Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-20
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"A Brave
Woman
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inspiring tale of womanly courage IN
the part Of one kumgunde Hasser. who
thirty years served in her brothers
stead in the army Of the fatherIaud
and who is now living in Allegheny,
Pa.
The German lass of 20 years was one
Of family of eight children. seven
Of whom were girls. The
mother was an Invalid, the
father blind and the bre&dwinuer for
the family was the only son, Albert
=bassef. The fatlter'aad was engaged
ia wal Albert Hasser was drafted
and starvation stared the family ia the
face, when kf,ns3ande announced her
intention of going into the army IN
her brothers S place. The family wa !
e1, trembling ard fearful of discovery.
while the brave girl put on her
brothers clothes, initiated his appear
aAce III every possible way, and
marched away with the others drafted
to the war. Patriotism is strong in
the German woman, and 1t gave to the
spirit OF hunisunde Hasser courage
fi.liE equal to that Of the men in her
company. Her letters home were fire.
@0ent and they were all signed with
ael brothers name and addressed to
iiefself Before many weeks of army
efe were gone by the girl grew des-
2fstely homesiek, but that made no
difference. She proved herself as good
she filled could possibly have been.
Cheering letters addressed to himself
came to her from Albert and never
cHce did she think of giving up the
desperate role she had assumed.
ihring her term of service she
fought IN three battles, but was never
once wounded. Twice she was made
prisoner. 1t took quite as much cour-
age to face the rough treatment of the
!sisson life as it did to stand firm to
her purpose on the battlefield. They
Wee subject to the greatest hardships
and led on water ana hardtack, with
barely enough of that to keep them
from starvation. After being pris-
oner for six weeks Miss Hasser es-
capped. She cunningly eluded the
guards, and when the prisoners were
next counted one was missing. She
was recaptured in a week or two. aud
hef second period Of Imprisonment was
three months long All the suffering
that could go with being huddled with
most of other prisoners In a place
that was not decent abode for rats.
and never once getting enough of the
foughest fare to satisfy hunger, she en-
dnred and no one ever suspected her
secret
1t was just after her third battle that
: trouble came in the shape Of discov-
cry. There had been great slaughter
among the forces. 1t seemed as # most
OF the men in her company had been
NHed. She expected to be killed her
SET, but Il 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 the battle, others path
lag the CRIME and perspiration from
their faces and hands. The woman
was among the latter, and something
aroused the suspicious of a fellow SOL
der. He watched her for few mo-
ments 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.
out with trembling knees.
He went to the captain of the COM
pany and told his suspicious. He
called the surgeon and then the wom-
an knew the last hope of remaining
undiscovered was gone, and she con-
fessed that she had come in her
brothers place and told the story OF
the substitution. She expected to be
shot, although the officer assured her
that no harm should come to her. On
her knees and in tears she begged them
to allow her to say a prayer and write
farewell to her mother before they
condemned her to death. For some
time she could not be made to under
stand that she was to receive no nun
lshment other than an honorable dis
charge for the noble part she had
played.
The scene around the camp fire was