The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29
Red Men

F.
Tribal Benefits Va Patriotism
Which should be our strongest talk
fnG point7 should our laws DO SO
amended a. TO dispense with a stated
with tribes to pay such amounts as
circumstances require?
II must be assumed that Patriot
ism" In the sense here used. means not
only love and fidelity to our organiza-
ton, but also love and fidelity to our
country. and kindness and considera-
tfon for all men.
That the sick Benefit Plan has
been Of great benefit to many old and
needy members is admitted. When
first adopted and applied by the I'm
proved Order Of Red Men, and kin
bred organizations, 1t was a means OF
uniform aid to all members IN sickness
and distress, and WAS. probably, an
advanced step in fraternal material
heIpfulness, but 1t seems the day OF
this plan has passed a. 1t has robbed
fraternity OF Its brotherly charm, and
today. when brother solictts q
friends application. he either tells the
friend how much money he will ge,
out OF the order, or the friend asks
What does your Tribe pay its MEM
bers.'
In the past our order has been one
OF progress; steadily have we marched
in the front line OF fraternal activity
of fraternal well-doing. Let us now
amend our laws, striking out the COM
pulsory weekly sick benefit, thus ceas-
ing to be competitor with the many
sick and death benefit societies, thus
ceasing to hold tight to Anticipated
methods; but rather let us take an
other step forward to meet present
conditions.
No fraternal society has greater OPP
portunities than ours; broad il the
great plane upon which our founda-
ton rests, ana arm and secure. We
have our history, the history Of our
country, in which our order il closely
connected: the history ana the tradi.
tons OF the vanishing and mysterious
race whose name our order seeks ia
perpetuate. We have that American.
ism which so closely binds our people
into ono great brotherhood: and we
have that great principle OF social and
fraterriAl hospitality. which has OF late
years been almost forgotten because
OF the overburdentng system OF How
much do l get John W. Cherry
p. G.. I.
Richmond Tr1Des.
AnnAwAn tribe. Mt. 70. I. q. n. NJ
meets at Lee Camp hall every Friday
evening. II. H. Hughes, chief OF
records. 500 North Davis avenue.
Gray Eagle tribe. No. %. I. O. n. NJ,
m Gets every Monday night ut cornei
-
Walden. chief Of records.. 703o Eaa,
franklin street.
IndiAnoiA tribe. No. 81. L O. n. NJ.
meets every Monday night 1t Lsadel
hail. corner HUI and Tenth streets
South Richmond c. 3. Wells. CHIEF
Of records. 1920 Porter street.
jamestown frfbe, No. ~. /. q. r. NJ.
mests ut Springfield hall. Twenty-aixth
and N streets. every wednesday even.
ing. George Jordan, chief OF records
MAnatakA tribe, No. %, I. o. n. NJ.
meets a. Leo Camp hall every satur.
day night. J. L. PAttison. chief u
re ,crda. s-A South Adams street.
rpechancanoueh trfle, No. lis. I
Q. r. H. meets at "JuniorH'' hall
kedd corner Stewart. every Friday
night w. J. Mcdowell. chief OF
rscords-
PaWnoe tribe. Ne. s., I. O. n M.
meets every Thursday night 1t Cor.
eofAn HAN. =. n Brown, chief Of
records. TOO North rwenty-fourth
street
McnAcan tribe, I. &. r. ~, meets
every Thursday might At Monroe hall
GIL Weet Main street. Nelson Powell
chtef OF records, f127 Floyd avenue.
Degree 1t HncahomtnD
Atilc 6Quaw Council No. B, meets
at 700 N Twenty-sixth street every