The Saline County journal., 1889-04-18
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the ersntnsss ef Its CaliIae.

The women OF America have been
honored In verse and In prose for the
greatness Of their achievements In
many, very many, places. They
have exhibited their heroism In
scenes Of peace aud Of var. The sons,
the fathers and the brothers who
went forth for the defense Of their
were inspired with the
knowledge that the women Of their
country were praying for their sue
cess and were heroes for . loyallsm
and Q devotion to cause which had
for lie bulvarks the interests aud
well-beIng Of human beings.
No nObler thought ever inspired
Organization than the wOmen's Re-
lief Corps OF our land. It's inception
was great for the representative
deeds Of names Of Its membership
that bore 50 Important part In the
great struggle for the existence Of
the Republic. Non-eOmbstants In
the sense Of active warfare, these
ladies, the noble women who, like
those they sent forth, east their all
upon the altar Of their country,
shone resplendent In their works Of
mercy la hospitals and fostering the
great cause In every way In their
power. From the national corps 10
the local corps the story Is the same
one Of intense patriotism.
An incident that has just tran
spIred in our city but increases an
admiration for the w. X. &. Some
weeks since, In early winter, Mrs.
Maria NJ. Moran, OF Sallna, Was the
recipient Of . letter from Mrs. Gertie
Rogers, Of Milwaukee, Wis.,, secre-
Iary Of the Pension aud Relief COM
mittee, Of the National WOmen's
Relief Corps, inqurIng ss TO psrtIeu-
lars of her history as q Union nurse
during the war, la connection with
the bill which has passed the U. \.
senate tO allow those nurses . pen
sion Of 81 q month. Not deeming
the subject one likely TO result to
her advantage, or we might say dis
playing Indifference In the matter,
her husband. George Moran, several
weeks after filled out the blanks for
Warded for the purpose aud sent them
on, Ito see what would become Of
it," ~ he expressed Il. The readers
may imagine Mrs. MOran's surprise
when she received the following
letter, with check duly drawn on q
Milwaukee bank for eight dollars,
las q substantial Christmas gift"
as Was proposed In the first letter:
HEADQUARTERS wONEN's RE-
LIEF CORPs AUXILIARY To THE
GRAND ARMY UF THE REPTBLIC.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, APRIL =, lsSg.
MARIA NJ. MORAN-DEAR FRIEND:
You Of course are aware that al
though our pension bill passed the
senate u was never brought up la
the House. In view of this fact, We
as a committee representing the w.
X. c., have thought To show our re-
gard for you, who served your cOun-
try so we'll, 10y q gift Of = small sum
1f money. Therefore, enclosed find
check for eight dollars aud receipt
for same. Please sign the latter aud
return tO me.
with kind regards, ! remain your
sincere friend.
MRS. uERTIE ROGERS"
Mrs. Moran felt like Que con-
fTonted by = very dear friend we'll
nigh forgotten, and the fountain Of
the soul was opened through happy
tears. Living In ObscuTlty away
from the mOmentOus scenes of war
times, she was made to feel that life
Was not In vain and that the good
women Of our land were truly the
friends Of such as she who had
6raved much for their country.
We trust that the measure which
has passed the Senate will very
promptly Ice enacted Into q law upon
the reassembllng Of congress.
These women nurses need the
assistance aud the government owes
Il TO them. More than that the
party In power has pledged It's repu-
IaliOn TO sucC or aud to deal Justly
by those, who In q spirit Of self-denial
aud patriotism gave their services
and their lives. II need be, for the
salvation Of their government. This
I,rUnlise l. not alone TO the
brave men, but to those dear
friends who live after them ~
we'll ~ the women who gave
personal services In the war a.
nurses. By investigation, Il has
been shown that there IL little
rising one hundred Jf these women
nurses yet living. They are grow
ing old and It will not be many
years TIL the last one OF them passes
off the stage Of Lille.
Mrs. Moran served Uncle Sam q
little less than two years. She Was
enrolled as hospital nurse by the
Sanitary Commission, Miss NJ. r.
Dix, president, November Il, ISL,
aud wAs released July -, 1853. She
Was eaplOyed most OF the time in
the city general hospital at st.
Louis. Her husband, who was en-
listed la the Eighth Missouri regi-
ment, Was also q detailed nurse In
the same hospital, passing between
three aud four years there. She
WAs on the hospital boat Louisiana"
At the battle Of shiloh, In 1852, aud
also employed la the same manner
on the hospital boat "Red Clover"
which WAS one OF Commodore Far
ragut's fiOtllla while Investing Nicks-
burg, 9 mile aud = half above the
city. Her recital Of the last named
incident Is very vivid aud inter
esting. She gives an Interesting
account Of the rebel ram "Arkan-
sas" passing from the mouth Of the
\ aEOo aud successfully running the
gauntlet Of Farragut's vessels. The
a 4 rkansas" having been berAlded
her, but Nhen hey espled the for
nldable iron adversary steaming
la their direction the wooden ves-
,els stood not ON the order of cere-
nOny In returning to the quarter
rom whence they came. In the
he passage Of the rebel ram more
han Q hundred men we're killed on
vessels but none on the
'ArkansaS, as very little OF it was
lbove water aud u WGs protected
With two thieknesses Of railroad iron
The RED Rover" the hospital yea
els, displayed the true insignia, the
'ellOW flag, and she was accordingly
rspected. The only shot that went
a her direction was q bull thst
,assed between the tN o smoke stacks,
loIuR no harm, Every other yessel
Fas made To suffer more or less.
Scanning the letterOf Mrs Rogers |
We find the follow ing named officers