The National tribune., 1908-02-27

resign and let some one take up tn,
work who has regard for our solemn
obligation and our splendid motto
When Corps lose members and mem
bers lose interest it is proof positive
that Corps officers are not alive to theil
responsibilities.
"'Ye shall know them by theil
fruits y ~
Attention is again called to the Ap.
pomattox Surrender House Association
of which Christine Walton Dunlap i.
Secretary; address 1885 Q street north.
west, Washington, d. c. Patriotic PEG.
| pie everywhere are earnestly urged tt
assist in preserving this house, with it,
tremendous historic associations.
The Department President also calls
attention to the following matters and
says:
1.-THE following decision made by
National Convention in 1887 is still in
| force:
| communications from Presidents
and members of Corps asking for de-
cisions from the National President
| must be forwarded through the Depart
ment President, and properly Endorsed
by her.
National Presidents do not give offi-
cial opinions directly to Corps Presi-
dents, nor receive official communica-
tons from them, except through the
medium of the Department President.
There can be no appeal to the National
President on a question that has not
been considered and decided by the
Department President A National
President will not act in Department
matters over Department Presidents
head except it is shown on appeal
through the proper channels that a
Department President is recreant to
her obligations
The Department President pleads for
more uniform work with the Flags
and then refers to a matter much dis
cussed just now:
The browning infamy at Anderson
vile is about to be consummated by
the erection at the very gate of our
beautiful Prison Park of a statue to the
foreign fiend, Wirz, the keeper of An
Jacksonville prison, who is thus honored
by the Georgia Daughters of the Con-
federacy.
"Also, Robert f. Lees statue will
soon be placed alongside those of Grant
and Lincoln in the National Capitol.
MY friends, it is time for the Wom-
ans Relief Corps to get busy and erect
a monument in Chattanooga Park to
the Loyal Women of the War that shall
overtop towering Lookout Mountain
We must no longer sit supine, permit
outstrip us in their zeal to erect their
monuments to the lasting memory of
an unholy cause. Let us show by our
every thought and act that we honor
and uphold the Flag let us firmly
resolve to keep green the memories
of the men and women who sacrificed
their all upon the altar of country, and
let us give practical expression to this
by contributing literally TO the Loyal
Woman's Monument Fund
Attention of Corps Presidents is
called to the careless manner in which
election returns are signed. 1t is the
sworn duty of each Corps President to
see that ali blanks and reports are
properly filed in with all figures and
data required. and with honors given
to all to whom honor is due. 1t is not
WITHIN the power of a Department
President to add a name TO or take a
name from any report made by the
delegated authority of a Corps. III
an error is discovered reports must be
returned to Corps for correction, Gauss
ing annoying delay. H. q
Corps Presidents > should instruct |
Secretaries to record each regular meet |
ing night the number of officers and |
the number of members present. Ex-
cept this is done, a proper average
cannot possibly be reached for the
information of the Department Inspec-
tor"
As Chairman of the National Com
mittee TO Prevent the Dissertation OF
the Flag, the Department President |
says; Il have to report that at m
request, bills of a stringent character
exactly alike, have been presented /
ne United States Senate BY Hon. WI
Fam Warner. of Missouri, Past Com
Chief, and in the House
ION Washington Gardner, of Michigan
fnerc is work for every one in gettir
'1;.s ress 70 act )a these bills. Il
e. tin.ent of keeping the Flag free
ii@' or stain should he as dear to gu
l*ar's as thu purity of the Cross I, ]
,aristiaas Corps Presidents Will uI2ase