The National tribune., 1909-08-12

\ in the year 1885, and have grown to
| be q very strong organization Under
the wise leadership of their most es-
| teemed National President they have
added many Circles to their Order. My
| every request upon this organization
during the past year has been cheer
fully complied with, and they contrib
4 uted $295.S6 to the Southern Memorial
| Fund and have rendered valuable as
| sistance to our Order in many ways
| in the public schools. assisting at me-
mortal services, and in the large sums
donated to Homes for the aged vet
Grams and their families, to the Memo
rial University of Iowa and many other
charities. They have merited our con-
sideration and are entitled to receive
our acknowledgment and thanks. To
it's National President 1 am under last
| ing obligations for an active, earnest
and hearty support.
Daughters OF Veterans
This organization. as is stated by its
| name, is composed of our own daugh-
| ters. 1t originated with five girls on a
Memorial Day in 1885. after they had
| returned from a cemetery where they
| had taken part in the Memorial exer-
cises, and at Quincy, Ill, in 1890, with
1914 members they organized National
Department, altho they had at that
time the sum of only $32.85 in their
treasury. Their growth has been steady,
and at the 29th National Encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
held in Chicago, ILL.,, a cordial welcome
was extended to the Daughters of Vet
Grams, and all Departments and Posts
were requested to accept their services.
| The Tents take great interest in the
| Soldiers Homes. where frequent visits
are made and entertainments given AT
the home at Chelsea, Mass, the Massa-
chusetts Department supplies the needs
| In ward of 28 BEDS which Is named
''The Daughters of Veterans Ward"
! This organization has grown until 1t
has become strong one, and under
| the wise leadership of their accom-
| plished and energetic National Presi-
dent their growth has been phenome-
ral during the past year.
/ have met with them many times
! during the pas. year, at many Camp
/ fires and Reunions, and I find these
Tents of Daughters using their utmost
| endeavors to make rhe entertainments
| of the Posts Su,"eT"Tui by their work
| care and attenti They are our own
| daughters, brous-.- up by ourselves,
in the work of patriotic duties, and
they should receive our most hearty
encouragement.
| 1t has been my pleasure to consult
with the National President of this
| organization at different times. They
are proud of the fact that they are
Daughters of Veterans and many of
them belong to the Woman's Relief
Corps and the Ladies of the G. A. R.,
| and they are in hearty accord and
sympathy with both organizations. They
contribute entertainments and comfort
| to the Posts. Their contributions and
visitations to the Soldiers Homes and
contributions to the Memorial Univer-
sity of Iowa are liberal. They are des-
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great patriotic woman's organization of
the land.
Sons OF Veterans.
I have given much thought and at
tention to this organization during the
past year. They were first orsa V,
| as Cadet Corps, Aug. 81, 1873 Il
meeting of Anna NJ Ross Post, G.
A. r., of Philadelphia, Pa. Other Corps
were organized. Afterwards their name
was changed to Sons CT Veterans, and
Camps and Divisions were formed in
| different Departments. Finally, in 1886,
all of the Divisions of the various De-
partments were consolidated under the
| title of Sons of Veterans, u. S. A, and
they have grown to be a strong organ
ization.
They are not, nor do they aspire to
be. Grand Army men. They did not
| shoulder the musket nor stand on the
HI ING int, Dul DIS SOIlS OI veterans IneV
also desire to aid and assist the Grand
Army of the Republic in every way
possible during the lifetime or as long
as the Grand Army of the Republic
shall exist, and that then, as sons of
veterans, they may emulate the exam
pie set them by their fathers and stand
forth as an organization with the proud
boast that they are the sons Of veter-
ans.
have visited several of these Camps
in various Departments during the past
year, and find that they are doing good
work in intoxicating the spirit of pa
triotism. One of the chief aims of
their Order is to teach truthful Ameri-
can history, and inculcate the principle
of true patriotism. The teaching of
patriotism is just as essential now as
when its principles were first inculcat-
ed by our forefathers. Great prob
lens, affecting the welfare of the Re-
public, are constantly arising, and the
rightful solution of which develves
mainly upon the truly patriotic citizen
ship of our land. When the Grand
Army shall have passed away our sons
will be left to perpetuate the memory
of their fGthers and their service and
the maintenance of the Union. They
now number about 0,0o0. I have had
several conferences during the past
year with their Commander-in-Chief.
Edgar Allen. Jr., who is son of the
late Edgar Allen, OF Co. M, 7th Mich.
Cav, and who in 1886 was Junior Vice.
commandments of our organiza-
ton. They are spending thousands of
dollars yearly in charitable works. They
are erecting and caring for monuments
to the valor and memory of the old
soldiers. They are carrying on a fine
university at Mason City, Iowa, which
was dedicated by them to the ioyaI
men and women Of the civil war. and
they propose to erect in the city of
Washington, d. c., memorial hall
for the use and benefit of the Grand
Army of the Republic and as a monu-
ment to their memory.
L recommend that the organization
of the Sons of Veterans be invited to
hold their Annual National Encamp-
ments at the same time and place as
the Encampments of the Grand Army
or the Republic, not that they may
take part with us in our Encamprnent
and deliberations, but that the repre-
sentative men of their organization
may come in contact with the repre-
sentative men of the Grand Army of
the Republic at least once in each wear.
and that there may be a better under
standing between the two organiza-
tions
The Blue and the Gray.
I have been approached many times
during the past year and have received
many communications from members
of the Grand Army of the Republic and
our late opponents, United Confederate