadful conflicts on the field
of battle. fearful marches, deadly disease
filed the hospitals and the emergency was
born. Men could fight. but for the wounds
they made there was no balm like that ad-
ministered by the hands of woman. When
the toilsome march had Slapped the waning
strength, only a woman could nurse the
tired man back to health. When the prison
pens of the south had done their Dc a1ly
work, only women knew how to care for
the weakened and emaciated boys who
with health broken and ambition shattered,
crept like vermin from the loathsome holes
10 be nursed into human semblance again.
Women to the Rescue
In this emergency women came. How
they met the trials and vicissitudes of the
haS tried in uaip m
When the farms and homesteads were left
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mems societies, which he declared were
the life of the Grand Army. Without them.
he asserted. the widely scattered western
posts would cease to exist. COMMANDMENTS
Chief Van Der WORT called the loyal wo-
men OF the country to meet at the national
encampment at Denver, 1888, for the pur-
pose of forming AUXILIARY to the
Grand Army of the Republic. 1t was his
hope that all Of the women's patriotic or
CARNATIONS would unite under one charter
and constitution. He personally invited the
organized bodies of patriotic women to send
representatives to Denver with this end in
view. He visited every Grand Army de-
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sERENADE BY coNFEDERArEs.
Dressed In Tattered Gray, Musicians
PLAYED for President Lincoln.

Among the many unusual scenes In war
times was a serenade to President Lincoln.
the Secretary Of War and others by band
of confederate musicians. When Peters
burg was being invested a number Of musi-
clans deserted to the Union lines. and one
morning they were at the Soldiers Rest,
near the Baltimore and Ohio depot Clad
in the confederate gray. worn to shreds,
ana their instruments battered and bent by
constant usage. they suggested the days Of
Falstaff. The instruments were playable
and the men were proficient performers,
and 1t needed but the suggestion Of q sere-
made, after they had rested. for them to ac-
quiesce. Accompanied by Maj q. M. Camp
and q few others, they went to the War
Department and played several pieces, and
subsequently played q number OF times be-
fore President Lincoln. Most Of the music
was Of the southern type. and but q few Of
our national airs were played.
Mr.. Lincoln thoroughly enjoyed the nu-
sic. and through MAI. Camp expressed his
hopes that in future marches the band
would tramp to the music Of the union.
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wood. Toledo. Ohio; Mrs. Sarah e. Fuller,
Medford, Mass; Mrs. Elizabeth DARCY
Kline, San Francisco. CAL; Mrs. Emma
Stark Hampton. Detroit. Mich; Mrs. Char
ity-Rusk Craig. Wisconsin: Mrs Annie Wit
tenmeyer. Saratoga. Pa: Mrs. Mary Sears
Sanders. Bloomington. ILL.,; Mrs. Margaret
Ray Wilkins. Kansas; Mrs. Sarah c. Mink,
Watertown, N. Y; Mrs. Emma r. Wallace.
Chicago. Ill: Mrs. Lizabeth A. Turner, Bos-
ton. Mass Mrs. Agnes Hit. indianapolis.
Ind; Mrs Sarah J. Martin, Brookfield, Mo. /;
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The Trials Through Which the 0rgani-
zatiOn Has Passed.
GLORIOUS ACTIONS DURING WAR
The Recognition From the Grand Army and How 1t Came
The Present National Officers-Preparing for
Memorial Day and How 1t is Done.

sent south In huge bundles Organized into
aid societies, they supplied the great hos
pitfalls with the necessaries that a short
| sighed government had failed to realize
were absolutely needful! But for the wo-
men there would have been no sanitary
commission.
Then from the south there came a cry
FOR women in the hospitals. Men grew
careless and Indifferent amid the fearful
harvest of death, and victims of this in
difference multiplied. So women took up
the business of nursing. Women who once
tainted at sight of cut finger learned to
stand unf1fnehingly by while legs and arms
were severed. They bound fostering wounds
and carefully prepared for the last long
rest those whom death had mustered out.
angels of the Battlefield" those women
were called then, and the name is theirs
today.
The war ended and out of the south came
the mutilated companies, the mangled reg
iments There was to be more scrap
Ing OF lint no more making of bandages,
for the bullet and bayonet had done their
worst. and the unholy conflict was over
The hospitals would need no more Wines
and no women need go hungry to add to
the scanty sums of money for medicines
to send south" Mothers tired fingers
could rest from their endless sock knit
ting, for her boys were homeward bound.
No more hampers of goodies need be
packed by the village laid society,"" for the
boys were returning to eat the sweets
in cellars in anticipation of their speedy
arrival. John loved this. and Jerry must
have that Harry and Will must always
have cake for breakfast, and If Charlie
chose to eat pie at the matutinal meal the
supply was unlimited.
Then the boys came home.
Oh, the pity of it! Some were suffering
the weakness and discoura cement of shat
tered health. Some came with grave faces
and troubled hearts to fight a battle with
poverty made doubly hard by the loss Of
opportunities which they had sacrificed in
order to give these best years of their lives
to the service of their country. Some bore
the cross of lifelong disability. Johns
good right arm had been shot off at Sailors
creek. Jerry had been blinded for life by
an exploding shell before Richmond. Har-
ry left leg in the Wilderness and Will had
incurred ailments in nosome rebel prisons
which left him a burden to himself and to
others.
Mutual Aid and Protection.
For maryland they were sadly few when
contrasted with the hundreds of thousands
who were wrecked in body and mind during
those four years-life would again unfold
prosperously and happily. Still there would
always be thousands who could never fully
rebound from the shock of war, and whose
recompense for sufferings, past and pres
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Nati0naI SENIOR wee Fresiueht, W. n @
by the men these women OF more than
snartan courage plowed and sowed. reaped
and garnered, till fathers. sons and broth
ers could come back again 20 care for lands
their valor had saved to a free people.
Filling the farms. keeping up the homes
ana rearing the children did not consti-
{ute half the work these noble women did
during those four trying years. however.
They scraped lint. they made hospital
clothing, they manufactured delicacies for
the sick and made comfort bundles" for
the boys In camp. They sacrificed their
bridal Inca to MAKE bandages which they
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-28
LOCAL MENTION.

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Geo. Young has returned from his
winter visit to New Hampshire.
Miss Flora Tarbell has returned
fr,,n her fri, 70 +,a Eost tror fra1o
welcome her home AGAIN
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ga1oen OF chemical fragrance, look at
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We commend the many boarding
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COUNCIL CLEARS THE PIGPENs.
By Adoption of Ordinance Against
Nuisance.

The city council has gone to work
vigorously to rid the city of foul, fe-
reproducing, death dealing pigpens,
and in abolishing these death holes no
hardship will be entalled upon anyone
owning pig and who observes ordi-
nary sanitary rules. Every foul pen
must be cleared away, and hereafter,
in order to have hogs upon private
lots, permit endorsed by Sanitary
Inspector Smith, must be had. 'Coun-
cll issues the permit, but Inspector
Smith will see to it that the privilege
thus conferred is not abused, and that
hogs have ample room instead of being
confined in close pen. The health
of the whole city will not be leopodiz.
ed that few people may raise hogs.
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Sciatic rheumatism Cured After Four
teen Years of Suffering.

81 have been sffiicted with the sciatic
rheumatism for fourteen years." says
Josh Edgar, of Germantown, Cal. ~
was able to be around but constantly
suffered. | tried everything I could
hear of and at last was told to try
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which did
and was Immediately relieved and in a
short time cured, and I am happy to say
it has not since returned" Why not
use this liniment and get well? 1t is for
sale By all druggists.
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Dangerous If Neglected.

Burns, cuts and other wounds often
fail to heal properly if neglected and
become troublesome sores. DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve prevents such con-
sequences. Even where delay has ag-
gravated the injury DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve effects q cure. IT had a
running sore on my leg thirty years, ="
says III. 9. Hartly, Yankeetown, Ind
after using many remedies, | tried
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, A few
boxes Healed the sore." Cures all skin
diseases Piles yield to it at once. Bs-
ware of counterfeits. w. A, Rsmbert.