The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-10
WENT TO WAR FOR BROTHER.
A German Girl Who Fought in the Army While Her Brother Worked.

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 the army of the Fatherland. For tW'
 years and six months she served petor'
 it was discovered that she was not hel
 brother, who was the person drafted
 The German lass of 20 years was ont
 of family of eight children, seven o'
 whom were girls. The mother was af
 invalid, the father blind and the
 breadwinner for the family was the
 only son, Albert Hassar The Father
 land was engaged in war. Albert Has,
 ser was drafted and starvation starec
 the family in the face when kunlgunde
 announced her intention of going into
 the army in her brothers place. Ihe
 family waited, trembling and fearful ol
 discovery, while the brave girl put or her brothers clothes, initiated his ap- pearance in every possible way ana marched away with the others drafted
 to the war. Patriotism is strong in the
 German woman. and it gave to the
 spirit of Kunigunde Hasser a courage fully equal to that of the men in her
 company. Her letters home were ire quent and they were all signed with her brothers name and addressed to
 herself. Before many weeks of army
 life were gone by the girl grew desper-
 ately homesick, but that made no diff ference She proved herself as good a
 soldier as the brother whose place she
 filled could possibly have been. Cheer ing letters addressed to himself came
 to her from Albert and never once did
 she think of giving up the desperate
 role she had assumed.
 During her term Of service she fought
 in three battles, but was never once
 wounded. Twice she was made pr1s- oner It took quite as much courage to l face the rough treatment of the prison life as 1t did to stand firm to her pur- pose ofi the battlefield when the bull lets were singing in her ears. They were subject to the greatest hardships and fed on water and hardtack, with barely enough of that to keep them from starvation. After being pris- oner for six weeks Miss Hasser escaped. She was recaptured in a week or two and her second period of imprisonment was three months long. All the suffer- l ing that could go with being huddled with a host of other prisoners in a place that was not a decent abode for rats, and never once getting enough of the roughest fare to satisfy hunger, she endured and no one ever suspected her secret.
 It was just after her third battle that trouble came in the shape of discovery. There had been great slaughter among the forces. It seemed as if most of the men in her company had been killed. She expected to be killed herself, but special providence seemed to protect her. for she was not even wounded The remnant Of the com pany gathered about a campfire, some dropping on the ground, worn out with the strain of battle, others bathing the grime and precipitation from their faces and hands. The woman was among the latter and something arous- ed the suspicious of fellow soldier. He watched her for few moments and then went up to where she stood and asked her name. She gave the name of her brother.
 Are you sure you're a man?" asked the comrade doubtfully.
 Quite sure," she responded, coolly, but with trembling knees.
 He went to the captain of the com pany and told his suspicious. He called the surgeon and then the woman knew the last hope of remaining that she had come in her brothers place and told the story of the substitution. She ex- pected to be shot, although the officers assured her that no harm should come to her. On her knees and in tears she begged them to allow her to say pray CT and write a farewell to her mother before they condemned her to death. For some time she could not be made to understand that she was to receive no punishment other than an honora- ble discharge for the noble part she had played.
 The scene around the camp fire was one that will never be forgotten by those who saw it. The heroic and pa- triotic part she had played touched the hearts of the toughest of the men, and many a soldier who would not have ut- tered a groan beneath the surgeons knife brushed away tear with the soiled, blood-stained sleeve of his uni form.
 George Hildebrand, who now lives in Chestnut street, Allegheny, was in the same company. Her bravery caused Adam Karl, an officer of the company, to fall in love with her. She was sent home at once and for a long time he lost track of her, but when his term of service in the army expired he sought for her unti The found her, but she could not be persuaded to become his wife.
 Miss Hasser's fear that when the discovered her deception her brother would he obliged to go and fin- sh out the term of service. Of which several months yet remained, was nev- CT realized and he was not only left at home to take care of his parents and sisters, but the family was placed in a position from which not even a far-off glimpse of poverty could be had.
 Miss Hasser came many years ago to this city, where a number of her rela- ives reside, among them her aunt, Mrs. Margaret Sutenger of Bigelow street. Every year since she left the army her lover, Adam Karl pays her a visit, but she still refuses to change Ter name. He also took up his abode in his country some time ago and lives , n New York, This Christmas her brother Albert in whose stead she went to war, came over from Germany o see her. They have gone to New