Show VOLUNTEER NURSES i movement to aid those who served in the civil war philadelphia april 22 mrs claris ta dyo dye aged 75 years of 0 this city president of the association ot of army nurses of tile civil war who did he bolc work at gettysburg and on an othor other battlefields during abo rebellion la 18 collecting data from the one hundred and alli moie mole surviving female nurses nurse in 12 the united states who saw service upon the inuring the war with avith a view ot of furnishing congress con gresa with looking to securing provis lon loni i from the government for these volunteers many of f these women today said sirs mrs D dye 0 are poor and destitute widows ow P and too old to work they were volunteer nurses and left their homes during the time of the civil war to nurse nurs 0 the r sick iok and dying soldiers their work wa was one of love and sympathy and they received no 10 campensa tion from the government the contract nurses were 1 provided provided tor for re belving 12 a month pension I 1 plead tor or the poor aged women who nurs ed back JO 0 o life many a sick and wounded hero of the battlefield the government sh should ld certainly make pl provision for the them rn and I 1 believe it will next december when the bill will i be ba brought up |