The Red Cross : in peace and war . it, iSiyS, by Clara Barton. JOSH V. first steamer used in the United States by the American Red Cross, 1884. THE OHIO RIVER UT the respite was all too short for our rapidly melting snows of February, 1884,brought the one thousand miles of the Ohio Riveragain out of its bed. A wild cry went out all overthe country for help. The government, throughCongress, took immediate action and appropriated»^^. o several hundred thousand dollars for relief, to be applied through the War Department. The RedCross agents must again repair to t
The Red Cross : in peace and war . it, iSiyS, by Clara Barton. JOSH V. first steamer used in the United States by the American Red Cross, 1884. THE OHIO RIVER UT the respite was all too short for our rapidly melting snows of February, 1884,brought the one thousand miles of the Ohio Riveragain out of its bed. A wild cry went out all overthe country for help. The government, throughCongress, took immediate action and appropriated»^^. o several hundred thousand dollars for relief, to be applied through the War Department. The RedCross agents must again repair to the field, its societies be againnotified. But its president felt that if she were to be called every year todirect the relief work of the association in these inundations it wasincumbent upon her to visit the scene in person, to see for herself whatfloods were like, to learn the necessities and be able to direct with thewisdom born of actual knowledge of the subject; and accordingly, withten hours preparation, she joined Dr. Hubbell on his way and pro-ceeded to Pittsburg, the head of the Ohio River. There the societieswere telegraphed that Cincinnati would be he
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