Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-14
life she should be subjected to humili-
alton and INSTRUMENTATION
Miss Barton,s Career,


Miss Barton's Career.
A native of Massachusetts,, where
she was born seYenty-four years ago,
Miss Barton's life work began with
the Civil War, when she gave up all
thought of any other occupation and
consecrated her life to the services
OF her fellow men, Her first expert
ence in the field was at the battle Of
Bull Run. Undaunted by the sight or
blood. the cries and groans of the
wounded, or the shrieks of the dying,
this angel of Mercy" continued In
her good works during the whole OF
that long and bitter struggle. Aside
from her services in behalf of the SICK
and wounded soldiers, she was keenly
alive to the necessity of better sys-
tenn Of Identification for those OF the
dead who, for lack of time, were hur-
rledly buried. To this end she devoted
all of the time which could possibly be
spared from her other duties.
Miss >Barton's labors in this connec-
ton were so valuable as to claim recog-
milton from Secretary Stanton, who
called upon her to go to Andersonville
and assist in the Identification of the
dead that suitable stones might be
erected to mark their graves. Through
her fundamentally many thousands OF
buried soldiers were disintetred, idea-
flied and tenderly placed in marked
graves.
In the Franco-Prussian War.
For time after the close OF the war
Miss Barton lectured upon her work
and experiences among the boys in
hlua Oyerwork brought on severe
Illness In 1869, from which she suffer
cd a long time, afterward going 10
Switzerland for much-needed rest.
p,,+ grim war seemed ever at hand to
claim her attention. With the break
ing out Of the Franco Prussian trouble
she was asked to join the Information
nj Red Cross Society In its labors on
the battlefield. There she distinguished
herself again by her remarkable ex-
ecutive ability, as well as by faithful
work among the sick and wounded.
At the surrender of Metz she gave
practical assistance, and was OF inesd-
mable service at the close OF the siege
OF Paris. AS a result OF her labors
Miss Barton was decorated with the
Iron Cross by the Emperor and EN-
press of Germany.
After her return to America Miss
Barton worked for years before finally
securing the adoption of the Red Cross
treaty by the United States in 1881.
Miss Barton distributed relief in the
Russian famine of 1892, headed an ex-
pedition in the Armenian trouble OF
1896. and at the request of President
Mckinley carried relief to starving
Cuba in 1898. She did personal field
work in the Spanish-American war.
and conducted relief work at Galveston
after the great tidal wave.
Mrs. Logan's Noble Record.
Mrs. John A. Logan. the widow Of
BLACK Jack" Logan, the famous Tn
ion general, and VINO succeeds Miss
Barton as president of the Red Cross
Society, is no stranger TO work along
those lines. She il was who instituted
the famous striped hospital Of the
Civil War. Immediately after the bat
tie of Belmont. in Missouri. 500 of Gen.
Iogan's men came down with the mea-
sizes. Here was a predicament There
was no such thing as a hospital in
which men could be sheltered There
was no one to nurse the brave young
fellows who had just gone so gallant
IN through their first battle. not even
tents in which they could be quarter
ed. Mrs. Logan was the woman of the
hour and rose TO the emergency with
that strength and decision that have
always marked her character. She
marshaled few of the officers wives,
and detailing them with > generalship
of which any veteran might be proud.
made a complete and exhaustive can
vass OF the surrounding counties IN
the battle section. The men were sick
at Cairo. IL. and "A hours after she
had started out Mrs Logan was back
with a carload OF supplies. gathered
from hundreds OF farmhouses The
hospital was in the City Hotel. The
wives. mey.aaSrs and sweethearts LII that
part OF the country opened out their