Evening star., 1905-11-11
TRIBUTE TO WOMEN
RECEPTION TO NEW PRESIDENT
OF VETERANS AUXILIARY.

National commands and presidents of nye
military organizations which honor the
men who fought in the civil war for the
preservation of the Union were present last
evening in the Pythian Temple on 9th
street at reception given by Auxiliary, No.
81, of the Union Veteran Legion to their
national president. Among those were Cor
poral James Tanner, commander-in-chief OF
the G. A. r.; j. Edwin Brown. national
comma nder of the Army and Navy Union;
Col II. l.. Dean. national commander of the
Union Veteran Union Mrs. Sarah e. Pitt
man. national president of the Ladies Aux
iiary of the Union Veteran Legion, and
Mrs. Vivian Staley, president of the Daugh-
ters of Veterans. Besides this notable gath
ering of veterans, their wives and daugh-
ters, there Were present large number
of members of the rank and file of these
various organizations. The object of the
reception was to honr Mrs. Sarah r.. Pitt
| man. who was elected on October IL last at
Wilmington, Del, national president or the
auxiliary of the Union Veteran Legion
While her home is in Indiana she is MEM
Der of the local branch and the members
here felt that they should show their ap.
probation of the honor of having one OF
their members in such an exalted position.
Mrs. Pittman was the center of the re-
ception, and Mrs. Staley and the members
of the Daughters of Veterans were the
specially invited guests. Others who were
present and stood in the line for the re-
ception which closed the entertainment OF
the evening were as 1OlIOWS: zen. Wllidm
i. Rogers. hero of three wars; Maj. Frank
A. Butts, chief of staff of the g. A. r.; Maj.
John Tweedale adjutant general of the g.
A. r.; Mrs. Marie l.. Tanner, past national
commander of tie Ladies Auxiliary of the
Union Veteran Legion; Mrs. Ella S. knight,
president of the local chapter of the Ladies
of the Union Veteran Legion; Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, Mrs. Ada III. Wise, Mrs
Flora A. Lewis, Mrs NJ. E. S. Davis. Mrs
G. e. Mckenzie senior vice president; Mrs
Fred f. Bailey. Mrs. Elizabeth J. Allen,
Mrs. Harriet Allison. Mrs. Elizabeth Hilton,
Mrs. Carruanna, Mrs. George B. Johnson.
Mrs. Mary b. Knorr, Mrs. Elizabeth DON
nohue. Mrs. E. Nye was in charge of the
punch bowl. The hall was handsomely dec
GRATED in cut flowers and the national
cOlorS.
Mrs. Pittman Speaks.
Mrs Knight, president of the local organi-
zation called the meeting to order, and after
commenting on the presence of the heads
and representatives of SO many kindred or
ganzations, she turned the program over
to Mrs. Ada S. WISE who introduced the
various speakers of the evening. The meet
ing was opened by the singing of "Ameri-
ca, with Mrs Hilton at the piano After
she had finished National President Pitt
man was introduced. She said that she re-
garded her election to the high position as
a recognition of Auxiliary 80
Il will try to fulfill the duties of my posi-
ton in the way that is best for the organi-
zation,' she said. Il am greatly impressed
and oppressed with the fact that there are
ninety-seven encampments, and yet only
twentyseven auXiliaries, in the association.
! shall do all l can to remedy that defect
and to make the number more proportion
ate. The men who fought for their country
and the organization to which they belong
may pass into oblivion, but the daughters
and granddaughter can perpetuate their
memories through the centuries. They can
erect monument of love, one that shall be
as high. as stately and as solid as the souls
they commemorate"
Commander-in-Chief James Tanner was
the next speaker. and he paid a glowing
tribute to the women and to their work in
connection with the G. A. r. and the SINH
lar organizations. Il come here feeling like
a man with large family he said, be
cause there are represented here so many
organizations. am honored to be with these
bouquets of white-haired and mutilated
troops who accompanied me, and with you,
who represent the beauty of the G. A. R.
Much has been said of woman and her work
but none have realized 1t more than the
members of the G. A. R. 1t would not have
had the good deeds and accomplishments
without the women. They can go Into the
homes where aid and sympathy are needed,
they can hunt up distress and they can do
the work which man, of necessity, cannot do
to good purpose and result 's- Ls
Col. John Tweedale was next called on
and he gave two recitationS which delighted
the hearers. The first was The Habitant"
by DR.. Drummond. and the second story
by Commander Brown, who gave an excel
lent selection which honored the boys in
the ranks who never returned home. Col
Dean, head of the Union Veteran Union
was the next speaker, and he expressed the
idea which pervaded all minds, that here
were the representatives of organizations
which would make an irresistible phalanx in
anything they attempted. At the conclusion
OF his remarks Mrs Corporal" Tanner was
called upon, and she responded briefly. She
was followed by Maj. Frank Butts chief of
staff of the G. a. r., who spoke in favor of
legislation which would provide positions for
the veterans Of the war and their families
who must suffer with the men in their af-
fiictions.
Gen. William p. Rogers briefly congratu-
lated the work accomplished by the wom-
ans organizations allied with the male as
sociations The greeting of the Daughters
OF Veterans was presented by Mrs. Vivian
Staley. There were several musical selec-
ticns which delighted the audience, includ-
ing piano solo by Miss Edith Dowling a
ziltaphone solo by John p. Buckley, and a
vocal solo by Mrs. Morgan Lewis, accom-
panied by Miss Albert
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