The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-13

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. 1O.-Au
order was issued by the treasury de-
partment yesterday Diminishing Miss
Harriet P. Dame. for thirty years q
clerk in the departments, and who for
over four years was q nurse In the war
Of the rebellion.
Her discharge will be keenly felt, for
though eighty-one years OF age, she
feels as young as most women Of fifty,
and It was only few weeks ago she
said to o reporter: II want to keep my
position to the end. for II have to give
up may Us well count my life work as
ended. prefer TO work Just 40 long as
/ can perform the duties allotted TO me-
Enforced absence OF Miss Dame from
duty Is the supposed cause OF her dis
missai. Last year, about this time. she
slipped on the icy sidewalk and frac-
tured leg. Her recovery was remark
ably rapid and Miss Dame-"Mother" Is
what the soldiers and her intimates
love TO call her-wus soon at her desk.
Last fall while going one evening to
comfort sick friend, she was knocked
down by woman blcyclist. Miss
Dame was carried to her home, where
Il was found ti1nt her other leg had been
fractured. She has been confined to the
house ever since. but has been anxious
~ looking forward to returning to her
labors. II she had her own way she
would have been ather desk before this.
To those who know Miss Dame the
news OF her discharge will come as n
shock.
Senators Chandler an Gallinger. to
gether with the representatives from
Nya,t, IaNnuhIra Mice IN rna'a native
state. visited the treasury yesterday In
an effort to secure her retention. Her
niece. Mrs. o. L. Pitney, has kept the
fact OF her dismissal from her, impelled
by the hope that after all, her aged
aunt would still be retained in the ser
vice OF the government she served so
willingly and with 30 little reward dur,
ing the war.
OF Miss Danes service. the press has
previously printed the full story. When
twenty-eight, her family moved TO Con-
cord, Mass.. from which city eighteen
years afterward she left. to serve az q
nurse with the regiment made up Of her
former friends, the Second New Hamp-
shire regiment, recruited largely from
the neighborhood OF Barnstead. N. H..
In which town Miss Dame was born.
For more than four years. Miss Dame
accompanied the regiment from camp
to camp. working heroically at the rear
during every engagement, and giving
invaluable assistance to the hospital
force ut other times. Twice during.
that time she was under fire.
In recognition OF her work the legis-
lature OF New Hampshire voted her the
thanks OF the commonwealth and the
sum OF $500. which she Immediately
gave toward the establishment OF a
home for the veterans of her regiment
She was further honored by the veteran
associations Of the Third, Twelfth and
Eighteenth Army Corps, each OF which
granted her the privilege OF wearing the
Insignia OF It's corps organisation. The
rank and file OF her resiment also re-
metnhered her. and bestowed upon her
q beautiful gold badge.
Shortly after the close OF the war
Miss Dame was appointed. without her
knowledge until the receipt Of her APP
.pointment. TO q position in the treasury.
by the senator from her state, then as
sistant secretary OF the treasury-Wn-
liam E. Chandler,
Mother Dame Is loved by the g. A.
r., and wears many OF their badges and
inslgnias. an honor but few women
have ever enjoyed.