Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-06
The Treaty of the Red Cross.

 An Interesting OccasiOn-sOms Features
 of Miss BartOn's Work.
 Miss Clara Barton met byinvitation large company in Judge sheldon's parlors Thurs day evening. This distinguished lady gave to the company assembled some rsminis- cences of the war of the rebellion, full of most interesting personal and dramatic de- tails that gave pictures far more vivid and realistic than any of the usual brief descrip- tions of historians. The reading formed a succession of word pictures wonderfully bright and distinct, and all suffused with feeling so deep and true as to hush every listener in delighted and eager suspense. The battle of Fredericksburg, under Burn side, has never, to our knowledge, been set \ forth with such 8 wealth of interesting details and striking personal incidents.
 The pursuit of Lee after Antietam and the l battles of the Wilderness were so vigorously ! portrayed that they will long remain in the memories of those who listened to the por- trayal.
 After the reading was finished some &C., count of Miss Barton's work since the war and up to the present time was given, for the purpose of stating more particularly the present condition of the work in which this lady is now engaged, but for which we have . ! not space to day.
 Her career in the Franco-German war sounds in the plainest recital like chapter from a romance Her work in connection
 with what is known as the Treaty of the Red ,, Cross is veritable romance of facts. To tell it vorthily is to tell a story of enormous diff l faculties surmounted, of patient, persistent ] | work continued through seventeen years oi r incessant effort, during which trained ! I diplomatists abandoned the work ir 1 despair, and so great man aE 3 Rev Dr. Bellows acknowledged his defeat . He had been the great head of the Sanitary f commission during the war. through whos' ! hands passed more than $15, ,000, 900 O. ' money raised by voluntary contributions fo a the relief of the sick and wounded in the wa | of the Rebellion, and who from the eminenc a | of bis character, social standing and ability l. his peculiar vantage ground of experience wa
 thought to be specially well calculated to pro | cure the ratification of this important treaty | The International committee of Geneva a e last persuaded Miss Barton Co undertake t . | procure it's ratification by this country, am |" one must tell of her triumphant success dur y ing the past year.
 1T The object of the treaty was to incorpc ! rate into the national law some new rules an
 regulations of war by which armies Tn tn | field shall be governed 1n the lnEereSG o1 Au g, manity for the more intelligent and kindi
 care of the sick, the wounded and the caE
 tives. It was also to organize in times c ! peace the whole comu.u unity, so that the n will be able to meet promptly not only a "A the awful exigencies of war, but also all gres
 national calamities like the pestilence of th y South, the inundations of the Mississippi an 1- the forest fires of the West, and great COT IS hagrations ike the burning of Chicago an
 Boston.
 " It is proposed that State and municipal al Iy sociations shall be organized auxiliary to th le National Association of the Red Cross, ( 5, which Miss Barton is now the president an
 in which the leading men of the governmer
 are associated with her.
 It is an important consideration whetht ,h Connecticut and New Haven ought not no - to organize State or city society whic ID shall be ready to work intelligently and easil g, in case any calamity should arise of impol b, tance such as to be considered national pe character and to which our people migl wish to make contributions without loss ( ls delay or waste.
 1y Miss Barton will remain at Judge Sheldon ng for the next ten days and will be glad to col ar fer with any who may be interested in u La practical operations of the Treaty of the Rt
 Cross