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Excerpt from Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Woman's Relief Corps: Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, 1894 We, the mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of Union soldiers, sailors and marines who aided in putting down the Rebellion, do, with other loyal women, unite to establish a permanent association for the objects herein set forth, and through a National Convention do ordain and enact the following Rules and Regulations for its government. Chapter I. Article I. Name. This Association shall be known as the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Article II. Objects. Section 1. To specially aid and assist the Grand Army of the Republic and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead. Section 2. To assist such Union veterans as need our help and protection, and to extend needful aid to their widows and orphans. To find them homes and employment, and assure them of sympathy and friends. To cherish and emulate the deeds of our army nurses, and of all loyal women who rendered loving service to our country in her hour of peril. Section 3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America; to inculcate lessons of patriotism and love of country among our children and in the communities in which we live; and encourage the spread of universal liberty and equal rights to all. Article III. Organization. The several constituted bodies of this association shall consist of: 1.Subordinate organizations to be known as Relief Corps; No Department of provided, however, that no Corps shall be organized except as auxiliary to a Post upon application approved and endorsed by the Post Commander. There can be but one Woman's Relief Corps auxiliary to the same Post. 2. State organizations to be known as Department of Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. A Corps must bear the name of the Post to which it is auxiliary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.