The National tribune., 1910-09-22

of the press invoked. sentiment created
! by the committee in charge of the
work.
Memorial Day brings loving tribute
! from the National President:
! There are those who upon the 30th
| of May make their only appearance of
the year as members of the Woman's
| Relief Corps
There are small. weak Corps which
! live but for the day, with its tender.
loving service. Reverent observance
has become universal.
Long may il remain rs nova day
on which exalted and lowly alike do
homage to the memory of our known
and unknown dead.
History, poem and tablet have pre-
served to us the names and deeds of the
known dead who served in the war of
1861 to 1865, but the unknown, their
names are not preserved in song or
story, but for them there is pyramid
of National gratitude, a pyramid whose
hearts of a grateful people, where every
deed of valor and every noble sacrifice
has its imperishable record"
Of the transfer of Andersonville Pris-
on Park she says:
Two years ago you voted that we
teHueT RIiueTSOUNllIe lTlSOl property 10
the Government of the United States.
One year ago the committee chosen to
take charge of the work reported its
progress. To-day they come to you
with a task completed, deserving your
highest appreciation and gratitude for
the manner in which their work has
been conducted.
House and Senate having voted to
accept the property at our hands there
began the slow and careful process of
making all in readiness for the transfer
''Andersonvillc Prison site. so long
the object of our prideful, careful
thought. has passed into hands still
more fitting than ours-those of the
Government which the martyrs of An
dersonvile fought to save; but from
our possession of it there is left us the
memory of Il great work well done''
Past National President Kate f. Jones
was Chairman of the Transfer Commit
tee. Others who assisted in the ardu-
Gus work were Mrs. Mary NJ. North,
Mrs. Mary l.. Gilman, Mrs Kate B.
Sherwood and Mrs. Sarah ID. Winans,
Chairman of the Andersonville Board.
Mrs. Berry approves the support CIV
en- the Francis Scott Key mansion pres
ervation by the Woman's Relief Corps,
and recommends continued support and
asks contributions to the same.
Mrs. Berry speaks with lingering
iohuHtss ol tHe many Pheasant VISITS
and all the splendid cour:esies rendered
her during the year. She says:
During the year ! have attended IL
Department Conventions, % receptions
ii hanquets; have visited IL Depart
ment Encampments, G.. A r.; two En-
campments, Sons of Veterans; one Con-
vention, Daughters of Veterans: two
Soldiers Homes. Memorial University,
three Corps, the headquarters Of four
Departments; have participated in two
soldiers Reunions, IA campfires; have
installed officers in seven Departments
and two Corps, and have been enter
tanned by Corps in eight cities.
Detailed mention of each of these
cannot be made, but to those who
helped to make each occasion one of
delight, long to have Il distinctive place
in my memory, l offer grateful thanks
In connection with such visits MANY
gifts were received, receptions and 9TH
er courtesies rendered, and il is with a
profound sense of personal obligation
that l acknowledge from all Depart
ments visited a hospitality that left
nothing to be desired
department Conventions visited
were those of Rhode Island Massachu-
setfs, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois. In
diana, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Oficiai visits were paid by myself and
n
necticut, Maryland and Potomac. the
most delightful hospitality being ten
dered in each place, and the privilege
anorded of meeting many of the mem
bership.'
To each of her National officers the
National President paid loving tribute
but more particularly did she speak of
the assistance of the National Secre-
tary.
Between my Secretary and myself"
she said, there have existed perfect
understanding and accord. The work.
ing tie has been perfect one Her
sound judgment and ripe experience
have helped me thru the year, and to
her my deep appreciation is extended"
In closing the National President
said:
Measure not the work
Until the days out and the labor done.
Then bring your gauges
The official year is near its close:
ihe charge which you placed with me
In its beginning goes back to you; the
time for measuring has come
Il have given to the work of the Or.
der the limit OF time. strength, thought
AS you bring your gauges by them to
measure the results of that service. I
lay down the work-gladiy, because of
its magnitude; reluctantly, because of
many yet unrealiZed possibilities; but
wlth&l deeply proud of having been al
lowed to serve in so high a capacity SO
great a cause"
Report of National Senior Vice Presi-
dent.
Mrs. Fannie d. w. Hardin of Dem
yer, National Senior Vice President. re-
ported that she had discharged the du-
ties of the office with the single pur-
pose Of helping the order. a recep-
ton was given in her honor by the De-
partment of Colorado and Wyoming in
Denver on her return from the Ma
tlonai Convention at Salt Lake. and
she was invited to accompany the De-
partment Commander, Comrade .Tohn
w. Wingate, and Department President
Mrs. Stella A. Kyle, on many official