Evening star., 1924-09-21
LONE WARNUNSEES
NEED PAID SISTERS
Veteran Nurse at dwelling
of Tablet Here to Nurses
of Civil War.

Snatched back from almost COM
plete oblivion, the memories OF the
services to the Nation during the
Civil War by the Catholic Sisters OF
the country were yesterday memorial
ized in a monument of granite ana
bronze erected within the shadow OF
St. Matthews Church and on the
property of the United States Gov
ernment at Rhode Island and MaSsa-
chusetts avenues.
Speakers had come and gone, they
had deplored the space of 90 years
that had elapsed before official recog-
milton was made of the sacrifices and
services of the sisters during the
war. Lieut.. Col. c. o. Sheriff. had
expressed his sorrow that there was
not one of the sisters present after
all that time to listen to the eulogies
| iaccorded to them. Suddenly from out
of the crowd was brought surviving
| nun of the battlefields." From out
| of the center of a body of Catholic
sisters slowly walked a veteran Sis
| ter of Mercy. With bowed head she
was helped to the platform where
| the apostolic delegate to the United
States, archbishops, bishops and civil
! officials crowded around to greet
| her. After the deafening cheers and
| applause had died down Archbishop
| AZu
nounced her name and congratulated
| her.
She was Sister Magdeline of the
Sisters of Mercy, and the distinguished
gathering bowed in honor to her.
Cardinal Praises Sisters
William Cardinal OConnell, Arch
bishop of Boston, addressed the as
sembly He praised the sisters who
had taken part in the great conflict
of the COS. He pledged the might OF
Catholic manhood and womanhood to
support the Government and praised
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient
| Order of Hibernians as the organiza-
ton through whose efforts and under
whose auspices the monument was
erected and dedicated.
After eulogies from the speakers
Mrs. Ellen Ryan Jolly, LII. D., national
chairman of the monument committee
and who originated the idea that cul-
minated in. the tribute yesterday, un-
yelled the monument amid an impress
sive ceremony. AS the American flags
| were slowly drawn aside and revealed
| the 12 Hfe-size bronze figures of the
sisters of II different orders, the United
States Army Music School Band
| played THE Star-Spangled Banner
/ and the sailors hoisted around the
platform a signal or naval nagS read
ing Faith, Hope and Charity" flock
of pigeons were then released and
scared off from the monument into the
distance.
Sheriff. Pays Tribute.
In accepting the monument for the
Government, Col Sheriff. said in
part:
"These members of ~ orders oi
nursing sisters, by the devotion ot
their entire lives to unselfish service
to humanity without any possibility
of earthly reward or aggrandizement
always inspire a feeling of admira-
tion in our hearts, tinged somewhat
with sadness, perhaps, at the thought
of the great sacrifices, these womer
are called on to make in separating
themselves for all their lives from
home, family and friends.
"The impressive group of IL figures
on the face of this memorial" he de-
clared, representing each of the l.
orders of sisters who gave theil
splendid services, must necessarily
have a lasting and deep significance
i to all those who come here through.
out the course of the future genera.
tions to bow their heads in token Of