Personal reminiscences of James AScrymser, in times of peace and war . second Street and, within a year thereafter, the UnitedCharities Building was completed and occupied by the CharityOrganization Society, the Childrens Aid Society, the City Missionand Tract Society and the New York Association for Improvingthe Condition of the Poor. Later, the original building and subsequent additions wereformally deeded to the four organizations which I have named, asa gift from Mr. Kennedy, the said organizations agreeing to sharejointly in the expense of repairs and upkeep, as well as to participatein a
Personal reminiscences of James AScrymser, in times of peace and war . second Street and, within a year thereafter, the UnitedCharities Building was completed and occupied by the CharityOrganization Society, the Childrens Aid Society, the City Missionand Tract Society and the New York Association for Improvingthe Condition of the Poor. Later, the original building and subsequent additions wereformally deeded to the four organizations which I have named, asa gift from Mr. Kennedy, the said organizations agreeing to sharejointly in the expense of repairs and upkeep, as well as to participatein all rentals from other charitable societies admitted as ten-ants in the building. This magnificent gift of John S. Kennedy,costing over one million dollars, has been of untold value to thecharitable institutions of New York City, promoting, as it has,co-operation and close association, thus making possible both re-duced expenses and largely increased facilities for the carrying onof the charitable work of New York. 138 w g « a B tf lO 0) oI* » « wn > onoS! a ww. Memorial Building in Washington To the Memory of the Heroic Women of the Civil WarTo be Occupied Permanently by the American Red Cross /^N page 13, I mentioned that my friend General Barlow, just>^before his death, prophesied that the time would come whenone of the finest monuments in the coimtry would be built to thememory of the women of the Civil War and I promised him thatI wotdd do all I could to further that project. Many times the memory of this conversation came back tome and, in the Fall of 1911, I determined to see what I could dotoward the fulfilment of General Barlows prophesy and my prom-ise to him. Accordingly, on October 4, 1911,1 attended a meetingof the Commandery of the State of New York of the MilitaryOrder of the Loyal Legion of the United States, of which Com-mandery I was a member. Toward the end of the meetimg, whennew buisness was in order, I told my companions of the LoyalLegion of my la
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