The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-25
GIVEOBJECTSOF ORGANIZATION
Mrs. Elizabeth Likes, President of the
Kenosha Circle Seeks to Secure
Membership from All Women Who
Aas Eligible

Inc NHdpldlH mcOdDe NlIClo VI uH"
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re-
public is making an especial effort to
secure new members and is seeking
to interest all women in the city who
are eligible to membership in this or
ganization which it is expected in time
will be rival for the Daughters Of
the American Revolution. Mrs. Eliza
beth Likes, the president of the Keno
sha organization, has given out form
al statement sent out by the national
headquarters of the organization, which
shows the objects of the organization
and the manner of the selection of the
members. The letter is in part as fol-
lows:
"The object Of the society is to
transmit the honor that belongs to the
union veterans of the civil war to their
families, they being the rightful par
takers Of it, and to preserve with
sacred fidelity the memory of the no.
fought for the preservation of the ma
ton in the great war Of 1865, and to
keep this inheritance a sacred one.
To unite with loyalty love for each
other. To practice the prec5pts Of true
fraternity towards all sisters of our
order, thus emulating the spirit which
unites our fathers, husbands, Sons and
brothers. To honor the memory of
those fallen, to perpetuate and keep
forever sacred Memorial Day."
To assist the grand army of the re-
public in it's high and holy mission,
aid, encourage, and sympathize with
them in their noble work of charity.
To extend necdful aid to members in
sickness and distress. To aid sick
soldiers, sailors and marines. RIO do
all in our power to alleviate suffering.
To look after our Soldiers; Orphans
homes To see that the children OBJ
tain proper situations when they leave
the homes. TO watch the schools and
see to 1t that the children are properly
educated in the history of our country,
and instructed in patriotism. To look
after soldiers homes. Also to keep
from the almshouses the mothers,
wives aud widows of permanently dis
abled soldiers, to perpetuate and trans
NIT to our descendants a true and cor
rect record of the names of tho women
who are related by ties of blood and
marriage to the men who freely of
fered their lives upon the altar of their
country that this union might be saved.
Eligibility. y
The ladies of the grand army re-
stricts its members to those women who
belong to the families of the union vet
Grams of the civil war.
Those eligible to membership in the
ladies of the grand army are the moth
ers, wives, daughters, sisters, grand
daughters, and bloodkin nieces OF hon
orably discharged soldiers and sailors
of the civil war. Army nurses are ad-
mitted as honored members.
Members of the grand army of the
republic and other honorably discharg-
ed veterans may be admitted to mem
bership as honorary members. Sons of
veterans are admitted as honorary
members, thus making the family cir
Gle complete
Comrades who join as honorary mem
bers are not required to pay initiation
fees or dues, they have no vote, but
may take part, in the exercises in the
circles, thus making G. A. r. home
for them when posts are no longer able
to keep up an organization.
This organization will be perpetuated
by lineal descendants, 1t is founded
upon similar lines as the daughters of
the American revolution and will be
perpetuated and hold in the future, as
high and honorable a place as the D. A.
r. does today and is destined to hold
in the future. Historically consider
ed, the ladies of the grand army of
the republic is most important and val
liable as an order of records.
The ladies of the grand army of the
republic is a distinct and independent
organization, its constitution strictly
forbidding it to become auxiliary to
any other society or organization. It
is having very rapid growth in mem
bership and has a department in nearly
every state in the union, and expends
large sums every year in relief of vet
Grams and wives and their widows and
orphans. 1t has established and main
tains homes for veterans and wives and
for widows and orphans in several
states. Who shall say that the ladies
of the grand army of the republic has
labored in vain?
Comrades, will you not in what few
years remain to you for active serv-
ice, lend your aid to establish this
order, whose sisterhood seeks to circle,
guard and shield this precious heritage
and transmit it untarnished to those