the house or on the street, and a silence fell on the community. The sick and dying often made the request that their death should be announced by the trombones playing some hymn peculiarly associated with them. It is almost beyond language to describe the effect of this lovely, beautiful custom. I know not if it was practiced with any but the Moravians even in Germany, where it originated. At Easter the little band of trombonists went from street to street, awakening the people for the early morning Litany in the graveyard, with the Easter sun rising over the line of somber pine trees and the trumpets breaking forth into the grand harmony of Pleyal's hymn, "Christ the Lord is risen to-day." How vivid and real it was to us-the power of the belief in the Resurrection of the Dead and the Life of the World to come. What a veritable Easter it was, the clergy and people standing over the graves of the faithful departed, repeating the beautiful liturgy, "By thy three days in the grave. By thy joyful resurrection. By thy coming again in glory to judge the quick and the dead. Hear us, gracious Lord and God." What wonder that at Eastertide the minds of many of her old pupils travel afar to Bethlehem and hear again in memory that sweet, wierd music, unlike anything ever heard this side of heaven. These kindly, loyal Moravians were strongly imbued with the true historic feeling which prompts the preserving of records of history, both religious and secular, of marking and noting all historic spots, of noting days and seasons of special interest, and their archives are abounding in interesting records. It is believed that many members of the different patriotic societies existing to-day can trace their first interest in our local and national history to the various observances of the Moravians at Bethlehem, fostered and encouraged by the care manifested in preserving the revolutionary and colonial houses, the Indian graveyards and whatsoever else connected the present with the historic past. The first death which occurred in the Seminary was that of Miss Anna Allen, on the 22d of May, 1895. She was a niece. of Ethan Allen, of Ticonderoga fame. On the 13th of May, 1788, he visited Bethlehem in company with General Gates and his lady, on their way to Peekskill. Allen had just been exchanged and was returning to his own fireside in Vermont. We have revolutionary relics, revolutionary houses, revolutionary furniture, pictures, letters, ancestors; does it not belong to the Moravians to claim the only Revolutionary Boarding School which exists among us to this day? BLANDINA DUDLEY MILLER. 46 Main street, Whitesboro, Oneida county, New York. WHAT WE ARE DOING AND CHAPTER WORK. WHAT TENNESSEE DAUGHTERS ARE DOING. THE following is another showing of the magnificent work of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Tennessee: Mrs. James S. Pilcher, State Regent of Tennessee, Daughters of the American Revolution: My Dear Madam: At your request I send you an outline report of the "war relief work" done by the Chickamauga Chapter to the 12th of August. As an auxiliary report it seems small; but as one of many working under the Chattanooga Relief Association we are conscious of having done our duty, and been worthy of the trust of those who have made our work their work. I do not think, not being on the ground, you can fully appreciate the enormous amount of work and good accomplished by our organization, or the needs constantly facing the relief association here. At the May meeting, the Chapter, by unanimous vote, pledged its time, its efforts and money for relief work among the sick soldiers encamped at Chickamauga Park, the condition of matters here making it absolutely necessary that we work directly in the camp and directly with the surgeons in charge of hospitals. This work was done until June first by individual members with great liberality and devotion. The last meeting of the Chapter before adjournment for the summer was held June 1st. This was also the initial meeting of our enthusiastic war relief work. The morning was spent in hearing reports from those who had visited the sick soldiers in camp and could tell of their needs, having seen the suffering. One army surgeon said, when asked what was needed: "You ladies can do nothing. We need everything before our Government supplies arrive; we need cots, we have typhoid patients on the ground; we need fifty blankets before night, for the soldiers sick with pneumonia." It is needless to say before night our first wagon, containing fifty blankets, cots, three dozen buckets, wines, cordials, jellies, etc.—everything named-was sent out by the Daughters of the American Revolution, donated by that small group of twenty. An appropriation of $50 was made from the Chapter treasury, which, added to the liberal donations of all present, made the beginning of our great work possible. A committee was appointed, to be known as "the Hospital Committee of the Chickamauga Chapter." To it was given the mid-summer work. Each one has worked as if a committee of one, promptly and indefatigably, as if each day might be their last. No Regent ever had a stronger support than I have received from Mrs. K. D. Rathburn, Treasurer, and Mrs. Katherine Marshall, Vice-Regent. The first meeting of this committee was held June 2d, and the following circular was sent out to personal friends and Regents from those States who have troops at Camp Thomas: CHICKAMAUGA CHAPTER, D. A. R. CHATTANOOGA, TENN., June 2, 1898. Daughters of the American Revolution: Chickamauga Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution finds itself overwhelmed by the urgent calls of the sick and needy among the soldiers now at Camp Thomas (Chickamauga Park), near this city. Over 45,000 new recruits are now with us, and it is not strange that among this vast number, in the sudden change of climate, food and habits, many should be seriously ill. We are doing what we can to relieve the situation, but need the help and cooperation of our sister Chapters. Dr. J. W. Trimble, a man eminently fitted for the place, has been chosen by our Chapter to receive and oversee the distribution of all supplies contributed, and we can guarantee that whatever is sent to his address, here, will be used to the best advantage. We need, for hospital use, shirts, sheets, small hair pillows, and all kinds of general supplies for the sick. Money is also needed to purchase eggs, milk, fruit, etc., which cannot be brought from a distance. This money had better be sent Mrs. K. D. Rathburn, Treasurer of the Chapter. May we hope for a response? Sincerely yours, AMELIA I. CHAMBERLAIN, Regent. Twice the Chapter has been called together to hear reports of the Hospital Committee and make appropriations for the re lief at division hospitals. The responses to Chickamauga Chapter circulars were most encouraging. Mrs. Marshall, by request, read some of the many eloquent letters from sister Chapters, of loving greeting and patriotic sympathy, and two of approbation; one from Tennessee's first State Regent, Mrs. J. Harvey Mathes, and the other from the present State Regent, Mrs. J. S. Pilcher, both honored and beloved by the Chickamauga Chapter. In Burlington, Memphis, Mansfield, Wellington, etc., the circular has been printed in the daily papers with a call for all patriotic women to meet and form relief societies, as they did during the Civil War. Every member of the committee has been kept busy answering letters on the formation of societies, hospital needs, and inquiries about supplies received or sent. In response to the circular of the Chickamauga Chapter, we have received a considerable amount of hospital supplies, such as jellies, fruits, wines, cordials, soups, etc.; and in hospital outfit, several hundred sheets, 224 pillows, 300 hospital garments, hundreds of towels, flannel bandages, etc., etc. These have been sent to our distribution depot at Camp Thomas, in the relief wagon from our supply room in Chattanooga. An agent is all the time at the building on the ground. Each morning, each surgeon in charge of the tent hospitals sends his written order to our relief room at the camp for what he needs for the day, as freely as if he were ordering from the United States Government, giving the number of patients under his charge. As far as possible these requests are filled from our supply. Our principal work has been done in division hospitals, all in tents. About the 20th, Dr. Trimble, President of our Relief Association, returned from Atlanta, where he inspected the Fort McPherson barracks for the National Relief Commission. He found there about 150 cases of typhoid fever and about 300 wounded soldiers. Many of the patients were in great need of ordinary supplies. Some of the poor fellows were in the same underclothing they wore when wounded in Cuba. They were receiving little or no assistance, and the Government was providing only the bare necessities. He advised the Chickamauga |