The Washington herald., 1916-03-27
CLARA BARTON
MEMORIAL URGED
Representative Residents Of
Capital Laud Work Of
Red Cross Founder.
DEEDS OF MERCY TOLD
Meeting at First Congregational
Church Furthers Erection Of
Monument by People.

Another shaft of veneration was erect
ed to the memory OF Clara Barton,
founder Of the American Red Cross,
yesterday afternoon at the First Con-
gregational Church Its stones were the
speeches of laudatiOn to her lhe-work
by such speakers as Lieut.. Gen. Nelson
\. Miles. L. s. A, retired; Mrs. John
4. Logan. Mrs. H. V. Boynton, P. 7.
Moran, president Of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce; Representatives
Isaac r. Sherwood, l. c. Dyer. Henry
T. Rsiney, Fl. W. Sumers, Miss Mary
O'Toole, and Miss Janet Richards. Gen.
Miles was the presiding officer of the
meeting. held under the auspices Of
the Clara Barton Memorial Association,
which has as its object the erection OF
a suitable memorial to the wonderful
woman who was present at all times
where duty called her.
Mrs. Logan retold some of the hu-
manitarian deeds of Miss Barton, how
she worked Untiringly for the wounded
during the civil war and the perpetua-
ton OF the names of the dead in the
battles of that strife; how she went TO
Europe and worked for the same causes
during the Franco Prussian war and
upon her return aided in the establish
ment Of the American Red Cross and
Eanizations in those countries at the
Geneva conference; and how on twenty
fields OF disaster. she worked to allevi-
tie the sufrerings Of people stricken by
floods and disease. L want to live
YOU know. I'm not so old, after ALL
want 10 live to see erected in this city
the most beautiful memorial ever built
TO the memory of a woman on this
earth" said Mrs. Logan amid the plau-
dts Of the audience.
''Greatest Woman Who Ever Lived"
Cone Johnson. solicitor general Of the
state Department. declared that Miss
Barton had shown by her deeds in every
emergency which called for her efforts
that she was the greatest woman who
had ever lived. Mr.. Johnson told his
auditors that she was one Of the very
first to reach the city of Galveston after
the tidal wave had subsidized and that
she worked there for days and nights
10 aid the sufferers and to stay the hand
Of death. He said: Texas thanked her
for her work, Galveston poured out its
heart in fulsomc praise for her, and I
an free to say that every person in that
great state will be in popular accord
with the movement looking to a fitting
memorial of that sanity woman"
1t is a shame to the American peo-
lie that. with ell these monuments to
Dcu who have done great things, no
memorial stone should have been erected
10 II" memory Of Miss Barton" declared
representative Dyer. who described
'ar" EIrtOn's life as having been given
-n. hInarity.
Mrs. George T. Snallwood, vice presi-
zen general OF the d. A. r.. said: The
;. SIC did WIS the greatest memorial
.-~-, IDLE" Mrs. SmaIlwood. dwelt upon
-.~ I2rts shat Iiss Barton was one of
rH- G3s- women to enroll her name in
th' u, lE..-Crs Of the American Revolu-
-i''. ana th"t her revolutionary ances-
., @El ."~H to do in steelinS her pur-
POS" .o 20 uDoH the fields Of battle to aid
- 0cT WHO were wounded.
Su=EcoI- Marble Memorial Temple.
d. ~~osea.rtive 3ainey thought suit
-i... nl...Eu-GI for Miss Barton would
g." q Gr"ciEn temple. built Of the whitest
or ,eq.blc from the south. where She
Old her greatest work. and containing
d. or lis walls small tablets from the
TeCp.r ot Florida. JohnstOwn. Galveston,
Armenia. Russia. Cuba and other places
UHsrr her efforts meant so much. with
rh" names of the battles in which she
worked sCulptured upon the walls of
IN" interior.
1t would be very easy to have Con-
sress pay for such a memorial, but that
would not be the thing to do he stated.
"A temple built with funds from the
people whom she benefited would be a
fitting statue to the most wonderful
feminine soul this world has ever pro-
duCed Mankind would be aided in the
building of this from the purses of the
people, because it would typify their love
and veneratiOn for her"
Mrs. Boynton described the wonders
wrought by Miss Barton, with whom she
worked during the civil war and on many