Mrs. Levi Young

“ The purpose of the organization was to assist the military board in providing material comforts for the Second regiment, Oregon volunteers, and to soften the transition from civil to army life for the raw recruit. And the society was composed of women from every walk of life, who hastened to enroll as members and offer their services in the name of patriotism. ”

“ The Oregon Emergency Corps, organized to meet an exigency, thus became a permanent society, incorporated under the laws of Oregon, and endowed with full power to act at all times in the larger interests of humanity, at the same time preserving its right to perform in the manner that seems best any local work that comes within its reach. ”

“ At Camp McKinley, where the Second regiment was being introduced to military life, members of the corps were daily visitors, and nothing that loving hearts and willing hands could do to add to the well-being of volunteers was left undone. The membership grew into the hundreds, subscriptions and funds came pouring from every side and from unexpected sources. ”