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was the headquarters since its adoption.
in 1882, and had no other home until after
1897, when she resigned as active head
of the organization at the age Of eighty
six and became its honorary president.
She then organized the first aid.
To the work of the Red Cross in Amer
lea Miss Barton, by the permission OF
other nations. added relief in great dis
asters and calamities. which has since
come to be known throughout the world
as the American amendment. Mrs. Hi
rons, who was associated with Miss Bar
ton in much Of her relief work, thus
speaks of her labors for years:
Her comprehensive brain. clear Juds-
ment, sound, practical common sense and
craftsmanship were directing the force
of the Red Cross Of the United States.
Her constant careful. tireless LABOR, per
formed a great part of the detailed work,
often night as well as day, in office and
on the fields for more than twenty years.
The relief fields in this country aver
aged one each year, and in most OF them
Miss Barton was personally In charge
and conducted the relief work from two
to eight months on each field.
Huge Sums for Relief.
A chronological summary of some of
this relief work and a statement of the
millions Of dollars she expended In pro-
viding homes, medical attention. clothing,
employment. medicine. hospitals. orphan
asylurns and seeds to replant devastated
areas is as follows:
1Ss1-Michigan forest fires. $4,000.
1Ss2-Mssissippi river floods, $1,000.
1SS3|Mississippi river floods, SlS,ooo.
1sS3-Balkan war. $500.
1SS@Mississipi cyclone, $1,000.
1SS4-Ohio and Mississippi river floods,
$4,000.
1sS5-Texas famine. 100000.
1Ss6Charlestown earthquake. $500.
1SSS-Mount Vernon, ILL.,, cyclone. $780,
600.
1sss-F1orida yellow fever, $4,000.
1SS9Johnstown disaster. $25ocOo.
1S92-Russian famine, $l2o.0UO.
1S92Pomeroy, Iowa, cyclone, $2,IOO.
1s93-94South Carolina Islands hurri-
cane and tidal wave, $65. 200.
1s96-Armenian massacre. S1le,32o-
S9s-13OO-Cuban reconcentrado relief,
100000.
1s9sSpanish american war. 100000.
19OO-Galveston storm, $4,000.
Once a School Teacher.
Miss Bartons first great work before
she went into Red Cross relief was pop
ularizing the public school system. She
started with six pupils and this number
increased in one year to 600. She was
promised a new school If she would con-
| tinue in Bordentown, n. ]. The school
| was built for her and is still in use.
She was the first woman clerk in the
government service in Washington. being
employed in the patent office. During
| the American civil war she met the
Massachusetts volunteers in Washington
| on their arrival from the Baltimore at
| tack in 1861 and was afterward on the
following fields of battle and relief
Cedar Mountain. Falmouth. Fort Wayne
l -iDly
| the Wilderness. Peterszurgh. second
Bull Run, Charles Town. Spotsylvania
Richmond. Antietam. Morris Island. the
Mines and Annapolis.
| In the summer of 1855 she was at An
dersonville. identifying the 1900 dead
and laying out the first national ceme-
tery-Arlington-at the request of the
| government.
For four years following the war
she was searching for $4,000 missing
men of the army.
She then went into the lecture field
giving 300 lectures at 500 a night
Broken in health, she was forced tc
retire for a time to Ajjacco Island.
In Franco-Prussian War.
The Franco Prussian war called TO,
her services in the field and hospitals
in 1870 and 1871. She was at Hagge-
nau, at Metz. Strasburg, Belfort
w oertn, Bauen hospital, monte 6laro
and at Paris for the fall Of the com
mune.
| In 1s6s-71 she was employed by the
international commission in Switzer.
Hand, Germany and France.
In 1852 she spent seven years ir
the United States working for the
adoption of the Red Cross treaty anc
secured the adhesion of this govern
ment March 2. 1882. having organized
the present American National Rec
Cross the year previous and been nom
mated for its presidency by Presiden,
Garfield.