Organizations present, the Garden Club of America and the 
Woman's Farm and Garden Association were the only Organiza- 
tions which had turned all of their activities to the production of 
food. 
It was at the Meeting of the Council of Presidents in October, 191 7, 
that the War Work Council of the Garden Club of x\merica (Mrs. 
Newell, Mrs. Hill and Miss Marble)made its report in favor of organ- 
izing the Woman's Land Army of America. This Council was author- 
ized to confer with other Organizations to bring about the formation 
of the Army. Miss Marble and your President visited the Department 
of Agriculture to discuss the plan, and finally Miss Marble became the 
temporary Chairman. She, mth several members of the Garden 
Club of America (including your Secretary and President) as well as 
members of the Farm and Garden Association and others organized 
and carried on to the close of the war the Woman's Land Army of 
America. 
Nearly two Bulletins are devoted to the war work of the in- 
dividual Clubs; it is with just pride we record that notwithstanding 
the fact that nearly all of the Presidents were serving in executive 
positions with the National War Rehef Organization no Club failed 
to answer the patriotic call to service. 
It was at the meeting of the Council of Presidents in March, 1919, 
that Miss Morgan told us of the agricultural situation in Northern 
France, and Miss Geer, in the picturesque uniform of the Farmerette, 
spoke of the work of the Land Army from the standpoint of the worker. 
From the summer of 1918 until November, i9i9,we sorely missed 
the ever looked-for Bulletin. At Mrs. Brewster's request it was 
suspended by reason of her services being devoted to the Fatherless 
Children of France; later she was obliged to cross the seas in its 
interest. 
Again the Club had a general meeting in January, 19 19. Many 
worth while reports were made by the Standing Committees and 
Mrs. Hill's splendid report on the Woman's Land Army was greeted with 
great enthusiasm. Mr. Fairchild begged the Clubs to encourage the 
making of gardens and parks as War Memorials. At a meeting in 
New York in May, 1919, the future policy of the Club was discussed 
and Mrs. Hutcheson presented a plan to broaden its work, and with 
her far-reaching vision of the future she suggested we make it more 
national in scope. We agreed to this, though we felt it would take 
time, but we surely are advancing in this direction. 
The long-talked-of meeting in Lake Forest and Winnetka became 
a reahty in June, 1919. In what words can I describe it! Those of us 
who had the good fortune to live in those charming gardens during 
those all too short days, felt we had truly entered the Garden of Eden. 
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