Show OUR N IN WAR VOICE VOICES OF WIVES AND rl arb ARL NOW 4 want to join the her lie 14 41 nurses uri or AIU aids of t I 1 liay ny kin mu I 1 N I 1 lie il 11 1 ih add 1 f zi 11 women on an M luth th bliff anit ills it the civil wr war the president ani ant secretary ot of war nar pare are rece receiving lying letters biota patriotic women all over the country anxious to be 60 mustered into service A letter received at the NN hilte house tt ind addressed president Mck Mch lule f t tj awl mt Ts t at 0 i batt I 1 t hiblar CLAR k B ulton 1 D C reads I 1 write ge it I 1 would be ot of any use vise to ou tx taht cuba trouble I 1 am only a bet woman but I 1 can nurse the sick and 1 only ash vish I 1 nero v ere a man mail a act would fa K end N volunteer olun teer to take ono one ot of aa pr ur unfortunate ones place who ho went own OWA with the maine it you need law omen to n nurse urge or it in an say ay I 1 can we e ot 0 bervice to you tor for my country a ike plea let me know I 1 am strong ISO pounds helou me feet five I 1 one halt half inched age 27 years ears an ani I 1 lits dt nuree nurse hoping to be of service obal MY godana roy my suntry country I 1 am at C command th An otherl sa a I 1 wis one ot of the to ret st volunteer nurses ili iring the war the rebellion 1 on trans veste arts rt and in if there la Is an the uber war I 1 aro am re id idy ell otia canadian noman who ito ss sis her fought for our flag in the late M as ir offers her gel vices Ices and ad Is in comper leer letter to the president ent balling of 01 lp position of I 1 shall ishall be glad to these to my Ber vires in any other c opacity aare sere I 1 may be of use aaa from away 1 I loft 0 n in colorito Co Vo lorido lorAdo adoth d conlan ho addre sli her letter on OR avar var department offis off is her services a 1 words should there be a the it the united states and isdo there be any show shon for us ane ve are nurses ANDElle trona health alth N omen there ara are 6 of 35 3 airs ence of but se meeril eril examples ot of via it lence being received sai in american women arit avent ot of in oitt kireak reak with lie del tons in ty the e army will be the ny women the number ot of ishop anding upon the extent ot of L e during the late war ar f women laomen served in ili many u wit i relation to the army resident M is nurses some as spies eteen as pure ois laundresses lure P I 1 C ampf great var ar break out the ps of the army would have areat number ot of nomen detary alger allt t an all woman noman as nother eat ot of nurses in a at re ce ng ot of the ch civil it na war ar secre anth r cameion miss it y sol ix tor for this duty she ot of that without bompensa ted vies u selected by her were othea B every battle battlefield id from bull emple tox they were in ea hospital e typical army nurse Is al at rth the I 1 b the idealist as a t ander der ang I 1 of mercy with IB face ace lt it N 3 interesting to c ah ole genenia in command of ar roling e ased 13 01 ill I 1 A senies ter lie busill wl day 3 n OM the baft L it to salt of I 1 aaion at ks on the pa a f ree itch 12 UT arn PANDO 1 m pin ain a leaders in ling goo cubi that middle aged and homely such serece sen ice A circular cir tular rb b the superintendent of d LL n sri read I 1 jos V en n under 3 20 30 need apply all mission require I 1 to be very plain men on their dresses must iwo n or black with a ith no bow boi a bissola dis sola jewelry and no hoop assets liven iven to nurses in the late aver to war was 12 a month but it is BAIJ wj that hundreds of women men of social rank and position without wilting to bo to fornwall for niall mustered in ill sen gerld id without pay or hope hoi of reward renard she he who aho is now volunteering to aid in ill i ct with bhain Is not the litia oman but the baine pitr lutle cre creature iture who ito onfred li to her flag in imbi general sherynn ailed ailed mother d he the cel bratel nurse of chiv civil 11 AN ir one ot of his tits best u cri brals rhe woman noman who boull be hie the most consi ot of hir in a greit N wr r between the little I 1 batitis an ani I 1 I 1 pain Is miss clari birton of the american itel lie I 1 close 10 lo ho Is now cir ing for the cubans shout I 1 a nar bleik out alth N ith spain vonan won an a most military serke will be done it honit As soot as the first aun un ot of tit tin ca civil 11 u war ar was tired fired woman oman s u work ork for both the I 1 nion tilon all ani I 1 Contel lente erite citing berin begin in earnest within athin i month after I 1 Irs ris dent I 1 till in coin coln called for the first arm of 73 75 in of anwa ew I 1 aik oil oik women hid choden from hundreds of c candidates competent nurses u to ie le trained by the I 1 li Insl clans an ani I 1 sur geong 0 of f the cian at thi bame u time women omen igho it the country organize I 1 bol ua adlers il if I 1 societies se sewing ing circles fairs an I 1 entertainments of various sorts for the i impose of the brave 1 ayi both necessities ant in 1 delicacies triina running into dashington Nas hIngton were nere elgha wel glit down with mill a tremendous accumulation of eight feight f for this purpose its distribution was finally turned over to the sanitary sanat iry commission which co operated ope ratel during the with women a clubs ind societies throughout the entire north after pich battle distributed the supplies as received receive statistics show that during the late the melne Ha tafts care I 1 he last vas the fourth accident that ha happened to t the he milne la august 1896 she trippe I 1 her anchor iri in awing ing bound whit at key iley nast tt and drifted on a reef roof and bent ten tell plates alona the port feel in lebr nar 1 a one pound cartri igo exploded oxil odeil during target I 1 irac tico and injured three men in ili jul she wis As rimmed into an I 1 RIN t r fler b her captain tain in ili an all effort to alnoid Et earll riling ing a heavily luider ex excursion curIon bolt boat aho sustained ont the loss of bo boy paint this time it is 1 a anny ii y ard tradition that the A i 51 v t t COMMODORE I 1 IONN ML commander of the squadron Squad ion at hampton raids vi VA maine vaa from her launching ih da heir ir A linardi bralie who superintended her building and whose pride she was aas had obtained a bottle of real american atine file for her carist ening lie ile was nas then superintendent of 0 the brooklyn Uro Broo oldyn Ulyn nay ird and ho he and mrs sent to koll kell a island in I 1 ike urie erie near the scene oc of corn com k I 1 yr 7 ALA a THE HARBOR OF HAVANA SHOWING MORRO CASTLE N war nir ir the wom women ens s organizations raised altogether among their so clelles in the northern states the amount recently appropriated by congress to put the nation upon an in effective defensive tooling footing the little girls ot of the north by their min laturi tatum fairs and handing handiwork ork contributed women might ser serve 0 thia this gon government as spies in a great war var that a axeman N oman z ma ty 11 1 I 1 STI ol 01 IN in the service ot of uncle sam between havana han ana anil and key ney NN eat cannot keep a secret herself or let any one else keep heep one is not borne out by certain arc archives lilies kept in a large fire proof site in the tile war var department ono of 0 the tile most active and reliable union pica oles in the late was a woman who worked successfully foi tot a long period ho however meNer she was caught by tho enemy ind hanged to a tree martial law laa which states that the spy Is punishable by death by hanging by the neck has no respect tor for sex III I 1 tho south won lion wo we can measure the value of 0 this commemoration da dav it we e reconsider recon bider what would have been hid had the confederacy a succeeded macaulay in one of those brilliant brill lint haphazard specula eions m with ith va which he NN was as wont N ont to sup clement what u hat providence idenie baj had tailed failed to do in the making of the tile universe saw savi in the tut fut re of the united states i ha halt it dozen federi tiong I 1 angland could hold her em empire pire by the power of 0 ho tho amord but where here was as the sword in a demo democracy crac I 1 1 I 1 et us Is suppose as macaulay seemed to anticipate thai that the unite I 1 states state should ha have e accepted the southern confederacy erac it ence had been conceded to the south utter litter chancellorsville then the darkest hour tor for the arth chit it then the lines ot of separation would have been brivil through nast cst with the rock mountains as a western barrier 7 the he french would have held the rio illo grande I 1 canada would have been a neighbor in arms mander perry a famous m whipping hipping of the british and secured a quart of champagne nade n ade right there from american grapes miss alice a granddaughter of secretary ot of the navy tra cy christened the big armored crul cruiser ser and brought with her a bottle of champagne from the hills ot of prance france she used this and it was vias a severe digap to admiral braille he lie haa has hia his bottle ot of american wine ine still in a prominent place in his ills library and will wish now more than ever that it had been the one to have been smashed over the maine a bow besides her accidents the maine has twice come in tor for severe criticism as to top weight and seaworthiness in september it was mas found that sha she could not carry on her decks the two torpedo boats designed and the boats which cost 80 were sent up to newport tor for practice work at the training station in february of last year admiral bunce had to matte make to assistant spere tar me doo after hia his experience th ith his squadron off cape hatteras Hatt eraa in the galo gale of february 5 and 6 the following report the maine malnes a behaN behavior lor at sea in libay weather li Is bpd her pitching and rolling Is and Is to attribute ut ed to faulty design in placing too much heavy weight at her extremities aich which ta GUN GITS AT IN S POINT N Y can pierce four inch armor at a distance of nineteen milea miles was increased by attempting to correct another error when she was as commissioned I 1 her battery cannot be used as designed without destruction of boats and other fillings fittings ind in some in stances loss of life it the ere crew remain at their guns for this reason there has been no attempt to make such use ot of the gains as Is contemplated in the design ot of the hip ship and arrangement ot of her batteries a of icy an ey dechi Info rinta ly to be 4 N 4 e expects 1 at of 0 id ti Z t this lies for ra aw a rk in tbs it by tb THE SQUADRON AT it RO ADS ending of mol |