. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . STREET SCENE IN RICHMOND AFTER BATTLE OF FAIR Oyor ^tJ3^ ^^^HB work of Miss Clara Barton during the late(g) (s) war, as that of Miss Dix, is too well known torequire furthe^r comment; but the Red Cross■ ^ movement, of Avhich she is the pioneer Ameri-can champion, has been so quietly and modestlymanaged that our people, as a rule, know httle aboutthe Society, although it has been in existence forabout thirt
. Our army nurses : interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War, 1861-65 . STREET SCENE IN RICHMOND AFTER BATTLE OF FAIR Oyor ^tJ3^ ^^^HB work of Miss Clara Barton during the late(g) (s) war, as that of Miss Dix, is too well known torequire furthe^r comment; but the Red Cross■ ^ movement, of Avhich she is the pioneer Ameri-can champion, has been so quietly and modestlymanaged that our people, as a rule, know httle aboutthe Society, although it has been in existence forabout thirty years, and the American Branch foreleven. The Society of the Red Cross is to-day one of themost important philanthropic organizations in theworld, whose results prove it the most productiveand beneficent. Briefly stated, it is a confederationof societies in different countries, having as anaim the amelioration of the condition of sick andwounded prisoners in time of war. But to under-stand its spirit, we must glance over past history,through barbarous and semi-barbarous ages, andeven up to the time of Avars as recent as the ]S^a]3o-leonic, and we see organized, systematic woundingand slaughtering of men; but not until
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