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be laid to her long rest hard by the
spot where her cradle was rocked.
MRS LOGAN TO SPEAK
Brief funeral services VIII he hold at
the Glen Echo home Sunday afternoon.
In accordance with Miss Bartons wish
expressed shortly before her death. her
long time friend, Mrs. John A. Logan
will he present and will deliver n brief
, eulogy The Rev. Or. John Van Schaick
and the Rex. DR.. Curry. Universalist
clergymcn. will also officiate. Miss Bar
ton leaned toward Univcrsalism, but held
membership in no church.
| The funeral party will leave here Sun
day evening and further services In OK
ford will be conducted Monday at noon.
| by the Rev VIM. F.. Barton Of Chicago.
cousin. and the Rex. Percy H. Epler.
of Worcester Mass. both Congregations
lists
She celebrated her Goth birthday
anniversary December % when she
received many messages Of congratu-
lation from all parts OF the world.
Clara Barton might properly be
called the Florence Nightingale of
America Like her British prototype.
to her native land but were carried
even into the eastern hemisphere. She
will be written down in history as the
founder of the Red Cross in America
but her powerful personality also
lmade an indelible impression upon
the international organization itself
Through her active participation In
the periodical conferences at Geneva
| ga
ersburE
BEGAN WORK AT AGE OF 30.
Miss Barton was 40 years of age when
she first turned her attention to the great
works Of humanity which have made her
commanding figure in the direction OF
Red Cross affairs.
That organization was established
In America in 1881 and Miss Barton
was its president from that date until
1904. Before that time she had made a
name for herself by her services on bat
tlenelds leginning in the Civil War and
extending through the Franco Prussiar
| war. Congress recognized her good of
fees in the first case by an appropriation
of sl5,eJ0 to be disbursed by her in search
Ing for missing men after the various
| great battles of the war.
| Miss Barton's work became moro eX
tended with the organization of the
American Red Cross and covered the new
field of catastrophies in time of peace
She distributed relief to the sufferers from
the Johnstown flood and went to Russi;
in 1892 to carry food to the famine sufferer,
there. In the following year she wa:
minister!nG 10 the destitute survivors O
IL 1,t tAt, ,,I,
Carolina and Florida In 1886 she was
Iaid!ng the Armenian families decimatct
by the Turks and when yellow fcve,
) appeared among the American troops ir
} Cuba following the battles arount
Santiago. Il was Clara Barton who al
the request of President Mckinley. or
ganized field hospitals and PERSONAL,
} spent her time on the battle lines. Her las
connection with the great Galveston noot
. work OF national importance was 4,
relief In 1900.
a SUCCEEDED BY PRESIDENT TAFT.
) In 1904 tho Red Cross was reorganlzed
0 PRESIDENT Chen secretary Taft being cho
Z sen as president and Miss Barton, the
) Tar advanced in age and somewhat bro
. Ken in health from exposure and hard
= | ships, retired from active connection wit
a the organization. She resided for the las
: seven years at her home at Glen Echo
d Md, on tho banks of the upper Potoma,
% During her iifo time she received man
6 decorations from foreign countries in rec
% ognitiOn of her services to humanity an
% her varied experiences have been record
IS ed in permanent form in her liberal cor
10 tributions to literature. mostly relating
x the activities of the Red Cross.