The Washington herald., 1917-05-13
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CON1lNIhAD HhOh AHh O-NNs
the dedication Of the $SOO. 900 memorial.
built by the government as a memorial
tribute to the heroic women OF the North
and South.
Ranged behind Mr.. Taft and the Presi-
dent, who occupied the center OF the
stage, were Mrs. Wilson. Secretary of
State Lansing. Secretary OF War Baker,
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Secretary
of the Interior Lane, the japanese Am
bassador, Eliot Wadsworth. Of the Red
Cross, and a host OF other State officials.
Owing to the limited seating capacity
of the new Red Cross home, the exer-
cises were held at Continental Memorial
Hall, the home OF the Daughters OF the
American Revolution, and addresses sup
plementing the Presidents speech were
made by Mr.. Taft, Secretary OF War
Baker, Senator John Sharp Williams, and
Rev. Horace Percy Silver, West Point
chaplain.
Pays Tribute to south
After paying an eloquent tribute to the
women OF the South in the days of the
sixties Senator Williams said:
"The past is saved. Now a present
faces US. A troubled time In which we
have thrown in our lot as participants
In the greatest world conflict that has
ever been seen, and as participants on
tutions and national independencies
against military autocracy and proposed
Teutonic world dominion under Prussian
hegemony.''
Praising Miss Mabel Boardman for
having turned into marble castle in
the air." Rev. Silver said: This build
ing stands a loving memorial to the
women OF the civil war. in a day when
We have forgotten that there ever was a
North or a South. 1t is a vehicle through
which the dead in whose memory It is
erected may speak and act breathing a
benediction upon the suffering and the
needy children Of the earth"
PrssIdent's Address.
Tho Presidents address follows:
ut gives me very deep qualification as
the titular head of the American Red
Cross to accept in the name Of that as
sociation this significant and beautiful
gift, the gift of the government and of
private individuals who have conceived
their duty in a noble spirit and upon
great scale. 1t seems to me that the
architecture of the building suggests
something very significant There are
few buildings in Washington more sim
pie in their lines and in their communi-
cation than the beautiful building we are
dedicating this evening.
1t breathes q spirit of modesty and
seems to adorn duty with its proper gar
ment of beauty. 1t is significant that 1t
should be dedicated to the women who
served to alleviate suffering and comfort
those who were in need during the civil
war, because their thoughtful, disinter-
ested. self-sacHfcing devotion is the spirit
which should always illustrate the serv-
ices OF the Red Cross.
THE Red Cross needs at this time more
than It ever needed before the compre-
hending support Of the American people
and all the facilities which could be
placed at its disposal to perform its
duties Adequately and efficiently. I be-
lieve that the American people perhaps
hardly yet realize the sacrifices and suf-
fering that are before them. We thought
tho scale of our civil war was unprece-
dented, but in comparison with the strug
gle into which we have now entered the
civil war seems almost insignificant in
its proportions and in its expenditure of
treasure and Of blood. And, therefore, it
is a matter of the greatest Importance
that we should at the outset see to it
that the American Red Cross is equipped
and prepared for the things that lie be-
fore it. 1t will be our instrument to do
the works of alienation and of mercy
which viii attend this struggle.
Hearts in Conflict.
"of course, the scale upon which 1t
shall act will be greater than the scale
of any other duty that 1t has ever at
tempted to perform. 1t is in recognition
OF that fact that the American Red
Cross has Just added to its organization
small body of men whom II has chosen
to call It's war council-not because they
are to counsel war, but because they are
to serve in this special war those pur-
poses Of counsel which have become so