Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-10

,peen lauded as the first of
ahnls heroines: the woman who
ed water to the gunners at Mon
h when Washington's forces
hard pressed, and whose hero
%>and recklessness in facing death
British bullets cheered the men
nd the guns-has been declared
= akard, hard swearer. and a COM
camp follower.
ERs 1e> persons who have plastered
on the memory of Molly Pitcher
: citizens of her own town-Car-
Pa.-who have requested the
of Pennsylvania not to erect
ument to her memory.
e Nennsylvania has therefore decid-
its rot to erect the monument, and
II tl$2.OO0 which the legislature pro-
aoh id will go back into the treasury
inys elsewhere.
Mhese are the indictments brought
seeynst Molly Pitcher, for over 100
8 one Of the favorite heroines OF
~ Bhi.ed States, whose story has
lied millions of school boys:
TO- hat she was mere camp follower.
asolhat she swore long, loudly, and
ut Wy.
Vlthat she drank grog to excess
". Mat she did not help serve Wash
cy. Us cannon at Monmouth after
iusband was shot down at his
of L
AA evidence on the subject is ex-
lond;ely conflicting, but in light OF
81 pnew attack and the new evil
er Sc the iconoclastic people of Car
All are rejoicing.
nossing. Bancroft, Greene, and 9TH
Historians have given her credit for
ecy antry on the field Of action
ossing. in his 'Field Book of the
button" says:
At Monmouth, on June y. 17'S'
81 ~, the wife Of a cannonier, is said
rave displayed great courage. She
- already noted for her bravery in
wy the last gun at Fort Clinton
w& sturdy young camp fol-
er, only % years old, an Irish lass.
oted to her husband While her
band was managing one OF the
pieces she brought him water
ona spring. A shot killed him at
post and the officer ordered the
e withdrawn. Molly dropped her
ket. seized the hammer and per
ned the duty with skill and cour-
On the following morning, Gov
e \ with dirt and blood. Gen. Greene
,ented her to Washington. who
! geiring her bravery, conferred upon
commission as sergeant BY
t1shington's recommendation her
Ashe was placed on the list OF half
officers for life
srs. Hamilton. the widow of the
eral. said Molly was a stout. red
ed. freckle faced young lrishwo
1, with handsome. piercing eyes.
name. it was declared. really was
Nv Hays, and the man, said to be
- husband. who was killed by the
Eish shell at Monmouth when
f1shin gton, against the wishes and
tsts Abf Lee, made his determined
itch,
Hays She was called Molly
her and Capt. Molly-and the
her. came from the fact that
N arried her water to the cannon
It n a big pewter pitcher. The
Cd rwas believed by the entire rev
mary army, Washington accept
as true and honored the reckless
III girl She drew half pay for the
Under of her life, and her story
told in song, in story and on the
Is for more than a century and
ter before the iconoclasts made
III. attack. She lived and died at
Elsie, Pa, and was buried in the
@E. cemetery there-and thousands
:, e to her grave each year.
he citizens of Carlisle and vicin.
in 1876 erected a tall marble shaft
Molly Pitchers grave-adding
Ftlier piece of circumstantial evil
M.e. But the strongest evidence
Mhe truth of the story was the fact
I'm Washington while passing
Sugh Carlisle in 1894 to suppress
whisky nsurrection-visted Mol
st her home and talked with her
the battle of Monmouth.
ossip, however. never attacked
lily Pitchers name until it was pre-
' !, ted to the Pennsylvania legislat-
j. The legislature voted the sum
$4,000 to erect lasting monument
Esgid Gov. Pennypacker vetoed it.