Show I The Present and Possibly Possible Future Heads of the Red pa paC C U HK Iti recent of ot ofa a the th affairs of at the Croll roll society pre at by b President nt t nor nOI eells declination rag to sl re nt as ns n member or of Ihl the ln board p of ot that lady body bod or to per permit permit I mit the members of at ofUs atIs I I Us t Is cabinet to so serve gene has naturally Brought into iv e once more the i tames lamps of or Clara Harton president of ot the American lied 1111 Cross t roll pin Its organ lit lien Jon and of ot General V Y K Ki I IVan i Van of at the United States Stales navy I Iho h vho aho ho Is fe mentioned as the th probable euc Mor Gr tit ot Barton Darton In the event of o th the resignation of ot that lady lally of ot the tho po poll pot t s ll which Is le hers hors by b an un election for fore e l Ift if IC Clara Clam Barton Darton no matter what may mayM mn M Ie ull urged d l for tor or against her present of the American branch of f t the lied Hed Crass Crolla society will be admit ed to be he a remarkable almost an nn ex pt ry woman with the faculty or organization orla developed etl to te a n degree aunt In but few tew men Although she Is le years old the cite aile rattan tit Inn tl that at t she was unfitted by the In n Of ot age for or performing the ar at luaus locus duties of ot her tier position J as ns a preal lent of the society with which her name a co Fa Inseparably Identified haa has been nade nude only enl within the last Urt few tew months i in r experiences on scores IroN of ef battlefields g and md In numbers of ot cities and villa villages I Imitated by b float tire ire famine and earthquake appear to lave left let no Im veal r w upon her and she site declares with n a Of or purpose which no one cnn can IMP admiring that ih ha h Is ready today todA t o 0 start Into active work ork In any an field fild In n h her r may majr ma be required Miss MIll Barton Darten may be said to tl have ha been o of ot greet gr t executive ability iv even n AS a child for tor before re she sh was six seen n she l l had d left her home In North arth Ox ord eel Mag Maes In to become a schoolteacher n Clinton N Y V That the she sh Is le alto also a R satural worker that the she works because became Mr Hr nature will not permit r h Mr her r to 10 re renal rev nal n Idle Wl rues w v b W tee retired wh when hen n It Is II that ruts has sue sae n been Wen Inclined to 10 tolo toto lo to S so o eke Aile need ned n never nver ver have IIa 0 made any effort In life lite beyond the trifling one of ot signing ng a 1 check once o neon In awhile for tor she Inherited a goodly fortune from tram each of ot other her parents as ns well ell as nf tidy sums from tram other relatives r so 80 that there was wa never the spur of ot the necessity of ot earning luning a livelihood In anything which Clara Oar Dar Oarton Barton ton has done dene After Arter a brief experience with her school In Clinton Mills Ml s Barton Barlon still amere a amere amere mere girl went Brent to N J where after aeter carefully car tully looking over the ground she ahe derided to establish a s sem semIna m Inary Ina ry for or young yeung ladles It Is rotated related that many of ot her charges In Elizabeth were ware her seniors Her enterprise pros prospered p but Miss 1159 horton Ilarion was not satis satisfied s fled fied She removed to Washington and applied for or n a clerkship In the patent of 0 11 flee She was the first woman ever em cm employed In that department and ani was assigned as assigned assigned signed to o a section which was wall at II t the time In a deplorably d tangled condition Her liar mathematical mind however al almost almost almost most sneered red at the simplicity of ot work which had befuddled many a n man trained t to o that special branch At t any rate In a surprisingly short space pace of ot time sh she had got things running smoothly and then the position palled upon her Easy Kasy Eu work she did not like and she began gan to cast caRt about her for something a bit more exacting At t about this time the civil war broke out and Miss Mica Barton DArton Issued an appeal for tor food tood and clothing to be distributed d to the sick end and ani wounded soldier of at the Union army Her appeal met mel with a II rather ready response but there was wu the of ot getting permission slon to togo togo go 0 Inside the lines This was ultimately secured Cured and anI thus thu Clara Barton began I what was to be her life work She throughout the civil war was waA present at some of o the most terrific bat lat latties ties lift of ot that momentous conflict PINIOn person personally I ally all attended thousands of or men stricken down by wounds or disease ly I Instrumental In the organization of ot I the sanitary commission and end was I final finally finally I ly Iy charged by President Lincoln With the work of ot tracing the tM fate I of ot the thousands of confined t I at various Arlous times time In Out Oute e her work In this connection came rame the I proposition from her ber for tor a national cemetery made possible by b the Iden Identification through her efforts of at the bodies of at thousands of ot soldiers lilt Hut a strain attain such as that through which Miss Barton Darton had passed must which the United States was not one After the war she organized relief rollet h was ryas distributed under her super supervision supervision vision Islon to the poor of at Purls Then Thon she I returned to this country countr and at once began a campaign to secure recognition r necessary to recite all nil of ot the movements 1 I for tor the tho aid of ot suffering humanity with which she Bho has been Identified Suffice It to say that t at realizing early that the tho greatest usefulness of at such a society ns os the ted Red Cross In America would be b e I h b k Rr 9 i r i N 6 I i lj 44 r 6 I hr l r 1 T If 1 I 1 I I II I I I r CLARA BARTON GENERAL VAN 1 leave leae its effect etTe t and In 1561 the she sailed tor for Europe Euro In quest of ot renewed strength She was wu still In Europe when the war broke out and Ind andal at al once went nt to the front with the Ger or German orman man army arm as II a member of the n Cross Grots society which hAil had been organ organized organIzed I 1 in its I On va Switzerland In 1591 with P power Mowers of ot from the United States of ot the ted Red Cross Cros society She did dIll not succeed un until Ill til UK 1552 1 82 and an very er naturally she was I Imade i imade made Its lis first president a position which I she has haa since held and to which last year tIr by virtue of ot an nn amendment to tho the I constitution she was elected for tor life lite I The world at large Is 1110 so familiar with I I Clam Clara Hasten work that It seems un i I found In days dare of o peace she secured the adoption of ot an amendment permitting the organization to act In time of at na national tlona disaster In the great Michigan fires In the Charleston earthquake the Mississippi and Ohio river floods the tho Johnstown disaster the famine In Russia tho the South Carolina sea Ilea Is Islands Islands islands lands Inundation the Galveston ter Clara Barton Darton was l S on the spot as soon soen as trains and nd boats could carry her to the scene of or trouble and In most cases rases the distribution of ot outside relief funds was In her Iler hands handa In ms 1696 at lit the request of at President McKinley Miss Barton went to Cuba to distribute sup supplies supplies plies piles sent by this government tan d In Inthe Inthe the war she did per personal personal personal field duty Miss s Bartons Darton home Is at Ben OIen Echo near Washington The Tho residence was made from tram tho the lumber used In the con construction construction of ot the relief relict buildings In Johnstown the grateful citizens hav having hn havIng ing taken this unique method of ot lesti testifying tying their appreciation of at Miss Mias Bar Dar Bartons Bartons tons magnificent work werk during durin the ter terrible terrIble terrible days of ot 1639 IS 9 William Knickerbocker Van ex surgeon general of ot the United States navy n who has been so 80 prominently mentioned as tho the probable successor of at Miss Clara Barton Darten In the presidency of ot the National Red lied Cross CroS society while not so well known as ns that lady lad has hu nevertheless by b his magnificent fl e t serf sen services I ices In the Interests ts of ot humanity put his hi country and the world at large un under under der obligations to him Darn Born at Bergen BergenN N J In 1610 1810 he was educated at the local schools and In the University of ot the City of ot New York from the medical department of ot which he graduated with high honors honen In 1562 He no had already served three Months as assistant sur lur surgeon surgeon geon Jeon of ot the th regiment of at New Jersey Jene when In December ho he en entered entered entered the naval sen service Ice as assistant sur lur surgeon geon gears After Alter about eighteen months at atthe atthe atthe the naval hospital In Brooklyn Dr Van was w ae ordered to take charge of ot the hospital In Key West Wc t which was waa at atthe atthe atthe the time used exclusively for tor yellow ellow fe te fever vet ver patients There he remained until 1661 1561 and the methods method of ot sanitation he Introduced In the trea ment of at yellow I jack did much to Instruct the medical world In successfully combating that dread disease e Dr Van an was later fleet surgeon with various arloua squad squadrons squadrons squadrons rons and soon loon came como to be known as aft the most particular officer In the tho service with reference to sanitary precautions precaution Indeed while Van was fleet neet surgeon with Admiral Berham Denham In la Janeiro In 1991 1 91 the th American vesa rt ves wt r In the port pori were the only ones free from rom yellow jellow f fIn fn were able rie In the latter part of 1597 1191 W Dr was appoint appointed d surgeon BUrgeon f gene shortly after aler his II ret t of or the navy naY from tram Moscow whither he had Ml P gene a delegate from tram the medical depute of at the navy na to the International m a leal feel congress There Thero Dr Pr Van An Pit advocating the eW ea read n a paper the theof r ment of ot ambulance ships shIp for or of ot the tha wounded and when alter w n if f made Bure turn home he was era ho he at nt once onto set to work elk s t Inevitable t L ta t ou on ona war nr with Spain was vessel Thus It t whist i W a hospital ship of the kd Solace the first Into bet be beIn betIn world has hns ever eer seen came j jIn General M l an In MM 1901 Surgeon a ae w tr and nas 1188 as asage was during tho following folding ye year tar age alte of ot wl scalar r r rank and retired ray pay a II admiral which corresponds corre to tUI Hm general In the theVan armY major Is le largely trope Van h b naval several establishment of severa tho rho II and those thoe at Portsmouth pilots and Mare Maro Island California his t design built from n I in personnel of In the of ot the nav ail a abe medical be ec credited to Admiral that Van sn If It nm be tn he s that H It may mB be f mn n of t the P succeed to ought the to presidency bt be well wail equipped Cross he d e Bitten the performance ALTER ot the dutle N LEst NAPPY HAPPY THEN HE FELT tor Or sI par r arrested A Londoner bribed an Irishman trout tor cn verdict the 01 r e for tor a JIM 1 00 to o ha hang ang out out a I The jury JurT was Jj slaughter laughter I In with l a red Tt came time lime and finally The man of at manslaughter peak t to sp tamed an opportunity rm I U sold Jill and h hyou IrIsh Juror t a ot friend lid you ou hare h you my lime an aa all ee Yu Yes saId Bald tile the wanted to 10 ee eleven D lime time The other quit yet |