| Show LIFE STORY OF ONLY 1 ARMY NURSE IN UT UTAH Al r r s I b tr I z a q MRS MARY E E. E L LACEY ACEY From a Photograph Taken Just After the Close of the Civil War C e t I HAS NEVER MISSED AN ENCAMPMENT Mrs Mary E. E Lacey Army Arm Nurse Enjoys Unique Distinction Mrs Nary Mary E. E Lacey Locey 1 occupies th the tho o position of at being tho only arm army y i nurse In Utah Mrs Lacey has lived t In Salt Lako for tor tour years with he her r daughter Miss 1 Roby at No 1 22 Delmar avenue Sho She camo came here Jerse Jersey City for her health and from t now declares sho she will never live IIvo from Utah Ow Owing ng to her service In away the tho arm for the live years ars sho she Is la well known army and will bo be ono of or tho the Important In the tho meeting of tho the Army Nurses Nurses' figures s association hero during luring tho the third Forty National encampment of the G. G GAR A A. R R. I It Is probable that seventy seventy five nurses all members of the will bo ho In Salt Lake Lako association during the en encampment on- on and arrangements have been completed to make their visit one of ot pleasure to tho the end Their headquarters headquarter teri ter will trill be at tho Colonial botel hotel on Third South street Mrs Lace Lacey has hns been married twice tho the first time when only fifteen 5 ears years old Her first husband was Captain HOb Roby who ho died Soon boon after attel the from wa war r Injuries received while his wife was doing heroic work worl both in th the tho o field and In the Lincoln hospital a at t Washington Tho second husband Thomas wa was s Lacey who died several ago aJo Mrs Lacey has lias years year sa s not missed a single sIng national G. G G A A. A R R. encampment since tho the first one was held In IndIanapolis Indi IndI- anapolis In and declares sho will not miss an any as long as sho she Is la able to travel Jluther Wo n nN Southerner Born JuI July I 1 1 1854 1851 Mrs Lacey Laccy soon found herself In tho midst of tho the moll moil turmoil tur- tur Just before tho war Ile Her lIer r had mother a Boynton BOnton of at Charleston S S. S C. C run awa away from homo home ami amt married a Yankee Sho was disowned disown ell by he her r family and tho the blow was ch chiefly letl re re- re for fey her earl early death Tier relatives never no forgave her for Cor mar mar- the northerner and the feeling against her grow more bitter when tho the war broke bloke out between the South North and Birth on the tho nations nation's great patriotic patriot da day July 4 A seemed to put fighting c g blood Into the tho veins of tho the for fOT young girl she was eager to go o to war In th tho service of tho the North as soon as wa war r tall talk started And when news was flashed through the Now England states that Toil Fort Sumpter had been fired upon b by the rebels there thero was nothing to hold bold her Sho applied to Doroth Dorothy DK at New York at on once co for tor service Renice as us an arm army nurse and anti her ago ao denied her the tho right to enter tho the field Go home child said tho the woman whoso namo name Is Js linked so o 0 prominently with wilh Civil war wal history you jou OU are aro too young for tOI this sacrifice nut Hut tho the young woman a matron thou though h less than 16 years old was n not of to bo be denied dented Sho She went to Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- 1 phia and applied to Anna Morris f for or service as an arm army nurse She w was as not rejected the tho second time and w was LS sent to Washington and later In t the h e field neld where she worked with Clara Char ha a Barton Darton Her Iier memories of this fire great reat at nurse who risked ed hardship and death deat h almost dally to aid alII the Injured an and d d dying are aro the most tender and loving 10 g Clara Friend Clara Barton furton was ono one of at tho the deg dearst dear dear- r- r est st friends I had as she sho was a friend frien d to all all said Mrs 1 1 La Lacoy CO coy She Sho did n not of do o so much of oC tho actual nursing o on n tho the field but superintended the wor work k an and laid out plans which were ca carried car car- r- r ried sled out by the great reat band of ot army arm y nurses who had enlisted from Crom all par parts is of the North litre lIlee myself Sho She w was as hard to st get g s- t along with at times tones b but ut was ahva always s 's working with Ith with what what for force co sho sue hail had to gain tho the best results S She h e was often s seen cen upon tho battlefield directing directing- tho the work of ot succor and then was tireless in looking after the wounded In tho the hospitals The last I time I saw her was about four Cour years ago at her home hom In Washington Washington- h headquarters for the tho Red when Cross when hc lic was so so feeble that t I had to assist her to rise In In all m my experience near her during durIng dur dur- ing the war I never saw a time when she bhe would accept a luxury that could trot not bo ho afforded to others I remember remember ber on ono occasion that the tho general was trying to make malee her homo home as comfortable comfortable com com- as possible under the prevail prevail- In lag ing conditions A carpet was stolen from a Southern home and brought ht to Miss Batons Baton's tons ton's place She understood at what t was being donG done for tor her comfort but refused to allow ollow the carpet car- car pet pot to go o down Sho She sent sont It back to tho the old Southern home borne and endured tho the same hardships as tho the rest of or us She Sho ho hoat was at a great und and good woman woman I HL AL I LAKe t Ul lit GITY I T U Mrs Lace Lacey bright clever end and active still has hus vivid d remembrances of th the e Civil fl war period Shu Sho know President t Intimately as did other nurses nurse In the this Lincoln hospital where whore slUt she wa was wal 8 engaged ngn pd for tor nearly nearly two years jears during g the tho close e of ot the tho war Lincoln mad mallo 0 almost dall dally trips to tho the hospital an und d showed shon-od hi bin hia greatness in ht the tho consoling S lanes 11 to the tho wounded soldiers It was my ury custom while a nurse t to 0 write write man many letters to to- relatives s and anti friends of ot wounded s soldiers whom n I attend attended d said Mrs Irs Lacu Lacey and and this thin resulted In rather a humorous Incident t. t A young joung lieutenant had written in re ro rc- rc gard to u l brother who lay wounded In 1 n the Lincoln hospital I answered th tho 0 I letter and nd mado It an as cheery cheery as I could and signed It t Mary Rob Roby That t was m my married name and that wa was tho the way WRY I signed signet all of or tho letters After my husband c cairns home borne Mo lit told m mo me of or his Ills lieutenant receiving tho the letter from me mc The young 10 oung un J fellow read tho the letter aloud to lo my Iny husband ami nm 1 then thon said ho would like to m meet et th the tho young lady who had written it M My husband asked to see see the tho letter li He lie looked at tho the writing then at tho the sig sl- nature Why that's thal's wife my ho de de- Glared Well I met met- that youn young younk lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant later and he thanked me for tor th the e letter leUer Ho lIo Is 18 now married and liven living In Texas I received a letter r from hi him m a few days a ago o oIn In which in which ho says jays h he e will not be able ablo to come como to tho encampment en en- nt at Salt Lake Lako but asked fo for forG G GAR A A. R. R booklets and material that h he e r might keep Many Yearn Afterward Mrs Lac Lacy was on man many battlefields battlefield s Immediately after tho the conflicts and tho the scenes which she encountered cl hao havo e been stamped In her mind mind- Indelibly And nd through the wonderful work sh she and others did while en engaged aKed in the this s st great service she has mot met hundreds o of t men since tho the war who remembered her he r as a n nurse and have thanked her again for saving their Right night light here in Salt Lako Lake said Mrs Lacy I met Comrade Lawrence whom i I had attended In the tho Lincoln hospital 1 after atter the tho battle of Manassas I had been making a short r address to th the e Ladles of ol the G. G A A. R. R one night an and d when I had concluded Comrade Comrado Lawrence Law Law- renco rence camo came to me asked your name Mary Vary Roby h he e Yes Yes that that was my name once once I i thought thou I could not be bo mistaken You Sou are tho the gains samo Mary Diary Roby who wh o nursed me In tho the Lincoln hospital after atter the battle of at Manassas and I want t to o thank you ou again as-aln for tor saving my life Ute Then I made him tell me mo which h ward he his was In and what tho the namo name 0 of ot f this tho surgeon con was who worked with him When hen he had told me mo both I knew h ho a was not mistaken I could not remember ber her him but ho could not have havo bee been n mistaken I have mot met many men ter the e same way since sines the tho war and have bar e gained much pleasure In recalling those e stirring times Without an effort Mrs Lacy ca can n trace her family straight back to 1620 when her forefathers came to Ply Ph mouth on tho the Mayflower Abraham rut Clark her great grandfather was on one e of the signers signors of oC the Declaration o of ot f Independence and James Clark hl his s father tather was tho the cler clergyman man who sea sent t rPaul Paul Revere on his historic ride She still atilt retains much of the fire fly e and enthusiasm of ot her hel youth and Is a most Interesting woman In all of th tho o meetings s of ot the tho Army Nurses' Nurses association tion ilea during tits the G G. A. A R P. encampment sho she n will play a a. most Important part |
