The National tribune., 1906-08-16
ANNUAL GRAND
REVIEW OF THE GAR

no knowledge of this when l appointed
the committee, in General Orders No
5, consisting of Comrades VIM p. Rog-
ers, Frank A. Butts and Frank ]
IO'Reilly. to confer with the Woman:
Relief Corps and to make arrangements
to carry out the instructions of the last
| Encampment. This committee aScer'
tanned from a personal interview with
Gen. Charles 7. Humphrey. Quarter
master-General. U. S. A.. that at the
time he was in correspondence with
Gen. Culver he dNeted the remains
could be sent to th9Nnited States on
the transport Sherman. which was to
leave Havana for New York early in
| March. 1t was also ascertained from
Gen. Humphrey that 1t was not prob
| able that another U. S. vessel. coming
north, would stop at Havana, or any
other port in Cuba. for several months.
and as he did not hear from Gen. Gull
Yer in regard to the matter the neces-
| sary orders for having the remains
| brought on the Sherman were not Civ
| en-.
| In the meantime Comrade O'Reilly.
| a member of the committee. was at
| Camaguey, Cuba, and was coming north
the first part of April. He offered to
| take all necessary action in Cuba, pro-
vided he received instructions in time
| to do SO, before leaving for his home in
ass3chusetts. The necessary instruc-
| tions were given, he accompanied the
! remains to this country, and they were
met Immediately on the arrival of the
| steamer at her dock in Brooklyn, y. Y,
| by Inspector-General NJ. J. Cummings
and National Patriotic Instructor Allan
C. Bakewell, and forwarded thence on
the Sd of April by Comrade Cummings
to Comrade Culver In Omaha, Neb.,
where they were received on the 5th of
April.
1t is not known what action has been
taken by the Department of Nebraska
with reference to the payment of the
accounts but as L am advised by Com
rades Cummings and O'Reilly that the
amounts advanced by them have not as
yet been paid. 1 would suggest that as
the National Encampment. the Depart
ment of Nebraska and the Woman's
Relief Corps have each expressed de-
sire to defray the expenses. that each
of the organizations named pay one
third of the total expense incurred. thus
closing up the matter as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be made
To expedite the matter have drawn
warrants on the Quarterma ster-General
for the payment of the amounts ad
vanced by Comrades Cummings snd
O'Reilly. feeling sure that the Depart
ment Of Nebraska and the Woman's
Relief Corps will each of them gladly
reimburse our treasury to the extent of
one-third of the amount paid.
The Stephenson Memorial.
The funds in the hands of the Quar-
termaster-General to the credit of the
Grant-Stephenson Memorial Fund,
amounting to s2,71S.14, were turned
over to Past COmmander-in-Chief Louis
Wagner, Treasurer of the Benjamin f.
StanhanS0n Nnrpnria1 In
with his request. His report fully shows
the condition of the fund and the prog
ress of the work.
Bull Run Battlefield Monuments.
In accordance with a resolution from
the Department of Virginia and North
Carolina, which was adopted by the
39th National Fncampment, commit
tee consisting of Comrades f. w. Whit
aker, of Washington, d. c., Chairman;
James McLeer, of Brooklyn. n. Y, and
c. A. E. Spamer, of Baltimore. Nd.
was appointed to consider such papers
as were filed before the Committee on
Resolutions at the Encampments of
1901, 1903 and 1904. regarding the
monuments on the battlehelds of Bull
Run, and such other evidence as may
be submitted to them or be obtaindbleI
by them regarding the same, and to-
report the facts regarding the same,
with such recommendations as they
shall deem best, to the 40th National
Encampment.
The committee has made a prelimi-
nary report. and will submit full hi :
tory of the main facts hereafter. with
a resolution embodying their recon-
menda ton.
Army Nurses.
The Association of Army Nurses of
the Civil War Is seeking for legislation
by Congress to increase the pensions
now allowed the Nurses, which Is $12I
per month, not sufficient to provide the
comforts of life even with the greatest
economy.
The President of thS Association, Mrs
Fanny T. HaZen, is collecting statistics
as to the age, length and nature of ser
vice and individual income of the
Nurses. and from the information re-
ceived finds that less than five per cent
have any income other than their pen
sion.
Bills fer the increase were introduced
in the 57th and 58th Congresses, but
failed of enactment. The bill intro
duced in the 5Sth Congress by Senator
Proctor proposed to increase the rate of
pension provided by the act of Con-
gress, approved Aug. 5, 1892, to $50 per
month. The legislation now sought is
to increase the rate to $25 per month
for all Army Nurses who have reached
the age of 20 years. In making this
effort the Association expressly states
that they "do not wish to ask for any
thing which IL granted would be unjust
or detrimental to the veterans"
The Government provides no home
for the Nurses. and the local homes are
more than full, with long lists of wait
ing applicants. Il is evident the in
crease will not be needed long, for as
an instance 1 call attention to the fact
that when the Association for Massa-
chusetts was organized in 1896 they
had 80 members, and since then As
have died, leaving only SO members at
present.
The last National EncampmentI
authorized the award of Army Nurses
badges ito all surviving nurses of the |
great war who shall establish theirl
right to be known as such nurses by
evidence satisfactory to the Council of
Administration"
Such satisfactory evidence having
been furnished to the Council of Admin |
istration, 1 have, by authority of the |
Council. awarded badges in the name
of the Grand Army of the Republic "as |
a mark of our love and admiration for |
their services in the past" to II memb bers |
of the Association Of Army Nurses of
the Civil War, to % Sisters OF the Holy |
Cross, st. Mary's, Notre Dame. Ind. The |
Sisters of the Holy Cross sent 64 mem |
bers, accompanied by Sister Agatha, |
cousin OF Hon. James G.. Blaine, to the |