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NATIONAL WJ C

CONVENTION

General Orders Resolutions andAppointments Headquartersal Grand Union Hotel A Weekof Hard Work

Xitinnnl Prpsiilent Carrie R Spark- -lin has issued her last General Orderfor National Convention She announcesthat the 23th National Convention wo ¬

mans Relief Corps will be held in Sara-toga

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Spring NV Sept 12 13 1907Convention will be called to order at

9 a m Thursday Sept 12 in the Methodist Episcopal Church located withinone block of National Headquarters

National Headquarters will be estab-lished

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at Grand Union Hotel Parlors Aand 13 Monday morning Sopt 9 wherecomrades of the Grand Army of theRepublic members of the Womans Re-lief

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Corps and allied Orders will becordially welcomed

The following committees arc ap-pointed

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Headquarters Reception CommitteeIda Shotts Pentreath New York Uegina Demarest New York Amanda JFrautz New York Florence A Westcott TCew York Gcraldine E FrisbieCalifornia Jennie Fuuth MarylandMary A Decker New Jersey Mary ATravis Indiana Maria V Going Mas ¬

sachusetts Estello E Ploiper IowaMartha A Gordon Minnesota Clara WCoulter Colorado Julia Flanders Con ¬

necticut Mae G Lincoln Illinois RelleC Harris Kansas Mary Lyle ReynoldsKentucky Evelyn riiero MichiganFrances A Arnold Mi souri Ellen Agplcbnugh Ohio Eunice M MunerTOklahoma

Credential Comniiilcc RclicC Kimball National ScrctarvjyAda E MayMinnesota Coia F lfilit MinnesotaKate VallandighavirrNorth Dakota EttaHouk Indian1

The Credfifial Committee will be atNational Jaeadouarteis on and afterMondsiMiorning Sept 9

voting members are urgently retfuested to present their credentials Jinmediatelv unon the r arrival in personas only in this way can they receiveDelegates badge

The Auditing Committee will meet atNational Headquarters Tuesday Sept10 at 9 a m the National CouncilTuesday Sent 10 at 1030 a m theAndersonville Prison Board on Wednes-day Sept 11 at 4 p m

Services in loving memory of Lizabeth A Turner Life Chairman of-- Andersonville Prison Board and Past National President Womans Relief Corpswill be held Tuesday 3 p m at Metho-dist

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Episcopal Church All comradesof the Grand Army of the Republicmembers of the Ex Prisoners of AVarAssociation and other patriotic organizations are invited to be present atthese services

The Commander-in-Chie- f of theGrand Army of the Republic announcesthe semi official meeting to be held inConvention Hall Tuesday 8 p mt Sept10 to receive fraternal greetings of allkindred organizations the exchange ofgood wishes and the welcome to Sara-toga

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The presentation of the SilverJubilee Praise Offering by the WomansBelief Corps to the Grand Army of theRepublic will be made upon this occa-sion

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At this open session the Womans Re ¬

lief Corps will also receive greetingsfrom the Grand Army of the Republicand other patriotic orders and friends

A reception will be tendered the Comma-

nder-in-Chief and his official staff onWednesday evening Sept 11 from 8 to10 In the parlor of the Grand UnionHotel

Leltnrs and telegrams for membersof the Convention should be sent in careof National Convention Womans Re-lief

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Corps Methodist Episcopal ChurchThe following additional appoint-

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on the National Presidents staffare hereby announced

Xctlonnl Sprrlnl AIilx

Matilda Coleman Los Angeles CalMarian Sherman Colorado Springs

ColoNina Davidson Crawfordsville IndMarie Keller South Bend IndOttilia Kiser Huntington IndNannie J Swan Wellington KanPauline L Bentley Mound City KanJennie M Davis Somervilic MassLuc Kuart Wadsworth Boston MassAgnes Lydiard Watertown MassGene Demarest New York City N YFlorence Poucher Westcott New

Tork CitySusie Otis Yonkers N YIda Shotts Pentreath Yonkers N YAnna L Rider Osslnlng N YEmma VIegard Yonkers N YMargaret Manewell Cheyenne Wyo

AliiIllinois Caroline Bourland Chicago

Julia Thurston Chicago Mary WilsonChicago Rose F Leland Barbara Kuhardt Chicago Mary Depheide Chica-go

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Anna M Lafferty Lanark FrancesW Emerson Englewood

Indian Territory Suie McKellopMuckojee Mary E Whltaker SapulpaMary R Hlllhouse Bartlesville

Iowa Rose Moore Sigourney SueM Korr Sigourney Clara D Hendcrron Wollman

New Jersey Louise C Wolf WestNew York Rose C Case FlemingtonMarraret Claytrn Trenton Mary

Jersey City Etta Zulauf UnionHill Lucy Under Paterson Anna Bol- -Eteric PlainfielJ

New York Lillian Ward East Ttochcstfr Harriet c Abbott RochesterBelle EuFtace Rochetter

South Dakota Hrlfn M KibbleMiuhell ue E Hridgeman Springflell Leona Dlr Aberdeen CarolineAndrews Vermilion Eliza MonteithAlpena Delia Mabbatt Pianklngton

Tennessee Mary L Cass Hill CitvCallle p Miie Knn ville May Petcis Knox- - He mrlotte B Henderpop CfuUtaioiga- - t mtse LancasterJap r

ristfrrm AliNIJeglna Demarest New YorkHenrietta riWcoe MarWandNellie A Bornton Connecticut

AxtPtnlineiitN for National out melonAssistant Secretary Ada E May Min

nesotaStenographer Stella Lewis IllinoisPress Committee Mary M North

Chairman MarvlandChief Conductor Clara Needles Illi

noisChief Guard Nellie A Libbey Massa

chusettslurther appointments will be an- -

nounccd at opening of National Con- -

h venuonL Realizing that the work of the Reso- -

t lutions Committee is an Imnortant oneand being desirous of having the rec- -ommendations presented for the con- -

m eldi ration of the 25th National Convenm tlon acted upon at an arly hour of theh conveniioi i ncreoy appoint the folB lowing committeeV Emma R Wallace Chairman Maryr U Carr Lue Stuart Wadsworth Fanny

T E Minot Isabel Worrell Ballw a vw1 IfiCIlLS Mmpathy and condolence to her Nation ii

Counselor Emma R Wallace over thedeath or ner aged mother who pasteInto life eternal June 23 1907 Charlotte E Wright called iipon to mournthe loss of a dearly beloved bister andannounces the death of Sarah O Nich ¬

ols of New York Past National Seniorvice jpresldtnt

The death of the followlnir ArmvNurses heroines and martyrs whoseakilful hands nursed back to life orsmoothed the pillow and closed theyes of the dying of many of our soldierpoys irom 61 to 65 Is announcedAnnie Lowell Woodbury died June 33906 Washington D C Martha WoodFerguson died June 20 1906 Wasli- -iKion u v ismiiy it Williams 4a

Nov 2G 190C Sheldonville Mass JVnnle Lowell Brigham died Dec 26 1906West Newton Mass Rose M AtKnson died Jan 10 1907 jumari AlaskaElizabeth J Dudley died Jan 17 1907Jamaica Plain Mass Marie BartonGitcn dfStl - 20 1907 WorcesterMass i Sarah Xmteif Jd 2IrshJi1907 AshUnd N H Mary Jane Stevens died May y rjvi uorcnestprMass W D Hoyt died May 1907Rush Centre JCa iit jr --s

Il cosin Uieseher last General Or--i ine xsaiionai 1resjuent expresses

Iul to the Commander-ia-Chie- f andofficial staff for the uniform kind

ness and consideration shown at alllimes To all members of the WomansRelief Corps who have helped to makethis year one of success and pleasureshe tenders most sincere and gratefulthanks The many messages of goodcheer and kind words from faithfulmembers of our Order will always beheld in sweet memory

The Volunteer NurseThe National President also sends out

the followingAt the last session of Congress the

Pension Committee expected to have thebill passed placing volunteer nurses on

win equality with the contract nurseswho are pensioned under act of 1S92but tho every encouragement and cour-tesy

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was given your committee by bothHouses the bill failed on account ofthe committee not being able to givetho number of volunteer nurses to beprovided for In order to be betterequipped to push the measure in thenext Congress it is necessary that everyvolunteer nurse should without delayforward a statement of her claims to apension stating- - when where and howlong she served by whom enlistedname under which he served presentname age and address to Miss KateM Scott Chairman of Pension Committee Brookville Pi Every memberof the Association should look up theseinnominate ones whose claims for recognition have never been noticed Letus help one another The bill for increase of nurses pensions in charge ofPast National President Mrs Fanny THazcn which parsed the Senate but notthe House will be again pushed in thenext Congress

RexoliiltonsThe following resolutions are present-

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for consideration of the 231 h Na ¬

tional ConventionPresented by the Department of Cali-

fornia¬

and Nevada All members ofthe Womans Relief Corps in goodstanding are eligible to any CorpsDepartment or National office butno member shall be elected asa Delegate or Alternate to a Departmentor National Convention who is a Dele-gate

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or Representative or Alternate toany Convention or any other organiza-tion

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meeting at the same time andplace

The Department of Illinois petitionsthe National Convention to erect a monument to the memory of Mrs LizabethA Turner at Andersonville Ga com-memorating

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her efforts and her successin making this despised spot a veritablerose garden

That Delegates and an equal numberof Alternates be elected by pluralityIn case of a tie precedence shall be decided by lot

That the National Convention authorize the addition of the words on thevisiting cards after the word orderThe corps President to whom she r re

sents this card is hereby requested togive her the password

That Treasurer s bonds be placed onthe free blank list the same to be sentout with election return blanks

That sheet music be printed with thewords of our Opening Ode in the keyof D

Presented by the Department ofIowa That there be placed in Ritual asuitable response to tho President forthe Guard when she finds no candidates awaiting Initiation transfer or reinstatement

That Corps Service Books page 3Clast clause on page be made to conformto Rules and Regulations

Presented by the Department of Kansas That the membership fee of ourOrd t be made 1 including price ofbadie

That in the Ritual In note of instruction to Presidents omit the clause Instructs them to present candidates withcopy of Rules and Regulations

That Rules and Regulations beamended as follows An applicantmust live within the Jurisdiction of theCorps in which she applies for mem-bership

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that the jurisdiction of Corpsfor all put poses shall extend to a pointgeographically half way between themand in the cities where two or moreCorps shall be organized shall have concurrent jurisdiction If for any reasonIt seems necessary to ask ror a waiverof jurisdiction it shall be granted onlyby unanimous vote of all members pres-ent

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at a regular meeting The initiation fee shall belong to the Corps underwhose jurisdiction the applicant reside

Presented by the Department ofMaine That tho Corp3 in the Depart ¬

ment of MSiine be allowed to admit thecomrades of the Grand Army of theRepublic to their meetings as associateor honorary members said admfssionto fcc optional with each IndividualCorps

Presented by Department of Michi-gan

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That the following changes in Rit-ual

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page 12 be made to read as fol-lows

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The President appoints Inves-tigating

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Committee each rising as hernama is called and remain htanding un-

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all are appointed and then togetherthey proceed to the altar Conductorrec i es the application from the Sec-retary

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the Assistant Conductor receivescopy of Rules and Regulations from theTreasurer after which they go directlyfrom station to the altar placing appli-cation

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and copy of Rules and Regulations in the hand of the Chairman ofhe Committee and resume their station

Committee icmain at the altar whiletho President reads them the Law onEligibility Chapter I Article IV Rulesand Regulations The President maread the instructions to InvestigatingCommittee found in Ritual pages 444 and also Section 3 Article II Chap ¬

ter IIPresented by Department of New

Hampshire That the Department ofNew Hampshire respectfully petitionthe National Convention to give immediate attention to Decision No 2r of22d National Contention regarding theuse of the flag for commercial purposes

Presented by Department of Oregonmat national convention Jieartlly In-

dorse¬

the movement to increase thewidows pension

That the clause In our applicationblanks She has never given aid orcomfort to the enemies of the unionbe stricken out

Presented by Fanny E Minot PastNational President That in the nextedition of Ritual definite Instructionsfor communicating the new password toSecretary and Musician be added toparagraph 18 page 18

To Make Tiling CooililPresented by Emma R Wallace Past

National President That a Committeeconsisting of all Past National Presi-dents

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of which the National Presidentshall be Chairman snail examine correct and make to conform Rules andRegulations Red Book Ritual and Sor--vlce Books adding only such changesas shnll nerfect the law and ritualisticwork and no further changes in eitherbook bo permitted lor live years excepting emergency laws

That the manner of lifting the foldsof the flag bo added to the Ritual infine print

That Past Presidents of the Ladiesof the Grand Army upon taking anhonorable discharge from that Orderand Joining the W R C the W R Cmay by virtue of their work for thesoldier be entitled to past rank and voteIn our order provided however thatshould they rejoin the Ladles of GrandArmy they will lose all rights of theWomans Relief Corps

Presented by Mrs Kate B Sherwood

THfi NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTONr D G THURSDAY AUGTjST 29 1907

Past NationalPIdJntT jat In orderto preserve la endurlnjr form tUejrecordof the growth and progress of JjidQomaj8 Reief Cprfis the National CotfjelJtjdiT provide for a ConTLtijgonWomans Rlef Corps Hfetory toc8nslder he issuance 9 a National ConSCnUon series fembrgcfnif the proceed-ings

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of Annual Conventions each vol- -ujllS- - to e pf uniform gjze bound incloth- - and issued In uch numbers asrsgional Convention jjnay detemineupon thcTrepOrt of the Cpnipiittee

That as the Journal of Third NationalConvention is out ojt print the same bereprinled at once in numbers equal toIhe copies on hand of First and SecondNational Conventions recently printedas one and the three be bound togetherand issued constituting Volume I ofthe National Journal of Convention series

That the Committee on W R CHistory get an estimate upon the re-printing

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of those National Journals outof print and present such estimates andplans as may carry out the provisionsof these resolutions to next NationalConvention

Other resolutons presentedThat the following addition be made

to Rules and Regulations Corps mayadmit to associate membership anymember of the Grand Army of the Re-public

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An associate member shall beadmitted only when his name has beenproposed by a member of the Corpswho shall personally vouch for his eli-gibility

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and shall be elected in the samemanner as Corps members Associatemembers may be present at any busi-ness

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session but shall not be entitled tovote or allowed to speak upon any ques¬

tion unless called upon by the Presi-dent

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In case of revocation or surrenderof a charter all funds remaining in thetreasury shall be turned over to thoDepartment Treasurer or NationalTreasurer where no Department existswho shall pay all indebtedness of theCorps and forward balance to the Postof which they were auxiliary Shouldthe Post disband or refuse to receivethe funds they shall revert to Depart-ment

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or National tvhere no Departmentexists to be held for the purpose of re ¬

lief onlyConductor presents box to Senior

Vice President for insnection PresidentSenior Vice President do you find theballot favorable or unfavorable Afterthe Senior Vice President reports thecondition of the ballot the box is re-turned

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to the Presidents station whoafter carefully noting tho balls deposited announces the result and clears thebox

Signed by Carrie R Snarklin National President and countersigned byueile C Kimball National Secretary

For ZVMininl lrcxlilcntMrs Elizabeth W Griffith of Utica

N Y is a prominent candidate for the

SffimX SCtIjMHlAJffiSBj tsZi jBHBvfl

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HMlllliIIMRS ELIZABETH W GRIFFITH

office of National President at the com-ing

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Convention In Saratoga The De-partment

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Convention held June l 201907 In Utica N Y most heartily indorsed Mrs E W Griffith for NationalPresident of the Ladles of the GrandArmy of the Republic Mrs Griffith isa woman of strength of character andability She Is an all round good wo-man

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who made a success of her yearas Department President of New Yorkas National Chaplain and also as amember of National Council of Ad ¬

ministration Mrs Griffith has longbeen prominent in Grand Army workand regular in attendance at Conven-tions

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in both the State Department andNational

DEPARTMENT Or THE POTOMAC

At Cofdtge 4 for Xnttonal EncampmentK SnriitoKn

The General Orders of the Depart-ment

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of the Potomac Washington DC announce that by invitation of TheNational Tribune Headquarters of theWomans Relief Corps Department ofthe Potomac will be in Cottage 4 inthe United States Hotel

Department President Isabel WorrellBail Department Secretaiy Emma CLlttlejohn and Department CounselorLlda A Oldroyd will welcome to theseheadquarters all members of the GrandArmy of the Republic Womans ReliefCorps Sons and Daughters of VeteransLadles of the Grand Army of the Re-public

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and all members of all other al ¬

lied patriotic Orders as well as nlaincitizens of the United States who lovethe flag and honor Its defenders Allare earnestly requested to register

Those who will assist the DepartmentPresident as a Reception Comm teeturnout the week are Annie W John-son

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Lida J Hart Georglo G Bain Annie E Cromwell Nannie G Davis Lucieis uraham ciirlMino Walton DunlapCora L Smith Marian B Parker SarahIJunyca Emma F Patterson Sarah Eueach Jennie It Cusick Agnes Keeler

It Is announced that DepartmentCommander Newton Ferrec has extend ¬ed a cordial Invitation to the WomanRelief Corps Department of the Po-tomac

¬to accompany headquarters train

of the Department of the PotomacGrand Army of the Republic and thatthis Invitation has been accepted by heDepartment President who believes ihatall members of the Department willconsider It an honor to accompanv theGrand Army of the Republic Depart-ment

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of the Potomac of which it Is theAuxiliary and to which it is loyal at alltimesArmy nurses of the war of the rebel-

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are invited to honor the Depart ¬ment of Potomac by their company onthis trip

Isabel Worrell Ball President of theWomans Relief Corps Department ofthe Potomac has been honored by ap-pointment

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upon the Committee on Res-olutions

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of the 25th National Conven-tion

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Past National Junior Vice PresidentLida A Oldroyd Is a member of theSpecial Committee to provide for theproper celebration of the 2th anniver-sary

¬of the Womans Relief Corps

Past Department President Lida JHart resident member of the NationalCommittee to secure a suitable tem-porary

¬home for disabled veterans inWashington will make an important

reportThe Department of tho Potomac will

tender a reception to the Grand Armyof the Republic and allied Orders onWednesday evening Sept 11 from 9 to11 in Cottage 4 United Statts HotelThe Department President Isabel Worrel-l-Ball and Department CommanderNewton Ferree will receive the guestsassisted by the members of the Staffs ofthe Departments

The Department President calls at--tentlon to the fact that the time forinspection of Corps will soon be here

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If tho floor and ritualistic wor4of thoCorps Isnt being performed In exactconsonance with Rules and Regulationsuje maimer snouia oe meaqea ax onceyiajjcciion 8140111 uui uqurcaucu DyCorps obeying tn3 gjrict letterjof thelaw Do srooiT work all of the time andinspection will lose its terrors

Corps Presidents are nptjfled tjiat theextra copies of General Orders receiverby them are for distribution Nationalana uepajimem Aias ana ass V9rPsPresidents wljo are momljfirs q theirHflrnq Afemhora nf trifa VlAnJrtmetltQf the Womans Relief Corps are alsonotified that any djsiring General Ordersrnay obtain tnem atrtliesei head-quarters

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General Orders are simplyletters from a superior officer conveyinginstructions and commands to subordi-nate

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officers and matters of interest toall Relief Corps members

Only those Aids appointed upon thestaff of the Department President whoaccept the appointment In writing willreceive commissions An office worthhaving is worth courteous acceptance

The Department President announcesthat Christine Walton Dunlap Secretaryof the Appomattox Surrender HouseAssociation can be found with Department of Potomac W R C at the United States Hotel

DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS

At United Stntm Hold for Xnllonnl Encampment nt Snrntogn

The 17th Annual Convention of theNational Alliance of the Daughters ofVeterans will be held at SaratogaSprings N Y at the same time as theGrand Army Encampment Sept 9 141907

National Headquarters will be at thoUnited States Hotel suite 28 and willbe In charge of the following committee Elizabeth Heal Lulu Carlin NinaA Littiefield Mary McEvoy ElizabethGrassle and Eva Kelly during the en-tire

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Encampment who will be pleasedto meet members of the Grand Armythe Womans Relief Corps and allfriends who will call All are cordiallyinvited

Convention will be held Thursday andFriday in Parish House Auditorium onWashington street one block from Na-tional

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HeadquartersMassachusetts Department Headquar-

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in charge of Department PresidentMiss Katharine R A Flood will be atthe Broadway Hotel It Is expected thatMassachusetts will send a large delega-tion

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to the Convention They will ac-company

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the Grand Army having aspecial car assigned them on the officialDepartment train that will arrive inSaratoga on the afternoon of Sept 9

The members of Mary L Stark-weather

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Tent 1 Daughters of Veter-ans

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of Minneapolis Minn have starteda line of work that will be of muchassistance to the veterans and theirfamilies They have organized a classin the Tent known as the Red CrossCorps of Mary L Starkweather TentDaughters of Veterans The duty ofthe Red Cross nurses is caring for theveterans of the civil war and their fam ¬

ilies who are unable financially to obtain for themselves the necessary carewhen illness overtakes them Thework is devised to llll a long felt wantThe Mary L Starkweather Tent is thefirst in the organization to undertakethis work and It is believed that otherTents will soon follow Its example Tobetter prepare for the work the mem-bers

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of the Corps have taken a courseof study under Dr P BentleyJ and DrThomas Warham The class has 39members and has been organized forfive months

Mary L Starkweather Tent was or-ganized

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June C 1900 and their firstanniversary was celebrated by a gath-ering

¬In Memorial Hall of the Court

House The hall was profusely decorated with flowers The qentqr of thetable was marked by a large birthdaycake wound with traceries of smilaxOne large cathedral candle was placedin the center and the date of the birthof the Society

Mr Levi P Longfellow the Depart-ment

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Commander of the G A It MrsIda K Martin Department President oftho W R C also Mrs Mary L Stark ¬weather were among the especially in-

vited¬

guests An informal receptionfollowed the program and Mrs Stark ¬

weather cut the large birthday cakeinto over auu pieces

The members of Mrs Ellen SpencerMussey rent I of Washington D Cwere most agreeably surprised on theevening or July 27 by the associatemembers of the Tent attending theirregular meeting in a body During theevening Capt John S Walker SeniorVice Commander of the Department ofthe Potomac G A It in behalf of theassociate members presented the Tentwith a beautiful silk flag This flagwas secured for the Daughters mainlythru its honorary member Capt O IIVijroyu xpe president of the TentMiss Anna M Roberts called the mnribers to rise and receive the flag withthe flag salute of the Order and thenaccepted the flag in the name of theTent expressing the surprise and pleas-ure

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of the members and referring towhat the flag represented to eachDaughter of a Veteran

Comrade John A Havward of KitCarson Post G A It entertained themembers of Mrs Ellen Spencer MusseyTent 1 and Post 2 G A R at hishome Aug 1 The occasion was to cele-brate

¬the 72d anniversary of Mr Hay

ward Refreshments were served and apleasant evening spent

fireetlnji o Mr CoiiirniTexBy D S Brown

mi unio 10s Angeles CalBugles shrill lipped bugles

Echoing thru our dreamsTattooing midst our reveries

Till the far off pageant gleamsAs tho It were but yesterday

Wo fanned Old Glorys beams

Memories wild dark memoriesTinged with a crimson stain

Surging crowding each otherTill the healed heart aches atrain

At the vision or gray dawns campflresStruggling thru mists and rain

Longings mutual longingsFor a touch of the utoried pist

Talking heait to heart with comradesOf a victory earth wide vast

Illuming the riin of the NationsWith the light of hope at last

llcatli of Jlaj Oe Su erryMaj Geo Sperry died atjoliet HI

iiug a 01 cereurai ncmorriiage He wasnorn in isi at Rochester N Y en-listed

¬In the 100th 111 as a private and

after serving two years In tho rankswas promoted to First Lieutenant 22dN Y Cav and was promoted to Majorfor services in the Shenandoah ValleyAs Quartermaster he hitndled 1000500 worth of Government jiroperty andreceived certificates of

from ali the Departments of theGovernmentA Wouilerrul Ctiniiee Ho Mttke JUunoy

An important movement Is beingstarted and all are Invited to Join Theobject Is to form a Peoples Oil Com ¬

pany in which the immense profits Inoil will be distributed among the thou ¬

sands composing tho company It isthought every dollar invested will pay50 per cent dividend per annum andmany people only getting four or sixper cent on their money will be gladof this opportunity to get 50 per centThe Standard Oil Company pays from50 to 100 per cent annually so 50 percent can safely be expected and jierhaps more There Is no possibility oflass Any lady or gentleman with alittle money which they desire to bringthem big Interest without any riskshould write to Mr J M MclnerneyBlock 101 Pittsburg Pa for particulars regarding this movement TheGovernment has crushed the StandardOil power and now the peoDle havo nchance Every person who has 10 or

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FOR COMJLNIER-IX-CIIIE- F

Cnpt Patrick Henry Coney of KansnEditor National Tribune The De¬

partment of Kansas Grand Army ofthe Republic for a second time hasgiven its unanimous indorsement tothe candidacy of her favorite son forCommander-in-Chi- ef of the GrandArmy of the Republic and instructed

HHKfirCBriMllPtrJVB9bt j Vi- -

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CAPT PATRICK H CONEY

Its delegation to Saratoga to supportand present the name of Capt PatrickHenry Coney to tho National lincampment for this distinguished honor

But a hurried glance at the interest-ing

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story of the life struggle and splendid accomplishments of this gallantpatriotic American boy student sol-

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lawyer officer statesman editororator exemplary citizen forcefulfearless exponent and champion of allthat touches the interest of the soldierdiscloses a career thronged with thatadmirable quality of vigorous Ameri-canism

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that successfully combats ad-verse

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fate turns defeat Into victorywrests glorious conquest from the jawsof disaster in all the avenues of a busyactive aggressive successful profes-sional

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public and private career andstamps him as a leader of ideas andof men

Born at Newberry Vt March 101848 a soldier at the age of la yearsin Co II 111th N Y serving afterenlistment in the engagnents of thatregiment that lost 249 oit of 350 fighting men of the line or 71 1 7 per centon Seminary Ridge at Gettjsburg inrepulsing the attack of Pickett laterserving as dispatch bearer for GenMcDougall and Gen Nelson A MilesSeverely wounded at the battle ofPeach Orchard In front of PetersburgVa June 1C 18C4 he continued withcommand until surrender of Lee andwas then transferred to Battery H 4thN Y H A and mustered out Oct 518C5 at Harts Island N Y The tes-timonials

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of his comrades includingGens Miles and McDougall of the partborne by Capt Coney speak of himas a brave and gallant soldier merit-

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high esteemGraduating at Walworth N Y in

1SC7 this resolute man reached Leav-enworth

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in April of that year then agarrison point of prominence on theborder of a rapidly advancing civiliza-tion

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a stranger in a strange land andimmediately entered upon a brilliantbusiness career

Among the young fighting bloftd thatset their faces to the West after thewar Capt Coney established the Na ¬

tional Banner the first soldier paperin the West subsequently tho Knightand Soldier and later on the AVcsternVeteran Ills early and continuous at-tachment

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to the Grand Army of theRepublic is as follows

Joined Custer Post C LeavenworthKan 1S70

Iteorganization of Lincoln Post 1

Topeka KanOrganized Rice Post now Topeka

Post 71 Topeka KanCommander Itice Post 71 Topeka

KanTransferred to Lincoln Post 1 To-

peka¬

Kan and now a memberFor 20 cars a member and attend ¬

ant of National EncampmentsDepartment Commander Department

of Kansas two years breaking a pre-cedent

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of 2fi years standingUnder tho stimulating touch inspir-

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eloquence and magnetic influenceof Commander Coney the Departmentof Kansas has felt the impress of hisstrong personality and leadership athe faithful recruiting officer as isshown in the gains made in two yearsfrom all sources aggregating 4800

Legislation was needed and ns the re-sult

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of a vigorous campaign the follow-ing

¬bills prepared by this man of ac-

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were placed upon our statute bookto wit

1 Strengthening Soldiers PreferenceLaw

2 Authorizing cities to appropriatemoney to defray expense for properobservance of Memorial Day under aus ¬

pices of Grand Army of the Republic3 Securing 1000 per annum for De ¬

partment Headquarters4 Amending Soldiers Burial law soas to include tho wife or widow5 Providing for display of the UnitedStates flag on and in the school housesof his State and a course of patriotic

instruction In such schools prepared un-der ¬

direction of State Superintendentof Public Instruction

6 Establishing birthday of AbrahamLincoln as a legal holiday7 For the better irovernmenf r cidiers Home and Mother Blckerdykc

Annex8 Providing for burial of deceasedsoldiers of Spanish American War9 Five thousand dollar appropria-

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to transcribe and preserve militaryrecords of regimental organizations inKansas

10 Reduced railroad rates and fares10 memoers 01 u A ll -

11 An net to prevent desecration nfiuemonai uay providing penaltv of notless than 500 and not more than5000 for each violation

In a State 400 miles long and 200wide thousands of miles have twentraveled hundreds of Campfires andReunions have been charmed anil inspired by his eloquence and over 50000pieces ot mail sent out from Dinnrt

J ment Headquartersmore to invest should help on this Court of the United States Federal andmovement as it will be as Drofifablfi n state nrwm horrotandard Oil investments have been I at Washington brilliant and logical in

debate a skilled parliamentarian apresiding officer of rare executive andadministrative abllty a positive activeresistless force of whom the presentCommander-in-Chie- f In commendationof the efforts of Commander Coney forefficient work done says ComradeConey other Departments have notpushed on the tethers as you have doneGod loves men who do things rightthings

He has been a constant and conser-vative

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political patriot of national re-pute

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over 35 years actively partici ¬

pating In all State and National cam-paigns

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Commander Coney has in addition tothe indorsement of his own State re-ceived

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the Indorsement of several Statesand Territories and his friends are en-thusiastically

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alert over his candidacyand well they may be in view of thealmost miraculous accomplishments dueto his remarkable energy

The foregoing is but a tithe of whatcould be properly expected and said ofthe untiring vim and vigor that will begiven to the fraternal care concern andadvancement of the interests of the GA R if their suffrage shall elect thesplendidly poised candidate Capt Pat-rick

¬Henry Coney of Kansas as Comma-

nder-in-Chief Topeka Kan

FOR COMMANDER-IN-CHIE- F

Chnrle nurrnnx of New JerHejGrand Army of the

IlepnbllcEditor National Tribune Comrade

Charles Burrows was but 17 years ofage when In July 1SC2 he enlisted inthe 1st Mass II A He joined his regi-ment

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in season to participate activelyin the Second Bull Run campaign Hewas with his regiment when underTyler it came to the relief of the rightwing ot tne Army or the Potomac atSpotsylvania and helped to save theday and where his regiment lost inkilled and wounded 398 men besidesa number of prisoners He afterwardsparticipated in the engagements of Milford Station North Anna HanoverCourt House and in front of Peters-burg

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where In July so the record sayshe was discharged by reason of expira ¬

tion of term of service He re enlistedin Boston in January 1865 in the 1stU S V V and joined Hancocks Corpswhere he was engaged in numerous reconnoissances and skirmishes and inpursuit of Mosby and In the battle ofHamilton W Va He was dischargedat Baltimore Jan 6 1866

Comrade Burrowss services in theGrand Army of the Republic have beennumerous and honorable He has beenAdjutant and Commander of FarragutPost 2S and Commander of Depart-ment

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of New Jersey and is now servinghis seventh term as QuartermasterGeneral of the Grand Army of the Re-public

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It will be remembered that atthe first meeting of the Council of Administration in 1898 the finances of theNational Encampment were found toDe in a deplorable condition Therewas not money enough to meet expensesot tne encampment In this emergencyline tne action or his regiment when Itcame to the relief of the hard pressedright wing of the Army of the Potomacat Spotsylvania he came to the reliefof the Grand Army and gave his ser ¬

vices as Quartermaster General withoutcompensation so that by husbanding ofresources the Corflmander-In-Chle- f wasable to report to the 32d National En-campment

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all liabilities met and abalance in the Treasury In his ad-dress

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to the National EncampmentCommander-in-Chie- f Gobin said Icannot too highly commend the actionof Comrades Thomas J Stewart ofPennsylvania and Charles Burrows ofNew Jersey

During the current year while co-operating

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with the National PatrioticInstructor Warren Lee Goss in placingthe bronze tablet of Lincolns Gettys-burg

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Address in public places as anobject lesson in patriotism he addresseda letter to Gen Horace Porter offeringto donate one of these tablets to thePalace of Peace at The Hague In aletter responding to this offer Gen Por-ter

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has written I think it would bevery fitting to have one placed in thePalace of Peace No doubt It will bethere placed when the building is fin ¬

ished Thru his influence one of thesetablets is also about to be placed in aconspicuous position on the new steam- -

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CHARLES BURROWSship Abraham Lincoln of the Hamburg--

American LineSuch in brief is the honorable and

commendable record of the comradewhose name will be presented at the41st National Encampment for the of-fice

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of Commander-in-Chie- fThe Department of New Jersey has

issued the following circularHeadquarters Department of New

Jersey G A R Elizabeth N J March16 1907

Comrade During the 40 years thathave elapoed since the Department of Disease

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FOUND DHDIH BEDMr John C Harris a prosperous young

farmer of Chambersburg NV Y went tobed last Thursday night feeling as wellas usual Next morning his wife foundlilm dead In bed beside her Was It mur ¬

der Yes and no No because he diedfrom so called natural causes yes be- - J

cause for months hed known that hohad heart disease and that sudden deathmight come from the least overexertionor by sleeping on his left side and thislast proved loo true

And yet thisbright Intelligent youngman with ev-erything

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live for would- -nt listen toreason eitherto his doctoror to thoearnest plead ¬

ings of hiswife to dosomething

It do ntramount to anything hed say only alittle palpitation Its my Btomach fc

think It will go away of itself Butdelay cost his life Was not thi3 self- -murder i

This case U only one sixty thousandpeople die yearly of Heart Disease Sixin every ten hae it Many dont knowit they think its something elso anddoctor the stomach kidneys female or-gans

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etc and get no better and a goodmany who do know think It cant becured Now Heart Disease Is Just ascurable as any other disease we haveproved this fully by curing over a hun ¬

dred and thirty thouind cases Manyof these were the most chronic seriouscomplicated kind In all other rem ¬

edies and doctors had failed and hopeseemed gone but our treatment curedthem quickly and to stay cur d In verymany cases of Heart Disease the Ntvcsand Stomach are affected also and insuch It is useless to treat the hirtalone and one reason why our treatmentcures fs because it sets the stomachright removes constipation steadies andrevitalizes the nerves and builds up thewhole system besides strengtheningcontrolling and curlrg the heart We cancure YOU no matter how bad off andto prove It we will send you by mallpostpaid without any conditions with ¬

out any restrictions and without anycost a regular full size treatment of DrFullers Heart and Nerve Cure and hisIllustrated book with which you willknow your own case as well as any doc ¬

tor Both are freeUnderstand this Is not a sample on

trial but a regular full size treatmentNeither is it a C O D scheme or anvthing of the kind nothing but a fairsquare chance for you to fullv test thisgrand treatment ior yourseu in vuurown home without cost If you haveone of the svmptoms Nervousne Trem¬bling Twitching or Nightmare Palpita-tion

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Fluttering or Skipping beats of theheart Short Breath Fainting Smother ¬

ing Chokinsr Numb or Sinking snelKDizziness Nose hleed Swc lllng LegsAsthma Tain In Heart Side or Shoulder--

blade your heart and nerves aresurelv wrong Dont wait but send nowfor the full free treatment nnd get welLAddress The Heart Cure Co 222 Ma¬

sonic Building Hallowell Maine

New Jersey was chartered by the Na-tional

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Headquarters of the Grand Armyof the Republic it has faithfully sup-ported

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all the National Officers and hasloyally exemplified the principles of ourOrder

Remembering that in the manyyears of the life of the Grand Army ofthe Republic the Commanders-in-Chie- fhave been wisely selected from many ofthe other Departments some Departments having been honored six timesand believing that the faithful servlcoof the Department of New Jersey en-

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it to the great honor of furnishing tho Commander-in-Chi- ef in the person of a Past Department Commanderwe commend to your consideration thecandidacy of Comrade Charles Burrowsnow serving as Quartermaster GeneralIn character ability and service in theGrand Army of the Republic and morathan three years army service duringthe civil war we believe we present acandidate who will If elected efficientlyand faithfully perform all the dutiesthe Commander-in-Chie- f of the GrandArmy of the Republic

Yours in F C LAlfred Atkins Department Comv

mander Edward Baldwin AssistantAdjutant General E W Tensch SeniorVice Department Commander A --

Winans Junior Vice Department Com-mander

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Past Department CommandersSamuel Hufty Samuel G Havter Cha3II Houghton William C Smith H MNevius George Barrett Frank O ColeE V Richards J R Mullikin JohnLawrence H L Hartshorn Enos FHann John Shields James M AtwoodErnest C Stahl Chas Curie

Tne lnt X Y EngineerJames Lynch Co H 1st N T En-

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