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Rh transformation is the one borne at present. The National Association was organized in Washington, in 1892, by Mrs. Addie L. Ballou and many others. Mrs. Ballou was elected president. Those who have served as president are: Mrs. Delia B. Fay, Mrs. Fanny Hazen, Miss Cornelia Hancock, Mrs. Ada Johnson, Mrs. Emile Wilson Woodley, Mrs. Clarissa Dye, Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, Mrs. Elizabeth Ewing, Mrs. Rebecca S. Smith and Mrs. Mary E. Robey Lacey, the present incumbent. To become a member of the association, tradition will not do, but there must be documentary proof that the applicant served as a nurse. She must have served at least three months as a regular or volunteer nurse, and her application must be approved by the nearest post of the Grand Army of the Republic. By Act of Congress, all nurses of the Civil War are entitled to burial in National Cemeteries, and several sleep in their "low green tents" in beautiful Arlington. The present officers are: National President, Mrs. Mary E. Lacey, Utah; Senior Vice-President, Mrs. Catherine L. Taylor, N. Y.; Junior Vice-President, Mrs. Hannah J. Starbird, Nev.; Treasurer, Mrs. Salome M. Stewart, Pa.; Chaplain, Miss Hannah U. Maxon, Ohio; deceased; Secretary, Miss Kate Scott, Pa., deceased; Conductor, Mrs. Mary E. Squire, Wis.; Guard, Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman, Ill.; Counselor, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, Minn. ; Chief of Staff, Mrs. Lettie E. C. Buckley, Ill.; Surgeon, Dr. Nancy M. Hill, Iowa; Color Bearer, Mrs. Nancy Kripps, Pa. This is the tribute of Rose Terry Cook, to