The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-03
HAYTI,s AMAzOAs.
The Ebony DRmssIs Whom LsEidns Has
Eplis'sd in HIS Army,

The Ebony DRmAelS Whom LeRihma Has
Enlisted in HIS Army.
NaS Orleatn Pteuguae.
The war in Hayti, where the alleged
rlghtiul ruler Legttime is being driven
into his last ditch by the alleged reyolu'
tionary leader Hippolyte, has developed
an interesting feature in the drafting Of
women into the army Of the former,
Legitime has been worsted on every
field and driven back until his domain
is limited pretty nearly TO his capital
city OF Port.au.Prince, As his army has
dwindled away largely by desertion 70
the other faction, he tound himself with
out troops to man his Notifications, for
his city was long ago fortified by the
'~spaniards and French who held tat dill
ferent times,
In this extremity Legitme has hit
upon the plan Of filling up his depleted
ranks with women, There being q sur.
plus OF the softer sex in the capital OF
the negro republic, 1t has been possible
10 enroll quite o number Of these ebony
Amazons, who are not embodied in
exclusive batallions OF their own sex,
but arc distributed among the men.
These women are dressed in masculine
costume, and said to look very much
like negro youths ofthe male persuasion,
The Haytian negroes, where they have
been amalgamated with the native
Caribs, have become almost beardless,
particularly when the men are young,
and hence these Haytian amazons are
said to be distinguishable from the
males, when all are standing In line
together, chiefly by the fact that the
faces Of the women are more pleasing
and less hard and brutal than are those
OF the men. Every person who has seen
our own fair amazons on the stage or en-,
gagged In q broom drill will have noticed
that In the peculiar conformation OF the
sex the superior swell at the launches
and the lesser breadth OF shoulders COM
bine to exert special effects upon the
manual OF arms,
When the guns + brought to Q
"carry," being rested against the hip and
upon the shoulder, they do not stand
erect but incline at an angle towards the
head Of the fair soldier, Moreover, when
the troops are aligned in position Of
the soldier 1t Is more easy for them 10
touch hips than elbows as required by
the code, and should the time ever come
when the armies OF the white nations
are To BIO made up OF women, 1t Is 10 be
hoped, In the Interest OF grace and
symmetry, that somebody will design
special arms and a manual for their
use suited to tho conformation OF the
beautiful sex. When the masculine
creature takes up the trade OF a soldier
he goes in for show and gets himself up
as g~orgeously rs possible. II We are to
have hereafter an army Of amazons, they
should he made up altogether lovely.
Fortunately, the ancient style OF ex-
cision OF the breast will not be perpetu-
ated, That was done 10 enable the fair
warrior to draw the bow to It's utmost
reach. Now, the drawing OF the beaux
is done In quite q different manner, as
the ancient weapons Of barbarism have
all been discarded.
But to return to the Haytlans, those
sable Mol Pitchers and maids OF Sara
goasa have not yet done any fighting;
i but Il they should be driven to 1t they
will probably display as much bravery as
women do in an emergency. 1t seems a
brutal outrage To drive the softer sex into
battle, but II we are TO credit ancient
traditions, 1t has often been done, and
in view OF the fact that the entire civil
lized world Is aCcumulatlng q constantly
increasing deficiency OF men and a cor
responding excess in the number OF wo'
men, 1t is not out OF the reach Of posi-.
bility that the myths Of the old world
amaSons may be realized in fact as time
advances. What has been will be again.