. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. e colors reversed for its insignia, andfor its name The Red Cross from the insigniachosen. The purpose of the organization was torender relief to unfortunate victims of war andsimilar relief to victims of great national disastersand calamities. Upon the ratification of the reso-lutions in the International Conference at Genevain 1864 bonfires were lighted in all the principalcities of Europe to celebrate this step toward great-er love and greater humanity, and this was the firstwarm glow of the Red Cross. In America, just at this t
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. e colors reversed for its insignia, andfor its name The Red Cross from the insigniachosen. The purpose of the organization was torender relief to unfortunate victims of war andsimilar relief to victims of great national disastersand calamities. Upon the ratification of the reso-lutions in the International Conference at Genevain 1864 bonfires were lighted in all the principalcities of Europe to celebrate this step toward great-er love and greater humanity, and this was the firstwarm glow of the Red Cross. In America, just at this time, our Civil War wasdrawing to a close, and Clara Barton, who had donemuch for the wounded soldiers of both the Northand the South, was made the representative of theRed Cross in America, and through her love andefforts, her patience and loyalty, carried the RedCross through the first 16 years of slow growth andlimited activity. In 1881, the American Associa-tion of the Red Cross was endorsed by action of theSenate and proclaimed to the people by President. American Red Cross 195 Garfield. The first disaster in America to test thespirit of the Red Cross was when word came, in1882, that half of the State of Michigan was on Red Cross had only a few members; there wasno organization and no money, but the spirit of theRed Cross w^ent abroad through the efforts of MissBarton, and in a few hours there w^as money, per-sonnel, organization and relief supplies for manythousands of people. In the spring of 1883 camethe rise of the Ohio River, with similar conditionsand response w^hen the call was made for help. Alittle later a cyclone cut a swath from New Orleansto Mobile, leaving a trail of widespread disaster anddesolation; then on through the years came theJohnstown flood, the St. Louis flood, the Baltimorefire, the San Francisco earthquake, the Spanish-American war. All these disasters at home, withmany others throughout the world added thereto,tested and proved the value
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