The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-18

afternoon he receives the poor for
gratuitous treatment. Although the
institution Is not yet n week old. they
come by scores, with all their woes and
infirmities, to await their turn in the
consulting room. The physicians In
Havana have been cordially invited to
cooperate, and many lend their aid and
counsel. li !, Z ~ 4.
DR.. Hubel, Ness Barton's longtime
right hand man, Is OF course one OF the
Red Cross party: also DR.. E. Winfield
Egan, a well-known young physician
OF Boston, who has accompanied Miss
Barton on several previous expeditions:
and two or three other trusted assist
ants.-all giving their time and service
gratuitously. y Y z 3!
Is there danger that the supplies VIII!
give out? are questions often asked.
To the latterlI can confidently reply
that the bounty viii not fail--lf j know
my CONTINGENCIES long as pressing
need continues. AS to the large sum OF
money required. q great DEAL has been
contributed from various sources, SUBJ
scriptions started by newspapers, funds
raised In churches, private donations,
etc. The Christian Herald, OF New
York, acting for the Christian Endeav.
or, has promised to furnish Sl00 600 q
month for six months. Miss Barton
herself has a considerab,e fortune, every
penny OF which Is corsecrated to Red
Cross work. Whenever a new calamity;
requires her aid, she telegraphs the
Associated Press she Is going. and
starts of at once: and funds never fail
TO flow In where she Is at the fore. In
many cases the primary needs OF man
have to be supplied; tools and mate
r!als bought for putting UP cabins, also
clothea beds, bedding, cooking uten-
sihs-in short, everything. Soon as ar
rived on the fleld5 she quickly sets to
work to organizing the men and women
on background Into working commit
tees. Her aids know Just what should
be dore, first. second and third and by
their thorough system the most urgent
needs of the suffering are provided, for
III the shortest possible time. This ac-
,complished, the Red Gross committee
stays on, weeks and months when,
necessary. experdiEg Its money freely
but judiclousfy, counseiling. 4 SUSTAIN
ing, helping the stricken and impoyer-
,ished to begin life over again
No better illustration OF the methods |
and magnificent bounty Of the Red
Cross has been afforded than In the
Johrstown flood. After that unparal-
ieled horror. the first train from the
east brought Miss Barton and fifty
aides, with everything imaginable
which human beings. stripped Of their
all, could require. Establishing them
selves in tents, they began to give out
food; house TO house inspection being
set up that alb might be provided So
perfectand universal was public conf
dence In the society that money and
supplies came In such quantities that
Gepots had to be erected TO receive
them. The women OF JohnStown were
brought together, bowed to earth with
sorrow and bereavement, and the most
responsible were formed lrto commit
tees charged with definite duties toward
the homeless and distraught. Through
them. the wants. OF more than 10000 per-
sons were made known in writing TO the
Red Cross, and by it supplied. The
white wagons with the blessed red !
symbol fetching and carrying for the
stricken people. Barracks We're erect
ed in which large numbers were housed .
and fed. Then came the .erection OF two /.
and four roomed dwellings, for the peo-
pie, In which families at once began to
live, furniture being supplied by the !
society. Miss Barton and her corps
remained five months in the devasta-j
ted city. Among the most melting
words ever written are those in the
'Johnstown paper OF that date. In re-
gard TO the Red Cross and Its deeds.
In March OF 1893 the American So
clety received a long desired and well
come gift. 1t was q tract OF land COM
pr!slng moro than one square mile,
with buildings. fruit trees and all ap-
purtenances OF fertile and beautiful
farm, presented. by DR.. Joseph Card
ner. Of Bedford, Ind. In accepting the
gift Miss Barton said: This lard, as
the property Of the American National
Red Cross, win be the one piece OF,
neutral ground on the western hem
isphere, protected by the international
treaty. against the tread of hostile feet.
tits perpetual sanctuary against In
vadins armies, md vii! be sorespect-t
ed and held sacreI by tho military pow
ers OF the world. Forty ratlons are
pledged to hold all the materials and
stores Of the Red Cross, all Its follow
ers, neutral in war ard free to go and
come. MS their duties require. will di- 4
rect that monuments be erected deiln-
ing the boundaries Of this domain, ded-
5icated to eternal peace and humanity
upon which shall be Inscribed The en-.
Sign of the treaty OF Geneva Not only
our own people,. but tho peoples OF oil
civilized nations Wiz have published TO
their knowledge that the American, Ma
tional Red Cross have. q home and n
recognized abiding place through oil
generations" 3sf as i&ssS
a, FANNIE B, WARD.
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