Camp Fire from Cawker City, Kansas • 6

The Woman's Corps. THE OlPf GENERALS. Of the old war" general, Hooker, Garfield, Kilpatrick, Burnside and Halleck are on Fame'a eternal caroping grbund. Grant is getting old, but' has good health5 plenty of money, and enjoys life. Sherman is sixty-four, but looks older.

Sheridan, who was a major general at thirty, is in command of the army at fifty-one. Fitz John Porter is white-haired and broken in McClellan is rich, "rotund and rocnd-shouldered, with the activity of his life over. Ple-asanton, the cavalry hero, lives quietly at Washington. Rosecrans, the California Congressman, lives at Wash- ington, and his hair with a military cut, is snow-white. Hawley and Logan, well-preserved gentlemen of.

fifty seven, and Slocum, are also in Congress. Sickles is a New York lawyer. Stoneman is Governor of California. i the several stated, and several corps have been added to the National daring the pafct month. Mrs.

Puller writes that she has instituted three corps in Maine, with an application for a fourth; Mrs. Sherwood.has conducted installation services for several corps in Ohio; while Zach Chandler, Post of Michigan has the honor.ef having the first Wo; man's Relief Corps, and the first camp of the Sons of Veterans. Rey nolds Post of Cawker City is designated as the eighth in Kansas: the others arc as fol-No. 1, Burnside Wyandotte, "No.2, Lincoln, Topeka, No. 3, F.anklin, 01a-the, No.

4, Paola, No. 5, O. M. Mitchell, Oaborrie, No. 6.

Junction City, Junction City, No.7 L. Wallace, El Dorado. Although New England is the land of the Puritans and the thoughts of Whit-tier and HarrietBeecher Stowe burned until they felt ihey must write; and those writings set the world agog with their ideas, that there should bo a rev- olution yet it was John Brown of Ossawatomie, Kansas, who acted and began the struggle that ended abolishing slavery. And likewise in this new departure the Woman's Relief (Jorps New England thoguht and talk- 1 ed among her own women, and passed resolutions; as how to effectually prodt uce the best andthaving ''all things done decently and in order;" to the west of them in Ohio headed by Mrs. Sherwood their women were acting without any regularly organized society; both east and west working for the same great end; to cheer the weary Corps.

The National Tribune speaks of a society of which Mrs. Gen. Beath Cwife of the Commander-in-chief) is'an active memberthe Ladies Aid to Post No. 5. of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, as "having added to the Post room a piano, national, State and Post flags, a fine stereopticon and views, book-cases, a large closet filled with china and cutlery to seat 250 people at table and says ask that Post what they think of their Aid Society?" Mrs.

Barker Pres. of the Nat. W.R.C. mentions Mrs. Sherwood as bting a western woman, and knowing the needs of western people, rendering her great service in her plans.

If Ohio people are western what are those who dwell on the Kansas plains? And are our needs the same as those of the mountain fastnesses of Colorado? We only say to the Eastern sisters look well to your laurels for when Kansas attempts anything she does it well. A A. Gen. Devendorf states that he will organize a State Department at the next regular 1 State Encampment of the G. A.R.

An old comrade called this morning "and said "last night was the first time I have attended a camp fire since the war. I have been living among those who consider the name of soldier a stig ma in society and am glad to settle 'down'hero and join the Post: but what was that the General said about women, what do they have to do with it?" The women are your Relief Corps your Reserve force. "Then I will bring my wife up for th next meeting. Old David Van Arsdale will not hoist the flag, at the Battery in New York on Evacuation Bay, as was his wont for many years, He died on the 14th aged 87 years. Through his father he was linked to the revolution, and was himself veteran of the war of 1812.

His father's name will be perpetuated as that of the man who hoifted tHe flag the Liberal RenuDlic in New YorkPaftel the British troops liacFtak-eti ihtir parturVfromho'city; book. Humphries, Hunter and Crittenden, on the retired list, live in Washington. Frcmant, no longer rich, lives in Mew York. McDowell is on the retired list. Buell is in bnsiness in Kentucky, Banks is United States Marshal.

Hancock, Schofield and Pope are Major Generals in the Army, and Howard a Brigadier. Terry is expected. to succeed Sheridan in chief com-riiand of the Army. Gilmore, Parke Weitzel are in' charge of light-houses and fortifications. Grierson is commanding a colored regiment in Texas.

Philada, Sunday Call. ii i The Larned Chronoscope complasns because Western Kansas people are always pulled away off tb Leavenworth or Topeka to Granp Army reunions, and thinks Junction or Emporia should catch all these things. i- Officer to the timid soldier: -14 Why, Pat; you are riot "surely going ''to turn ZmAV Pt "WhvJ shura1 I'd and light up mourning homes, and though they "cannot banish pain, or give back the dead again, and may not cure; they kindly train them to endure: this is the work of the Relief Corps under whatever name they may carry on the banner of their Society The relief is not through anjr one jpar--ticular channel, Imt by 3 any 'method conducive tb the interests1 of PosWand ray tbef be a coward for foivc nuirutes AH thana corbie for the Vest of tae' lolf. i' I.