Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-25

Cross into Santiago n few dnva ia,cr
Recognizing the great services render.
ed. the army officers experienced nj.
most n change Of heart and the reticf
shin state OF Texas was put nhrah y,
everything. even Denernis shaftcr
Sampron and schley following rcsnect.
fully In the rear. There were two AZ
mics. the conqucrors and the conauor.
cd. the wrecked ships Of Spain. the
starving Cubans.
THE SILENCE OF THE GRAVE
huns over nil. the memory nf horrprs
zone before-of battle. murder. terror.
and tragedy: and now was coming tho
nrat CLEAN ~ hope 10 a perishing poo.
pie. Said Miss Barton. "Cnn some.
body sing the doxologvY' PRAISE God
from whom all blessings flow rang
out IA quavering chorus from the dozen
men and women on the deck % tho
Texas. taken up and repeated here and
there on battic-shipH and shore. an
The green hills that environ Santiago
re-cchucd the song OF Thanksgiving.
while gallant soldiers were not ashamed
~ tears and the dying waved their fce.
b. hands
The world l. familiar with the rrcnt
work subsequently accomplished hy tho
iiod Cross In Eastern Cuba. and how
whom II wished TO carry IT, heuofccnce
later 20 Havana. whore tho need
was heart-rcndlng. the spanish
authorities made u imposaihle.
aud the society was compelled
10 withdraw. reluctantly from the
island. nut now that American nu-
thnflty II established IN cuba aud the
need II M great aH ever. the ltc1 Crors
is coming hack to complete ~ welt
begun work. In compliance with the
expressed wishes Of President McKin-
lry the war department and Surgeon
General stcrnicrR himfolf na wcli an m
response 60 multitude of appeals
from the ISLANDERS. Tho service VIII
BE- auxiliary to other relief work hy the
United state. government. and ~ pure.
lF hospital nnturc-to shelter the homie
inra and care for the sick. both cuban
md american. II " proposed 60 ~
once establish IN the city Of Havana "a
much needed institution, which u has
never had. viz,
a CIVILIANS HOSPITAL.
doslrncd especially for Americans. who.
n taken rcrlourly ~ IN cuba. may
there receive the same care and Mt
tentinn they would yet In similar In
rtitutions ut home. Shipping stations
VIII presently be established nj New
orleans. Tampa, ard Savannah. with
receiving depota at New York ~. Louis
and other places. The government hae
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works ninp Western Union telegraph
postal. cable and other facilities Tho
first care Of the society IN cuba win
be- preparations 60 meet tho demands
sure TO lo mnie upon II IN the ncnr
future. when yellow Jack geta about
his annual business,
IN carrying out Ito present mission.
the Red Cross depends entirely upon
the nrtivc corporation OF ~ generous
cnuntrymcn--n support which has never
FOR moment failed or fiitrred
throughout the eighteen years % the
ruciety'n existence - u national Amer
lean institution. ono % the most ro-
mnfinhlc evidences ~ general good
VIII has been shown by tho banding 90.
rother % nearly tho ontlro relief force
~ our country Ms auxiliary 20 the RCD
Cross. ~ the flrat cry thoy rose like
fcutiH from the heather. and. furret-
ting their own Interests. their comforts.
even life itself they have stood IN the
Red Cross rnni,a. rs faithfully nH any
snidlcrn In tho ranks OF war. and have
done n work whose magnitude was
probably never cdualled In the rnnc
ionrth ~ time. The need n ~ great
40 ever nnd now nil those AUXILIARY
societies. IN every city town aud VII.
lnFo throughout America. nre snr.
ncaiiy Invited by Miss nnrton. founder
ana perpetual president ~ the Amer
team National He'd cross. % become q
legitimate and permanent part ~ the
parent society. 60 HELM mltiffntc the
woes Of wur.rcourrcd humanity.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.