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which the word "Spaniard" inspires her.
 The company uniform consists of white waists, blue jackets and red skirts. The soldier maids have been drilled with real rifles, and very few of the recruits now shut their eyes when they fire volley. Their drillmaster Is Colonel Case of the Fourth regiment. While they do not claim to be able to throw a rock straight, yet there is no question that, given a fair range at regiment of Spaniards, they could do severe execution. None of the young women is over 25 years of age, and most of them are nearer 20. Mrs. Howard M. Shilling is the captain of this gall lant and lovely band of patriotic ama- zons.
 Not to be outdone by the Reading women, the ladies of Chadron, Neb.. have organized cavalry company and rendered to Governor Holcomb their services as sharpshooters in the regu- lar army. The cavalry ladies are said to be daring horsewomen and dead shots, and all are sworn to shoot a Spaniard on sight.
 Mrs. Marguerite Raymond of Chicago. a teacher of voice culture, has the dis tinction of so far being the only wo-
 
 music maker. Mrs. Raymond has been assigned as bugler to Company 1T of the Second regiment, Nebraska national guard. She is the only woman bugler in the service and is said to be quite as expert with the revolver as with the bugle. In thus discovering new vcca- tion for women in military service Mrs. Raymond is conferring an inestimable benefit on those theatrical ladies who ,, look on the war as affording rich field for press agenting purposes.
 While in camp the buglers work is restricted to sounding the diffsrent calls. In battle he is stationed near the commanding officer, and his shrill. sweet notes wait the orders over the field, where in the noise and excitement of conflict the human voice would i3e ] H. audible. A bugler's pay in cash Is yls a month three suits of clothes year and his board a: the expense of the govefn- ment, but the revenue in poetry, statu- ary and undying fame is what the ay- craze woman is looking for at this stage of the game. Filthy lucre is not likely to be much of a consideration with such of the supposed gentler sex as are willing to undergo the hardships and privations of camp life.
 Mrs. George M. Moulton of Chicago. wife of the colonel of the Second regi- ment of the Illinois national guard, in- tends to accompany her husband to the front because she thinks that the worst hardships that camp life can offer will be more tolerable than suspense and worry at home. Colonel Moulton has so far said nothing in opposition to his wife'S plan, and the men of the regi- ment are delighted with the idea and swear that no harm shall come to the camp angel so long as there is an in- dividual left in the regiment able to grasp a sword or aim rifle.
 If worst should by any unforeseen circumstances come to worst with our soldiers there is no doubt that, like Molly Pitcher of glorious memory, the camp angel will be ready to face the enemy from behind a gun rather than that Old Glory should become the ene- my's trophy, for the American woman Is born fighter. With all the odds against her she has fought her way into every other occupation. Even if she does want to shoulder a knapsack and mus ket in defense of her country it isn't because she doubts the grit and mar | tial talent of the American man. It is because she admires him so much that she wants to initiate his gallant ex- ample even upon the ba.siefield. She wishes to be in the thisk of the fight, to share his dangefs ass well as his joys and sorrows, and;n any one challenges ~ h | saanliness of her ambition, in .GI 1AI III *.--syf Of the Page' Mrs. Bro-- a Jteaded her case so well that;s that .SI.2 heed of other defense. sg msA
 CAROLA LEIGH.