Transcriptions of autograph documents.p. 40EXECUTIVE MANSION,WASHINGTON.Will the Secyof State pleasehear Miss Bartonon the subjectherein referredtoJ.A. GarfieldMch 30, 1881.p. 165A Five O’clock Teais to be given at theNew Red Cross House, Locust Street,Johnstown,Saturday, July 27, 1889.Your presence will be esteemed a favor.Clara Barton,Prest. Nat. Red Cross of America.J.B. Hubbell,General Field Agent.
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EXECUTIVE MANSION,WASHINGTON.
Will the Secyof State pleasehear Miss Bartonon the subjectherein referredto
J.A. GarfieldMch 30, 1881.
p. 165A Five O’clock Teais to be given at theNew Red Cross House, Locust Street,Johnstown,Saturday, July 27, 1889.Your presence will be esteemed a favor.
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Clara Barton,Prest. Nat. Red Cross of America.
J.B. Hubbell,General Field Agent.
Footnotes[A]This statement is not exact; indeed, it does some injustice as well to Miss Barton as to the American Congress, and was doubtless derived from misstatements promulgated in the United States, the result of a general misunderstanding of the facts, and an error, of course, unknown to a foreign writer.Precisely what the Thirty-seventh Congress did was to pass the following joint resolution of both houses, and in accordance with the same to pay over to Miss Barton the sum mentioned in it for the uses and purposes therein set forth:March 10, 1866.A resolution providing for expenses incurred in searching for missing soldiers of the Army of the United States, and for further prosecution of the same.Whereas, Miss Clara Barton has, during the late war of the rebellion, expended from her own resources large sums of money in endeavoring to discover missing soldiers of the armies of the United States, and in communicating intelligence to their relatives; therefore,Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse Miss Clara Barton for the amount so expended by her, and to aid in the further prosecution of the search for missing soldiers, and the printing necessary to the furtherance of the said object shall hereafter be done by the Public Printer.Approved March 10, 1866.[14 Vol. U.S. Statutes at Large, p. 350.]This, therefore, was not recompense for services; it was reimbursement for money expended; it was money expended by a private citizen for public uses, and this, mainly, after the close of the war. The government recognized its value to the people, and refunded the money, and that without solicitation on Miss Barton’s part.This work was a fitting, even necessary, result of her four years’ voluntary and unpaid services on the field, not as an ordinary nurse, but as a sort of independent sanitary commission, whom the government, the soldiers, and the people came at last to implicitly trust, for they never found their trust betrayed nor themselves disappointed by any want of discretion, sagacity, or energy on her part. It cannot be set forth here, it can only be alluded to most briefly. In its details it must form a chapter in the story of a life singularly original, successful, and beneficent.—[Report of the American (National) Association of the Red Cross of 1883.][B]Ltq. 2,223.78 of this sum was Special Red Cross Funds drawn from Brown Brothers & Company. Ltq.—Turkish Lira about $4.40. Ltq. 26,437.73 $116,326.01.[C]Article I.The persons designated in Article II of the convention shall, after the occupation by the enemy, continue to fulfill their duties, according to their wants, to the sick and wounded in the ambulance or the hospital which they serve. When they request to withdraw, the commander of the occupying troops shall fix the time of departure, which he shall only be allowed to delay for a short time in case of military necessity.[D]Art. II.Arrangements will have to be made by the belligerent powers to insure to the neutralized person fallen into the hands of the army of the enemy, the entire enjoyment of his salary.[E]Art. V.In addition to Article VI of the convention, it is stipulated that, with the reservation of officers whose detention might be important to the fate of arms and within the limits fixed by the second paragraph of that article, the wounded fallen into the hands of the enemy shall be sent back to their country after they are cured, or sooner if possible, on condition, nevertheless, of not again bearing arms during the continuance of the war.[F]The insignia and arm-band of the Red Cross worn on the field.[G]Now Baroness von Schelle of Belgium.[H]Since, then, however, the international conferences have numbered six and the relief fields twenty.
[A]This statement is not exact; indeed, it does some injustice as well to Miss Barton as to the American Congress, and was doubtless derived from misstatements promulgated in the United States, the result of a general misunderstanding of the facts, and an error, of course, unknown to a foreign writer.Precisely what the Thirty-seventh Congress did was to pass the following joint resolution of both houses, and in accordance with the same to pay over to Miss Barton the sum mentioned in it for the uses and purposes therein set forth:March 10, 1866.A resolution providing for expenses incurred in searching for missing soldiers of the Army of the United States, and for further prosecution of the same.Whereas, Miss Clara Barton has, during the late war of the rebellion, expended from her own resources large sums of money in endeavoring to discover missing soldiers of the armies of the United States, and in communicating intelligence to their relatives; therefore,Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse Miss Clara Barton for the amount so expended by her, and to aid in the further prosecution of the search for missing soldiers, and the printing necessary to the furtherance of the said object shall hereafter be done by the Public Printer.Approved March 10, 1866.[14 Vol. U.S. Statutes at Large, p. 350.]This, therefore, was not recompense for services; it was reimbursement for money expended; it was money expended by a private citizen for public uses, and this, mainly, after the close of the war. The government recognized its value to the people, and refunded the money, and that without solicitation on Miss Barton’s part.This work was a fitting, even necessary, result of her four years’ voluntary and unpaid services on the field, not as an ordinary nurse, but as a sort of independent sanitary commission, whom the government, the soldiers, and the people came at last to implicitly trust, for they never found their trust betrayed nor themselves disappointed by any want of discretion, sagacity, or energy on her part. It cannot be set forth here, it can only be alluded to most briefly. In its details it must form a chapter in the story of a life singularly original, successful, and beneficent.—[Report of the American (National) Association of the Red Cross of 1883.][B]Ltq. 2,223.78 of this sum was Special Red Cross Funds drawn from Brown Brothers & Company. Ltq.—Turkish Lira about $4.40. Ltq. 26,437.73 $116,326.01.[C]Article I.The persons designated in Article II of the convention shall, after the occupation by the enemy, continue to fulfill their duties, according to their wants, to the sick and wounded in the ambulance or the hospital which they serve. When they request to withdraw, the commander of the occupying troops shall fix the time of departure, which he shall only be allowed to delay for a short time in case of military necessity.[D]Art. II.Arrangements will have to be made by the belligerent powers to insure to the neutralized person fallen into the hands of the army of the enemy, the entire enjoyment of his salary.[E]Art. V.In addition to Article VI of the convention, it is stipulated that, with the reservation of officers whose detention might be important to the fate of arms and within the limits fixed by the second paragraph of that article, the wounded fallen into the hands of the enemy shall be sent back to their country after they are cured, or sooner if possible, on condition, nevertheless, of not again bearing arms during the continuance of the war.[F]The insignia and arm-band of the Red Cross worn on the field.[G]Now Baroness von Schelle of Belgium.[H]Since, then, however, the international conferences have numbered six and the relief fields twenty.
[A]This statement is not exact; indeed, it does some injustice as well to Miss Barton as to the American Congress, and was doubtless derived from misstatements promulgated in the United States, the result of a general misunderstanding of the facts, and an error, of course, unknown to a foreign writer.
Precisely what the Thirty-seventh Congress did was to pass the following joint resolution of both houses, and in accordance with the same to pay over to Miss Barton the sum mentioned in it for the uses and purposes therein set forth:
March 10, 1866.
A resolution providing for expenses incurred in searching for missing soldiers of the Army of the United States, and for further prosecution of the same.
Whereas, Miss Clara Barton has, during the late war of the rebellion, expended from her own resources large sums of money in endeavoring to discover missing soldiers of the armies of the United States, and in communicating intelligence to their relatives; therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to reimburse Miss Clara Barton for the amount so expended by her, and to aid in the further prosecution of the search for missing soldiers, and the printing necessary to the furtherance of the said object shall hereafter be done by the Public Printer.
Approved March 10, 1866.
[14 Vol. U.S. Statutes at Large, p. 350.]
This, therefore, was not recompense for services; it was reimbursement for money expended; it was money expended by a private citizen for public uses, and this, mainly, after the close of the war. The government recognized its value to the people, and refunded the money, and that without solicitation on Miss Barton’s part.
This work was a fitting, even necessary, result of her four years’ voluntary and unpaid services on the field, not as an ordinary nurse, but as a sort of independent sanitary commission, whom the government, the soldiers, and the people came at last to implicitly trust, for they never found their trust betrayed nor themselves disappointed by any want of discretion, sagacity, or energy on her part. It cannot be set forth here, it can only be alluded to most briefly. In its details it must form a chapter in the story of a life singularly original, successful, and beneficent.
—[Report of the American (National) Association of the Red Cross of 1883.]
[B]Ltq. 2,223.78 of this sum was Special Red Cross Funds drawn from Brown Brothers & Company. Ltq.—Turkish Lira about $4.40. Ltq. 26,437.73 $116,326.01.
[C]Article I.The persons designated in Article II of the convention shall, after the occupation by the enemy, continue to fulfill their duties, according to their wants, to the sick and wounded in the ambulance or the hospital which they serve. When they request to withdraw, the commander of the occupying troops shall fix the time of departure, which he shall only be allowed to delay for a short time in case of military necessity.
[D]Art. II.Arrangements will have to be made by the belligerent powers to insure to the neutralized person fallen into the hands of the army of the enemy, the entire enjoyment of his salary.
[E]Art. V.In addition to Article VI of the convention, it is stipulated that, with the reservation of officers whose detention might be important to the fate of arms and within the limits fixed by the second paragraph of that article, the wounded fallen into the hands of the enemy shall be sent back to their country after they are cured, or sooner if possible, on condition, nevertheless, of not again bearing arms during the continuance of the war.
[F]The insignia and arm-band of the Red Cross worn on the field.
[G]Now Baroness von Schelle of Belgium.
[H]Since, then, however, the international conferences have numbered six and the relief fields twenty.
Transcriber’s NoteInconsistencies in punctuation, especially in the index and tables, have been corrected silently.Despite the presence of copious quoted material which may or may not reproduce errors in the originals, minor typographic and spelling errors likely due to printer’s errors, have been corrected. When a lapse of spelling or grammar seems to be the author’s, it is noted and retained.An attempt is made to make consistent the spelling of the many proper names in this text, where it is clear that each reference is to a single person. As an example, the name ‘De Graw’ appears both with and without a space. In the Contents, the town of Jaruco appears as ‘Jaruca’ and has been corrected.Onp. 186, the word ‘Czarovitch’ is also spelled ‘Czarowitch’. Both are retained as printed.Onp. 457, the name “Grace O. Isaaca” most likely should be “Grace G. Isaacs”. A woman of that name was active in community life in Walla Walla, WA and would have been 33 at the time indicated.Onp. 513, the footnote for “brassards” is missing its symbol, which has been added.Onp. 593, the name “Mancrede” is most likely a reference to a Dr. Nancrede, mentioned in the same list of surgeons on p. 590. The name has been changed to “Nancrede”.In the Index, onp. 688, the reference to a letter from the Spanish Red Cross does not have a page reference. It may be an incomplete reference to the Diploma of Gratitude from the Red Cross of Spain on p. 592. It is left blank here as well.Again, in the index and the text onp. 664, mention of the “Duke of Parmella” should have been “Duke of Palmella”, which appears correctly elsewhere. Both have been corrected.No systematic attempt was made to verify the accuracy of page references as printed in the index or table of contents. However, one error has been corrected. The final reference in the Contents to the section on ‘Notes’ was printed as p. 683. That section begins on p. 682, and has been corrected.Other issues are noted below and their resolutions described below.p. 18upon its humblest ministers and assistants[.]Added.p. 37THE TREATY OF GENEVA.[.]Removed from caption.p. 50shall render the [the] useful institutionRemoved.p. 53com[m]mit[t]ees of the different nationsRemoved/added.p. 60monarchial governmentsic.p. 64rec[c]ommendRemoved.p. 68less[o/e]nCorrected.p. 79p[o]eopleRemoved.p. 80theref[or/ro]mTransposed.p. 88Senator E. [P.] Lapham,sic.The reference is to Elbridge G. Lapham.p. 100th[o]roughlyAdded.p. 110organ[i]zationAdded.p. 131the mother said [“(/(“]for it was a good, strong house)Transposed.p. 139a grea[l/t] deal of unkind criticismCorrected.p. 141in the case[.] Lacking thisAdded.p. 145w[ie]rdsic.p. 176‘Oh, right enough, God be praised![”\’]Corrected.p. 192From Nijni we take steamersic.p. 220servic[e[ableAdded.p. 222distributerssic.p. 229laperotomysic.he go way down in de leg.[”]Added.p. 230it[s] was hard for themRemoved.p. 238Stuart’s Point, Place[,/.]Corrected.p. 241[“]July 24, 1894, inspected this workOpening quote is missing. Probable start.p. 257c[h/l]othingwom[e/a]nthat [come] to my assistanceCorrected.Corrected.sic.p. 278accompa[in/ni]edTransposed.p. 293mag[n]ificentAdded.p. 300crossed the Bosporus[ ]to a magnificentAdded.p. 304assem[p/b]ledCorrected.p. 306Alexa[n]drettaAdded.p. 308freq[n/u]entlyCorrected.p. 336our own[,] use 500 lire—$23,000[.]Comma removed.Period added.p. 389ad[d]itionalin case of military necessity[,/.]Added.Corrected.p. 425loyal[i]tyRemoved.p. 432statu quosic.p. 436transport[at]ingsic.p. 438Presidosic.p. 455p[er/re]vailingp[er/re]vadedSan Francis[c]oTransposed.Transposed.Added.p. 479Vol[un]teersAdded.p. 480suppl[i]esAdded.p. 491Executive Commit[i/t]eeCorrected.p. 496physic[i]alRemoved.p. 515happened [to] it?Added.p. 537Sagua La Grandosic.p. 538coll[e]aguesAdded.p. 545M. Sr. J. Palacios [z/y] AirosoCorrected.p. 574the surrender of Santi[a]goAdded.p. 583a large [c/s]hip was seenCorrected.p. 596dou[b]tfulAdded.p. 600occur[r]edAdded.p. 619s[ei/ie]geTransposed.p. 634this fact was discovered[,] by the committeeRemoved.p. 651accompa[in/ni]edMr. Micha[e]lsenTransposed.Added.p. 656responsibil[i]tyAdded.p. 664Duke of Pa[r/l]mellaCorrected.p. 666us[u]agesRemoved.p. 703Chic[k]amaugaAdded.
Inconsistencies in punctuation, especially in the index and tables, have been corrected silently.
Despite the presence of copious quoted material which may or may not reproduce errors in the originals, minor typographic and spelling errors likely due to printer’s errors, have been corrected. When a lapse of spelling or grammar seems to be the author’s, it is noted and retained.
An attempt is made to make consistent the spelling of the many proper names in this text, where it is clear that each reference is to a single person. As an example, the name ‘De Graw’ appears both with and without a space. In the Contents, the town of Jaruco appears as ‘Jaruca’ and has been corrected.
Onp. 186, the word ‘Czarovitch’ is also spelled ‘Czarowitch’. Both are retained as printed.
Onp. 457, the name “Grace O. Isaaca” most likely should be “Grace G. Isaacs”. A woman of that name was active in community life in Walla Walla, WA and would have been 33 at the time indicated.
Onp. 513, the footnote for “brassards” is missing its symbol, which has been added.
Onp. 593, the name “Mancrede” is most likely a reference to a Dr. Nancrede, mentioned in the same list of surgeons on p. 590. The name has been changed to “Nancrede”.
In the Index, onp. 688, the reference to a letter from the Spanish Red Cross does not have a page reference. It may be an incomplete reference to the Diploma of Gratitude from the Red Cross of Spain on p. 592. It is left blank here as well.
Again, in the index and the text onp. 664, mention of the “Duke of Parmella” should have been “Duke of Palmella”, which appears correctly elsewhere. Both have been corrected.
No systematic attempt was made to verify the accuracy of page references as printed in the index or table of contents. However, one error has been corrected. The final reference in the Contents to the section on ‘Notes’ was printed as p. 683. That section begins on p. 682, and has been corrected.
Other issues are noted below and their resolutions described below.