The National tribune., 1906-05-10
They 7 eoa are e, to hays great doings, too;

| 70, from $3.50 to loo clock. 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 Bcker-
| dyke Monument Will take place on
| Tuesday, May %. and there are to be
social affairs unnumbered. The De-
partment President.in closing her Me-
mortal Day order, says:
I'VE 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
Il. a hundred ssss......o1ields.
| Lord Gou OF nosts 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 fast
passing away. let us this year be more
energetic in assisting the veterans as
they go forth, ladened with Spring
| brightest blossoms, to strew in memory
| OF their comrades dead.
Women of the Relief Corps, 1t is
your duty-and sad pleasure-to twine
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
a. 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 NJ. Calhoun. President and Mrs.
Sue NJ. Carey Secretary, has issued a
beautiful Memorial Day order, and will
be very busy until after May 80. This
Department has a tremendous lot of
work to do for Memorial Day, its 500
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 500
women see that flowers are placed upon
Mamie G. Davisi Chairman of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Department
of Potomac, has lier arrangements all
made to give luneheon to the 1000 vet
Grams who willsh6fd their ceremonies
at Arlington.
The Department." Nebraska. Mrs
Harriet A. Wileox Department Presi-
dent and Lillian P, Eddy Department
Secretary, Will ,,observe Memorial Day
with all the hoiiorS to the soldier dead
that grateful people can pay. Mrs
Wilcox says:
LET the woman's Relief Corps. as
the Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the
the observance OF, ti1fs day sacred. Give
the children part in the duty of coll
lecting flowers and decorating trtte
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 a memorial to them. Relief
Corps. attend Memorial services in a
body, with your Post, on the Sabbath
preceding Decoration Day."
The Department Convention of Ne.
braska will be held in Lincoln, May II
The Relief Corps of Lincoln will
! \.
National and Department officers of the
/ G. A.. r. and w. r. c. in the State Cap
, itol, Wednesday evening, May 16.
, beautiful silk flag will be present
ed to the Lincoln High School by the
, w. r. c. of Nebraska. The presenta-
ton will take place Thursday morn
ing May II, at 9 o'clock, in the audi
torium. with proper ceremonies. Also
, 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
T 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 f. Rich, and
staff to Department Commander G. A
r. and staff in the hotel parlors. James
K. Garfield Corps, recently organized
by Mrs. Carrie r. Sparklin, will be the
: entertaining Corps. In its ranks are
wives of some of the leading State Off
r 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. NJ. 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 flag to the Corps which shows
the most thorough work on patriotic
: lines. Four Corps have been added this
z 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
While the Daughters of Confederacy
receive glowing accounts of their meet
ings in the public press. with descrp-
tions of the beautiful Medals of Honor
: awarded to those who wore the gray
Y patriotism is on - the increase, and
5 through the efforts of the w. r. c. ouI
S starry banner fnats from every school
In Missouri At their call II is