Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-03

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What II u may dor Nothing but to feed
The pigs and dig In the earth. II kept my
children in Russia not more would they
know, nor yet their children. I come here
and now cannot cover them that they may
60 to the great schools; cannot keep the
hunger or the cold from them"
She differs from her neighbor inasmuoh az
she chafes in the bonds Of her poverty. She
has none Of IT,, calm endurance which char
aetArises the other woman. Russian despot-
Ism has been unable TO crush entirely out Of
tsr the brave old spirit Of Poland.
u would" she says "that might find in
Ne springtime some place on ons OF the great
American farms whers could take my little
girls with me- Where could house them
and feed them and send them to school. y
The one continual cry Of these people, "Iet
our childrsn learn that they may be better
of than u.s." II can work quite like man, "
she declares; u can plant and hoe and rake;
can work In the grain-felds; l can
milk, clean the stables and feed the pigs; but
I cannot sow, nor wash, nor do the nice
housework that Americans have. will
work very hard for little II I can find this
place and take my children"
One Of the finest collections Of war pictures
lin fact, tho amplest and most satisfactory
In existence-is that Of the commandery Of
the Loyal Legion Of Massachusetts,. At the
suggestion Of Col Albert A. Pope Of this
city, seconded by other gentlemen, the
Loyal Legion began In earnest some time ago
to collect authentic pictorial Representations
Of the great war. A great deal OF money
was spent on this remarkable collection. In
the war department. at Washington were
stored the negatives Of the Brady and the
Gardener collections, made during tho war
by photographers who followed the armies.
Brady, the famous New York photog-
rapher, kept four men In the field during the
whole of the war. These sun artists fol-
lowed the armies everywhere, making pict-
ures Of camp life, battle scenes, hospital
life, etc. The result was an Incompatible
collection Of negatives. These, some $500
or more In number, were bought by the gov
ernmeDt for t25 900, and together with other
collections purchased at high rates, deposited
In the archives Of the war department
When the Massachusetts, commandery Of
the Loyal Legion took hold of this work, 1t
had to spend a great deal Of money in re-
touching negatives and getting them ready
for use. Thousands Of dollars were spent In
this work. Pictures that to-day could be
made for 10 cents cost the Loyal Legion %
and Is each.
The results Of this great labor OF love for
it was not peri ormed for proft-are to-day
to be found in the library Of the command.
cry. The photographs are mounted care
fully, even elegantly, in great albums, and
placed in cabinets made for them. In .
word, the commandery possesses wonder
full pictorial history Of the war. One Of the
most arduous parts Of the work Of making
the collection was the Identification Of the
photographs In many hundred cases, the
proofs had to be sent all over the country
for comparison with localities
To the Massachusetts, commandery Of the
Loyal Legion is undoubtedly dus great
debt Of national gratitude. 1t did not pursue
its object for reward or fame. In the search
for the collection illustrating Sherman's
march to the sea, Col. Arnold A. Rand
traversed the land from one end to the other,
acting almost the role of a detective. The
reward Of his diligent quest was the finding
Of the march to the sea collection in an al
bum used by photographer to amuse Gus.
toners while waiting In his rooms This Is
Q really magnificent set OF views, the value
Of which cannot be pecuniarily estimated.
About year ago Col. Pope sug-
gested to The Century to get leading
officers on both sides in the war
to write sketches Of their battles and cam.
paigns, and give these sketches profuse illus
tration and that use might b. made of the
great collection of the Massachusetts, COM
mandery. A member Of the magazi ne's ar,
department soon after visited the ro oms oi
the commandery, was allowed to look over
the collection and selected some 1875 views
for reproduction. Estimating the direct
profit Of the series, together with
that of the book to be made from them,
$500, 900 Is not high guess at the pecuniary
value Of Col Pope's casual suggestion.