Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-08
p H. Briggs & Co. and. s. vann & Son

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good military records; the most of
them had been promoted for good SOL
dierly qualities or for bravery in bat
tie and when discharged from service
made good, law abiding citizens. In
their deaths the Grand Army Of the
Republic has lost worthy comrades;
the communities in which they had
lived a lost good citizens, and their
friends and families have lost brothers
beloved. We said that two Of the
Woman's Relief Corps has passed
away during the past year, viz: Mrs.
Governor Slower and Mrs. Anna NJ.
Kemmerer. Mrs. Slower, wife of our
highly esteemed comrade e. s. Slower,
was not an actual member of the re-
lief corps, but was so in accord with
all the work of the corps we take
pleasure in as~sociating her with 1t.
Mrs. Kemmerer, wife of our comrade
ual and active member Of the relief
corps.
Mrs. Slower had lived in Albuquer-
que many years and was well known
and highly respected by all the people
as a good, kind neighbor, and a lady of
highintellectual culture, and was e
ceedlngly kind to her friends and the
poor people. Mrs. Slower was former.
ly from the state of New Hampshire.
She vas patriotic and came honestly
by her patriotism, as her father, a
brother and her husband were all
strong union men and were in the SER
vice of their country in the civil war.
We, the members of this department,
MOURN her death and take this oppor-
tunity to express our sincere sorrow
Slower, in his great loss. A beautiful
light has gone out of his home, but we
commend him to that Greater Light
that lighteth every man that cometh
into the world"
We also take this opportunity to ex.
press our deep sorrow and sympathy
for our Comrade Kemmerer, into
whose home death has so recently
come (only yesterday. and the light
Of his home has also gone out, and
our comrade is left to tread the lonely
walks OF life in darkness; only, as We
trust, the pathway may be lit up by
Him who is the Light of the World.
We also commend him to the care OF
One who is too wise to err and too
good to be unkind."
The Woman's Relief Corps.
We wish we had space to speak more
at length about the good work the Wo-
mans Relief Corps is doing. We hard
ly know what would have been done
with some Of our needy veterans and
their families we're 1t not for the
good work of these relief women. !
think there are only two relief organ
izations in the department of New
Mexico, one in Albuquerque and the
other in Santa Fe. II Is a fact, how
ever, that while there are but the two
organizations in the department. the
wives and other lady friends of the old
soldiers are doing much to ameliorate
the condition Of the needy soldier and
his family. Among this number might
be named Mrs. M. NJ. Rudiselle, who
was once a prominent member in the
Woman's National Relief Corps, and
Is now the wife Of our worthy com
rade L. II. Rudiselle of Post No. 10 OF
White Oaks. Mrs. Rudiselle organized
the relief corps in Albuquerque. IL is
known also that these ladies are also
very active in leading the way in Mem
orial services. as well as to encourage
the hosting the flag owe the school
buildings. | have no doubt some of
these ladies cherish the sentiment
found in the following verse, even If
they do not sing the song:
"The schoolroom today is humanity's
friend,
Let the people, the flag and the school
room defend;
'Tis the school house that stands by
the flag;
Let the nation stand by the school;
'Tis the school bell that rings for lib
erty old;
'Tis the school boy whose ballot shall
rule"
God bless the Woman's Relief Con.