The Washington times., 1906-11-11
are now 1913 women with theN

title of vivandiere, or cantiniere reg
= ularly enrolled in the French army
These will all be dismissed; they
VIII WI! return to private life, and the post Of can
tnlere will be abolished after a dramatic ca
reer of III wears
just as much part of the army as the men
who bore arms. Nine. Ia Viyandiere. as she i
called wherever the standards OF the Third Re
pu6lle Hoat, was entitled 10 wear her uniform
and remain with the troops, either in parriso,
Oh the march or IN the stirring time of battle
Before the Red Cross organization was
formed the position of vivandiere was or. lted
10 MI the need that is now met by the universal
organization.
1t is only because of vastly better and more
modern methods of caring for the sick and
wounded, through the improved and extended
he'd Cross service, that Nine. la Vivandiere re
tires 10 private life
Carrying little kegs Of brandy at their sides
ana possessing n sufficient knowledge of first
sld 10 the injured, these women OF war. the
dearly loved Daughter of the Regiment -,>
compan ed the soldiers wherever thev went
When the dashing sons of France plunged
INTO battle, the uniformed nurse CORPS was al
ways at their heels. minis tcriug to the wounded
and looking after the identity of the dead
pom long and heavy marches the scarlet
ana blue %arbed women of the cantiniere service
were constantly with the men, cheering them o.,
their way, succoring the sick and exhausted and
looking after stragclers
In camp they were veri.able mothers to the
men, many OF whom, mere Youths had been
dragged away from home to serve their periods
of enlistment.
But Nine. Ia Vivandie.e could fight as we'll
as nurse; there are stirring stories of her PROV
ess IN battle that viii always be entwincd in
the annals Of French military glory.
WoAEN !-IDED HE BDURBONS
Women followed the armies of tho Rour-
hons and did excellent service in supplementinp
the work of the rude field hospitals of those
times, but the cantInicre. as known for over n
century, IS regarded as having come into being
IN the person of Felicia Loguet, wife of a cui-
rassler OF the time of the French Revolution
Although she was 81 years old when she be-
came the first vivandiere, her exploits and serv-
ices continued to be the admiration of French
soldiers for over two decades
StraFping small barrel of brandy on her
hip, this eighteenth century Amazon followed
her husband to the frontier.
Ii is said that she "had limbs like 4 nan
ther; her arms were bare and knotty; her voice
ike that of a beast of pre-. shril and troken
With cries of tumultuous rage
Yet she possessed a womanlv heart and
her kindness 10 the sick and wounded of the
command made her object of vcneration with
her husbands comrades.
But II was her deeds of daring upon the
battlefield, the ferocity with which she plunged
into conflict, with never a sign of fear or shrink
ing from the terrible scenes of carnage about
her. that won her enduring place in the af-
fections of the men who valued martial glory
above all.
At Toulon Nine. Loguet performed services
that caused TIE entire army to ring with her
praise. Like Molly Pitcher at Monmouth, she
sprang TO a cannon at which all the gunners had
been shot down, and continued TO load and fire
it with her own hands
While the battle of Hohenlinden was rag
ing, she busted herself upon the field caring
for the poor fellows who were writhing in agony
from their wounds
As she bent over two desperately wounded
hussars to give them a drink of water, rifle
ball tore away a finger.