The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-30

special demands from sickness and
other causes, consequent upon this
struggle by sea and by land; therefore,
be It p n ~ :. SIEf I
Resolved. That In ADDITION 70 the
work OF the ID. A. r. Hospital Corps,
every chapter and member Mt sarge Of
our National Society, D. "a Il, DO re-
quested TO unite ut once In a general Of
fort TO succor families OF men who have
gone to the front. and TO furnish COM
forts for soldiers and sailors, regular or
volunteer. r -
BE It further resolved, That all mem
bers OF the National Society. D. A.. r.,
are strongly urged to immediate action
for the accumulation OF a large sum OF
money to be used In emergency and ext
gcncy calls OF every kind, such as are
attendant upon the condition OF a nation
onguged IN warfare, and In furthcrance
OF this purpose We would recommend
that the interest OF all patriots be In
voked In raising this fund, tn be known
as the d. A. r. fund
BE Il further resolved, That a war
committee. composed OF the members OF
the national board OF managers, with
the addition Of Mrs. George NJ. Stern
berg and MIRA Charles i. Alden, be
formed; that tho treasurer general, Ma
donal Society uf the D. A. r., be elected
treasurer OF tho war fund. and that the
moneys be under the authority and d.
rection Of q subcommittee.
''Be It further resolved. That we ad-
Wise the raising OF such an amount as
will be. Commensurate with the spirit
and aims Of the National Society OF the
D. A. r."
This is noble undertaking, and fair
iy reflects the spirit which prevails
among the women of all America in this
great hour OF q CRISIS in the history OF
the country, which has gone to war to
prnnote civilization and the cause OF
humanity: We. may confidently look to
similar action by other organizations.
for II Is Characteristic of American
womanhood n step promptly to tho
front at such a time. It has been The
case In all the wars OF our history from
the time OF the nomen OF the revolution,
down to the present. 1t was witnessed
in both the north and the south in the,
civil war, the last vesugeH OF
feeling from which strife has,
been completely obllterated by the
present emergency among the noble
women OF. our land, as well as among
the patriotic manhood finding ats way
to the front to fight the battles with a
common foreign foe.
It IS true we have the Red Cross So
clety, led by that blessed angel OF mercy,
Clara Barton, but there Is other work to
do. and II the war should assume a
more serious phase than that which Is
now expected, there will be no lack OF
earnest volunteers frum among the
women for the purpose OF seconding
with contributions and personal effort
the heroic labors of that noble band.
The Daughters OF the American Revo-
luton represent in themselves the type
of American womanhood whose patriot
: ism has been the theme Of song and
story for century, womanhood,
which Is not all descended from the rev.
dictionary fathers and mothers, but
which is found in every American home.
whether It be a home established by
adoption by those of foreign birth in re-
cent years, or home which traces It's
ancestry back to the Pilgrim fathers. or
the pioneers OF Virginia.