The National tribune., 1902-10-16
THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.
The z0tE National Convention Grandy Earnest, Practical
Business Meeting.


Woman's Relief Corps is now a part o
history. 1t was one of the smallest Cor
yentions in point of numbers that has con
yened in many years, excepting that o
Cleveland, one year ago. In numbers til
delegation of voting members was abou
the same, 3S5.
The Convention opened in the Church o
Our Father at 10 O'Clock, Thursday morn
ing, Oct. 9, the National President, Mrs
Calista Robinson Jones, in the chair.
Tie church had been very handsomel.
decorated for the occasion. The gallerie
were draped with flags, and the organ loft
above the head of the National President
was draped with flags, and from hand
some iardinieres hung trailing vines an'
asparagus plumosa, almost to the edge o
the flags, while the air was fra grant Will
the perfume of the roses banked about th'
vases. The work had been done under tht
personal supervision of Mrs. Ada q
Weiss, President of the Legion Of Loya
Women. who WAS also Chairman OF the
Decoration Committee for all the Conyen
tioa halls. In the memory of the writer
tie Convention halls have never been NOR,
artisticaliy decorated. nor have the fora
than those provided by the Chairman oi
the Committee. Mrs. Mary V. Goundie
and her Vice Chairman, Mrs. Helen En-
gle, who labOred indefatigably to have al
The floral appointments fresh and abun
dant
One of the pathetic touches of the morn
ing was the singing of I'VE Shall Meet
but We Shall Miss Him. the sad, old
war song in memory of Cen Paul Van
Der WORT, Past Commander-in-Chief
who died July 20.
Gen. Van Der WORT was practically
the founder of the Woman's Relief Corps
it being organized while he was Command
er-in-Ghief. He had been its most ardent
sponsor, and had stood for the Loyal
Women clause, which sent a large body
of women who did not believe in it, off
into other patriotic organizations. For his
loyalty to the Woman's Relief Corps he
was made an honorary member, being the
only nian SO honored.
There were gathered about the National
President as all united in singing the song
that the dead friend of the Relief Corps
loved the National officers of the Order:
Belle G. Harris, Senior Vice President;
Minnie NJ. Kyle, Junior Vice President;
Sarah Il. Philips, Treasurer; Emily L..
Clark, Chaplain; Fanny Z. Minot, Inspec-
tor; Emma Stark Hampton. Counselor;
Rachel Abbott Hall, |. and l. Officer:
Kate L. Jones, Patriotic Instructor, also.
Mrs. II. g. Brown, of New York, Secre-
tary pro tempore; Mrs. Sarah c. Plum
mer, of Michigan, Assistant Secretary;
Mrs. Laura L. Burr, of Indiana: Past Ma
tional President Sarah Il. Fuller, Liza
beth Turner. Emma Il. Wallace, Emma
Stark Hampton, Kate b. Sherwood, and
Elizabeth Darcy Kline, who were later
presented to the Convention with honors
and received with long applause.
CONVENTION COMMITTEES.
The committee appointments that were
made are as follows:
Assistant Secretary. Mrs. Sarah A. c.
Plunmer; Pianist, Mrs. Amelia C.. Alex
ander; Stenographer, Miss Margaret
Chestnut Chief Conductor, Mary T.. Scott.
Ohio; Assistant Conductors, Clara A. AL
ford, Maryland: Florence Nj. Westcott.
New York; Abbie Il. Usher, Massach,i-
sets; Mary A. Eldridge, Washington;
j. Emma Evans. Washington; Inez Lyon.
Washington; Chief Guard, Jennie S.
Wright, Ohio: Assistant Guards, Mrs.
Ellen E. Hall, Maine; Annie 3. Frost,
Washington.
Headquarters Reception Committee
Laura S. Burr. Indiana; Ada E. May,
Minnesota; Hannah NJ. Gahagan, Ohio;
Georgia B. Worker, Iowa: A. Louise Put
nam, Vermont; Ida V. Hendricks, Wash
ington. d. c.; Abbie A. Adams, Nebras-
ka; Dorcas Ii. Lyman. Massachusetts,;
Sophia II. Spaulding, Illinois; Ida L. Jar
Wis, California; III. Lizzie Foster, New
Hampshire; Annie E. Udell, Michigan
Credential COmmittee-Mary Ellen Co
nant, Vermont; Harriet l.. Reed, Massa-
chusetts; Belle NJ. Slatterley, Missouri;
Sarah NJ. Bradford, Illinois; Rusha f.
Day, Nebraska.
CoIor-bearers-AlieeT TirreII, New York;
a A ~,
Ohio; Maud Lewis, New York.
Press C0mmittee-Mary NJ. North,
Chairman, Maryland; Fannie McAIlister.
Wisconsin; Lydia Z. White, Vermont;
Julia s. Conklin, Indiana; Julia NJ. Lay
ton, Washington; Helen L Parker, New
York: Hollen Z. Day, Missouri.
Information Committee-Lida G. Hart,
Mary L. Hall, Mamie p. Dorsey, Mary
&. Carrier, Mamie G. Davis. and Mary
Thatcher, all of Washington, ID. c.
National Presidents Address-Mary L.
Carr, Colorado; Charity Rusk Craig, North
Carolina; Cora Day Young, Ohio; Maria
w. Going, Massachusetts; Anna NJ. Tor
rance, Minnesota.
National Senior Vice Presidents Re
port-Millie ]. Chapman, NJ. D., PennsyI-
yania; Matilda S. Vickery, New Jersey;
Eta Z. Houk, Indiana; Mary Tygard,
Texas: Amelia +. Colgan, Virginia
National Junior Vice Presidents Re
port-Mary n. Farr, South Dakota; Jen-
ME Bartlett, West Virginia; Kate l.. Per
iins, New Hampshire; Ida A. Oidroyd.
Washington, ID. c.; Annie L. Breneman,
Montana.
National Secretary's Report-Fannie d.
W. Hardin. Colorado; Geraldine Il. Fris-
bic, California: June Allen, Iowa; Jennie
L. Shepard, New York; Mary L. Elliot,
Massachusetts.
National Treasurer's Report-Harriet J.
Bodge, Connecticut; Estella Il. Plopper,
Iowa; Sarah NJ. Snow, Illinois; Addie l..
Cushman, New Hampshire; Jennie S.
Turner, Ohio.
National Chaplains Report-Aimee ].
kenney, Nebraska; Fannie A. Walker.
North Dakota; Hattie l.. Palmer. Yer
mont; Louise l.. Barton, idaho; Aunt
Becky Young, Iowa.
Caylor, Indiana; Charlotte L. Wright.
Connecticut; Abbie Lynch. PENNSYLVANIA:
Lydia c. Hopkins, Michigan; Jennie /.
Berry, Iowa.
National Counselor's Report-Hcnrietta
Steismeier, Missouri; Gertie Rogers, Wis
consin: Lodusky j. Taylor. Minnesota:
Maria Il. Dean, Tennessee; Sarah u. Wi
mans, Ohio.
National /. and 1. Officers Report-
Julia G.. Sine, Illinois; Emily II. Jones.
Colorado; Emma d. Chase, Connecticut:
Mira l.. Parker, Iowa; Emma L. Forter.
Kansas.
National Patriotic Instructors Report
Kate u. Sherwood, Ohio; Jennie l.. Day.
Maine: Abbie II. Usher, Massachusetts:
Eliza j. Crisler, Indiana; Cora NJ. Evans.
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