The National tribune., 1908-05-14

MARY L. GILMAN.
vote in National Convention believe
| that the time has come when sh,
should be honored.
You will notice that I said Depart
ment of Massachusetts, without an.
cabalistic letters following to differen
| tiate between the veterans and theil
did. The whole of Massachusetts seem.
| to want Mrs. Gilman. Department
Commander Roe, in writing to Saraf
Fuller, Past National President, said:
$50 close is the relation between the
| Grand Army and the Relief Corps il
this Department that anything the lat.
ter body wishes to secure has the hearty
cooperation of every member of oul
Order. The candidacy of Mrs. Mary L
Gilman has been watched with exceed
ing interest, and all of us trust that the
coming National Convention will en-.
able her to realize what you and 1 have
long thought she deserved. The ability
devotion and generally recognized sue
cess Of Mrs. Gilman, in whatever posi-
ton placed, seem to warrant us in the
belief that the best interests of both
organizations will be subseryed by her
election to the National Presidency OF
The Department w. r. c. has issued
a circular letter, in which it recites that
"the Mother Department of the Wo-
mans Relief Corps, Massachusetts, with
its $4,000 members, has not been rep
resented in the six highest offices of our
Order since 1895, when that grand pa
triot, Lizabeth A. Turner, one of its
pioneers and organizers. was made Ma
tional President.
r t,I,a u
many things, she passed away with one
of the most ardent desires Of her heart
ungratified, for she 1t was who, in the
Department Convention Of Massachu-
setts, first presented the name of Mary
L. Gilman, Past Department President
the woman whom she so dearly loved,
for the Office of National President"
The circular then recites that the
Department places her name before the
National Convention, and that the call
is almost unanimous, and that for "22
years she has been a member Of Corps
63, of Boston, of which she is a Past
President, and has filed the Offices Of
National Aid, Department Chief-of-
Staff, Department Inspector, Chairman
of Executive Board, Department Junior
Vice and Senior Vice President, and in
1900 was unanimously elected Depart
ment President, her administration be-
''She has been an almost constant at
ten6ant at National Conventions, where
she served on various committees, and
at tt : Convention at Washington, d. c..
in 1902, she was elected Chairman Of
the National Executive Board. In 1904
1905 she was National Chief Staff,
and travelled 10000 miles thru SO States,
addressing a large number of Depart
ment Conventions and Campfres.
ct,a trni NJ tI..
Executive Committee of Arrangements
for the 22d National Convention held in
Boston in August of that year, and her
able management of the business con-
nected Herewith won the admiration
not only of her associates, but of the
many visiting Corps and members who
were benefited by such service. At the
great Campfire of the w. r. c. held in
Mechanics Building at that time. where
10000 persons attended, she presided
with grace and dignity.
Mrs. Gilman is a woman of fine
executive ability, fearless integrity, pa
triotic benevolent, tactful and broad
minded, and in every way a suitable
leader for so grand an organization"
The circular is signed by the follow
ing:
Having received the Endorsement of
Department Commander Alfred S. Roe.
the Grand Army of the
Republic of Massachusetts,, we respect
fully invite your support of Mary L
Gilman for the honorable position of
National President.
I'VE shall greatly appreciate the IA
vor of reply, which may be addressed
to Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller, Chairman Of
657 Washington street, Bos-
ton.
Yours cordially, in F., C. and L.,
Sarah e. Fuller, Past National Presi-
dent, Chairman; Maria w. Going,
Past Department President, Secre-
tary; Harriet A. Ralph, Past Depart
ment President, Treasurer; Alice M.
Goddard, Past Department President; |
Annie C. Shattuck, Past Department.
President; Mary e. Elliot, Past De-
partment Secretary; Dorcas III. Ly-I
man, Past Department President;
Fannie NJ Jones, Junior Vice Del
partment President; Florence Haynes,
Chairman Department Executive
Board Committee"
1t Is approved by Lue Stuart Wads-
worth, the Department President, and
llso by the Department Secretary, Hat
lie M. Tuttle.
There is one thing quite sure, also,
Ind that Is that those who know Mrs.
Gilman will frankly say that she is
much handsomer than her picture. She
S one Of those women whose character
shows in the face. and much depends
lpon the smile and the responsive ex-
preston. :.
1t is stated that hearty response, Is
going to Massachusetts,, and that Mrs.
iiiman's Campaign Committee feels
'ery sure of her election.-Isabel Wor-
Special National Press Corre-
'pondent.
Teaching Patriotism.
At their quarterly social The w r q |