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Secretary, W. E. Thompson, June, 1917-Sep- tember, 1918; Miss Minnette Richards, Septem- ber, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, F. N. Casburn, June, 1917-Septem- ber, 1918; W. E. Thompson, September, 1918- April, 1919.
FOUNTAIN GREEN BRANCH
Organized June 9, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. Mina Allen, June, 1917-August, 1918; Mrs. Cecelia L. Jackson, August, 1918- April, 1919.
Secretary, Nellie M. Proffitt, June, 1917- August, 1918; Nellie M. Bouseman, August, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Miss Martha Walker, June, 1917- April, 1919.
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HAMILTON BRANCH
Organized June 18, 1917.
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Chairman, Miss Clemence Dadant, June, 1917- October, 1918; Mrs. Homer Williams, October, 1918-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Miss Margaret Russell, June, 1917-April, 1919.
Secretary, Miss Marie Yeast, June, 1917-Oc- tober, 1918; Miss Viola Crouch, October, 1918- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mabel Waggoner, June, 1917- October, 1918; Miss Clemence Dadant, October, 1918-April, 1919.
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HANCOCK TOWNSHIP BRANCH
Organized May, 1918.
Chairman, Mrs. Wm. Yetter, May, 1918-April, 1919.
Secretary, Miss Ruth Lewis, May, 1918-June, 1918; Miss Alma James, June, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Miss Emma Furchtbar, May, 1918- April, 1919.
LA HARPE BRANCH
Organized June, 1917.
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Chairman, Mr. W. F. Bradfield, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mr. Q. W. Hungate, June, 1917-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mr. Albert J. Moore, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Secretary, Mr. C. S. Coulson, June, 1917-June, 1918 ; Mr. W. C. McClure, June, 1918-April, 1919. :
NAUVOO BRANCH
Organized May 25, 1917.
Chairman, Jos. Nelson, May, 1917-April, 1919. Vice chairman, Dr. L. B. Hobbs, May, 1917- April, 1919.
Secretary, Louis Hohl, May, 1917-January, 1918; Grace Argast, January, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Miss Lois Hobbs, May, 1917-Sep- tember, 1918; Miss Clara Kimball, September, 1918-April, 1919.
PLYMOUTH BRANCH
Organized June 15, 1917.
Chairman, S. S. Groves, June, 1917-April, 1919.
Treasurer, J. P. Metzger, June, 1917-April, 1919.
Secretary, A. E. Cole, June, 1917-April, 1919.
POWELLTON BRANCH
Organized January 19, 1918.
Chairman, Mrs. Ida Moore, January, 1917- August, 1918; Mrs. Edythe Siegrist, August, 1918-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Miss Dorothy Kelly, January, 1918-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. S. A. Lewis, January, 1918- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Nellie Morrill, January, 1918- August, 1918; Mrs. Bernice Crurden, August, 1918-April, 1919.
ROCKY RUN BRANCH
Organized March 27, 1918.
Chairman, Mrs. Wm. Sack, March, 1918-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. R. R. Weaver, March, 1918- August, 1918; Mrs. Bessie Frederick, August, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. R. R. Weaver, March, 1918- August, 1918; Mrs. Bessie Frederick, August, 1918-April, 1919.
STILLWELL BRANCH
Organized July 1, 1917.
Chairman, Dr. F. A. Hanson, July, 1917-July, 1918; Wm. Crear, July, 1918-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mrs. M. F. Arthur, July, 1917- April, 1919.
Secretary, Golda M. Howard, July, 1917- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Wn. Crear, July, 1917-April, 1919.
SUTTER BRANCH
Organized April 18, 1918.
Chairman, George Hackamack, April, 1918- April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mrs. Nellie Humke, April, 1918-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. Fannie Ewing, April, 1918- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Will Duerkop, April, 1918-April, 1919.
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TIOGA BRANCH
Organized September 4, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. S. West, September, 1917- April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mrs. R. Ensminger, September, 1917-April, 1919.
Secretary, Helen Ensminger, September, 1917- September, 1918; Fredonia Linnenburger, Sep- tember, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. H. Weiler, September, 1917- September, 1918; Mrs. G. H. Heitman, Septem- ber, 1918-April, 1919.
WARSAW BRANCH
Organized May 18, 1917.
Chairman, Rev. George Long, May, 1917-Octo- ber, 1917; Rev. J. M. Thompson, October, 1917- April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Rev. J. M. Thompson, Septem- ber, 1917-October, 1917; Rev. George Long, Oc- tober, 1917-April, 1919.
Treasurer, W. A. Dodge, May, 1917-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. S. E. Matzke, May, 1917-April, 1919.
WEST POINT BRANCH
Organized June 19, 1917.
Chairman, W. Grover Barnard, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Vice chairman, J. Karl Gordon, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Treasurer, J. L. Miller, June, 1917-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. Clara Younge West, June, 1917-April, 1919.
WYTHE BRANCH
Organized May 15, 1918.
Chairman, Mrs. D. W. Reed, May, 1918-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Miss May Smith; Mrs. J. D. Piggott.
Secretary, Miss Olive Parker, May, 1918- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. V. Allen, May, 1918-April, 1919.
DURHAM AUXILIARY
Organized June 28, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. Ollie Irwin, June, 1917-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. George Layton, June, 1917- March, 1917; Mrs. Bertha Hoerntlein, March, 1917-June, 1918; Mrs. Walter Bartlett, June, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Bertha Hoerntlein, June, 1917- June, 1918; Mrs. C. L. Kern, June, 1918-April, 1919.
HELPING HAND AUXILIARY
Organized April 3, 1918.
Chairman, Alice M. Tuck, April, 1918-April, 1919.
Secretary, Emma Mauk, April, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Alice Wilson, April, 1918-April, 1919.
INDEPENDENCE AUXILIARY
Organized October 17, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. A. B. Walker, October, 1917- April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Miss Ava Walton, October, 1917-January, 1918; Mrs. Ray Grove, January, 1918-October, 1918; Mrs. W. S. Walton, October, 1918-April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. Harold Black, December, 1917- June, 1918; Mrs. E. M. Harter, June, 1918-April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Benton Aleshire, October, 1917-October, 1918; Mrs. Ray Grove, October, 1918-April, 1919.
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MT. ZION AUXILIARY
Organized June 26, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. Robert Baird, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mrs. George Bell, June, 1917- June, 1918.
Secretary, Mrs. Ernest Robinson, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Miss Blanche Bell, June, 1917-June, 1918; Mrs. Elmer James, June, 1918-April, 1919.
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SHILOH AUXILIARY
Organized June 3, 1918.
Chairman, Harry Cannon, June, 1918-April, 1919.
Vice chairman, Mrs. Geo. Crumps, June, 1918- April, 1919.
Secretary, Miss Nellie Cannon, June, 1918- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Glen Huey, June, 1918-April, 1919.
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SONORA AUXILIARY
Organized September 8, 1917.
Chairman, Hattie Bolton, September, 1917-Oc- tober, 1917; Mrs. Jennie Bolton, October, 1917- April, 1919.
Secretary, Sadie Johnston, October, 1918- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Anna Enright, September, 1917- April, 1919.
ST. MARY'S AUXILIARY
Organized May 27, 1917.
Chairman, Mrs. Lydia Talbot, June, 1917- April, 1919.
Treasurer, Mrs. Floyd Richards, March, 1918- April, 1919.
Secretary, Mrs. Floyd Richards, March, 1918- April, 1919.
JUNIOR RED CROSS
The Junior Red Cross was duly organized and rendered effective service under the principal organization.
PRE-WAR ACTIVITIES
After the signing of the Armistice the county chapter accepted a large quota of refugee gar- ments, both new and old, and a cash quota of $6,000 for relief and reconstruction work in the war-devastated countries of Europe. With a credit of approximately $1,500, the cash quota was reduced to about $4,500. This amount was raised by requisitioning a percent of funds in the chapter and branch treasuries sufficient to meet the quota.
The work took on a different phase with the return and discharge of the soldiers. The Red
Cross was asked to act as agent for the Gov- ernment in making personal contact with the soldier, and in investigating conditions in the home, relation to discharge from service.
Securing of bonuses, travel pay, arrears in allotment and pay, delivery of Liberty Bonds, compensation, hospitalization, and Public Health Service for ill and disabled men, securing of vocational education, and services of like nature were, also, rendered by the chapter.
In August, 1920, it was determined by the county officers to enlarge the work of the chap- ter by promoting a program of general health and welfare work, in addition to continuing and enlarging the scope of Home Service work, under the direction of the secretary of the Home Service Section.
Classes were organized in every community in the county and a Red Cross nurse employed to instruct them, in this way affording women and girls opportunity of securing instruction in home care of the sick and elementary hygiene. This instruction laid a foundation for public health and gave an impetus to the interest in the work of the organization.
THE AMERICAN LEGION
This is really the third organization of the kind since the war of the Revolution. In fact, the organization of the first order was before the treaty of peace was signed between the Colonies and Great Britain. It was known as the Order of the Cincinnati, and was formed in April, 1783, at the suggestion of General Knox. Unlike the Grand Army of the Republic and the American Legion, the membership of the Order of the Cincinnati was confined to officers of the army and navy. The time for the disbandment of the army was approaching, and the officers were apprehensive that the gratitude of the people would not outlast the strenuous situation which had demanded their sacrifices, and they thought it wise that a society should be organized to foster in all future time the friendships of the military service of the past eight years, and to enable them to consider in the privacy of the lodge room those measures which they should deem necessary to the maintenance of the union and the perpetuation of the liberties for which they had fought, and to transmit to their de- scendants "some more tangible honor than the recollection of their poverty and their wounds."
But strenuous opposition was forthwith de-
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veloped. These good officers were accused of seeking to obtain some sort of hereditary honors, of endeavoring to constitute themselves an order of hereditary knighthood. Not only was the order condemned by the common people, but by men of the highest distinction, among them, Samuel Adams and John Adams. It was Frank- lin, who then represented us at the French Court, who wrote home, designating the order as an order of "hereditary knighthood," and ridiculing it generally in the good old Franklin way. Even the legislative bodies of some of the colonies criticized the order with severity, Massachusetts declaring it to be "dangerous to the peace, liberty, and safety of the Union. The opposition in South Carolina was violent. In Rhode Island, those who joined the order were disfranchised.
And yet, there was nothing in the order, its purposes, workings or effects, which justified such criticism.
The Order of the Cincinnati was comparative- ly short-lived. The serious error of its organiz- ers was the restriction of its membership to the officers, and this did savor somewhat of ex- clusiveness and did give the order an odor of aristocracy which was very offensive to the non- commissioned nostrils of that day.
(One of the authorities for the foregoing state- ments is McMaster's History of the People of the United States.)
In the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic, membership was extended not only to the officers who had commanded, but also to the soldiers who had fought the battles. Hence, there could be no charge of exclusiveness, for the doors of the organization were open to all those who had participated upon the field in the great Civil War. But other charges were preferred. Those who are determined to criti- cize are never at a loss as to grounds of criti- cism. If one ground turns out to be without foundation, another will be sought for and will be found. It was charged that the Grand Army was a political organization; that it had been organized to assist in keeping the dominant party in power, and to use its influence for legislation on the subject of pensions, thus im- posing upon the people, from time to time, an increased burden of taxation for this purpose. But the history of the Grand Army has refuted these charges. While there may have been some members of this organization, as there are of all orders, and even of all churches, who
were actuated by improper motives, yet such was not the fact as to the membership generally. The career of the Grand Army has been one of exalted patriotism. The few remaining members may well look back with pride on the history of their order, congratulating themselves upon their membership in this organization which represents the highest ideals of loyalty and pa- triotism.
The American Legion grows out of the great World War, and is yet in its infancy, although it is a vigorous infant, and promises to excel its great predecessor in membership, and, be- cause of larger membership, in power and influ- ence. We regret that we are not able to give a more detailed account of the organization of Hancock County Posts than which is here pre- sented. These splendid young men have the virtue of modesty, and they have not magnified their order. The next historian will be able to furnish a record of great accomplishment.
PHILLIP HARTZELL POST NO. 74, AMERICAN LEGION. This post has been named after Phillip Hartzell, son of the Hon. William H. Hartzell of Carthage, who fell gloriously on the field of battle in France.
The American Legion, temporary headquar- ters, 19 West Forty-Fourth Street, New York. Charter for the Phillip Hartzell Post, State of Illinois, No. 74. Charter dated July 29, 1919, signed by Henry D. Lindsley, chairman National Executive Committee, and Eric Fisher Wood, secretary National Executive Committee and by George G. Seaman, state chairman and Earl B. Searcy, state secretary. Charter members are: Bert M. Cavanaugh, George B. Miller, Edward S. Martin, John A. Moore, Franklin M. Hartzell, John A. Price, Henry Reyer, Harley Siegfried, Loyd P. Shipton, J. Elza Mecum, Ralph W. Wood, Neal W. Harper, Edward C. Mack, Ros- well B. O'Hara, G. E. Pumphrey, B. F. Mayo, R. D. Denton, O. M. Geddes, and John H. Sy- monds. There are ninety-eight members.
LA HARPE POST NO. 301, AMERICAN LEGION, Was organized and chartered on November 5, 1919, with a charter membership of twenty-eight, as follows: Otis Mills, Harlow W. Lefort, Atlee R. Hancock, Jarrel M. Burrows, Truman E. Bradshaw, George F. Peasley, Oscar J. Ganson, Gerald Marlatt, Bertram A. Hedges, Ralph B. Bradshaw, Millard R. Tilton, John P. Sea, Paul R. Peyron, Fred D. Gittings, Charlie H. Bright, Earl M. Hamilton, Charles D. Moon, Donald J. Melvin, Kent Shriver, William L. Hamrick,
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W. C. Towler, Clifford Ingram, Lloyd H. Brill, Harry B. Krieg, James O. Fife, Charles W. Greenig, Alfred H. Salisbury, Lloyd Rich.
The charter organization was officered as fol- lows: Bertram A. Hedges, post commander ; Charles D. Moon, vice post commander ; Ralph D. Bradshaw, adjutant and treasurer; W. C. Towler, sergeant-at-arms.
At the close of the year 1920, the post had a total membership of seventy-eight members.
Two members of this post have died: W. C. Towler and Charlie H. Bright.
HAMILTON POST NO. 629 AMERICAN LEGION, re- ceived its charter on May 6, 1920, having at that time the required fifteen members. At the end of the year 1920, the total membership was forty-five, being nearly 100 per cent of all ex- service men in the locality, as practically all the men were in favor of an organization that in years to come, will serve the same purpose for the veterans of the World War as the G. A. R. has done for the veterans of the Civil War.
The name "Hamilton Post" was decided upon after much deliberation inasmuch as there were service men living in the locality and in Hamil- ton, who were killed in action, died as the result of wounds and died in the camps from sickness. In order that there would be no discrimination between the men, who had given their lives, and inasfar as the post could not be named after all the men, who made the supreme sacrifice, it was thought best to take the name "Hamilton Post," and that all the former comrades in and near Hamilton, who gave everything, would al- ways be remembered and thought of and in- cluded in the name selected. That the stronger the Hamilton Post became, and the more good and service the post could render the public and themselves, the greater would be the memorial to all our friends, who heard the last call of "taps.'
At this time the post has no permanent quar- ters, but it is hoped to have suitable club rooms before another year, where the members can spend their leisure hours, and hold their meet- ings. The members have taken an active part in Decoration Day exercises and in furnishing the proper escorts and firing squads for military funerals where soldiers have been returned for burial.
The charter members as shown by the charter are as follows : Arthur L. Lefler, H. H. Williams, Walter Y. Smith, William B. Ackley, Edgar
Lefler, Jesse V. Shields, Lloyd J. Choate, John V. Earls, Earl C. Laughorn, Russell I. Bell, Ernest A. Hamrick, I. N. Alexander, F. J. Meier, C. B. Crum, G. H. Rigg.
RALPH PARKER POST NO. 682, AMERICAN LEGION. The post of the American Legion at Warsaw, Illinois, was organized August 19, 1920, and the name of Ralph Parker Post No. 682 was adopted.
There were twenty charter members, namely : Irvin Meyer, Roy Schmitt, William Langhorst (Adjutant), W. J. Giller, Ralph Edwards, A. C. Hammond, Harvey Kerr, George W. Raich (Commander), William Bernhardt, William Riley, Clyde Jackson, W. G. Ferror (vice-com- mander), S. H. Fluent, Wilbur Mussetter, Henry Binger, Arnold Spitze, Hugh M. Russel, George Koch, Henry Zobel (Finance Officer), Otto Derksen. The present membership is thirty.
DALLAS CITY POST NO. 380, AMERICAN LEGION. Officers : Arthur M. Loomis, post commander ; Frank A. Walter, secretary and treasurer ; Leroy Mutter, adjutant; Guy V. Kirby, acting adjutant. This post has twenty-one charter members.
NAUVOO POST, AMERICAN LEGION, was organized February 1, 1921, with twenty-five charter mem- bers. The officers for the ensuing year are as follows : G. J. Dachroth, post commander ; C. H. Johnson, vice-commander ; Harold Reimbold, ad- jutant ; Ralph Hudson, finance officer ; Theodore Gross, sergeant-at-arms; Harry Argast, athletic director ; Joe Eid, chaplain.
CHAPTER XVII
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AND WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS
POSTS IN HANCOCK COUNTY-EARLY CONDITIONS- STIRRING ADDRESSES-OBJECTS OF
POST AND CORPS-CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER COMMENTS.
This is not the place for a history of the Grand Army of the Republic or of the Woman's Relief Corps, generally, for information as to these matters may be easily obtained from thé
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encyclopædias and general histories. The editor would be glad to be able to give in this connec- tion, however, a full account of the organization and proceedings of every post or corps in Han- cock County, but finds this to be impracticable, in view of the time and effort which would be required to obtain the desired information. Some of the posts have been disbanded and the records are not easily accessible. A representa- tive of the publishers has furnished the follow- ing information : that in 1885, the order was in a flourishing condition, and there were posts in Hancock County as follows: Russell Post No. 86; Union Post No. 302; Thomas P. Mix Post No. 311; Arthur Marsh Post No. 343; Robinson Post No. 364; Tobias Butler Post No. 428; Geddes Post No. 142; Nauvoo Post No. 207; and Alexander Sympson Post, of Carthage No. 455. The same informant states that in 1887 the Corey Post No. 616, was in existence at West Point, but had only seven members in the spring of 1919, the officers at that time being W. J. Richey, Commander ; M. K. Spence, Vice-com- mander ; James Major, Adjutant; J. B. Kelley, Quarter-master; John Hicks, Outside Guard ; J. R. Garner, Chaplain. Corey Post at one time had thirty-four members. There may have been other posts in Hancock County than those above named, but information on the subject is not at hand.
It is now about fifty-six years since the Civil War was brought to a victorious termination, and most of those who participated therein on the field, or otherwise, have passed hence. The posts which were large and flourishing during the early years of their organization are now reduced to a small membership, or are wholly disorganized. Perhaps an idea of the work done by the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's Relief Corps in this county may be obtained from a few articles åt command, and which relate especially to the post and corps at Carthage, but are typical of the work of every post and corps in this county.
One of these articles is a short address de- livered by Mrs. Florence McMechan of this city as part of a program given by Alexander Symp- son, W. R. C. No. 70, on a recent occasion, which address is as follows :
"I am not going to fight the battles of the War of 1860-65 over again, but sufficient to say- 2,000,000 young Americans were fighting for the preservation of this country, and back of them were the no less loyal women. Three hundred
and seventy-five thousand paid the tribute of final devotion to country and there was not one dollar with which to care for the dependent ones deprived of husbands and fathers save as it was given by a comrade. Slowly, oh so slowly, the Nation began to pension those who had lost so much in the War.
"But after the close of the war, in 1883, the Grand Army of the Republic found that the relief work was greater than they could do and sent out an appeal to the mothers, wives and daughters of soldiers and to all loyal women to come to their assistance, and help care for the widow and orphan. Thus was born the Woman's Relief Corps but before the war, Florence Nightingale of England had done relief work, and before her time even there had been one who sought the bleeding feet of our Elder Brother and bound them up. She was the first reliev- ing woman of the world, and all who have fol- lowed and have aided the blind and stumbling have been animated by the same love which led the first woman to break the precious box of ointment upon the feet of the Savior.
"It is to assist the Grand Army in their min- istrations that we are organized. Our order now numbers 360,000 members, and as the years go by we hope to add strength to our organiza- tion. Since 1883, the Relief Corps has expended more than $4,000,000 for the relief of the com- rades and their widows and orphans.
"From the moment that band of loyal women joined hands with their soldier comrades, the keynote of fraternal patriotism was sounded. To the Woman's Relief Corps belongs the credit of the now universal patriotic instruction in all public schools, as a part of a child's education. United effort has placed the Declaration of In- dependence in every school house. Patriotic literature is also there. Patriotic songs are taught and sung by all. The story of the Flag is often repeated to millions of children and they are taught to know, as they salute it, what it means to say -- "One Country, one Language, one Flag." To the Woman's Relief Corps is accredited the placing of flags on schoolhouses from Boston Harbor to the Golden Gate. Flag Day-June the 14th-is now celebrated in all public schools.
"On the seventeenth of Maren, 1885, Alexander Sympson W. R. C. was organized and officers installed March 31st by Mrs. Sarah M. Bradford with twenty-six charter members. Since we were first organized, God in His Providence, has
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called into eternal rest twelve of our charter members-Mrs. Mary Quinby, Mrs. Martha Swigert, Louisa Kelley, Angeline Woodburn, Amanda Shultz, Sarah E. Taylor, Mary H. Wil- son, Lillian F. Smith, Mary Foutch, Lizzie Carl- ton, Mary Strader. These women helped to make this the grandest and most noble organiza- tion in the world, and we will ever cherish their memories.
"Some have dropped out ; some have removed to other places, leaving only four active charter members who answer to the roll call of No. 70-Emma Mathews, Josephine Helfrich, Lydia Duffy and Florence McMechan. Our Corps now has over fifty-eight members, and our meetings are most harmonious and pleasant. From its organization to June 1919, it raised (all corps combined) and expended over $5,181,924.09.
"With its watchwords of Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, it calls the best of American womanhood to enlist under its banner.
"In closing, I wish to express my hearty ap- preciation of the honor conferred upon me. It has been a pleasure to give this little sketch of our Order, and I most sincerely thank the Pro- gram Committee.
"Yours in F. C. & L. "Florence McMechan."
Another article is an address delivered by Miss Mary Davidson at the twenty-fifth anni- versary of Alexander Sympson W. R. C., No. 70, which was on April 1, 1910, which address follows :
A BIT OF HISTORY
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Alexander Sympson Corps, No. 70, W. R. C., of Carthage, celebrate the Twenty-fifth Anni- versary of the Organization.
Miss Davidson's Sketch :
"Alexander Sympson Corps No. 70, W. R. C., celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its organization, Monday evening, April 1st, at Memorial Hall.
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