Statement on Navy Day.
10/26/1931
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
Clara Barton was in her own person and her own life all that the Red Cross has since become.
A woman founded the Red Cross and a woman has enlarged its usefulness.
By its very purpose it compels the respect for its own flag and its own passports.
Through the loftiest of all spiritual qualities--charity--it has become the guardian of the people from suffering in times of disaster.