Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03
MEMORIAL UNVEILED
Ceremonies at Arlington Yes
terday Afternoon.
THE ARMY WAR NURSES
TRIBUTE PAID TO THOSE WHO
DIED IN SERVICE.
Addresses Made by DR.. 8. Clifford Cox,
Mrs. Donald Mclean and
Others.
THE ARMY WAR NURSES

Others.
The nurses Of the Spanish-American war
and the Daughters of the American Revo-
| luton combined at o'clock in the after
| noon yesterday, and with their friends
| gathered at Arlington to unveil and dedi-
| cate the beautiful granite monument which
| the Spanish war nurses have reared to the
memory Of the fifteen of their number who
died in the service between May and Sep
| TENDER. $685.
| The day was perfect and there was just
enough breeze stirring to hold the flag
| out against the blue sky when 1t went
aloft to hover with Its protecting folds
above the memorial 1t had been guarding.
The location of the monument is ideal.
Standing beside 1t one can look into the
portico on the west front of the Capitol.
while in between Is the Washington monu-
| ment and the historic Potomac At the
side OF the monument a tall flagstaff had
| been erected Of bamboo from the Philip
| pines, and at the tip, tied with tri-colored
| ribbons, was great laurel wreath. Bound
at the foot were giant palm branches from
| Cuba and Porto Rico, and palms were also
| distributed at the foot of the monument,
| about which, guard of homer, stood
| twenty-five veterans of Miles Command, S.
W. ". of which DR.. MCGEE is a member.
| A large tent had been erected, and under
| the canopy gathered the distinguished
| guests. DR.. Anita Newcomb McGee nation
al president of the Spanish-Amercan war
| nurses, was accompanied by her staff Of
| ncers and about 100 of the nurses. She had
| also special guest of honor, Mr.. Hioki
| or the Japanese legation, who represented
| the japanese minister
| Among the nurses present were: Miss
| fstner HaSson, New York chairman of the
monument committee; Mrs. Edward Cryor,
| Miss Eulah Flynn Miss Jean Allan, Miss
Jessie Franklin. Miss Mary McCrea, Miss
Ehzabeth Stack. of the District; Miss Eliza
| ): higgins. Massachusetts; DR.. Mary Esser
| french, Philadelphia; Miss Rose Heavern,
New Hampshire; DR.. Laura A. C. Hughes,
massachusetts,; Miss Ruby Yates Cryer,
| Massachusetts; Miss Margaret ] McPher-
| SON Rhode Island; Miss Mary Hewitt,
| Washington; Miss Frances NJ West Chi
| cago, and Miss Isabelle ]. Walton New
| York.
| Mrs. Mclean Present.
| The president general of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Mrs Donald
Mclean was accompanied by members of
| the hospital corps of the D. A. R., Miss
Mary Desha. Mrs. Amos G. Draper, Miss
| Elizabeth Pierce, Miss Ella Lorraine Dor
sey, and other Daughters who were prom
lnent In the hospital work were Mrs. Ruth
Pealer, Mrs. Gadsby, Miss Mickey Mary
Jane Seymour. Mrs. Felix Reede, Mrs
Charles Stein. Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main
| and Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry
Liz SueSlS Oh nOnOr were the surviving
nurses OF the war of the rebellion who re-
side In the District of Columbia Those
present were Mrs. e. S. Brinton, president
OF the District Association; Mrs. Libby Por-
ter, vice president of the national associa-
| ton; Mrs. Florence L. Lithgow, Mrs Slater
MRS: Martha Ferguson and Dr. Caroline
Burkhardt.
Among the prominent Spanish war vat-
Grams present were Col Emmett Urell past
commander-in-chief, and Dr. Clifford Cox
commander OF the District of Columbia
department There were officers of the
army and navy in attendance and a large
contingent OF the Spanish war veterans
members of the auxiliaries of the Spanish
| war commands and delegations from many
| patriotic organizations. including the
Woman's Relief Corps and Ladies of the
G: A. r. were in the crowd of spectators.
The INVOCATION was pronounced by Rev.
| sided, made an informal talk. She spoke of
| the organization OF the SpanishWar Nurses,
| which she said owed a great debt to the
| Daughter of the American Revolution who
| had stood sponsor for every nurse enlisted
| in the SpanishAmerican war. She told
| of their toll and privations, and of their
pleasures, too and spoke with great ten
| derness of those who had left their ranks
| and folded their hands in quiet rest. in
| whose memory the beautiful monument
| was about to be unveiled. She spoke of the
| comradeship of the Spanish war veterans.
| and how tenderly they had cared for and
| guarded the women who went among them
| as nurses, and then introduced DR.. Clifford
| Cox.
DR.. Cox's Address.
| DR.. Cox spoke In part, as follows: ''Our
| organization of Spanish War Veterans ap-
| preciates the privilege of being represented
| here today to do our share in honoring the
| memory of those army nurses who sacri-
| feed their lives for their country, and to
| gratefully acknowledge our appreciation Of
| the services rendered our soldiers by the
army corps during our war with
| SPAIN
| MY Individual estimation OF those
| heroine to whose memory this monument
is afectionately dedicated by their COM
| rades and loving friends, is based on not
| only my experience as soldier but as a
| physician, who probably stands in closer
relationship to the nurse than any other
| person, and 1 will frankly say, judging them
| from the point view of both the soldier and
| physician, with all due credit to the soldier,
the nurse who gives up her or his life in the
performance of duty is more or a hero than
| is the soldier, for the reason that the SOL
| der goes into the service of his country or
into battle with all the stimulation, energy
| and enthusiasm that goes to make up the
| spirit of the soldier. while the nurse must
for a suffering fellow being to sustain her.
my personal experience with the army
| nurse was, unfortunately, very limited;
| in fact. practically NIL, for the reason, l
| presume, that there were not enough TO
| go around and, although 1 was stationed
| at most of the army camps during the
| Spanish war-Alger, Chickamauga, Tampa,
|
| Point-I was never fortunate enough to
| have a trained nurse with me. And dur
| ing that experience particularly while in
command of a division hospital In Cuba,
| where l had under my care and treatment
| over a thousand patients, l saw the great
| need for scientific nursing and the i'm
| mense amount of good that could have been
| done for our sick and wounded soldiers by
| trained nurses had they been available.
| and 1 believe can safely say that had we
| been supplied with nurses there are many
! graves in this cemetery that would not now
| be filed with the bodies of Spanish war
| soldiers That is the highest tribute can
pay to the professional skill of the nurse.
II feel that 1 cannot close my remarks
| without mentioning and paying respect TO
| the lady who conceived the idea, organized
! and superintendent the army nurse corps
| during the Spanish war, my friend and
| college classmate our comrade OF the
| United Spanish War Veterans, and your
| president, DIR. Anita Newcomb Magee. Hsr
| services to our country during our war. and
| recently with the Japanese army Is a mat
! ter of history, and our sincere wish Is.
a., "a fav>tr q