Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-07
S. Of Y. AUXILIARY HOLDS
CONVENTION GAR. week
Women VIII Have Headquarters at
Shoreham and Welcome All Pa
triotic Order Members.

In conjunction with the G. A. r. re-
union here September ~ the Sons OF
Veterans Auxiliary, formerly known as
the Ladies' Aid Society Of Sons Of Vet
Grams, will hold its annual national en-
campment, with headquarters At the
Shoreham Hotel. Plans for q warm
welcome and hospitable reception to
all brothers Of the Sons Of Veterans,
comrades of the Grand Army and NOM
bers Of all other patriotic organiza-
lions are being made under tho general
SUPERVISION Of Name E. Herbst, past
national president. Of Canton. Ohio.
Mrs. Bessie B. Bowser Of Indianapo-
lis, Ind, who assumed the Office Of
president at tho national encampment
in Detroit last August, will bring to
tho assembly here her first report,
which will record marked growth ana
q strong financial standing for the or
ganiZatton.
Formed in Philadalphia.
The orst branch of the Sons of'vet-
erans' Auxiliary, known then a. the
Ladies' Aid Society Of Sons Of Veterans
was formed in Philadelphia, Pa. some
time previous to 1883. Miss Laura Mar
tin Of Lancaster. Pa, was the omcaal
head at the time it was merged into
the present organization and continued
in that capacity until the drst national
meeting, which was held at Akron,
Ohio. in 1887. Here a permanent or
ganization was formed and Mrs. w. D:
A. OBrien of Sidney. Ohio. was elected
national president. The organisation
had been practically acknowledged as
the auxiliary Of the Sons Of Veterans
for some time prior to the Akron meet
ing. but it was at that time made their
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dorsed as such by the commander-fn-
chief of the Sons Of Veterans.
The name. Ladies' Aid Society caused
much confusion. there being connected
with nearly every church and secret
society a ladies' aid society. At the
national encampment, held at Boston
in 1894, and with the consent and ap-
prevail of the chief OF
same time and place. the name was
changed to that OF Sons OF Veterans
Auxiliary.
5000 in Auxiliary.
There are at the present time four
teen organized divisions and ten pro-
yisional auxiliaries, with membership
of over $4,000. whose objects are to as
sist the Sons of Veterans in their prtn-
ciples and objects and to aid the mem
bers of the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie in caring for their helpless and DIS
abled veterans: to extend aid and pro-
lection to their widows and orphans;
to perpetuate the memory and history
of the heroic dead and the proper OBJ
servance Of Decoration day; to incul-
cate true patriotism and love of coun-
try, and to spread and sustain the doc
trine Of equal rights. universal liberty
and justice to all.
The eligibility clause is broad. and
includes all who naturally would be
expected to be interested in the sol
der, namely. mothers. wives, dangh-
ters and sisters OF honorably dis
charged soldiers. sailors or marines
who served in the Union army or navy
during the civil war; female lfneal de-
scendants, not less than sixteen years
of age. Of soldiers, sailors or marines.
also wives Of Sons of Veterans in good
standing.
An national as we'll as divisional en-
campments of the Sons Of Veterans
Auxiliary are held in conjunction with
those Of the Sons Of Veterans.