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WORKOFTHEW.fI.G.
SKETCHES OF THIS DEPARTMENTS
OF THE CHAM) ARMY AUXIL
IARY, y
THEIRS A SPLENDID CAUSE.
FINANCIAL REPORTS SHOW A
LARGE EXPEMMTI RE FOR
CHARITY.
EVERY STATE SHOWS INCREASE.
New Corps Aritleri In. the Territories*
it ml Harmony Prevails in Alt
Sections.
Each >'ear 0»e work of the Woman's
Relief corps oxtends in scope and In
fluence. Every state and territory is
now represented in the work. Follow
ing are reports and sketches of the
departments submitted to the na
tional encampment W. R. C. in St.
Paul:
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA.
These two states form one department and
■were organized as such Feb. 20, 18S5. To the
front always is it in relief work, and this
year does not fall behind despite the string
ency of the money market. The convention
was held early in the year and Laura J.
Robinson, of San Francisco, was elected de
partment president, with Lizzie M. Hatch, of
San Francisco, department secretary, and
Susie J. Harris, of Santa Cruz, department
treasurer. The aides appointed for the nation
al convention are: Jennie S. Southworth, of
Stockton; Minnie Chrisler, of Carson, and
.Mary E. Hart well, of Los Angeles. This de
pa rtr.it nt has 57 corps with a membership of
2,;>72. it also has the honor of having fur
nished a national secretary. Nellie G. Bachus,
and a national president. Elizabeth D'Arcy
Kinne. The latter was also the first presi
dent of the department of California and Ne
vada. California supports charitable insti
tutions, and among the most prominent is the
home for soldiers and sailors. The depart
ment has relieved the needy to the amount of
$4,496.
NEW YORK.
New York organized Feb. 7, 1884. as a
department, and Sarah C. Nichols, of Auburn,
■was elected department president. This year
the department re-elected the president of
last year. Annie P. Cleary. She was the first
president of E. G. Marshall W. R. C, No. 27:
was elected for the fourth term, but resigned
to become department inspector. Mrs. Cleary
was born in Rochester and is the wife of J.
P. Cleary, chief of police of that city, and
past department commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Mrs. Cleary main
tains headquarters In her beautiful home, and
she and the department secretary can be
found there any afternoon. Sarah E. Fulton,
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of Rochester, is the department secretary and
Emeline M. Chaffee, of Syracuse, the depart
ment treasurer. The national aides are:
Satira Peterson, Rochester; Jennie P. Shep
herd. Seneca Falls: Jennie Ryan, Syracuse;
Ada G. Mohr. Brooklyn; Endora I. Outterson,
Watertown. There are now 220 corps and
7,194 members. Sarah C. Nichols, of Auburn,
i- ;'. past national senior vice president; Mary
Stinson Smith, of Brooklyn, past national
junior vice president; Sarah E. Phillips, of
Syracuse, past national secretary, and the
honor of national president was held by Sarah
C. Mink, of Watertown, "two years ago. At
Bath. X. V.. is a fine home for the old sol
di*, rs. and mainly through the efforts of past
department president, Ellen M. Putnam, of
Buffalo, the legislature made a money grant,
making it possible for the W. R. C. to estab
lish what they had long desired, a home for
women—the veterans' mothers, wives and de
pendent ones. Mrs. Putnam is a member of
the national committee on patriotic instruc
tion and is fully alive to the importance of
the work. This year the New York depart
ment has expended in relief $3,936.
POTOMAC.
This department is unique, in that all the
eorpt. are within "the ten mile square," called
the District of Columbia, and all but one are
Within the limits of Washington city. It is
the smallest department as regards area but
more is expected in the line of duty from its
Offi.-ers than from those of any other depart
ment, because of the peculiar environments
Every day one of them is on duty at head-
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quarters. It was organized on July 23, 1890,
witli Johanna W. Turner as department presi
dent. Mrs. Tumor was a woman of ripe ex
perience, and in full sympathy with all that
pertains to the old soldier, for she was three
years "at the front" with her husband, who
was a surgeon. Honors have fallen to this
department from the higher organization, for
In 1892, when the \V. R. C. convention was
held in Washington city, Ida W. Hendricks
was elected national senior vice president.
She was at that time president of the de
partment. Last jrear Anna M. Hamilton, who
was department president, was chairman of
the national press committee. This year,
Georgia Van Fleet is a national director.
Mar) -\I. North and Isabel Worrell Ball aw
member* of the national press committee.
Mrs. Ball is also a member o£ the com
mittee on patriotic teaching.
Through the influence of a committee from
this department, a bill was urged through
congress last year, appropriating $1.(H0 with
which to purchase flags for school houses in
the district. Flags now float over all school
buildings, and the salute to the flag is given
in nearly every school. The W. It. C. home
board have a sum of money at interest which
is the nucleus for the home they hope to
have at no distant day.
-U the convention held in February, Annie
W. Johnson was elected department presi
dent. Ida L. Chase department secretary and
Anna V. Thunikins department treasurer. The
national aides are: Augusta C. Starkey, Jo
hanna W. Turner and Eva Chase, all of
Washington city. There are nine corps and
Ml members. The amount expended in relief
during the year is $254.
IOWA.
July 8, 1884, lowa became a department,
just one year after the national W. R. C.
was organized. Her first president was Mat
tie Dawson, of Agency. Among her illus
trious women is Mary Sears McHenry, who
was the eighth national president of the
W. R. C. During the war lowa sent not
only her sons to the front, but many of her
daughters, and as they worked side by side
in the '60's to preserve the Union, so today
they work in fraternity, charity and loyalty
to keep inviolate all that the valor of those
days preserved to us, and that is represent
ed by the banner of the free. There are in
the department a membership of 9.408 in 247
corps. The department president is Helen
R. Griffith. Mount Pleasant; department sec
retary. Florence M. Griffith, Mount Pleas
ant; department treasurer, Helen E. Long
ley, Marshalltown. The national aides are:
Hattie M. Rollett. Fort Madison: Florence
M. Griffith, Mount Pleasant; Elizabeth Hard
ing, Clinton; Fannie E. Warden, Burling
ton. The corps unite with the G. A. R. in
caring for the state soldiers' home. A bill
was passed by the legislature of lowa making
it obligatory to display the stars and stripes
upon school houses and public buildings.
Expended in relief, $2,950.
NORTH DAKOTA.
This is a comparatively young depart
ment, as it was organized April 23, 1890.
Sara E. B. Smith, of Grand Forks, was the
first presiding officer. At present there are
twelve corps and 366 members. The officers
elected at the annual convention are: Kate
G. Vallandigham, Valley City; department
president, Jessie E. Gordon, Valley City;
department secretary and treasurer, Marilla
D. Johnson, Vailey City.
The national aides are Alice N. Creel, Dev
il's Lake, and Sue R. Caswell, Grand Forks.
The reports are that the corps are holding
their own. and harmony prevails. One hun
dred and thirty dollars was xpended in relief
during the year.
VERMONT.
Not long after the other New England
states organized, did Vermont remain out of
the charmed circle, but. on Feb. 4, 1885, she
became a full-fledged department. The first
FORT SNEL.I,I KG IS IKGO.
department president was Mina G. Hooker,
of Brattleboro. There are at present seventy
four corps, with a membership of 2,555. The
annual convention elected the following: De
partment president, A. Louise Putnam, Brat
tleboro; department secretary, Calista H.
Bangs, Brattleboro; department treasurer,
Lizbeth L. Retting, Brattleboro.
The national aides are: Helen M. Blake,
Swanton; Charlotte A. H. Thompson, St.
Johnsburg; Frances D. Ormsbee, Brandon,
and Ada H. Baker, Rutland.
Among the past national junior vice presi
dents is Amanda T. Newcomb, of Montpelier.
The pride of the Grand Army of the Re
public and of the Woman's Relief corps is
the soldiers' home, located in the historic
old town of Bennington.
The legislature of Vermont has taken a
.step in the right direction, and the people
are to be congratulated, for this will do much
to instil the spirit of patriotism in the minds
of the children. The law now is that upon
the last day of the school session, prior to
Memorial day, there shall be patriotic exer
cises. The report from the department is
that posts and corps work in harmony, and
there is prospects of growth all along the
lines. Expended in relief, $872.
TEXAS.
March. 5.1590.in the old city of San Antonio,
the department of Texas was instituted.
The election resulted in the choice of Hat
tie A. Loring as department president. Some
of the delegates traveled 400 miles to reach
the convention city, while those from the op-
THE SAINT PAUI, GLOBE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1896*
poslte side of tins Btate, traveled over 600
miles, showing the pluck and Indomitable
will of the Texas woman when engaged in a
laudable enterprise.
The department president this year is Lillie
tf. Kline, of San Antonio; department secre
tary. Kaehael Toomey, of San Ant.onio; de
partment treasurer, Minnie Converse, of San
Antonio. The national aides are: Josephine
Hobb, of San Antonio, and Vera H. Conger,
of Waco. There are nine corps and 266 mem
bers in the department. Texas expended in
relief work $123.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Sept. 11, ISB4, the department of South Da
kota took its place with its sister depart
ments and there has been no falling off in
the amount of work accomplished.
The soldiers' home of the state needed
more room in the infirmary, and the woman's
relief corps decided they could build an annex,
so they went to work and accomplished their
purpose, and now the disabled or sick veteran
has a comfortable place to stay while under
treatment. Many conveniences from these
earnest, loyal women find their way to the
stole room of the home. The first depart
ment president was Alma S. Bennet, of Sioux
Falls. The present one ia Adelia Hale Con
nor, of Hot Springs. The department secre
tary, Carrie M. Cleveland, and the depart
ment treasurer, Sophronia Lucas, both of
Hot Springs.
The national aides are Belle Chase, of
Blunt, and Inez M. Owens, of Chamberlain.
There are 43 corps and 1,106 members.
This department was interested in the bill
before the legislature, which finally became
a law, providing for the hoisting of flags over
public buildings and school houses, and they
rejoice in its enactment. There has been ex
pended in relief $486.
COLORADO AND WYOMING.
This department -was organized June 25,
1884, with Catherine C. Kennedy, of Denver,
as president. It has steadily increased its
membership and now reports 1,464 on the rolls
and 42 corps. The twelfth annual convention
was held in Denver April 22, 23 and 24, 1896,
with a large attendance and harmonious ses
sions. The election resulted In the choice of
Ella L. C. Dwinell, of Colorado Springs, as
department president: Marion Sutton, of Col
orado Springs, department secretary and
Clara Rapp. of Denver, department treasurer.
From this department also comes the nation
al inspector, Mary L. Carr, of Longmont.
The national aides are: Catherine C. Ken
nedy, of Denver: Gwendoline Powell, of As
pen, and Llda E. Fitch, of Laramie. An
nually the department expends over $1,000
in relief. There are within its borders two
homes for soldiers and sailors, located at
Monte Vista. Colo., and Cheyenne, Wyo.
The first department president was Augusta
B. Henderson, of Omaha. The posts and corps
throughout the department are reported as
working in harmony. Expended in relief dur
ing the year, $1,867.
WASHINGTON AND ALASKA.
Organization as a department was effected
Nov. 11, 1886, with Viola A. Kenyon as de
partment president. Though Alaska is so
far from states where there are many corps,
still the loyal women keep up their inter
est in all that pertains to the welfare of the
veteran. And the women, knowing that in
union there is strength, keep in touch with
the order everywhere by being a part of the
department formed by their territory and the
state of Washington. At the last election
Ursula M. Mattison, of Tacoma, was chose
department president; Prudie E. Terrell, of
Tacoma, department secretary; Rhoda A.
Holt, of Tacoma, department treasurer. The
national aides are: Lizzie Crowe, Walla
Walla; Margaret Freeman, Spokane, and Bes
sie Hooker, Seattle. There are 40 corps and
926 members, all working in harmony and with
cordial relations existing between them and
their posts. Expended In relief during the
year, $689.
MASSACHUSETTS.
The "Old Bay State" has gi\en three pres
idents to the national W. R. C, and thinks
she ought to be known as the "Mother of
Presidents," as well as the mother of the
W. R. C. She was organized Feb. 12, 1579,
and transferred frcm Union board to W. R
C. in 1883, with Sarah E. Fuller, of Medford,
as department president. Among her nota
ble women is the present national president
Elizabeth A. Turner; the national secretary]
Harriette L. Reed: past national presidents
E. Florence Barker and Sarah E Fuller
two past national senior vice presidents, two
past national secretaries and a past national
treasurer.
There are 168 corps, with a membership
of 13,009. The department president is Helen
A. Brigham, Hyde Park; department secre
tary. Mary E. Elliott, Somerville; department
treasurer, Sarah E. Fuller, Medford. The
national aides are: M. Susie Goodale Med
ford; Emily L. Clark, Northampton; Abbie
T. Ls'her. Newburyport; Sarah J. Ross Rox
bury; Carrie S. L. Bagley, FiUhburg;'Kath
enne E. Stillings. Dorchester; Addle A Not
tage. East Boston; Hattie A. Ralph, Somer
ville; Anna E. Bowditch, Plymouth; Maria
W. Going Charlestown; Etta A. Lockhart,
East Cambridge; Lizzie F. Mudgett. Lvnn:
Emma F. Hutchins. Charlestown; Leocirdia
F. Flowers, Cambridge; Emma F. Lowd Sa
km; Margie E. B. Hutchins, Boston; Flora
E Smith, Colrain; Dorcas H. Lvman
Brighton: Eva T. Cook. Gloucester; -Anna
L 8ha£ non ' Haverhill; Helen A. Brigham,
Hyde Park; Annie M. Warner, Waitham:
Frances B. Derby, Springfield; Phoebe a'
M ™,C' ,Lynn; Mar >' E- Adams, Lynn
This department stands No. 1 in the num
ber of members. The corps all report »™*
lhfn y Thnd c°ntinued in membeT
ship. Thousands cf dollars have been raised
end expended in relief work during the year
Posts and corps ail work in harrncnv t?> /
pended in relief work during aStT^^'.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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D odf 6 ' ? f Amhe«t. was electtS department
president, Flora A. Hansen, of Amherst de
partment secretary, and Sarah R. Wilson, of
Amherst, department treasurer. Parthenia
\\. Becker, Lebanon; Mattie A. Mason Ports
mouth; Lydia A. Scott. Manchester, 'and M
Lizzie Foster, Milford. are the national aides
The department Is composed of seventy-one
corps and 3,869 members; $938 was expended
in relief work.
NEW JERSEY.
As a department New Jersey was organized
May 6, 1885. The first president was Jennie
B. Atwood, of Trenton. At that time there
were seven corps and a membership of 200
At present the membership is 720 and there
are twenty-four corps. The department re-
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peace and harmony within Its borders. At
the annual election Mary M. Morse, of Plain
field, was again chosen department president,
Lottie A. Walker, of Plalnfleid, department
secretary, and Elizabeth A. McVoy, of Plain
field, department treasurer. Anna J. Higglns,
Flemmington; Sarah. E. McCall, Paterson;
Mattie Appleby, Old Bridge, and Elizabeth
McVoy, Plalnfleid, are the national aides to
serve at St. Paul.
The soldiers' home is located at Kearney,
Hudson county, and Is cared for by both the
U. A. R. and W. R. C. Since Its institution
it has sheltered over eighteen thousand feeble
or needy veterans.
Mrs. Moore, ehe re-elected department
president of the W. R. C, is the wife of a
soldier who is proud of his record. He en
listed on the 10th of May, 1861, in Company
i. Seventy-third New York Volunteers, and
served throughout the war. Mrs. Moore is
a woman who has shown her loyalty by her
works. She has held every office in her
local corps, and all the members honor and
respect her. It was largely through her
efforts that the corps was organized, and she
was a charter member. She is still a mem
ber of Winfleld Scott Corps No. 10. Mrs.
Moore was born and reared In PlainSeld and
still resides there; $293 was expended in
relief work the past year.
OHIO.
This department is,one of the earliest or
ganized, the date being .lan. 30, ISB4. The
first department president was Sarah M. E.
Battels, of Akron. The especial pride and
care of the department is the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Orphans' home, located, at Xenia. In
this home nearly a thousand children, or
phans of defenders of the country, are cared
for and educated. At Sandusky is the sol
diers' home, which receives its share of at
tention from the W. R. C. .
The National W. R. C. home at Madison,
with its beautiful and cheerful Ohio cottage,
is also a sharer in the generosity of this de
partment. Among the ative workers in the
department are: Mrs. Isabelle T. Bagley, the
present national treasurer, and Mrs. Kate
Brownlee Sherwood, national press corre
spondent and past national president.
Ohio some time ago established an educa
tional fund with which to aid the girls in
the orphans' home who desire a higher edu
cation. The good work does not stop here.
The women helped to push the measure
♦hrough the legislature, which became a law
he 11th of last May, requiring every board of
-ducation to provide an American flag for
very school house under their control, and
this flag must be thrown to the breeze every
day that school Is in session, except stormy
'lays, when it must be displayed in the school
room. The present officers of the depart
ment are: Emma F. Cresslnger, of Ashland,
department president; Ella M. Williamson,
of Ashland, department secretary; Jeannette
Mann, of Ashland, department treasurer.
■National aides: Anna O. Carroll, of Defiance;
Angerona Thrift, of Lima; Selina F. Spring
steen, of Cleveland: Hannah M. Gahagan.
of Troy; Jessie Hubbard, of Ashtabula: Kate
G. Raynor, of Toledo, and Anna M. Hobson,
of Athens.
There are in the department 313 corps and
11,226 members. There was expended in
relief work $6,845.
PENNSYLVANIA.
The Keystone State, true to her record of
the past, keeps near the top. She was organ
ized as a department June 18, 1884, with Annie j
Wittenmyer, of Sanatoga, as department presi
dent. With such a captain at the helm, the
vessel was sure to sail on to prosperity. Now,
after the lapse of twelve years, the report
comes of gains from every part of the state.
Among the records of good work is the build
ing of Memorial hall at Brookville. This was
the first home built where the old soldier and
his wife could together spend their declining
years in comfort and peace. The loyal women
of the department urged the passage of the
bill, which since became a law, in the legis
lature, whereby "Old Glory" was to be flung
to the breeze every day from all public build
ings and schoolhouses in the state. The patri
otic work is being pushed and children in the
schools are taught to reverence the flag.
Honors from the national W. R. C. have sev
eral times come to the department of Penn
sylvania. In 1889 Mrs. Wittenmyer was
chosen national president. Among the nation
al senior vice presidents are: Cora Day
Young, of Scotland: Abbie Lynch, of Alle
gheny, and Helen S. Morrison, of Smithport.
Abble Lynch also served as national secre
tary when Mrs. Wittenmyer was national
president. The department officers are: Fan
nie A. Boyden, Susauehanna. department
president; Abbie Lynch, Allegheny, depart
ment secretary, and Martha Sherman, Ken
dall Green, department treasurer. The na
tional aides are: Emma L. Lindsey, Warren;
Charlotte J. Cummings. Tidionte; Maria L.
Mumford. Mauch Chunk, and Jennie Alding
er, Philadelphia. There are 147 corps and
4.700 members. A great deal of relief work
was done last year and posts and corps work
In harmony. One thousand nine hundred and
thirty-five dollars was expended in relief work
during the year. J '''
NEBRASKA.
April 2, 1884. this stete was organized as «
department and electees as president Louise M.
Merrill, of St. Paul. It has a splendid show
ing of 152 corps and 3,632 members. At the
annual convention Rosalie B. Condon, of
Pawnee City, was elected -department presi
dent; Mary B. Ccok,;pf Lincoln, department
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secretary, and Annie F. Church, of North
Platte, department treasurer. The national
aides are: Alice C. Dilworth. Lincoln; Abbie
A. Adams, Superior, and Louise Durst, Mon
roe. Mary R. Morgan, of Alma, Is a member
of the national press committee. Emma B.
Manchester, of Lincoln, is past national sen
ior vice president. Nebraska has shown by
her works that the drouth cannot -destroy
ardor of the patriotic women who are en
listed under the banner of the W. R. C.
When whole districts w-ere burned up and suf
fering and death were everywhere, these de
voted women laid aside their own sorrows
and heart burdens and administered to the
necessities of those for whom they had band
ed themselves together, and in' a short time
raised over $6,100 to distribute for their re
lief, thus exemplifying in the deeds the spirit
of fraternity, charity and loyalty, the motto
of the organization.
Tw thousand four hundred and eight dol
lars was the amount expended In relief during
the year.
MONTANA.
Organized as a department April 19, 1893,
with Isabella Kirkendall, of Helena, as de
partment president, the corps immediately
felt the dignity that had come to them and
set to work with a will to come up to the
highest mark in the work required of them.
There are eight corps with a membership of
273. The officers for the present term are:
department president. Amitys P. Manchester,
South Butte; department secretary, Jessie
SOLDIERS' QUARTERS, FORT SNELLIXG.
Bradley South Butte: department treasurer.
Mary A. Sires, Great Falls. The national
aides are: Ruth A. Burton, Butte, and Isa
bella Kirkendall, Helena.
The department of Montanna cannot boast
a large membership, but of one thing she
can be proud, and that is that her legisla
ture has gone a step farther than that of any
other state and enacted a law which requires
the flag to be displayed above, not only
the public schools, but all others within Its
borders. Ninety-seven dollars was expended
in relief.
MINNESOTA.
The department of Minnesota was organ- ]
ized Nov. 28. 1884, the first department presi
dent being Nettie M. Norton,of Minneapolis.
The first call was for a provisional depart- |
ment, but that was quickly followed by the i
request for an organized department, when i
it took its place in line with other depart- |
ments. From six corps it has grown to 100,
and now has a membership of 3,377. At the ,
department convention of this year the fol
lowing were elected: Department president,
Marie Hasenwinkle. St. Paul; Mary H. Ken
dall Minneapolis, department secretary, and,
Mary A. Horrigan. Minneapolis, department
treasurer. The national aides are Lulu A.
Becker St. Paul; Mary H. Kendall. Minne
apolis: Harriet E. Reeves, Minneapolis;
Marion Saulsbury, Minneapolis; Flora S. Wil
son Red Wing; Lena Shelre, St. Paul; Jen
nie A Clifford, Northfield; Elizabeth Beach,
Tracy. The chief of staff is Sarah E. Mil
ham, St. Paul. One thousand seven hundred
and forty-five dollars was expended in relief
work.
MISSOURI.
The fact that Missouri was a Southern
state acted only as spur when the time was
ripe to engage in patriotic work, and March
4 1885 she was organized as a department.
The first department president was Henrietta
Stiesmeier, of St. Louis, who is now na
tional junior vice president. At the con
vention held this year Lucinda A. Scott, of
Moberly was elected department president,
Marion B. Bisbee. of Moberly, department
secretary, and Mary H. Shepherd, of Brook
field, department treaurer. The national
president has appointed the following na
tional aides: Mary U. Birdseye, Nevada;
Belle Seaman. St. Louis, and Belle M. Sat
terly St. Louis. There are in the depart
ment 82 corps and 2,116 members. The citi
zens of St. Louis generously donated fifty
two acres of land. Improved by buildings, to
the W. R. C. for a home for veterans and
their wives. This grant has been remodeled,
the land is under cultivation, the women are
generously making donations, and the corps
generally are Improving their possessions,
till at no distant day the Missouri home
will be one of the finest and best equipped
in the order. Expended in relief, $1,495.
MICHIGAN.
The organization of Michigan was effected
April 2, 1884, with Ellen W. Shank, of Lan
■faML as department president. From this de
partment have come honored officers and
honest workers of the national. It has given
Emma Hark, Hampton, who was a national
president and one of the authors of the pres
ent ritual of the order.
Armllla A. Cheney Is also a member. She
is past national secretary, and served several
years as national treasurer. Louise Barnum,
Robbins, on the committee of national council
of women, is from this department. There
is a constant Increase all along the lines of
work. The soldier's home, located at Grand
Rapids, has had an annex added to It by the
W. R. C, where aged and dependent women
can find a home.
The patriotic women of the department
have been instrumental in securing the pas
sage of a law by the legislature providing
for the placing of flags over public buildings
and schoolhouses in the state. The depart
ment president is Manda J. Halsted, Concord;
Cora L. Drake. Concord; Flora L. Stahley,
Concord. The national aides are: M. Jennie
Carpenter, Saginaw; Emma Bower, Ann
Arbor; Kate Collins, Howell; Adelaide Wal
lace, Detroit. There are 238 corps, with 7,549
members in the department. Two thousand
nine hundred and twenty-one dollars was ex
pended in relief work last year.
MARYLAND.
As a department, Maryland was organized
June 2, 1887, with Mary E. Wright, of Baltl-
more, as presiding officer. The work has
prospered from the first. Last year the W.
R. C. was Instrumental in having an ornate
monument erected in one of the beautiful
cemeteries of Baltimore to commemorate the
heroic unknown dead of the state. There are
in the department 20 corps and 574 members.
Kate Johnson, of Baltimore, was elected de
partment president at the last convention;
Agnes Zentz, of Baltimore, department treas
urer. The department secretary is Lizzie
O. Buchla, of Baltimore. National aides are:
Mary E. Frey. Clayton; Julia A. Birch, Balti
more, and Lizzie O. Buchta. Baltimore.
To this department belongs the honor of
assisting the Grand Army of the Republic of
Maryland in securing the passage of a law by
the council of the city of Baltimore requiring
the stars and stripes to be exhibited on all
schoolhouses during the sessions of school.
The first department president was Mary
E. Wright, of Baltimore, a faithful wroker
and good friend of the veterans. Expended In
relief work. $380.
MAINE.
June 17, 18S4, saw the department of Maine
start, out full fledged, with Emily V. Little
field, of Bangor, as first department presi
dent. The mist important work has been
the establishment of a home for the needy
veteran, the wife of the old soldier, soldiers'
widows, mothers and dependent ones, at New
port. About $4,000 was expended on this
home in money. The ground and buildings
were donated by Camp Benson, G. A. R. as
sociation, which has also assisted, as well
as the national W. R. C. There are 2,009
members and 56 corps.
At the annual convention the following were
elected: Department president. Belle J.
Palmer. Monroe; department secretary. Helen
M. Nealy, Monroe; department treasurer,
Mary E. Ritchie. Monroe. The national aides
are: Belle J. Palmer. Monroe; M. Antoinette
Millett, Gorham, and Hannah E. Small. Bld
deford. Nine hundred and thirty-one dollars
was expended in relief.
INDIANA.
As a department, Indiana was Instituted
Sept. 17, 1884, with Alice E. Griffin, of Elk
hart, as president. For a long time the ener
gies of the department have been expended
on the establishment of the state soldiers'
home, on the historic battleground of Tippe
canoe, at Lafayette. All the corps work har
moniously, and a great deal of relief work
has been done during the year Just closed.
It makes a special point of patriotic teach
ing, and sees that It is carried out in the
public schools. There are 185 corps, with ;a
membership of 6,313. The department presi
dent is Mary A. Sims, of Frankfort; depart
ment secretary. Mary E. Brumbaugh, Frank
fort, and department treasurer. Kate D.
Campbell. Frankfort, with the following as
national aides: Edith Dickey, Greensburg;
Flora Wulschner, Indianapolis; Gertrude L.
Mitchell, New Castle; Mattle S. Hobbs, Sa-
lem, and Anna L. Walker, Indianapolis.
Two thousand nine hundred and flfty-^wo dol
lars was expended In relief the past year.
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
These two states were organized as one
department March 28, 1893. with Josephine B.
Lewis, of New Orleans, as the department
president. Mrs. Lewis organized the first
corps in the department, when Mrs. Mc-
Henry was national president. Afterwards
she organized a provisional department, un
der Mrs. Sanders, national president.
When Mrs. Wickens was national presi
dent, Mrs. Lewis organized a permanent de
partment. She was three times elected de
partment president. She was an earnest
worker in the effort to secure from the gov
ernment the old marine hospital, at New
Orleans, to use for the purpose of establish
ing a soldiers' home. The old building had
not been in use for thirty years. Its capacity
was 3,000 men. There are twenty-one corpa
and 551 members in the department.
The department president this year is Selina
Gray, New Orleans; department secretary,
Alice Ruth Moore, New Orleans; department;
treasurer. Lavina Debose, New Orleans; na
tional aides, Laura S. Remage. Jennings, La.,
and Sarah Miller, Natchez, Miss. Expended
in relief, $180.
CONNECTICUT.
April 1. 1884, saw the state of wooden nut
megs organized as a department, with Eliza
beth C. Keifer, of Waterbury, president. There*
are now forty-eight corps with 2,805 members'
in good standing. Feb. 26 and 27 the de
partment convention was held at Mgriden.!
when Mary E. Matthews was elected presi
dent. Later she resigned and Lizzie Hi
Arnold, of New Haven, was unanimously
elected. Charlotte E. Wright, of New H avoir,
was appointed department secretary, an*
Jane C. Pulz, of Plantville, was elected de
partment treasurer. The national aides are;
Maria M. C. Richards, of Unionvllle; Emma;
D. Parsons. New Britain; Florence L. Hay
den, Merlden; Jane C. Pulz. Plantville. There*
is a soldier's home within tne department,
and on a day set apart, as Soldier's Home
day, there was a generous contribution front
the corps. Through the instrumentality of
the patriotic women of the state and others,
a bill was introduced in the legislature pro
viding for the placing of flags over school
houses and other public buildings, and it is
now a law. All the corps are reported to
be harmonious and In good working order.
They have for a number of years been main
taining an army nurse at the insane retreat
at Middletown. Expended in relief work,
$1,552.
KENTUCKY.
The "Blue Grass state" fell into line Sept.
28. 1886. with Mary Lyle Reynolds, of Coving
ton, as department president. Mrs. Reynolds
was afterward national junior vice president.
Mary A. Nlnekirk, another past department
president, is now national senior vice presi
dent.
There are twenty-seven corps, with 577
members, and though the membership 19
small, the spirit of devotion to loyal principles
Is not wanting, and the plea of the needy is
never heard in vain. At the last department
convention Belle Ross Ludwig. of West Cov
ington, was elected department president,
with Hannah Donaldson, of Ludlow, as de
partement secretary, and Lottie Vincent, of
Covington, department treasurer. Lucy Craw
ford, of Louisville, and Martha F. Walker,
cf Bowling Green, are national aides." Two
hundred and thirty-two dollars was expended
in relief.
KANSAS.
The border land of the war was one of the
first to fall in line of the W. R. C. when it
was organized, and a d> partment was insti
tuted Feb. 6, 1884. with Louise Brown
Hedrick, of Olathe. as department president.
The second year it had a phenomena! growh,,
under the presidency of Margaret ltoy i
Wickens, who was afterwards national presl-',
dent, when It increased from 50 corps ta
Kansas has also had a national secretary,'
Flora Preston Hogbtn, of Sabetha. Emma
B. Alrich. who was department president last
year, was, at the national conventljn in L iiis
ville. elected the second member of the na
tional executive board. Mother Blckerdyke,
who is loved by every battle-scarred veteran,
is carefully and tenderly looked after by her
"comrades" of the Kansas W. R. C. At the
last department convention the election re
sulted as follows: Department president,
Julia A. Chase, Hiawatha; department limm
urer, Helen A. Edwards, Lawrence; depart
ment secretary. C. Belle Chase. Hiawatha.
The national aides are: Mary L. Muthev/a,
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