The National tribune., 1908-09-17

National President.
each one demands as much work as
big Department Then the misunder-
standing with Post Commanders calls
for a great amount of correspondence"
Mrs. Jones then stated that the 81 De-
tached Corps of the former Department
of Mississippi be formed into a Pro-
| visional Department, with President,
Secretary and Treasurer appointed by
the National President.
Because of Misrepresentation, misun-
derstanding and many other reasons
the National President. recommended
that the Convention rescind the ac-
ton of last National Convention re-
garding the work on the erection of a
monument to loyal women in the South
and decline to finish the work.
Patriotic Work.
| OF the patriotic work of the Woman's
Relief Corps the National President
said:
"In the various Departments I have
visited the patriotic work has been an
inspiration. 1t is highly commended
by the comrades who attended the De-
| partment flag presentations to schools.
and / earnestly believe in prize ora.
tions as the incentive to teach patriotism
to the children.
~ have personally presented six Loy-
atty Pins furnished by Helen r. Black
mar, National Special Aid, and given in
memory of her distinguished husband,
| the late Gen. Blackmar, Past Command
er-in-Chief of the Grand Army. These
pins were a special order of a higher
grade of gold"
AndersOnville.
OF Andersonville Prison Park the Ma
| tional President said:
early in my administration became
aware that the expense of maintaining
Andersonville Prison Park is a great
drain on our treasury. In fact, it is ap-
parent to anyone who will study the
question that If continued it will finan-
cially overwhelm u.s.
| II consulted with several Past Ma
| tional Presidents and my Council of
Administration as to the advisability Of
ascertaining If the United States Gov
ernment would receive from the Wo-
mans Relief Corps the gift of Andar-
sonville Prison Park. I found that all
agreed with me, and then made for
NAL tender of the property. The SER
vices of Senator j. B. Foraker were
| secured to draft and present a bill to
| the United States Senate. 1t had the
second reading, and was referred to the
Secretary of War, who will present 1t TO
the next session of Congress for legisla-
tion."
| Tablet to Lincoln.
| One of the most memorable and inn
| portant occasions of the year was the
unvailing of the bronze memorial tab
i let of Abraham Lincoln's speech at
Gettysburg, on board the steamship
| Abraham Lincoln, of the Hamburg
| American Line. The Woman's Relief
I Corps was greatly honored by the invi-
tation to its National President to give
an address with such distinguished
speakers as Capt. Hebbinghaus, of the
Imperial German Embassy: Lieut. Com
mander W. S. Sims, of the United States
Navy, and President Nicholas Murray
Butler, of Columbia College, and Gen
Charles G. Burton, Commander in Chiei
Of the Grand Army of the Republic. The
occasion was successfully conducted by
Quartermaster-Gen. Charles Burrows
and Warren Lee Goss, National Patriotic
Instructor of the Grand Army.
! In closing the National President ex-
tended thanks to the COMMANDMENTS
/ Chief and his official staff for courtesies
received, to the Past National Presi-
dents, to the National Aids, to the Off
cial printer, to her official staff, hel
National Counselor, Treasurer and Sec.
retary. "AlI these beautiful memorie.
take with me as I go down the jour.
ney of life," she said.
Il IHc given " Hlc tSltiutu u
my own Department, and many of Its
members are the loyal, loving friend:
of years, who have cheered me on my
way. I extend to them grateful ant
loving remembrance"
i Membership and Finances.
The National Secretary, Eliza Brown
Daggett, reported total membership il
the organization of 163,353, which II
high-water mark. The total number o.
i. Corps is 3,119. Number of Depart
ments, "a.
; Mrs. Charlotte E. Wright. Nationa
Treasurer, reported the total asse.s :.
the Woman's Relief Corps, includin,
funds, as 25,490. and liabilities non,
The National Chaplain, Mary e. Hart
well, reported that the number O
graves reported decorated was 71O,2S2
at cost Of $17.597.
The National Inspector, Mrs Saral
z. Putnam, gave her report, showing
that all the Departments are in /;
healthy condition.
The report of the National Counselor
Mrs. Flo Jamison Miller, showed that
number of questions had been referred
to her during the year, and that sh'
!, had answered them to the Nationa
President with her usual concisenes
and accuracy, displaying a perfec
knowledge Of the law Of the Order ant
Of parliamentary laws as well.
Encouraging Sons Of Veterans.
Mrs. Ada G. Mohr, National Institut
ing and Installing officer, reported tha
she had personally given a gold badg,
to a son OF a veteran for bringing int
the Order the largest numbers of Sons
also one to member of the Ladies
Aid Society to the Sons for the sam,
reason. This has been the custom o.
Mrs. Mohr for number Of years. Sht