Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
Convention of w. r. G. Con-
tinues Its Sessions.
APPOINTMENTS MADE
SECRETARY'S EXHIBIT THE EVIL
DENCE OF ADVANCEMENT.
The Departments Relief Work
Treasurer Shows Balance on Hand
List Of Delegates.
APPOINTMENTS MADE

| The reports of department officers occu-
| pied the attention Of the delegates TO the
| second session Of the fifteenth annual con-
venton of the Department Of Potomac. w.
r. c.. last evening. The convention room in
Grand Army Hall was early filed with the
| members Of the convention, but an evident
| desire to visit and chat with each other
seemed to animate the ladies and the de-
! partment president. Mrs. Rosamond b.
| Meacham did not use the gavel until the
hands on the clock pointed to the figure g..
| The convention opened with prayer by the
| department chaplain, Mrs. Corinne Strick-
| land. The department president made sew
| eral appointments, Illness having kept sew
| eral of the convention appointees away.
| Mrs Julia Mason Layton, past president OF
| o. P. Morton Corps, was placed upon the
| committee on credentials. Through mad
| vertance. the department president said,
| she had omitted to name two very i'm
| portant committees. One was that on reso-
| buttons and the other on the report Of the
delegate-at-large to the national convention
| at San Francisco. The committee on reso-
| buttons, as then announced. is as follows
| Mrs Edith Emmerson, past president of
| Burnside Corps, chairman; Mrs Annie W.
| Johnson. past department president, and
| Mrs Ida ]. Hart, past assistant national
! inspector
Committee on report of delegate at-large
| Mrs Julia Mason Layton, past senior vice
J president. chairman Of the department, the
1 other names to be added later.
The report of the department secretary,
/ Mrs. Matte E. Mcclure showed that the
Department of Potomac is climbing stead
| lily upward numerically and otherwise.
! Mrs. Mcclure said in part:
1T is with some degree of pride that
| present my report department secretary
| for the year ending December 81. 1908 The
members in good standing in this depart.
| ment number $50; number of corps, 8; total
gain in membership for the year, 1O4. No
! corps have been reported delinquent and
| all have been so prompt with reports that
| the department has been able to make full
=, and complete reports to the national presi-
dent in time to receive due recognition
| Mrs. Mcclure reports that the depart
ment finances were much augmented by the
saving Of all rent for headquarters, the
| department president. Mrs. Meacham, as
| her predecessor. Mrs Oldroyd, had done,
| having established headquarters at her
| home where they have been maintained
| free of cost. Mrs. Mcclure stated that
| there had been seven council meetings. all
| fully attended. and that seven general or
ders had been issued She also reported
that the several department officers had
been most faithful in attention to their du-
ties and the relations had been marked by
the utmost harmony throughout the entire
year.
Report Of the Treasurer.
The report OF the department treasurer,
Mrs. Margaret A. Walker, which was given
with much attention to detail, presented
some pleasing surprises, which brought
forth several rounds of applause. 1t is said
that until the past two or three years the
treasury of the Department of Potomac w.
r. c. has never been in a very flourishing
| condition, and that 1t has been difficult to
meet expenses at times. The report which
Mrs. Walker presented showed that some
4 x,,~v, nd nHyav how
the former administration. and that in spite
of the extraordinarily heavy drains upon
department funds she had on hand nearly
500 to turn over to the incoming admins
tration.
An outburs. of applause greeted this
statement. The report shows that $500 in
| money had been expended and articles OF
| the value of 81 800 had been distributed oy
| the department during the year, and that
| S9S veterans and their dependent families
had been assisted
| Mrs Walker has maintained headquarters
| of the department treasurer at her nome
| during the year without expense to the de-
| partment. When she reported liabilities
| none" there was another outburst of APP
| plause.
Memorial Day Observance.
| Mrs Corinne Strickland. department
| chaplain, presented detailed report of the
| work done by the Woman's Relief Corps OF
| the Department of Potomac on Memorial
| dav. She stated that details from the
| various corps visited every cemetery in the
| District of Columbia and points adjacent
J on Memorial day. decorating In all nearly
! % 600 graves The heaviest work. she
! stated, was done at Arlington, with the
| Soldiers Home second. AT Arlington near
| " 1900 lunches were served to the veterans
| by the department. Some 1000 children
| took part in the ceremonies incident to
| these Memorial day observances
Mrs. Jennie Cusck. chairman of the eX-
| ecutive board. created quite good deal OF
| amusement with her detailed report OF DE-
| partment furniture, which was complete TO
| one ''old fork and one piece OF soap. Mrs.
| Cusick reported that her heaviest duties
| had been in connection with Memorial day
| at Arlington, where she had been apiy
| assisted, She said. by the whole executive
| board, to the members of which she ex-
| pressed her thanks for their untiring zeal.
| Mrs Cusick stated that her closing laboTs
/ had been for the department convention.
She had secured from the Old Guard the
| loan of it's hall for the first evening of the
convention and from Lincoln Post the same
| hall for the second evening.
| Mrs Cusick asked that the convention
! tender It's thanks to these veteran organi-
| cations for these courtesies. and the con-
| yention Immediately rose In a body to ex-
| press it's gratitude. The secretary was In
structed to send a letter in accordance with
the unanimous vote of the convention.
| Departments Relief Work.
The report of the junior vice president,
| Miss Maria l.. Jordan, who by virtue of
! her office is also chairman of the depart
| ment relief committee. showed that an I'M
precedentedly large amount of relief work
had been done by the corps of the depart
ment, amounting in all to $2,277. Miss
| Jordan reported that besides this sum actu-
| ally expended much relief work had been
done by the corps that was not included in
reports to her.
| Mrs. Ida A. Oldroyd. department coun-
| selor made a brief report. She stated that
! the ability of the department commander,
| the prevailing harmony in the department
and the intelligence of the officers had been
| of such high merit that the department