We hope everyone is excited in anticipation of coming events--the parades in which the Battalion and the Ladies Auxiliary have been asked to participate, the up-coming memorializations of grave sites, and the bus journey to Council Bluffs, IA, on 12-13 of July to participate in the re-enactment of the enlistment of the original Battalion. It was a very difficult decision to postpone the Battalion Ball and elections ('til October) in order to go to Council Bluffs. We hope that you all agree that this was right. Great news! We have six new life members! We invite each of you to become a life member. Keep Merle Shurlz, National Director, busy. Also, please send all monies pertaining to the Auxiliary to Nancy Williams, our National Treasurer, and your monthly reports of activities go to our historian, Stella Ebert. Due to the number of requests, we have ordered more cookbooks. We are pleased with the way you are distributing them, as well as the Women of the Battalion books. These books provide another way for the Battalion to be "honorably remembered." All proceeds from the sale of these books go into the Auxiliary funds.