Clara Barton was with the Army of the Blue, but nearby was a hospital in which were the wounded Gray, starving. The surgeons from within were begging for food. The Federal Quartermaster had refused supplies, giving as a valid excuse that he was a bonded officer and responsible for the property under his charge. A “bunch” of cattle were seen passing. Clara Barton said to the officer: “I know you are bonded, but I am neither bonded nor responsible.” The officer taking the “cue” was soon out of sight. Clara Barton then gave orders to her men, at the same time pointing to the large unsuspecting white ox that had strayed from the “bunch.” The men appreciated the _delicate situation_; the ox somehow _strayed_ over to the enemy, and later received a hearty reception among the starving wounded inside the hospital. [Illustration: MATHEW C. BUTLER My dear Miss Barton:— I do not see how those poor people in South Carolina will ever be able to thank you enough for your noble work of relief. Certainly you have been to them a “ministering angel.” I shall never cease to be grateful for your self-sacrificing, heroic work.—MATHEW C. BUTLER, of South Carolina, Major-General Civil War, Major-General Spanish-American War, U. S. Senator 1877–1895. General Butler, that busy, hard-worked Senator, prompt and kind. CLARA BARTON. ] REPRESENTATIVE OF TWO WARS [Illustration: JOSEPH WHEELER I think it due Miss Barton that the government should give to her the highest possible recognition, and thanks.—JOSEPH WHEELER, of Alabama, Major-General Civil War; Major-General Spanish-American War; U. S. Congress, 1881, 1882; 1885–1893; 1895–1900. ] [Illustration: HARRISON GRAY OTIS Clara Barton is one of the blessed ones of the earth, and her name will remain green in the heart of America.—HARRISON GRAY OTIS, of California; Brigadier-General, Civil War; Major-General (Brevet), Spanish-American War; America’s Great Journalist. ] XXIV One’s blood runs cold and then mounts high in reading of the amazing feats of strength and courage of heart shown by this little lone woman. _The Outlook._ Clara Barton—her personal service and self-sacrifice are beyond praise. _Philadelphia Public Record._ The sum of all human agony finds its equivalent on the battlefield. CLARA BARTON. We cannot desert our poor charge of humanity, but must stay and suffer with them if need be. CLARA BARTON. And if you chance to feel that the positions I occupied were rough and unseemly for a _woman_—I can only reply that they were rough and unseemly for _men_. CLARA BARTON. The sooner the world learns the better that the halo of glory which surrounds a field of battle and its tortured, thirsting, starving, pain-racked victims exists only in the imagination. CLARA BARTON.