The times., 1898-09-13
MISS BARTON IN RETIREMENT.
Friends Insist Upon Her Taking
Much-Nceded Rest.


Miss Clara Barton. the head of the Red
Cross. Society in America. returned to
Washington yesterday. as announced in
The Times, and at the earnest solicita-
ton of her many friends and associates
will remain in quiet retirement for few
days in her home at Red Cross" near
Glen Echo. Miss Barton, 1t is said never
knows when she is tired, and even after
the strain of the long campaign in Cuba
it has taken no little persuasion on the
part of her medical associates to induce
her to consent to a much-needed rest.
Accompanying Miss Barton on her
rival yesterday were only four of the
party of twenty who left with her for
Cuba on the lst OF last February. These
were DR.. Winfield Egan, chief surgeon of
the Red Cross Society; DR.. Gil, ]. 4. Nc
DoweI and Miss Lucy Graves. Miss An
ME Fowler, of Illinois. who Joined the
party at Santiago. and Gen. Won Schell.
a member of the Belgian Red Cross So
ciety. were also members of the party.
An interview with Miss Barton was
sought last night at her residence. but
she is surrounded by her solicitous at
tcndants and colleagues, who have re-
solved that she is to have a brief space OF
complete quietude, and who are seeing TO
1t with polite but positive frmness that
she is not disturbed.
No one knows said Mr. Mcdowell
what Miss Barton has been through
| during her last trip TO Cuba. She went
over roads that were almost impossible
and where strong men had fallen by the
wayside. but on she went, and even now
| she Is ready 70 be on the move again.
This IiStinUI.iSbad Of 2aI
| Cross workers now awaiting orders,
| and may be sent either TO the Philippines
| or Porto Rico within the next ten days
| Miss Barton and Mr.. J. A Mcdowell
| left here on February /, 1898, to carry
| supplies and comfort TO the starving re-
concentrates. She has been in America
| twice since. Mr. Mcdowell, who is an
American citizen, did not again set foot
! on American soil until a few days
| ago, when he returned on the relief
! steamer Clinton. After remaining in
| quarantine for five days the Red Cross
! party proceeded to Tampa, whence ii
| came to Washington.
| There is. nevertheless, said to be con-
/ siderable signifio ance In the homecoming
| of Miss Barton.
| story which was persistently circu-
| lated yesterday and which apparently
| emanated from reliable sources, is TO the
| tIicCl tldi MISS bdFlOH mas returned TOT
| the purpose of nipping in the bud a plan
| to place Mrs. j. Addison Porter, the wife
| of the secretary to the President, at the
| head of the Red Cross Society
| Mrs. Porter went TO Cuba in connection
| with the work of the Red Cross II is
| stated that she did so AT the request Of
! certain members of the society in the va
| rious States who favor a reOrganizat ion
| of the Red Cross. They point out that
| the society has no real organization. and
| refer TO the fact that Miss Barton is the
| whole of the Red Cross in herself. 1t is
| stated that they are desirous OF having a
well organized society with branches in
| every part of the Union. In order to
| bring about the change Mrs. Porter was
sent upon her mission to Cuba.