The National tribune., 1908-09-17

IUNE: WASHINGTON, D. c., T.
also reported tAat Department Of Wash
ington and Alenkaa.sat the head of the
lin line, gained dArins, the year ,I Ia oh,s char
III: Ohio. log; Nebraska. SO; Indiana,
Sc; Illinois. 20" 81.
| Patriotic destruction.
The report If the National Patriotic
Instructor, Mrs Lois NJ Knarff, was
replete with cheering information con-
cerning the work for the flag. and pa
triotic education along all lines of en-
deavor. The concrete essence of her
report is in the following:
From 80 Departments and few
Detached Corps we gather the follow
ing: 7,1S5 schools avisited,. 5,403 flags.
| LILY charts, 2,21S oleOgraphs and 1852
primers placed in schools. with 34s|
Bands of Mercy formed and 122 pa-
triotic contests held.
II have sent out 81 large flags, 10000
| flag salutes, have issued two circular
letters, these being sent to each Corps,
presented two loyalty pins. one to Okla
homa and one to West Virginia, and
written over 1909 letters"
AndersonviIIe Prison Park.
The report of the Chairman of thel
Andersonville Prison Park Board Of
Managers, Mrs. Sarah D. Winans, is AL
ways one of the reports of interest. She
lsaid in part: t -7-+'e
1T Is now 2 years since the Woman's
Relief Corps accepted from the Grand
Army of Georgia the ground known as
the Andersonville Prison Pen. If you
could have seen the ground when the
Relief Corps came into possession of it
and then see 1t to-day, you would not
Nnroc tt1ne n1oo hnf N
to us to be improved and held as sa-
cred trust in memory of our boys in
blue. who chose death rather than dis
honor. ~
when you look over these beautiful
grounds now, you marvel at the thought
and wonder how it could be possible
that so much sorrow and suffering
should ever have existed upon such a
beautiful spot of ground.
Il wish every member Of our Order
could visit the place and see what grand
work our organization has accomplished
in saving to posterity this ground where
every grain of sand bears sacrifice.
In this work the Woman's Relief Corps
has built monument illustrating a
page in the patriotic history of our
country, and now we feel that thel
Government has a duty to perform, and
we have placed bill before Congress
asking them to accept as a gift this
property, and to care for it as part
of the cemetery which lies near by. We
feel reasonably sure the bill will be
passed at the next session of Congress.
and we shall have new cause of rejOic-
ing in the splendid achievements of the
Woman's Relief Corps"
Mrs. Belle c. Harris, National Senior
Aid, made a detailed report, showing
| that the big family of National Aids
had been hard at work for the good of
tI,a nr1a =, ~ WITT
Down to Business.
On Thursday morning the actual
business of the Convention began. The
National President presented her staff
of officers and the Following Past Ma
lee Sherwood, the ranking National
President; Mrs. Emma Stark Hampton,
Mrs. Emma r" Wallace, Mrs. Agnes
Hit. Mrs. Flo Jamison Miller, Mrs. Har-
riet j. Bodge. Mrs. Lodusky Taylor, Mrs.
Sarah D. Winahs, Mrs. Abbie Asenath
Adams and Mrs. Carrie r. Read.
They were each greeted with applause
they were presented
| The work had beeh SO far advanced
by the afternoon MEETING of Wednesday
that many of the committees were ready
to report, and the work was rapidly
advanced. The Committee on Address
| VI Lie GNdtlOHdI IIcSiutul TepOTttu I'LL
! its Chairman, Mrs. Emma Stark Hamp-
ton. All the Recommendations were ap
proved except That placing white flag
over the graves OF w. n. c. members,
instead of the American flag, which the
| National President thought ought to
be kept for veterans. Mrs. Ball, of Po-
tomac made a strong argument for the
use of the flag, and was followed by
many others in the same vein. 1t was
finally left optional with Corps.
The recommendations of the Secre-
| tary, Treasurer. National Counselor and
other National officers were largely
technical, concerning revising blanks
and insertion of words to clear up OBJ
scure passages, and were all adopted
without discussion.
| The report of the Credentials Com
mittee was questioned by the Presi-
dent OF the Department of the Poto-
mac. Emma L. Newton. who asked how
Mrs. Isabel Worrell-Ball, of her Depart
ment, had secured her credential card.
The National President replied that she
had given it to Mrs. Ball, in accordance
with decision which she had sent Mrs
Newton, and asked that lady if she
| had received it. Mrs. Newton replied
that she had got something, but did
not know that 1t was a decision. She
again objected, and the National Presi-I
dent declared Mrs. Ball a member of the
|
courtesies and benefits, and directed
| the Secretary to proceed with the CALI
ing of the roll. The roll call developed
429 members entitled to vote, the larg-
est voting convention in the history of
i the Order.
| Election of officers resulted as
announced last week, all votes being
unanimous and cast by the National
Secretary, only President and Vice Pres
| idents being elected by ballot
i Resolutions.
The Committee on Resolutions report
i ed thru its Chairman, Mrs. Abbie Lynch,
of Pennsylvania. Among those of great
est importance was one giving to each
Department the power to decide in
| what manner delegates and alterpates
| to the National Convention shall he
elected. Understanding always that if
there be one dissenting vote they can-
not be elected collectively on one bal
lot. Another resolution of paramount
importance which was adopted declares
I that
ANY member who shall bring into
I civil courts, or who shall cause to he
brought in any matter affecting the
laws, the name and good repute of the
Womans Relief Corps, may be removed
from Office, suspended or discharged by
the Department President, or the Ma
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