The National tribune., 1909-07-22

business to be transacted at said meet
ing VIII be the1reading OF the Natlonat
presidents address, the ,eiefenee oi
officers reportsato appropriate commit,
tees. with necessary instructions, and
such other busiaess as may pest tend 10
shorten the succeeding sessions:
This meeting will;be also utilized LOT
the presentation OF gifts, eSchanse oi
greetings withapublic. officials and KIM
dred organizapops, memorial service,
may be presented IT is TO be hoped
that there will lie full attendance.
The Convention will be called to or
der at O'Clock a. M, THURSDAY, Aug.
II. in the First Presbyterian Church;
Guards will be stationed at the door and
will take the password.
The National President announces
the following committees for Conven-
ton:
Headquarters Reception Committee
Ida i. Palmer, Illinois. Chairman; Ma
rie L. Basham. Iowa; Cora NJ. Deputy,
Kansas; Mary 4. Dow. Washington, d
G.; Matilda r. Sprague, Washington, u.
c.; Anna e. Moore, Kentucky; Maude
NJ. Merrick, Maine; Alyiare Briscoe,
Maryland; Elizabeth P. Sawyer, Massa-
chusetts; Emily S. Parker, Missouri;
Josephine B. Lewis, Louisiana; Harriet
E. Luce. Nebraska; Annie NJ. Sparmak-
er New Jersey: Ella Van Horne, Cali
fornia.
Credential Committee-Maria W. Co
ing, National Secretary, Chairman;
Mary E. Elliot, Massachusetts; Mary l.
Hayes, Connecticut; Ida Hancock, Kan
sas; Eva c. Armstrong, Kentucky.
Committee on Resolutions-Mary l..
Carr, Colorado, Chairman; Abbie A.
Adams. Nebraska. The other members
of this committee Will be announced at
Convention.
The Credential Committee will be at
Headquarters on Monday, Aug. ., at
o'clock p. m. Delegates will present
their credentials without delay and re-
ceive their badges. Presidents of De-
tached Corps. viii report at the same
| time and place and receive their creden-
tials and badges. The Auditing Com
mittce will meet In Room 81, Hotel
Kenyon. at 9 o'clock a. M, Tuesday,
Aug. 10. The National Council will
meet at Headquarters on Tuesday, Aug.
10, at IL O'Clock a. m. All Past Ma
| tional Presidents are cordially invited
| to attend. The Andersonville Prison
Board will meet at Headquarters on
| Tuesday, Aug. 10, at o'clock q. m.
Department Press Correspondents are
| requested to meet the National Press
Correspondent at Headquarters, Hotel
Kenyon. on Tuesday, Aug. 10. at 2
O'Clock p. m.
| A reception will be rendered the
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Wednesday, Aug. IL, from 1880 to $3.50
p. m, at the Commercial Club Building.
Department Presidents are reminded
! that according to Rules and Regulations
their quota of Delegates must be filled
before leaving their own State, and
members must secure the password
from their own Corps President.
The following appointments for Ma
tional Convention are hereby an
nounced: ..i-S
| Assistant Secretary, Fannie E. Jones,
| Massachusetts. -E-sH
Stenographer. Stella NJ. Lewis, Illi-
| nois. Ga4 rs
Postmistress. Ellen V. Brooks. Utah.
Assistant Postmistress, Mary S.
/ Dodge, Utah. 81
Press Committee--Mary NJ North,
/ Maryland, Chairman; Elizabeth Rob
/! bins Berry. Massachusetts; Margaret
Gary Wright. California; Margaret G.
Trenary, Illinois; Alice Breitenstein,
| Platform Aids-Fannie f. Wheeler,
Massachusetts,: Anna NJ. Dow, Wash
ington. D. CT, Elizabeth ]. Savage.
| Maine. % 90
/ Color Bearers-Lizzie Smeltzer. Chris
tine Cook. Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Frost.
all of Utah. s9i.s1
Chief Conductor Martha I. Good
enough. Connecticut-eoo shtr sa =; 5-
Assistant Conductors. Nellie Cole.
New Jersey; Ada NJ. Zimmerman. Ohio;
Mary Ashbridge, Utah; Hattie NJ.
Owens, Utah. Julia A. Allen, Utah; Jo-
sepiine Kellogg. Utah; Katherine E.
Pennsylvania: Maggie b. Teppelman,
Kansas; Ida l.. Jarvis. California.
| Chief Guard, Eleanor Brown, Massa-
chusetts.
| Assistant Guards. Judith HI. Leetham,
Ida Goff, Mabel Lucas. Altheda Lane.
1 Lsr AZ
renee, Jane Beltzer, Anna Justice, Utah.
| The following additional appoint
ments are hereby announced:
| National Special Aids-Annie Bald
win, Boston. Mass: Emma E. Looney,
Milton. n. H.: Nellie M. Bayless Bing-
hamton. N. Y; Mary E. Thomas, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
National Aids-Kate Fordyce, Cedar
Rapids. Iowa: Mary Sargent. Boone.
Iowa; Ellen Richardson, Correction
vile. Iowa; Antoinette Hoyt, Newburg
N Y; Bertha Thomas. Phoenix, N. Y;
Carrie M. Fay, Bath. N. Y.
The National President announces
Iledo, o., on July 8. Of our National
Pianist, Mrs. Amelia c. Alexander To
us who listened to the sweet strains
evoked by her soul-inspired hand her
loss IS a severe blow, and sincere SYM
pathics are extended to the bereaved
family.
| The National President also an
nounces with deep sorrow the death of
the following named Army Nurses, to
whose families she extends heartfelt
sympathy: Mrs. w. H. Bains. St Fran
els. Kan; Mrs. Margaret Kirkpatrick,
| Iowa; Mrs. Flora Wulschner, Indiana:
Mrs Emily p. Collins. Hartford, Conn.
| In closing this her last General Or
ders the National President saws:
ITO all whom this my last General
Orders may reach l send affectionate
greetings and the love of a grateful and
lappreciative heart.
Most sincerely do thank all my
loyal sisters, who by their words and
deeds upheld this administration, and
filled me with the spirit and courage to
carry 1t on in a manner most beneficial
Ito our beloved Order.
The kindly words and gentle .mes-
sages that have come to me from time
to time will remain with me in the
years TO come as my most tender MEM
! cries.
Especially do I express my deepest
gratitude to that brave, noble soldier
and Christian gentleman, Commander
in-Chief Henry M. Nevius, who, with
Adj't-Gen. Frank Q. Cole and the other
gallant members of his Staff, never
failed thruout the year to extend to me
and the members of my Staff all the
assistance and Difference and respect
which it was IN, their power to render
In after years my pleasant association
with them will be among the dearest