The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-05-10
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smith ana staH.- .th6 National President.
a pras; 1ut ", T., Sne, Nationai senior wee
Is. from $3.50 to 13foclock. Department
Headquarters, Union Hotel A cordial
invitation Is extended to the Grand
Army OF the Republic. kindred organ
izations and citizens of Galesburg
The unvailingiof the Mother Bicker-
Tuesday. May % and there are to be
social affairs unnumbered. The De-
partment Presifehth1in closing her Me-
mortal Day order, says:
We should show by our deeds that
we still cherish the vows the Nation
made our heroes when returning bat
tle-scarred and MANNED with shattered
| ranks and tatte1ed banners to homes
OF their loved ones. from more than
a hundred ss:::::...ccaelds. .
Lord Gou 0, ,,osts be with us yer,
Lest we forget-lest we forget"
Mrs. Jennie McGill. President Of the
Department of Colorado and Wyo-
ming-long may the Woman's Relief
Corps live to bless the devoted women
OF that Department-says in her Me-
! mortal Day order:
Each year we are reminded that
| more Flags must be placed, more
wreaths made. Then as We are thus
reminded that the Grand Army is fas:
passing away. let us this year be more
energetic i'm assisting the veterans as
they go forth, ladened with Springs
brightest blossoms. to strew in memory
OF their comrades dead.
Women of the Relief Corps, 1t IL
your duty-and sad pleasure-tO Irvine
these garlands of imperishable love.
Let US teach the children that they,
too, have a part in helping to keep
alive the memory of those whose lives
| were sacrificed in defense of our coun-
| try.
Let us encourage the Sons Of Vet
Grams and their Auxiliary, and the
Daughters of Veterans, by inviting them
to assist us in doing honor to our heroic
dead.
Let every Relief Corps, at some date
| in the month of May, hold Memorial
services for the unknown dead. Corps
situated near a stream of water will
az the same time hold services for the
sailors and marines who found watery
grave in the great struggle for the
preservation of the Union"
The Department of Potomac. Mrs
Vina M. Calhoun President and Mrs
beautiful Memorial Day order, and will
be very busy until after May 80. This
Department has tremendous lot OF
work to do for Memorial Day, it's 900
women decorating more graves than
any other Department in the United
States, in all probability. and doing 1t
| all alone. In the District of Columbia
there are no kindly-intentioned people
to step in and assist In the holy work
of decorating the graves of Union SOL
diers. The lines are distinctly drawn
between North and South in this in
| stance. Although there are Confeder-
ate soldiers buried in nearly all the
cemeteries where decorating is done,
| the Confederate societies wait until two
| weeks later to do their decorating
Nearly $4,000 veterans Of the Blue
army lie in dreamless sleep in and
about Washington. and this devoted 900
| women see that flowers are placed upon
every grave. In ifdition to this. Mrs
Mamie G. Davfs,l Chairman Of the Ex-
Of Potomac, han ,iier arrangements all
made to give luncheon to the 1000 vet
Grams who wilish6id their ceremonies
at Arlington.
The Departm9ht1'of Nebraska. Mrs
Harriet A. WilHox.nDepartmen Presi-
d dent and Lillian ILL; [st 3 Eddy Department
with all the hoHory to the soldier dead
that a grateful People can pay. Mrs
Wilcox says:
-" Let .x the ~ W =, Q2 Reief Corps as
Republic. do all III its power to make
the observance Of this day sacred. Give
Letting flowers and decorating, rthe
graves Of the heroic dead. In that way
| teaching them to honor the memory OF
the brave men who gave their lives in
defense OF their country. Forget not
| those who sleep in unknown graves;
prepare memorial to them. Relief
Corps. attend Memorial services I'm a
body, with your Post. on the Sabbath
preceding Decoration Day."
The Department Convention of Ne
braska will be held in Lincoln, May IT.
The Relief Corps OF Lincoln will
unite In rendering reception to the
National and Department officers Of the
itol, Wednesday evening. May 16.
A beautiful silk flag will be present
ed to the Lincoln High School by the
| w. r. G. Of Nebraska. The presenta-
| ton will take place Thursday morn
ing. May II. at 8 O'Clock, in the audi
at time and place decided upon by
School Superintendent and committee,
a gold prize badge will be presented by
the w. r. c. to the High School pupil
presenting the best essay on a patriotic
subject.
The first Wednesday in June is
Memory Day. Corps Presidents plan
| special service in memory OF the sis
ters OF our Order who have been called
to their home beyond the Skies
Department Of Missouri.
The Department Of Missouri will
| hold its 22d Annual Convention in the
Senate Chamber of the Capitol Building
at Jefferson City. May 1924. Headquar-
| ters will be established in Madison Ho-
| tel. On Tuesday evening a reception
| will be rendered by the Department
President Mrs. Matte E. Rich, and
staff to Department Commander G.. A.
r. and staff in the hotel parlors. James
| r. Garfield Corps, recently organized
by Mrs. Carrie r. Sparklin, will be the
entertaining Corps. In it's ranks are
| wives OF some of the leading State off,
GERS Of Missouri. Some OF the leading
! features Of the Encampment will be
| the presentation Of a large flag to the
High School by Mrs. M. NJ. S. ellison
Patriotic Instructor; addresses by Gov
Folk. Senator Warner and Attorney
General Herbert Hadley. A solid gold
medal will be awarded to the pupil
producing the best essay on patriotism
+, and a flag to the Corps which shows
the most thorough work on patriotic
lines. Four Corps have been added this
year, and the membership is increas-
| ing.
Spurred by the events in Denver, this
| Department has taken a new start, and
/ is gradually growing in membership