Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-26
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS
GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED FOR
ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Department President Appoints Officers
and Committees-National Presi-
dent Expected to Attend.

Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd, president Of the
Department Of Potomac. w. r. c., has
just issued the last general order of her
administration, which contains instructions
for the annual convention Of the Depart
ment of Potomac. Womans Relief Corps.
1t is announced that the fourteenth an
nual convention will convene In Grand
Army Hall. 1412 Pennsylvania avenue,
Tuesday. February 3, at Z o'clock sharp.
The membership of the convention will
consist of the department officers, past de-
partment presidents, past corps presidents
and the regularly elected delegates.
Mrs. Oldroyd announces that the ma
tional president, Mrs Lodusky j. Taylor
the convention, and will be accompanied
by several of the national staff.
The convention appointments, made by
Mrs. Oldroyd, department president, are
as follows: Assistant secretary, Emma L.
Newton; conductors Francis Worden, Kate
Harris; guards, Lizzie Mason, Gussie Raab;
color bearers, l, Lizzie Lehman; 2, Helen
E. Stone; 3, Mary Denmead; 4, Ellen Nolan;
pianist, Katherine M. Phillips.
Convention Committees.
The committee appointments are:
Credentials committee-Ida L. Chase, chair
man; Mamie G. Davis and Christine E.
Butcher
Committee on courtesies-Isabel Worrell
Ball, chairman; Lola Hauptman and Rosa
mond B. Meacham.
On address of department president-Anna
S. Hamilton, chairman: Indiana Cowling,
Margaret B. Tew Katherine M. Phillips
and Rachel A. Brooks.
On report Of senior vice president-Edith
s. Emmerson, chairman: Jane Bridehan,
Mary Crawford, Carrie Brookfield and
Emma Kibbey.
On report Of junior vice president-Mary
E. Hall. chairman: Maggie Thompson,
Emily Frisbie, Sallie E. Miller and Lula
Chase.
On report of secretary Matilda R.
Sprague. chairman; JEANNE Street. Julia c.
Collier. Anna Hutchins and Marion Greg
DRY. --trs
On report Of treasurer-Mattie E. Nc
Clure chairman; Margaret A. Walker,
Miranda Fuller, Sarah E. Newland and
Anna v. Tompkins.
On report of chaplain-Addie H. Feathers.
chairman: Emma Ferguson, Matilda s.
Wilkins. Mary E. Ripley and Annie Ander-
son.
On report Of executive board-Alice Bur-
CESS. chairman: Sarah A. Vandoren. Julia
Doney, Frances Frelinghuysen and Julia M.
Layton.
chairman; Marian NJ. Lewis, Emma s. Ellis,
Ida v. Hendricks and Anna NJ. Dykes.
On report of inspector-Elizabeth Months,
chairman: Frances Holmes, Emma L. New
On report of instituting and installing
off1cer-Julia Roberts, chairman; Eliza P.
Watson, Georgia G. Balm, Cornelia Avery
and Clara Kalstrom.
On report of patriotic instructor-Eliza F.
Naylor, chairman; Mary w. r. Thatcher,
Mamie G.. Davis, Mary Hanon and Clara
L. True
On report Of press correspondent-Bessie
Boone Cheshire chairman; Augusta Z.
Starkey, Hannah Devoe, Anna A. Peck and
Matte r. Bowen.
On report Of relief committee-Clara Ma
gee, chairman; Mary v. Goundie, Lizzie
Crisp, Corinne Strickland and Georgia Van
Fleet.
On report of employment committee-Jane
Mclean. chairman: Lizzie Mason; Emma
Emo, Elizabeth Marshall and Maria Luke.
On report of hospital commit tee-Jeannie
S. Raub. chairman; Mary A. Peck, Hattie
NJ. Robb and Cecilia Ford.
On report Of pension committee-May A.
Eldridge, chairman; Elizabeth B. Donehoo,
Harriet A. Saunders and j. Emma Evans.
On report of chief Of staff-Agnes L.
Keller. chairman: Helen E. Stone, Helen
]. Durfee, Lucinda Gruber and Sarah Nor
rison.
Expression Of Thanks.
In closing her general order Mrs Old