The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-24
The Story Of W0man's Csreer-FOrty
Years Service as an 0ficer Ia The
British lFnE.


an English paper sayss
An incident is just now being discussed in
mll'ary cifc q, So extraordinary that, were
no.its truth T0ucbed lar by official authority,
the narration would certsin y be deemed B.
lut-ly ihctediole. Oar officers quariefed
e. the Cape, some fifteen az twenty years
ago, may remember q certain Dr. Barry, at
tachcd 10 the medical staff there. and enjoy
ing repgtation Tor considerable skin ga bis
profession, especia ly for hrmhcss, decision
and rspldity in difficult operations. The
gentleman had entered The army in 1872.
Rad passed. of C -urses through the grades eli
assist en- surgeon and surgeon id various regi-
nens, and mad served as sucn in various
gu rters Of the globe. His professional &c
quirements hsd procured for him his promo
tiolI % the staff ct the Cape. BE was clever
and Agreeable. save for the drawback Of q
most Quarrels me temper, end an Il ordinate
addict ca "a argument, which rerpeiua ~
br0uCh the former PECULIARLY into p az
He IVES exc IS lively plain, q feeble proper
tiuns, snd lab0rcd under the imperfect Il O.
a ladicrously squeakiug voice. Any natursl
q" chatting " ia regard 90 thes e. however.
especially aroused his De-, but was ed length
sliseoutituei oa his g ca Ing ont a llefse-
reriug offender and shoo,ing him through
the lunes
Abaut 1880 De became promoted 10 be
medical inspector. and was Transferred 10
Malta. Thtrs he was equrlly distinguished
BY Dis ill, and by his pu snaeisus "a pen
stiles. the lauer becoming 20 ine7nveniently
developed upon the slightest difference Of
opinion that o. lest ua notice was allowed
G. b. taken of hi fis of temper. lie pro-
cseded from Malta 10 Corfu, where he was
qusltered Tor many years, still conspicuous
iol his peenliAriiies- hen our Government
re,led fhe lauiau lslandl 90 0reece, ana our
aNI
Barry elected d. leave the arsBy and take up
his residence for he Ie-t u his days az
Corfu. lie there dita aasut month ago,
and uuan his death vas discoverei TO be-
% woman Very pro5ab y this discovery
was elected during the natural preparations
fer interrleut Dat there seems 10 - idea
prevalent that either verbally, duribg ise
last illness, or by me writing. perused inn
rnearatelv efier lbs for we must stin use the
-'fnasculiue"l death, he had begged to be
carried without 8 post norton examination
pf any sort.
Thts, most likely, only aroused the curics-
az of Ihe $50 nurses who attended him, for
ID wns 90 them, il appears, that the dis
closure of ihs mystery is owning. Under
the circum iauces, The Fac. was deemed 70
impcr ant chat medical testimony wss called
in b report upon aud record is truth. By
this investigation not only was the assertion
placed bevand @ doubt, but L was equally
hesun d doubt brought 10 light thtt the in
diVidual 30 quest on had some time or an
other been d uother. This Is al as IS vet
known q this extraordinary sto-y. The
motives that icca ioEed aud he titas when
commenced this singular deception are both
ID Guided in mys cry. But thus ID stands n
ndubdable fact. that . woman was forty
wears ana officer m the British &c vice, had
fauoht ooa duel. AVID rad sought many more
has pursued D legitimate medical education,
had Iocei .ed re- eular dIil ma, aud had Sc
gical operator.