The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-05-28
TIE RELIEF CORPS,
GIeanings from National Headauar-
ters---NOtes from Departments
OHIO ARMY NURsEN

Fifty of Them Drawing Pensions in the In
valid Soldiers Department of the United
States Agency at Columbus, as Told by
the Brilliant Young Girl Who is Her Sol
der Fathers Deputy-Deserved Tribute
to Clara Barton-ohio Convention-Flo ia
mison Miller Observation-Disclosures on tho
Frontier.
OHIO ARMY NURSES.
Miss Mary Rice. who is the deputy OF hel
father, Gen. A. V. Rice, head of the Ohio Fen
sion Agency. Columbus, O., furnishes the Ohio
State Journal to which she is a frequent con.
tributor, an interesting article on Brave and
Noble Women Who We're Army Nurses" and
reviews the services of Relief Corps women IN
securing tine passage of the Army Nurse bill.
OF Army Nurses of Ohio she says:
There are over so of these noble women on
the rolls of the Columbus Pension Agency, and
it is significant fact that they are not ranked
in the Office with the wives, mothers, sisters,
and other women who receive pensions. No;
their names are to be found in the came De-
partment as the invalid soldiers, as they are
pensioned for actual services rendered by them
selves, and not for the loss of some soldier on
whom they were dependent for support.
Honor be to them, and to the persevering
women who worked assiduously to obtain
the recognition justly due them from pre-
served Nation :"
CLARA BARToNs SACRIFICES.
OF Miss Clara Barton, greatest of American
women, Miss Rice writes as follows:
Sine had saved little money, and she pro-
ceeded 10 dedicate this, with herself, to the
cause of her country. Without appearing 10
think that il was at all remarkable, she said:
If WAL must be, j neither expect nor de-
sire to come out of it with dollar. III 1 sur
yive, no doubt / can earn living; If i GO not,
il is no matter
This was no idle boast. She carried out
her purpose ia letter and in spirit, again and
again. She not only performed the most re-
markable feats on the field of battle, but she
showed an equal business capacity and execu-
tive ability in her compilation of the records
of missing men. 10 which she afterward de-
voted herself. She is now perhaps the most
famous woman in the world. She wears the
Red Cross that open sesame to all abodes Of
suffering, of sorrow, and even Of crime. AT
present she is in Constantinople, engaged in
the same kind OF service that endeared her 10
her own people. And there is not heart in a
civilized Nation that docs not thrill at the
name, Clara Barton"
OHIO CONVENTION.
Thirteenth annual Convention, Department
of Ohio. W.R.C., was the largest ever held in
the Buckeye State. Voting members, 453, and
hundreds of visitors in attendance. Conven-
tion was held in the Capital city, and Wells
and Mccoy Corps did their utmost 10 make
the occasion memorable for hospitality and
goodwill.
The Relief Corps program opened with So
cial reception the evening prior TO Convention
at W.R.C. Headquarters, the Grand Army In
attendance, while the second evening was
celebrated by Relief Corps Campfire, under
the auspices of the local committees, Gov
Bushnell and Department President Town
send being among the speakers.
The address of Department President Salina
Sprin gsteen, delivered al the opening session.
reported year of unbroken harmony and
marked advance along the lines of fraternal
and patriotic work. Reports of Department
Secretary Alice w. Fuller and Department
Treasurer Lois NJ. knautf were admirable
summaries of work performed while the re-
ports of all the staff officers and committees
were encouraging aud an epitome Of duties
well done.
A number Of languishing Corps were re-
ported dsbanded. but eight new organizations
had taken vacant numbers, making the total
3i7, with an aggregate mem bership of IL, 234.
The following from the official report of the
W.R-c. Both annual E,campment GAR, is a
summary in brief:
w.R.c. OFFICIAL REPORT TO GAR.
Total number OF soldiers and their families
sisted during the year. $3.50.
Cash expended for relief. Sc 020 CO