Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-28
WILSON AND TAFT CHIEF
FIGURES IN EXERCISES
Cornerstone OF 100000 Homo for
American Red Gross Is Laid ut
Washington.
CIVIL WAR WOMEN HoNoI.ED
distinguished Gathering, Including
Members Of Cabinet and Supreme
Court and Officers of Army and
Navy, In Attendance on Ceremony.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-President
wilson and former President Taft were
rcntral figures here to-day at the lay
rs OF tho corner stone OF an 100000
marble homo for tho American Red
'ross, erected rs n memorial to the
women Of tho Civil War. They knecled
'ogether to spread mortar beneath the
cprncr-s stone.
\ distinguished gathering, lnclud-
ur members OF the Cabinet and the
supreme Cour. and officers Of the army
ana navy, attended the ceremony. Mr..
Taft. Assistant Secretary Brccken-
ridge. of tho War Department; Miss
Mabel T. Boardman. OF the Red Cross.
AID Justice Lamar. OF tho Supreme
Court. spoke. The President personal
Is supervised the laying OF the corner
stone.
Mr.. Taft referred to the building as
concrete evidence OF tho removal
OF scars OF our sectional conflict and
Of the complete union OF the peopi"
II our republic" He praised the Red
cross as Offering to tho people Of tho
nited States q certain and effective
means Of relieving human misery In
heir own country and In tho world
SIR Taft declared the new structure
would be "a memorial of the past. and
an earnest of the future" adding that
81 Is recognition oc tho moral
ather than physical suffering. agony
and service. and. therefore. OF n higher
sacrifice even than that OF men IN
VAR
1T Is loving testimonial. not only
TO the patriotism OF women" he con
iinued but to the silent tenncity Of
'heir gentle sympathy and affection for
their fellow elngs. OF which the love
81 the mother, tho sister and the
daughter arc types.
RED CROSS EXISTS IN MOST
COUNTRIES OF WORLD
The Red Cross is n successor in this
COUNTRY OF the sanitary commission of
Tho Civil War. and now exists in most
~ tho countries OF tho world as "a
means OF amel!ornting human disaster,
and thrusting into the horrors and
crueltles Of war the touch OF humanity
and the saving and remedial effect OF
medical science and trained nursing.
!: husbands and gives useful direction
10 the contributions moved by pity
and love OF man. We should. there
fore, unite In our efforts 70 strengthen
K. to add to It's endowment funds and
10 recognize It as quas!-publ!c
agency"
Rev. Henry l.. Couden. chaplain OF
me House OF Representatives,. in his
luyocation. prayed for Red Cross work
rrs in the cruel and unprecedented
var" and expressed hope tina; out Of
u would come - revuls!on OF feeling
thnt shall Danish forever the posi-
Utilities OF war"
Miss Boardman gave credit TO Cap
ain James a Scrymser. OF New York
Tor making the building possible
Captain Scrynser gave money for the
structure, she said because the wife
Of one OF his comrades in the civil
war. General Francis G. Barlow. served
nurse during the war.
Mr. Breckenridge and Justice Lamar
praised the work OF women OF tho
North and South during the Civil War
Justice Lamar declared that the work
OF these women was pre-cminently
mat which belongs 10 the house and
he home. and II is most appropriate
'hni this monument to women should
&c house"
The building Is TO be completed by
april. 1916 Congress appropriated
100000 for 1t. and the additional $500
200 was raised by private subscriptions.
Miss Mary Custis Lee. daughter of
the famous Confederate leader, Robert
T. Lee, was present at the ceremony
Explaining Captain Scrymser's part
IN the memorial. Miss Boardman told
Of Mrs. Barlows service to her hus-
bend In three times nursing him back
to health when wounded. once Drawing
he fire OF sentries at Gettysburg, and
running from the Union TO the Con-
tolerate lines at night to care for him
last before the close OF the war, Mrs
8arlow died Of fever.
Before his death General Barlow
said to Captain Scrymser that some
lay tho finest monument in the coun-
rv would be built to the memory OF
Nose heroic women" said Miss Board
Captain Scrymser promised him
he would do all he could to see
prophecy fulfilled"