Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30
ANNUAL CONVENTION
THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS TO
MEET FEBRUARY 2.
Call Issued by Department President
Committees Named and Convention
Assistants Appointed.

Mrs Rosamond 3. Meacham. president of
the Department of Potomac Woman's Re-
lief Corps has issued her general order
calling the fifteenth annual convention of
the Department of Potomac Woman's Re-
lief Corps, which is to meet Tuesday even
ing February ., at Grand Army Hall, and
continue until the business of the conven-
ton is concluded.
The membership will consist of the de-
partment officers, past department presi-
dents, past corps presidents and regularly
elected delegates. 1t is stated that the
total vote of the convention, If all voting
members are present, will be 153 The ma
tional president has been invited and is ex-
peCted to be present.
Mrs Meacham has made the following
convention appointments: Assistant secre-
taries. Isabel Worrell Ball. Emma C. Lit
tlejohn; conductors. Emma Ferguson, Liz
zie Crisp; guards. Marion Gregory, Lizzie
Mason: color bearers. Mary w. S. Thatcher,
Helen F.. Stone Florence Hoagland. Nan
ME q. Wyman; pianist, Katharine M. Phil
lips
Committees Appointed.
Committees on address and reports are as
follows:
Presidents address-Annie W. Johnston,
chairman; Anna s. Hamilton, Ida A. Old
royd, Georgia G. Balm. Margaret B. few.
Report on senior vice Observation-Disclosures
c. Months. chairman; Matilda r. Sprague
Tillie Durham, Emma kibbey, Julia W.
Hamilton.
Report on junior vice president-Vina l..
Calhoun, chairman; Carrie l.. Brooks, Emily
Frisbee Margaret A. Walker, Matte E.
Mcclure.
Report on secretary-Nannie c. Davis,
chairman: Emma L. Newton. Clara Kali
strOm, Julia Mason Layton, Mamie P. Dor
sey.
Report on treasurer-Eliza P. Taylor,
chairman; Mary f. Hall. Gertrude Morgan;
Anna V. Tomkins. Anna E. Hoagland.
Report on Observation-Disclosures McMoni
gal, Hannah J. Devoe. Lucy B. Graham
Jane S. Mclean, Mary f. Honn.
Report executive board-Clara j. Ma
gee. chairman; Mary e. Simpson, Jennie S.
Raub. Anna B. Frost. Jessie Bruner.
Report on counselor-1da V. Hendricks,
chairman; Mamie G.. Davis, Indiana Cow
ling. Julia L. Collier. Mary L. Thatcher.
Report on inspector-Sarah n. Bunyea,
chairman Nora B. Atkinson, Christine Z.
Butcher, Margaret Bradt, Julia A. Doney
Report on institutins and installing officer
Sarah a. Vandoren. chairman; Emma p
Williams. Maggie Thompson, Helen j. Dur
fee, Pauletta G.. Wooford.
Report on patriotic instructor-Ida V.
Hendricks. chairman; Jennie S. Cusick
Mary V. Goundie, Mamie G. Wyman, Gus
sic Rabb.
Report on press correspondent-Susie H
Rose, chairman; Emma S. Ellis, Molie A.
Crandall. Sallie Miller, Josie Hamacher.
Report on relief committce-Corine Strick-
land. chairman; Mary Hauen, Cornelia Will
kinson, Lottie WoodSon, Julia Roberts
Report on employment committee-Edith
S Emerson, chairman: Fannie +. Worden
Emma l.. Littlejohn Bessie Boone Cheshire
Anna NJ. Dykes
Report on hospital-Ada Feathers, chair
man; Sarah Hill. Mary Carter. lnez Lyon.
Report on pension committee-Alice Bur
CESS, chairman; Marian NJ. Lewis, Mary
Noer. Fannie Pratt.
Report on chief of staff-Agnes L. Keller
chairman: Isabel Worrell Ball, Nora d. Ed
gar, Sarah Beach, Eliza F. Watson.
The campaign for department officers is
said to De progressing with much enthusi-
assn on both sides. The chief contention
will be for department president, it is
stated, the candidates being Miss Ida l..
Chase, past president of Lincoln Relief
Corps. and Mrs. Edith Emmerson, past
president of Burnside Corps.