The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-07-01
MOLLY PITCHER, HEROINE.

Ih' n"-' hu"W ct all the American
h"r"iu"- "t haiti" 3, Molly Pitcher. the
-."r' "i "h"-r adventures. -.reeiall,
1000 900" battlefield ~ Monmouth. /. ON.
"' ,h" most rirtur".'r, incidents ~ tbs
'r'"Iu'I"untN wat The ,nrlN life of
Molly b, ,"wrWhut vague. She j. sun.
I"-"d ." ha'" h-"u h"ru at Carlisle.
"a, pc'"hrr ~. l544. Her t.Rht nam.
was Mary l.udNtg. aud while the sol.
di"'- we're oulv familiar with her GF1
lame. rnllinp her Mollv. the, soon ~.
r'I"d 'hr -"'"ud hrcnu.c wherever
they ,aw M"llir they Also saw III.
pitcher with Whirh she carried water 70
hr -lrD Hui wounded IN the camp..
several writer. sav Molly cam. .,
'rr- country from Germany with her
Nnr"u'-. wh" vrr, nm"np tie Pslatine
IH" hr~' Information w. have uf her !.
'ia' -hy Wa- ,upi",rd a. q maid IN
'n" i'mN "i urnrrnl Irvine ~ Car.
..-Ir. uui pu lul, 20. l7Gp. WI, married
30 John lla,. barber Her husband
$3.50. r"unI -,un"i gunner in Proctor,
lu-i f"ur-,l,mia artillery. Continen
'm 'ur I'rc"mh"r I. 10. and Molly
I"II"w"d him ." the field. Thi, va. a
r"uruu thing tot the vi,c. 81 private
."id'"l- =" do, then time being passed
.. uuir Hg l"r the "tGcrt,.
A. no" u--arr at rnI rlinion .l-
u""rd much pIurk aud also III. fol
lowing Year lu the imInriun, hat,lr 1T
N"mm"u'b y 4 IL the latter baitla
Hrr husband e ruunrt. had fallen
when -hr >ruug 0" hi, place aud dtei
'br ruuuuu.
M"II, hHi been carving water to NE
-uldu.. from -nug. the merrur.
being u nG decree, iu the .hndr. \.
900 "ur Nu- aUlr iu take hi, rll.s
Nh'u hr hrr.ur iuruimritalrd. it g..
said ,h' dropped thr l,ail seized th-
rummrr aud vowed that she would
u'rrgr hl. death. She proved an ~
..lHni substitute, hr, r"uragr exciting
.hr admiration "f All, aud on the tai
/ lowing morning m her soilcd gar.
mrut. uourtui ,I"rur presented her
f" Washington. who praised her PAL
uWtN and commissioned her sergeant
n B, related she received many pre-.
ruts trom French officer, aud that .ha
/ N"ld >"nctimr, pass along the French
/ lines, r"rhrd hui IN hand aud would
/ GET 30 almost Hllrd with coins. She
/ B, said tu have -.INrd in the atn,y
ARMY uouN eight wear, ia all. She
/ Nas placed ou lhc lisl 81 half pay off
! "r> uui Tor many N,ars after the reVo.
/ luti"u hNct m the CARLISLE barracks.
ruuhng and washing Tor The soldiers
! The house he which she spent her
later year. In Carlisle was demolished
iu recent Nrnts. She died January 90,
ls23 ~ the age ut seventy nine, ana
was hurried with military honors. hat
her gave remained unmarked IN, u
1870, when Peter Spahr Of Carlisle con.
cciycd the idea 1T erecting moRu.
ment.
\ mnpumen, nn the battle field Of
Monmouth further commentaries Mol,
ly Pitcher, u bas relief represent Ing
her in the act ~ ramming a caRoa.
She alSa figures in George Washing
ton larke Curtis I.ainting The
Field of M0nmouth. 80 familiar had
the heroine of Monmouth bce0me that
the name " Molly Pitcher WIS applied
by the cont mental soldiers. in their hoT
aud weary marrh through New Jersey,
To any womRu who brought them wafer
Ia drink
Molly" Is credited with having ~.
marked ~ banquet AZ which
there were British soldiers, whsn
+ she was called upon "a taasf kine
0eorgs' "whea wnshlnsion leads he
soldiers into battle. God Aslp KIng
0eorgei"