The Washington herald., 1908-08-22

order directing hey caIor-bearers % meet
ler -u the vicinity 0f the Congressional
. Cemetery on tae date Of the removal
7. as soon as Col zIyo-d wrote me
-lat Gen Bel desired me 20 act as his
repr6sertative. wrote the various soeie-
ties in FEe District and invited them 20
participate in the exercises and 20 meet
az the Union Station.
on the morning OF May q the dav
Of the transfer Of Gen CIinton-s body.
my flag association. seven corps of the
Woman's RELIEF Corps. several other pa
trl0-ic societies. among them a detail OF
the Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton under direction Of Mrs. Ellen Speu-
Ger Mussey. who was representing Mrs.
Donald Mclean, the president-generaI Of
The Daughters. met according 20 pro
Eramue.
a half hour before the ceremonies
were to commence. Gen. Bells orderly
rode up % the Union Station and in
quired for me I stepped forward and
announced myself. and he said. Gen
Bells compliments. madame. There S.
crowd Of women over iu the vicinity
Of the cemetery. and the general wants
20 know what 70 do with them. They
want 90 march, and he has told them
no. but they VIII not move I told him
I had nothing 10 do with them. but If
they wanted TO participate IN the exer-
cLses they should report at the station.
The orderly then said. Shall I force
them 70 move ont Of the way. as they are
now IN position 10 Obstruct the line
of march, I replied it was entirely IN
his hands: that I had nothing 20 do with
the matter other than the ARRANGEMENT
OF the station In fifteen minutes the
party. consisting OF AIRS. Newton and her
color bearers came over TO the station
and reported 20 me- This added TO the
hatred she already had for me. so when
she returned to her home she called In
hey advisers and ETamed up those charges
against me She preferred the charges
after Mrs Margaret 3. Tew. department
counselor. advised her not 10. stating IL
was Illegal and that nothing but harm
could come Of IL
Mrs Newton did not listen to the ad-
vice, but went ahead and wrote me a
letter directing me TO appear at her
home and give reason why suppressed
that letter I did not go. and wrote and
told her 7 would not come. II is directly
against the rules and regulations OF the
Relief Corps for q president TO prefer
charges. no matter how serious they are
against a member of a corps The CORDS
itself must try its members on any and
all charges.
Issued Circular Order.
a short time ago Mrs. Newton issued
a circular order stating was to be tried.
and directed me 10 appear before the
department council, which I did. But
instead Of staying for the trial I pre-
pared a letter and read IL. after which
/ left The letter read stated that the
grounds upon which they were trying me
We're illegal
The council found me guilty. and Of
opening my own mail. and the president
suspended me for one year. I appealed
to the national president. Mrs. Kate Z.
Jones Of IliOn. y Y. and while Mrs.
Jones has not answered my appeal. she
has re-appointed me as chairman OF the
committee on the deSeCra1ion Of the faE
a most important committee and from
that appointment I believe nv appeal
viii be granted and that I will be re-
stored to duty The report that I am
looking for the national presidency is
rot. as I am. in the first place. too poor:
and then. again, I am working and have
not the time 70 devote 10 it,
Mrs Ball at this point displayed the
letters from Gen Bell and Col Alvord.
appointing her as an aid. and compli- I
nenting her upon the successful wav in
which the affair was managed. Mrs. Ball
'ays she VIII abide by the decision Of the |
national president