Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-29
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD
TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF DE.
PARTED MEMBERS.
Ladies Auxiliary to Union Veteran
Legion in Special Session-Sketch
of Mrs. Tanner.

| Memorial exercises were held last even
ing by Auxiliary No. 80 Union Veteran
Legion, at Pythian Temple Hall, 9th street
near Massachusetts, avenue northwest, at
which the following deceased members were
| eulogized: Mrs. Nero L. Tanner, Mrs
Belle johnson, wife of Capt Johnson OF
| the weather bureau; Mrs. Martha G. W.
| ferguson and Mrs. Amanda l.. Persins.
| Mrs. Lewis chairman of the special COM
mittee for the service. presided, and made
| the opening address.
| Mrs. Weiss crowned the vacant chairs
| fered the prayers. Mrs. Norton eulogized
| the memory Of Mrs Ferguson, Mrs Per-
| sing and Mrs. johnson. Mrs. Celinda Ford
paid tribute to the memory of Mrs. Tan
ner After reviewing the early life of Mrs.
| Tanner, Mrs. Ford said:
| In March, 1889. Mr. and Mrs Tanner
came to Washington to reside. Mrs. Tan
ner, coming as the wife of the commissioner
| OF pensions, found the many avenues of
| usefulness in this city at once opened to
her. Soon after her home was established
| mere, she was busy In the different orphan
| asylums, trying to find some method to
| beneft the condition of the children, and
she could always find a way TO surmount
| the difficulties she encountered The indi.
| gent soldiers, with their needy families and
| their widows and orphans, were her es-
pecial care. OF her work in these lines all
are more or less familiar.
Member of Local Societies.
I'm order to increase her opportunities,
Mrs. Tanner soon became dentifio1 with
various organizations and women's clubs in
our city, in every one Of which she was an
| efncient aid and brilliant ornament. She
was an active member of the Pro Re Nata
Cup, club organized for the study of
parliamentary law and extemporaneous
speaking; the Short Story Club-whose
name proclaims its object; of the Legion Of
Loyal Women. patriotic organization.
During the year 1900. 1901 and 1872 she was
president of the District of Columbia Fed.
Grafton OF Women's Clubs. In all of these
| organizations Mrs. Tanner was highly hon.
ored
She was a great admirer of Susan B
Anthony and in sympathy WITH her work
Francis A. Willard and her CO. workers were
highly esteemed by Mrs. Tanner and she
was heart and soul with them in their en-
deavor to mitigate the evils of intemper-
ance.
With Auxiliary No. 80, auxiliary to the
| Union Veteran Legion of Washington %
C., Mrs. Tanner became identified eleven
months after its institution Above all 9TH
ers, this organization had her most affec-
| Tomato regard. Mrs. Tanners faithful ad-
herence to the interests of Auxiliary 50
1908 N' - e'''' III i''' anu
Following the War.
After the Spanish American war was
declared Mrs. Tanners first official act,
April g. was to tender the support and
| place the services OF the Order of the
Ladies Union Veteran Legion at the dis
posal of President Mckinley.
LAS national president of the Ladies'
Union Veteran Legion, Mrs. Tanner was
appointed a member of the District Of CO.
lumbia Red Cross executive committee, and
as she reported to the national convention,
she also accepted the COMMENCEMENT of a
Red Cross hospital, to be established at
Camp Alger, and issued general order
calling upon the auxilaries for supplies for
the sick and wounded soldiers.
by the Red Cross committee Mrs. Tan
| ner was assigned the duty of going to Fort
Monroe Hospital to meet the first wounded
coming from the Cuban battlefields Later
she was sent by the same committee to
procure nurses in sufficient numbers as
| were needed at Fort Monroe Hospital. and
| also to procure for these nurses proper ac-
| commodations. She was also requested to
act for the Red Cross in putting ice on all
the transports which came into Hampton
or south with troops. This she success
| fully accomplished. thereby saving many
| lives and great deal Of suffering
In Red Cross Work.
Mrs. Tanner was appointed blythe Red
Cross a committee of one with power to
look after the sick and wounded who
passed through Washington in the trains
later was added the task of feeding the
troops as they passed through our city en-
route from south to north. Or Mrs. Tan
ners work during the Spanish-American
war we cannot speak with too much praise.
I'm September, 1905, Mrs. Tanner. while
| on her way to the Pacific coast to welcome
| her soldier son coming home from the Phil
| ippines, stopped in Denver and saw the
chieftain's badge of the Grand Army Of the
Republic placed upon the breast Of her
husband.
The death of Mrs Tanner. caused by an
| automobile accident June %. at Helena,
Mont. was then referred to in detail, and
| the narrative continued:
Faith in Her Husband.
For the interest and advancement of her
husband Mrs. Tanner was ever mindful
and always striving. and during the long
years Of his suffering and unremitting
pain her hand never failed in its mnistra-
tons her words to cheer.
Mrs. Tanner was Graded in and her
early affiliations were with the Methodist
tendant of the Church of the Father, the
Universalst Church, at the corner of 18th
and L streets northwest. 1t was to this
church, the afternoon of the 9th of
July, 1906. that the body of Nero l.. Tanner
was brought. The few simple burial cere-
monies, at which the pastor. the Rev. John
Van Schaick, jr., officiated, were soon over.
and the long funeral cortege wendell its
way to Arlington. The ritualistc services
for the departed were read by the Legion
of Loyal Women and by Auxiliary No 80,
Ladies Union Veteran Legion.