The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-30
A WOMAN SOLDIER.
Buried With Military Honors.
She Accompanied Her Husband in
His Bloody Campaigns.
While Ministering to the Wounded
on the Field She Is Shot.
Affecting Scenes at the Funeral
Graphically Described.
The Pope Receives the American Pill
grims-F Father John McFadden and
Mr.. Blame, Member of Parliament,
are Arrested-For News.

N-:w YoEE, Jan. %. i have Just re-
turned, says Il correspondent OF the New
York Herald, from the Sou,hsea cemetery at
Portsmouth, Eng, where Wednesday (thc
95th) afternoon, by orders from head
quarters and with the hearty concurrence
Of the Duke of Cambridge, woman was
buried with iull military honor. She w,.s
the wife of Quartcunaster Fox, of the Sec
ond Connaught Rangers She accom-
panied her husband TO the Transvaal, and,
while ministering to the wounded and
dying on the field ut what is known as the
Brunker Spruit action, was shot in the
abdomen, from which the bullet was never
extracted She then for four months he.
came prisoner of war in the Boer camp,
and there, although weak and suffering,
she still continued her ministrations To
her ielow-prisoners. She barely escaped
peritonits, but shortly after her return to
this garrison she began To suffer from par
tial paralysis. She WIS 81 heroic, patient
and cstimablc that she became really an
idol in the regiment, after the fashion OF
the devoted vivandicrc in the novel Of
tom Burke"
When she died Col. Bunbury issued an
order in which he said: "Ihc commanding
officer takes this opportunity OF placing
upon record his opinion that MrS. Fox died
| a soldiers death" Lieutenant General Sir
George Willis, commanding the district,
followed il by an order rcciting the con
duet OF Mn. Fox and decrceing military
funeral. This WIS attended by 1000 resi-
dents aud strangers aud large depuialion
Of sailors OF the navy. In the proccssion
fifty prvates Of the Connaught Rangers
headed the line.
The pail bearers were officers The
collin was borne on gun carriage drawn
10y six bays. caparisnncd in black cloth,
and each horse was mounted by nn ar
iillcryman. The c,rriagc was covered
with wrealhs. Col. Nautilus, who COM
mandcd tlic Rangrn la the llOcr war, ac-
companied Qunrtcunastcr Fox rs chief
mourner. aud lac vas supported by six
scrgcanis, who hah lren ai.o wounded IN
| the engagement aud becu tended by MS.
Fox. Three military bands altcmatod in
| playing funeral nmrcics. Among the &C.
cupanls Of the scores of carriages we're
many ladies', of whom Mr Gen. Willis
WIS one, her husband being absent ON ac-
count Of illness.
Arrived ut the cemetery gates, the Union
Jack, ut the corner OF which hung the nd
cross which had been given 10 Mrs. Fox
by the Queen, was rcycrnily sprad upon
the coffin, which wis then carried by priv
ate soldiers 10 the chapel, where the Rev.
j. Barton, principal chaplain oi the forces,
| conducted the usual service. THREE vol.
lcys wcrc fined over the grave for the iirt
time In military annals, Il Is said, over n
woman-with alterations ol funeral M
lutcs from the band. The immense con-
course then returned 10 Portsmouth, and
each mourncr on the way had some kind
tribute To pay 10 the memory Of the dead
heroine.