The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-06-01

der it was because it was thought he .
would make a good slave or in the
hopes of a large ransom and not be-
cause of kindness being meant. Now
the age of barbarous war is past and
the foe as well as the friend receive the :
care of the Red Cross nurse.
AS an example of the service of wo-
men in war we may take the history of
women in the wars of our own coun-
try.
Since this land has been settled the
people have been engaged in the four
Inter-Colonial Wars, the Revolution
airy War, the war with Tripoli. the war
of 1872, the Mexican War, the Civil
War, the Spanish American War and
are now engaged in waging war in the
Philippine islands. The wars in which
women have taken an active part are
the Revolutionary War, the Civil War
and Spanish-American War, the others
have either been rather short or have
been fought on foreign lands Dur
ing the Revolutionary War clubs
called Daughters of Liberty We're or
ganized and the work of these clubs
was to make clothing for the soldiers
and TO help take care of the wounded.
The wives of several officers of the
Revolution went into the winter
camps to live.
Martha Washington spent one winter
in Norristown and one at Valley Forge.
The Civil War was robbed of many
of its horrors by the efforts of the
Sanitary and Christian Commissions
. 1t was here that women played the not
unimportant part in the war.
With the first call for troops the
women held meetings in many place!
, for the purpose of organizing. out o
> these meetings finally grew the "Wo
, mems Central Association of Relief.
?, A committee was sent to Washington
a to offer the services of the organiza
,, ton to the government and to learn il
' what way it could be most useful.
+ The government did not receive tn
offer kindly and President Lincol
: even thought that it might prove
. hindrance rather than an aid to tn
9 cause.
;, The commission met with every dis
> couragement. The officers united i
y, looking upon the organization wit
- distrust, but it soon won the admire
. ton of everyone in the military SCI
= vice. 1t helped select sites for camp
"a regulated drainage and inspected cool
- ing. The hospitals, from being dirt
and ill-cared for, became models
4 order and cleanliness. In the course
:, time the Christian Commission W.
=, organized and it met with the a,
;, prevail of the officers but did n
10 awaken the enthusiasm among Il
"a people at first.
~ The first woman who volunteer
=. Dicks. to whom all women who wish
= to act as nurses reported from the
&c ginning of the war.
~, Miss Amy Bradley had charge of
' large hospital for convalescents ne
Alexandria, and the wife of Genel
Francis Barlow spent three years
49,, the soldiers hospitals and died in t
service.
Miss Clara Barton, now at the he
go of the Red Cross organization, enter
49, upon the hospital work at the beg
20 ming of the war.
40 President Lincoln said: Il am
~ accustomed to use the language
~, praise; 1 have never studied the art
paying compliments to women, blu
az must say that if all that has been $
49, by orators and poets since the or
- - ton of the world in praise of WOE
~ We're applied to the women of Amer
49, it could not do them justice for Il
- conduct during this war"
"a These are only the leaders of
~, strong, untiring force who just
80 bravely and well as their brctf
90 fought for their common country.
The service of the nurses of
Spanish American War has been
~ most under the control Of the
- Cross organization which has
~ nurses to both Cuba and the Phi
~ pine islands. These have been on
a. battlefield ready to take care of
49, soldiers when first wounded and n
- have given their lives.
"a The cars peace conference W
80 80 will meet at The Hague on or a
80 the 10Th OF this month, vii have
-. it's object the adjustment of war
the settling of all disputes by arb
ton. or to state it by another met
-, ~ by the pen and not by the sword.
-, The new chivalryis dawning. Oui
-, men are ready Tor the better
80 Ready to cheer on soldiers who
~, 81 fight under the banner of life, NJ
- death. Help to live, not to
;, ~ Under the starry flag of our be-
80 motherland, march on for better !
-. and happier times.