The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-24

honor voted them by the surviving
veterans OF the war. The address Of
presentation was delivered by Judge
Timothy e. Howard. and was an elo-
quent tribute to noble womanhood
generally and to the Sisters of the
Holy Cross in particular. The letter
of Capt. j. j. Ambercrombie, convey.
ing the medals and the appreciation OF
the veterans was read by Judge
Howard and was as follows:
Western Society, Army of the Poto
mas.
L. s. Government Building
Chicago. August, 4, 1906
Mother NJ Perpetua, Superior Gen
eral st Mary's Academy Notre
! Dame, Ind.
| Reverend and Dear Mother:-It was
a particularly happy though hat led
our estimable commander in chef
James Tanner, TO transmit through
me the several badges issued in &C.
cordance with the resolution passed
at the 39th annual cncampment of tac
Grand Army of the Republic as coz
tanned in his general order No. 3
Commander Tanner had detailed me
for The gracious duty of presenting
these badges to our well beloved com
| rades--in loyalty and charty--the
piOus sisters who served as nurses
during our Civil war IT will be i'm
possible for me to get away from my
public duties at present. To ayo;d
further delay to the sisters, | have
transmitted The badges to Brother
Leader (Comrade John McLain) OF
Notre Dame Post No. 500 G. A. H.,
as a most worthy substitute and co
worker in securing their issue
If the receipt of these tokens o.
reyerent affection for them shall Sc
cure to these blessed women one tithe
of the pleasure that 1t has given me to
secure them, | shall be most amply
and fully rewarded for my labor.
No one so well as the man who has
been in and of that mighty struggle
can appreciate so highly the services
of the army nurse. or compreh md the
influence of her blessed labors in the
days when the hand of death and des-
olation lay SO heavily on our nation
during the Civil war; and, when these
noble women-beloved of Cookbook |
of the hedious burden because of the !
precepts that had led them primarily |
to put aside The joys and companion I
ship of home life. and which still lat,
er impeled them to devote them
selves to the alienation of the suffer.
ings Of the shattered soldiery, gather
ings from many an incrimsoned battle
field of the Civil war and the strick
en- victims of pestlence and loatn.
some disease that follow in the wake
Of wars confusion and disorder.
To the soldier was given, in time OF
battle, the enthusiasm of action and
he acclaim of his comrades in arms
o urge him to heroic deeds To the
Nurse ensued the SORROWS and the
.riaIs of the aftermath; the distress
nG realization of all the horrors of
war in its most hideous aspect. with
10 relieving feature save the knowl.
edge that she was carrying ont the
orecepjs of the Great Physician faith.
'uly and untiringly.
To the soldier was voted the thanks
If grateful nation when the surviv.
,rs came marching home with "the
,aT lands of victory" twined round
heir tattered and bloodstaned ban.
iers. To the holy women was left
nly the sweet consciousness of duty
veil and faithfully performed as they
o modestly and unassumingly went .
ack to the peaceful coister without
ne thought or expectation of earthly
eward and in the hope, solely, that
he Father would crown them with
onors more glorious than the worli. +,
18th all its glitter and pomp of cir !
could dream of. II is axi-
matte in the courtesies Of life that f,
he greater the benefaction the great I
I should be the gratitude If, then, :
ne common courtesies and kindness. i
$ of everyday life can impel gratefui Il
in payment thereof how +
uch more profound must be our s
eartfelt gratitude as we contemplate p
re noble self-sacrifice and devotion n
the sistegnurse. All men have b
,me memory in their lives, the o
fought of which conjures up a wave s.
happiness, no matter how deep 81
ley may be in worldly affairs and
e worries of the daily struggle for
iistence. Il was the awakening OF
lch a memory that impelled the CEN "
des of the Grand Army of the Re
Iblic to send these little bronze tox.
Is to their beloved nurses-their ST
'mrades In the mightlest conflict in IN
G history of wars. They are Of but W
tie intrinsic value, but they typify 10
II reverent affection and highest re-