The National tribune., 1907-05-16
MARYLAND W. r.. c.
Meeting Of the 2ath Annual Convent

The 10th Annual Convention of the
Department of Maryland. Woman's Re
lief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army
of the Republic, was held in Baltimore,
"Wednesday, April 10. The Convention
2 was the largest and most harmonious in
the history of the Order in Maryland,
and especially was it honored by the
> presence of many prominent members
of the. Order outside Of the State. in
Icludirg National President Mrs. Carrie
r. Sparlllin, formerly of Baltimore. but
now of st. Louis, Mo-; Mrs. Isabel Wor-
rell- Ball, President of the Department
of the Potomac. w. r. c.; Mrs. Eva
Evans, Past Department President of
Pa, and Mrs. s. E. Woodland. Past De-
partment President of Massachusetts.
Commander-in-Ch r. E. Brown
made a rafting good speech, and sew
eral members of the staff also spoke
A speech full of fire and patriotism was
Iiaiso made by Gen. John C. Black, Past
| COMMUNICATIVE Chief.
| The following officers were elected:
President, Mrs Wilheiminia Treff. of
! Baltimore; S. V. p, Mrs. Annie 3. Rob-
|erts, of Baltimore; j. V. p. AIRS. Mary
| Yarnell, of Cumberland; Secretary. Mrs.
Lizzie Smith. of Baltimore; Treasurer.
/ Miss Henrietta Elizabeth Briscoe, Of
baltimore: Chaplain. Mrs. Rebecca Ma
Ison. OF Baltimore; Inspector, Mrs. Laura
". Enocll, of Baltimore: Counsellor, Mrs.
Barbara Schiliing, of Cumberland: L.
/ and l.. Officer, Mrs. Annie Alexander. of
Baltimore; Patriotic Instructor, Mrs.
Mollie Nelson, of Baltimore; Press Cor
respondent, Miss Lizzie c. Abrun, of
Baltimore. Executive Board: Mrs. Jo
sephine Detrick, of Baltimore; Mrs. Sa-
Irah Hooper, of Baltimore; Mrs. Lizzie
Smith, of Baltimore; Mrs. Mary v.
Hooper; Mrs. Emma J. Powell, of Bal
tinore. Delegates to the National Con-
venton: Mrs. Maggie Sunstrum. of Bal
timore; Miss Annie GUIDE, of Baltimore.
! Alternates to the National Convention:
Mrs. Caroline Lindner. of Baltimore;
Mrs Mary Magness, of Baltimore.
| The National President in a beautiful
speech presented to the retiring Presi-
dent, Mrs. Barbara Schillins, a solid
gold badge of the W.R.C., a tribute from
the members of the W.R.C. of Mary
land. for the able and Efficient manner
| in which she has performed the duties
of her office. on behalf of Mrs. Thomas.
the National President also presented to-
| Mrs. Schiiing a beautiful bouquet of
roses The newly-installed President
tipresented to Miss Henrietta p. Briscoe a
huge mound of cut flowers.
On Monday night Custer Corps enter
IdlUtu the HNdtIDiidi ITcSiutHt Will d
reception at their Corps rooms and pre-
scented her with some handsome silver.
On Tuesday the National President
and the State President were guests of
Mrs. Alviare Briscoe. and were given an
Fextended ride about the city. Mr..
FCharles A. iBriscoe presented the party
Ito Mayor f.. Clay Timanus, who received
the guests in the Mayors Reception
Room, after which they wore given
another drive and entertained at dinner
at $50 by Mrs. Charles A. Brscoe at
her home on Ruskin avenue.
In the evening Mrs. .Alviare Briscoe
gave reception at which the National
President was the guest of honor. Thei
house was beautifully and tastefuily
decorated with potted plants and Amer
lean flags. A buffet lunch was served by
Mrs. Briscoe's daughters, assisted by
Esoma of their girl friends.
on Thursday evening Veteran Corps
and Veteran Post rendered a grand re
Iccption to the National President and
the outgoing and incoming Presidents of
Ithe Department of Maryland. Refresh
mcnts were served. and during the
course of the evening beautiful bou
quet of flowers was presented to the |
National President; also a beautiful
silk American flag by Veteran Post, 46,
GAR.
One of the features of the Convention
of the Department Patriotic, Instructor.
Mrs Williams. The Department Presi |
dent asked Mrs. Ball, President of the
Department of the Potomac, to read the
report.
The report of the Patriotic Instructor
of the Department of Maryland was
unique, in that it had nothing to do with |
work in that State, but showed splendid |
worl; done elsewhere. The report is |
dated at Culebra. Canal Zone, and Mrs.
Williams declares that tho more than |
3 900 miles from home she is still under |
the protecting folds of Old Glory.
"'There are to be found on the 18TH |
mus of Panama flags of the United
States Government flying from all the |
public buildings and many private |
homes, and to-day on the Canal Zone /
of Panama our Flag IS the emblem of
Friendship. Truth and Love between the |
Panamanian Government aud the Gov
eminent of the United States
My duties as Patriotic Instructor
have enabled me to visit many of the |
Canal Zone schools. Our Government
has opened 80 public schools on the |
Isthmus, four of which are FOR white |
american children. There are from so |
to 60 pupils in each school. There are
about 200 American children now at |
tending schools on the ISthTnus. The |
other schools are for native children. |
The schools all open with the Lords |
PRAYER, after which the following salute |
is given in unison to our Flag I pledge |
allegiance to my Flag and to the Re |
public for which it stands One Nation. |
indiqisible, with liberty and Justice for
an Our National hymns are taught |
the children, the Star Spangied Banner
and America being the most popular !
with them. 1t would surprise you to |
hear the native children sing these pa
trotic airs. You can hear the patriot
ism in their voices, as if they hard always |
been our people. Now they have nice |
new schools. equipped with AL the nee
essary books to advance them; they
have good American teachers to infiu-
-ence them, and our schools have sup
piled them with the great proof Of edu-
cation. whereby our Government has
become the power it is to-day, not only
among our own people, but on the 18TH
mus. among the people of another
world.
at has been my foremost aim. since
have been on the 1Sthmus, to place in
one of our Government schools a Flag
of Glory from the Department of Mary
land, WOmans Relief Corps. 1t shall
be a lasting emblem of patriotism from
patriotic Maryland women. L have Sc
leeted the white school at Culebra as
the one in which VIII place the United
States Flag. There are about 60 Amer
lean children in this school, and in this