Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-16
COMMANDER EDWARDS
His ADDRESS TO oLU SOLDIERS
AND The RELIEF CORPS At m.
srALLATloH CEREMONIES.

A. published Ia The Ciilaon yogter-
day afternoon. the O. X. warren post.
Grand Army OF enc Republic and W..
mans Relief Corps held installation
ooremonlos Tuesday Might Comman.
der Edwards read the following lnter.
eHting address:
10 inc Omcors and Comradoo o. @ X.
Warren Post No 8. Department Oi
New Mexico. Grand Army o. The
Republic
Two years ago at the annual cleo.
zion OF omcers you saw dt 10 elect me
as your commander Il was with much
reluctance that { accepted the trust
you unanim0usiy thrust upon be, and
had 60 not been Tor the love OF tho or.
der ana a dCaiiU 90 help maintain and
build Hp thb post uhoulf have de-.
cllncd the honor. for I could see no
hope of success without hard work on
che paif % an of us. But the leading
ones of the comrades promised 90
stand by nae and help. and thoy have
nobly done 10. Tho annual report o.
me adiunnt previous 20 my election
shows that the total membership Of
the p0a waa Only seventeen ia good
standing. and Tho quartormaator's re.
port showed no money On hla hands
hnd several bills unpaid Seldom were
any meetings held. an6 no regular
place iO meet On: and also in debt 90
QuauCrmaatos Whhcomb for 90 90 for
funds advanced hy him Win the
promise of che comrades and officers
at that time that thoy woald hold up
my hands and stand By me I accepted
che oUoe. and We went 10 work with n
long pul. strong pull and a pun alto.
eother We soon commenced 10 re-.
inataio dropped members and 90 mus.
Ger 10 nov recruits; tho quartermns.
tors bank account grew and our debts
we're paid The WOmana Rollof
CORPS God bless the women. toemod
90 take on nee tie az the same time.
striving 90 Quito the post and such
friendly cumrndUhip sprang up be-
tween the tao organizations that the
monthly campnres givon by the 40.
men Of ihe relief corps, that all wait
"a With oaFcrucas Tor the time 20 come
Pm the noxt meeting AZ the
end Of the 6rat year our mombor
ship had incrodEed 20 thirtyNoven
members. an increase OF twenty MON.
hers. over 100 per cent. and the GUAR.
tormastor had 927 In his hands and
40 were on OF dolS The W. r. C.
iid even much better They Increased
their membership from twenty.nlno %
siEly-ciFht members. This Increase
eaa wonderful 1870 per cent Thus
ended the FIRST year
You again. 3ur year ago. drafted me
10 serve you another year; the W. r.
q. also elected most Of thoir ohicor.
again Both 60 Organizations have bad
@ good. hoakhy growth the past year
and many agreeable campnFoa have
been held.
Our post al the commencement oil
this year had thirty.aeTop memhors
The adiutanta report viii ahcW va
have gained twenty members and W.
have now on tho rooln hfly-aeyou
members Ia good standing and two I'D
dlti0ns tonight The quartormastor'i
report shows we have a handsome bal
apco 10 his hands. and ~ Of our debit
paid comrades. an this has come
about. not by my effort alone. but bl
your help and by our united efforts
Nov. comrades. this ends the yea,
1908 and my command over you vii
soon cease Mistakes, know, hav,
made. b. thoy were mistakes OF th'
head not OF the heart The command
erFhlp Of this post viii soon pass q
one Of yOas 'ho'ce. and & choice whicl
heartily coincide with. and while
Jake my place Ga the ranks. my inter
est ia and for this posi- will not coas0
as long as life and strength holds out
. Wish before closing 90 especially
GA my own behalf, and a. ! believe oi
the behalf OF tho comrades OF chi
post, 90 thank our worry efficient adult
ant. Comfade w W. Mcdonald Hi
TASK has been a hard one The rec
orts OF me poet were not IN the boa
of shape when be took hold of them
am proud 90 state 90 you he has thor
10 the best OF shape, neatly kept Tn
minutes of our meetings are in propo
shape the reports 90 the department
are promptly made. and bis hearln
towards an the comrades has bee
that of q true soldier aud conrad,
He was tried 90 Gre and not f0un
enntlng Ani our omciCnr quarter
master. C0muio A. M Whltcom0
Fho has served this post several yoar
la this capacity, has guarded we'll o
moneys coming into biz hands. an
has accounted for ovpry cent, and o.
tor paying hIlls out of bio own peck,
10 Keep up the credit Gi our post, au
might go on and say as much OF oao
And every one Of AN the officers on
comrades
Now c0mmdos haylug seiooicd yoJ
Umcors for tho ensuing year. lot d
one and an pledge ourselves 90 stan
BY them and zach othor. aud I b
speak for thi6 post a happy and pro
porous nCN year As the saying
Things are coming our way" cor
Iades are coming uo uB from Me D.
says and che plains. aopkIug 60 io
us LEI uH gather Thorn in. We ha'
now tho largest post ln thia dcpa'
mont. out of debit aud money in q
suay,ormasters hands
Comrades. when 8 .0mwonced TO p
my thoughts ou paper for this occ
D uH..H.H.H fH.H 49,. HAD E..m U.I