The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-04
N THE THICK..QE DEADLY PERIL
WOMEN ,SAARElI.L0T[' I0F The Army
I.ed Bv Mrs stoessei, Wife of dant. They
Faced Horrors 81 Trenches and sHosp italss. .
s$ al s Ministers Of Mercy. tSss s

.icnrned Of Tits. gain there came into
IL esoft black ayes the fire Of
,yil to HI ,''$slid the pluelsy
III hurt e slnsie
scratch theirs IRE thousand fearful l1
II az Z morning assisted by d nurse Nine
Y stoessel resumed her rou of tn hos
gpltnls, smiling despite the SUFFERING sno
Vol ENERGY TINT she herse Slind felt the
&shaf Il Of aWlr. 3$4 33 SS5E
nero lowed 3 ono aof the most 5 re-
s.nlarkable episod les war e rs,
onaaIghtSo their ence'".
NOV ing among II hem; men whose 4 aRfuli
wounds had plnncdS hem to " heir a CO y y
Sstrugg led to the ground and .crept 70 5looIin
the circle II 81 nn'aiity
E N1adlyS they scrambled for rtn &c.
fnoimta, pitting expiring strong tn against
that 3 e. even cake q yersl RES y
l8endoaVor tO& grasp and kiss Ethe u lem OF
Shei; skirt, then to die happily. 5 II
s Stolid ssordid 8old warri ors,, who had
laughed at terror in a lts forms, 5Who5
l5had glorled over lluma u slt ring .nllo
Nturned from this sight, llal ashamed
that they Ia yYeEt. X . 81 III 5
IIESft55 All Turned From Gayety.
EARLY III tic siege Il 9 example Of Nine!
i stoessel made itsel sn1anife fest nmong The
pth women Of "
Gers began T. limit t \ scope 9
,sworilln ofStha garrison worthy g {. en,,llaG--
LEON? And had she no aiken UP lc u w
OF the hospital nurse tils
Fall things else
is SOFT came about t hat cry woman & ~
III tho military circle, regardle Of ocial
81 rank ana despite lfe-hahi tot ease, B soon
hnd offered herself no service Of g
a Communicates xvi fe. 25l}s
3ss til rare tact she assigned each wo-
1lf.
$50 5that when the time ca me Il that 5tle
Hospitals seemed 1T hold more men than
did the sranparts Il Port Ar thur bless
$cd corps nurses
not IN woman 1inched or lev ted from
|the stern course set .F TIL 81 ntion moved
from bad L o worse, r,heS u ps were Rou d.
ting men fast han hey could 8be sue
s2cored M ss MN sSi y, .a3
5onasby one the homes Of i llese women
ruins henps, l,u Il ~ SIG t.3on
the TAlnpar the ~ I!
supplies Diminish ore D. COS tly
4 Tinally# the last bottle OF dislnfectailt
was SGinpticd. and the insufferhb bio 81 cnch
desperate sic gelcameS g nearer
But not one OF! Nine. stonssel' s$wolnen
Athcld back Or scomplH ined. Il rave VI they
Followed her cad into tho IT lpk Of s. SUR
and the plague y
n illicS
IfineGtrenches w herc pirlng life $nnd srei
5Spusye death We're ming ed ~ one great al
horror. ss 35 .tj q ass 81 s5 ,,sl
ilS Scenes that s!ckened strong men: mol
Il, some nir that drove even tllos &c olies no
NJ tho walls for }breatl l--nll We're end ured by
these women IT, Port Artl II q cheer-
y full submission that was sui mo,
I .l5 Won Lasting Fame
Shortly after the full 4 OF Dalny q mes
sage came from the ia pfnpse lnIorlllili Wy.
tina commando OF Port a # hura tlla III
,Itilo women desired safe como duct 4 rom N 9
SiPcity$i would $be afforded them IN
General Stoesscl eferred no ma tteri 6o
S1i" Wy" co. you go, was heauicls reply:
i sS2,rhis spirit spread am 9ng he VOL q
i tho cty,gand not one sd far as ~ kno WI
4 took advantage of the y apanese olteri ~
4 safe conduct on the home wa rd Journey.
sTs,rhcre isSiio end 81 & glory he sort q
defeat suffered by Gene g Y
4 fame wi be fore yer 80 the llero
ofsnNlost cause, d Ais stol I'D. Us w Y
A dicrs win march back to Russia tlle tr We 4!
4 Observation-Disclosures OF NIuscoyi TO b.
4 But History will inditeEn brigll t chapter
Il ftnstlie women OF I'0r r-vt
az officers. who slept In the. trenclas and
devoted their days TO hospital n NV trel-
'ltlons-and tho great st honor VIII pe hers
Who led and maintained ms splrlt Stof
llowlx Ghristianlt elpfl'a North ORTIZ
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