Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1895 — THE RED OROSS SOCIETY. [ARTICLE]

THE RED OROSS SOCIETY.

of Its UWi Bine* Ita Orgw* teMtoa SS Y»«r. Ago. TBe organisation known an t&e Bad Cross la tbs result of tbe International treaty of Genera, and baa for its object tbe prevention or amelioration of suffering incurred In war. >ll military hospitals under Its flag are neutral, and cannot be attacked or captured. Surgeons, nurses, chaplains, attendants, and all non-combatants wearing its badge, all supplies, and whatever elae, under its care, are likewise protected. In this country it has a dvll branah, known as tbe American Amendment, which other countries are adopting, and which provides relief against woes arising from Are, flood, pestilence and other national calamities. As late as the Crimean war, civil help for military necessities was unknown, and Florence Nightingale walked Into a pathless field. In our own civil war relief was afforded f>y the Sanitary and Christian commissions. The Red Cross became active A ret In the Franco-Ger-man war of 1870-1, and the annals of Chat war were not stained by any record of needless inhumanity or cruelty to wounded or sick. Since then no war between nations within the treaty has taken place In which the Red Cross has not done Its work, maintained its position and been respected. Under the American Amendment it has had a chare, according to Miss Clara Barton, its originator and leading spirit, in relief work in the case of the forest Urea of Michigan la 1881; the overflow of the Jiiwtosippii la 1888; the drought of Texas in 18m; the relief of the sufferera from the Mount Vernon cyclone la 1888; the yellow fever epidemic in Florida In 1888; the Johnstown disaster in 1889; the Russian famine In 1891-92; and the hurricane and tidal wave of the South Carolina sea Island coast in 1893M. It has also, during that time, taken part in several International movements.