New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-08
SERVED AS AN ARMY NURSE.
THE WIDOW OF COLONEL sTOTsENbEh"
TELLS OF HER EXPERIENCES IN
MANILA TRENCHES.
w,,h,rr,on dispatch to The Philadelphia Press

Washington dispatch to The Phiiadelphia rIeSo
Mrs. Mary stotsenberg the wa Woo ki III While
James n nbarse upon the rebels in the Philippines
is in Washington. on her way to her nome !" 4''"
%rs born and bred naS tSe
by her recent experiences fn IN r. made o. To-day
she received reporter and iaf ed in the Eastern
did not more than soldiers wife S snSul ths ao
saio MIS- xrfor everything seemed to be over when
the Colonel felit Is satisfaGb5 aHe helped him
when the time came execute the orders nor
Manila Ready to start for Tt that s is contrary
|s ~ S but as an Army nurse shaii neVe f
forget the thrill that encompasses me F G Ie
the c %ss stopping n manila The Colonies 81 r9 .Se
ent The ls Nebraska NSnde sy drove S out
The camp in a cssche. or wagonetie oss s ~ dan
ger Was to refuge in the house OF be an Amer
iishman halfway between Manila ana e ene Hoaied
can lines. over this house the bii'ish "'e
ION February our lines and the enemy ,ye Te ~
Yer very csmn hat day Colonel stotsenberg by me
commanding generals orders nad sem The FIJI.
pinos accordingly retired. ,,s,, ont
Later in the day the Colon ero ,eI Of officers in
Bis tent when suddenly heard sh0t .roi IN an
sns.en, we We're on our feet. The sound went
through If the shot itself had per TsSed from
,he tent 7 was quivering but not with fear cd IL
IL re- ,nost exctInC moment Of my IRE oeSS
st,er vo,Iev followed until the air was Whlte WI
smoke and the noise Of our own cahHOIi III r.
with the singing OF the enemy sheils a. o'
broke In our ranks and made heroes Oh .nS ~.
81 ,elt first such n glorious THRU as moves ,..o
A,,ng drummer to a last effort 10 cheer ms Coiii 1,
rsdss on or lifts the wounded. bleeding arm ~
nc color-bearer until the flag rises again u 'o''
hsck the handful Of retreating men; Al, .,sor
at was war-rea actual WARMTH the ILL.,.
two ~ p,,ns the means OF the wounded the cneCL
~ the livjng-and the Colonel my 'oionei III NV
thckest Of II all .~ oe7ce-,s wife
IT was only woman. and the stan onSer S
Toni me 10 the Colonels tent. where oltcn ne mn
heen dug and prevailed upon me 10 lie 'nere '''
the worst Of Il over 1911, ora >es.
'..Nsuser bullets few over me mick anu
ofe rIppinc up the earth al the sizes OF tne
Thev tore into shreds the canvas OF me 'o1o.I w.
tent and could hear the shatterins noise As tieA
,r,cl Inc trees In the woods near by. ana tnahkeu
Cod I, was trees not mon. they had plerced
.sIIalf dozen staff officers meantime mao u't'i,
,ookinr for nv calache When NJ last they 1ouI99
40 cd vas about 10 step into Il. bullet whizZeo
Nv and iust missed tho head Of the Filipino driNer.
He promptly dropped the reins and Ned INTO tne
underbrush. - 1 . ,,r-eor T
wade nv way out Of the battlefield, crouchins
close 20 the ground to avoid the Mauser p,lIe'
which seemed 20 be coming from every dlre4'' lo ,
Il would never have left the spot mao not given
+be Colonel my promise that would 90 so $500
'sV-her We reached tho home OF the tngnshnlaH
ve fou0d he had fed in terror hauling down me
20 make Manila foot and were footsore ana
uearv when al last reached there.
THAT was my first experience. but passeo
,hrourh many battles after that nope may
rever SOC another. however. The SOUND or sh''
Temirds me TOO keenly Of him.