The National tribune., 1909-04-01
The Department Of California.

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The Department Of California.
The 25th annual Convention Of the
department Of California ana Nevada,
Woman's Relief Corps, Is called 1or
APRIL adma ~; u; Is, Is ana II, 1909 in Pasa-
The Ritual will. be exeIiipliied by
John f. Godfrey Corps, 43, of Pasa-
dena, and viii be under tie supervision
of the Department Inspector, Emma q:
Gillingham. The Department President
would remind, all Corps oficers that an
rltualistic work must not be changed.
This includes the wording OF the open.
ing exercises, officers, duties ana all
work in the Ritual.
Alice NJ. Gillett, Department Presi-
dent, was particularly anxious to in
crease the membership during her year.
and states that over 1000 new members
have been added and one new Corps.
The Department President Is not anx-
ious enough to have new members TO
take in anybody who can pay dues, now
ever. She directs that all candidates
for admission to the Order be up TO
high standard in every way, as that Is
Relief Corps up,
In speaking of the call of the Com
mander-in-Chief for assistance, Mrs.
Gillett says:
National General Orders of the G.
A. r. have been received, in which spe-
cial appeal is made to the members of
that organization to use every means
possible to induce all veterans of the
civil war to join Post, and the cooper
alton of the w. r. C. is earnestly de-
sired. Any member knowing of a vet
eran who for any reason is unable to
pay his initiation fee or dues, it is your
duty and should be your pleasure 10 at
once acquaint your Corps of the cir
cumstance. and persevere until he be-
come member of Post and retain
his membership therein, thus aiding the
Commander-in-Chief in his endeavor to
put the little bronze button in the coat
of every veteran of the civil war. Let
us strive in every way possible to prove
that we, as the Auxiliary of the G. A.
r., appreciate the great sacrifice made
by them to presere for US our great and
glorious country.
For they kept the stars in the field of
blue,
They brought the States to allegiance
true:
To them the Nations life is due,
And the Nation should never forget"
If every Corps in the National organ
ization would bind itself to do some
work of this character the Posts of the
G. A. r. would begin to build up. Two
Army nurses, Mrs. Annie Leary and
Mrs. Annie Ferry Smith, members of
the Department of California and Ne
vada, died last year.
Department of Idaho.
The Department Of Idaho lost it's De-
partment President, Mrs. Adelia Ber-
nard, by death in December, and Mrs.
Emmaroy Carpenter, of Emmett, Idaho.
was elected to fill out the unexpired
term. Mrs. Anna. iIeeson became Junior
Vice President. upon the assumption of
the Senior Vice Presidency by Mrs.
Anna Tripelow. Mrs. Ruth Peterson,
of Emmett, was appointed Chief OF
Staff
Department of Oregon.
The Department of Oregon, Mrs. Jen-
ME Higgins. President, has pretty
custom which many other Departments
might well emulate. AT the November
meeting in each year each Corps in the
Department Is INSTRUCTED by the Depart
meEt Convention to take up a penny
collection under head Good of the Or
der" and forward the amount to the
Department Treasurer, who shall enter
the same on her books as Army
Nurses Fund.-" and divide the amount
equally between our two Army nurses
as a Christmas remembrance.
There are rcIrnanyi hundreds of these
women whose shining deeds have hon<
ored their country and, wherever they
are known, the Nation holds them in
equal honor with it's brave men. The
three noble women in our own Depart
ment may be taken as representatives
of the thousand others whose good
deeds are crown to the NatiC.ial glory
Let us make this Offering to our three
sisters something to be proud Of
Department OF Connecticut.
The Nutmeg State, of which Mrs. Isa-
dora NJ. Gladwin is Department Presi-
dent and Minnie A. Crosby Department
Secretary, has good working force
Particularly is Connecticut strong in its
Patriotic Instructor, Laura E. Brown.
The Department Convention of Con-
necticut viii be held in May probably
about the 1st, at Middletown. A Flag
will be presented to the High School Of
Middletown during the convention. The
department President urges the mem
bers to be loyal to their officers and give
them assurance of interest and sup
port. She says:
Let all of your words and acts be
prompted by love, realizing the truth of
the saying, Loving acts and deeds new
er die
" The thing that goes the farthest TO-
wards making life worth while,
That costs the least and does the most
Is just pleasant smile.
It's full of worth and goodness. too
with gentle kindness blent:
It's worth a million dollars. and
doesn't cost cent?
Truly that would be a good thing for
every member of the W. r. c. to adopt.
The Patriotic Instructor, Mrs. Brown.
sent out very valuable little circuIar
for the instruction of the Corps in her
filled with good. meafv
topics for patriotic study, and fitted to
each month, beginning with last JuIy.
The topics up to June are as follows:
ril.-Commencement of the war of
the rebellion, 1861. Surrender of south
ern Confederacy, 1865. Could children
left to form an opinion from our scbooi
histories regarding the civil war know
which to honor most defenders of rho
Union or rebels, and which was rich.
treason or loyalty?
May.-Memorial Day. Do great oeca-
'ions make great heroes or simnJv m
vali them to the eyes of men? When
The living comrades line up with ouy
soldier dead, shoulder to shouIder fo,. |
the years Hail and FareweII'' what |
safeguard do we perpetuate for the Ma
ion? Remember Our Lizabeth who |
lied at her post of duty, Andersonville,
Ga. --'e'
June -Ourfirst d,,,