Show Ii I GREAT AIDS WAR VAR I t Found Telling rs s. s C. C P. P Harvey ined Hospitals pe lal Dispatch Wis April 24 Loyal Loyal L LIthe lithe Ithe the hundreds worked to toI I troops at the front during I Far Among the soldiers higher praise and affection P. P Harvey widow jHarvey cl of Wisconsin was the theby I h her r by the soldiers And I well wen she earned It Recently there was wasI I discovered a a manuscript written by Mrs Harvey telling how she obtained permission to found soldier hospitals hospital I in the North on permission of President I dent Abraham Lincoln It is owned by byS S Mrs Airs James Selkirk of Clinton Wis S and was by J. J G. G Holland In preparing his life of Lincoln The full tun manuscript was only recently Is Issued Is is- IsI issued I sued by the Wisconsin Historical society so so- clety because of Its inspirational value I at the present time After the death of her husband Governor Governor Gov Gov- I L. L J. J Harv Harvey y who went south to toI I see what could be done or the comfort com corn fort of ot the troops Mrs Harvey decided to carry on the same line of humanitarian work She was appointed In September 1862 as sanitary agent at I St. St Louis and continued In the position 1 tion until the end of the war 1 BETTER CARE IN NORTH I She early became became convinced that i these sick soldier boys could be better better bet bet- I ter cared for tor in Northern climate Instead instead in In- stead of ot in a climate where the heat was oppressive She laid the tho matter time and time again before President Lincoln oln He was skeptical about the Idea Ho He thought that many of the soldiers when well weIl would not return I Hero is the story of ot the tho first interview inter inter- r view as told by Mrs l Harveys Harvey's manuscript manu manu- I script account By the advice of friends and with the Intense feeling that something must be done I went to Washington I I entered the White House not with fear and trembling but strong and self possessed fully conscious of the righteousness of my mission When I first saw him President Lincoln his his' head was bent forward his chin resting on his breast and In his hand a letter which I 1 had Just sent in to him He raised his eyes saying Mrs Harvey I 1 hastened forward forward for for- ward and replied Yes and I 1 am glad to see see you Mr Lincoln So much for tor republican presentation and ceremony ASKED TO RETURN But President Lincoln was vinced Mrs Harvey continued her in placing new facts before him each day Finally on the day of one of her last Interviews President Lincoln Lin coIn coln asked her to return the following morning at 9 U The manuscript account of Mrs Harvey continues I I l left shortly after with the promise prom prom- ise to call next morning as he lie desired me to do do at 9 I suppose pose the j I excitement caused the intense suffering suffer I iu ing of that I l' was very ill III and lit jit it was 10 o'clock the next morning before before before be- be I fore I was able to send for a carriage to to keep my roy appointment with the president It was past the hour more i 1 than fifty persons were In the waiting i i room I 1 did not expect an audience i but sent In my name and said I 1 would I call again The messenger said Do Donot Donot I not go I think the president will see I I you you now GAVE HER PAPER I I I entered the presence of Mr Lini Lin- Lin i i coin for the last time He smiled very graciously and drew a chair near him and said Come here bere and sit down I I He had a paper in his hand which he said was for me to keep It was a I copy copy- of the order Just Issued I I I thanked him bim not only for the order but for the manner and spirit In which I It had been given then said I must apologize for not having been there at ai 9 o'clock as he desired me to be but that I had been sick all an night I As Asa a result of ot Mrs Harveys Harvey's efforts three convalescent hospitals or camps were established In Wisconsin WIsconsin WIsconsin-at at I Madison Milwaukee find pd Prairie I Chien Hundreds of soldiers were I cared for In these Institutions Harvey lIar lIar- ve vey hospital at Madison became a sol aol I I diers' diers orphan home after atter th the war ar |