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where her secret was discovered. After
several months she was discharged and
sent home, as her arm was stiffened ana
rendered useless.
In the spring of 1858 captain arrived
at Louisville KY, accompanied by a
young soldier apparently about the age
of seventeen. He Immediately attracted
the attention of the colonel. who detailed
him for duty at the barracks. A few days
later the startling fact that the supposed
young man was woman became estab-
lished by a soldier reared In her town.
Her story Is of interest:
Frank Martin" cher assumed name)
was born in Bristol. Tenn. and was
educated at the convent in Wheeling,
Va. where she acquired an excellent
education and many accomplishments.
After leaving the convent and bidding
farewell to her parents she enlisted In
the I'd East Tennessee Cavalry and ac-
companied the Army of the Cumberland
to Nashville. She was in the heat of bat
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ton Asylum Hospital. He was sent to
New York and thence shunted back to
Italy, thereby Kidding the country of one
less nuisance.
One family of Portuguese illustrates the
pitiful efforts which struggling relatives
in the old country will make to aid those
who have failed in the new world. A
girl came to New York and thence to
Washington. Her health failed and it
was deemed wise to deport her The inn
migration officials decided that it would
be best to inquire of her family what
disposition could be made for her in her
Soon afterward there came a reply with
a draft for little more than -.
TT represents the savings of our fam
ily," said the note. for we are not rich.
We want to aid her and this will help
to bring her back to u.s.
The girl was sent back to her country
according to contract with the steamship
company, and the draft was exchanged
for a small purse OF money, which she
carried back to the old world. These
cases are more frequent than one would
suppose. A struggling family, hearing of
misfortune to a relation In TINS COUNT y
will give it's all to assist him.
earth the Chinese are the least expensive
to the board of charities. One never finds
a dependent Chinaman seeking assistance
from the municipal authorities W cil
one of the celestials is taken from Ms
poor little laundry shop. sick ana ap-
narently destitute, some friends, or per
haps a society, will volunteer to pay a
norton of his bill until he returns to
health. If he dies his friends always
bury him.
lie
assistance from the municipal authorities.
One of his friends-"cousins they cal
themselves-will ask that he be taken 10
a hospital for treatment, but he VIII
usually protest bitterly
Every little while foreigner WI! come
to Washington utterly lost. lie VIII naVs
intended to go to some other cry anu
will have purchased wrong tichet VI
gotten off before his time. Ihese aliens,
in utter despair wander around ulscoh-
so,ately until some observant policeman
comes to their assistance and taxes them
to the charities officials Ihen COMES
some quick work. The foreigner may
not speak two words or EngHsh. De
tectives from headquarters VIII DE aa no
in to try out different languages. AT one
of the dialects in the jungle or WORDS
the foreigners face will light up ana he
will begin to jabber back Vigorously.
Then his tale comes out and the rest
is easy.
One queer case which the board OF
charities officials had to handle was that
of a girl who was deported while sane
She had come to this country from Rus
ala and had passed the immigration Of
ficials easily but after reaching New
York city became erratic and, as hei
sister eloquently described it in a letter
..emp6sablle to lif near
She came on to Washington TO OBTAIN
a position as a nursemaid and after a
time. her mental malady becoming acute
was taken to the Washington Asylum
Hospital There the physicians an
nounced that her ailment was incurable
although she might at times appear TO nc
perfectly sane The matter was taken
up with the girls sister. who stated thai
her brother and mother had died in the
madhouse. The sirl, however, was sane
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.ROBLEMS That Demand

DROBLEMS That Demand
! Attention-Work of the
Foreign Embassies, the I'm
migration Bureau and the
Board of Chanties-English
Subjects Are the Most Numer-
Gus Among the Legion of
Stranded Aliens in the City.
Real Dependents Come Main
ly From Southeastern Europe.
Chinese Never Ask for Aid.
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NOTIFY problems
taxing diplomacy
and ingenuity to
their uttermost are
continually arising
in the care OF the
stranger " 4 I h 4 n
the city gates or
Washington. h e
alien OF another
land, who, friend
less, pov IT I y
stricken or Hl, de-
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greater hardship than the dribbling out OF
small amounts which did no good. The
woman had earnestly appealed to the
organization previously for money with
which to return to her parents in Italy.
Finally the society at special meet
ing voted the sum in bulk. and the
woman happily returned to her people.
There was one man deported because
OF mental attitude" He was q sunerer
from an ailment which nothing but an
operation would relieve. Physicians in
sisted that he be sent to a hospital for
the operation, but the man, in absolute
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terror. refused to go. The doctors de-
clared that as long as the man, weak
ened as he was by illness. remained IN
this mental attitude It would be I'M
nossihle 70 save him. He kept pleading
with the authorities to send him back To
his relatives, where he was confident ne
would get well.
After a long discussion of the law in the
case ii was decided that the man mishl
nronerly be deported. So he was sent
10 New York at the expense of the board
OF charities. The Russian consul there
paid his way back home
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when she entered this country and it
was necessary to prove beyond a doubt
she immigrated. Physicians in her home
town were appealed to. and it was
learned from them that she had suffered
from the trouble before she left Then
arrangements were made for her de-
portation.
Accompa MED by two attendants she
was taken to New York. They took her
on shipboard, and until the vessel was
two days at sea the excitement or the
change had held the girls mental bal
any one on the liner. Then came an
other attack: she heard voices whisper
ing to her. she fought the attendants
and she made most Of the remainder of
the trip in a straitjacket.
The case in itself goes to show how
thoroughly the officials of the immigra-
ton bureau and the board of charities
will investigate a case before they final
ly pass judgment.
Many foreigners who have passed the
entrance examination will remain away
as long as possible from the public au-
thorities when they are afflicted Of dis
ease. They have an inherent dread
OF returning to their own country.
Probably it is much the same feel
ing that makes the young novelist in
New York starve in a tenement rather
than return to plenty on his fathers
farm in Iowa and confess himself a
failure.
Til the case Of the girl. year elapsed
between the time when she landed and
the time when she was deported. The
officials explain that they would rather
delay for months and rEve the clear con-
sc!onsness that their ttnal action was I'M
ques1ionably right than to take a false
STEP.
Bat this careful Investigation cannot
always obtain Sometimes the action
must be speedy, lat the consequences be
what they may. a German had landed
months after his arrival in Washington
lie became irascsnie. and an investigation
by alenists showed him to be mentally
unbalanced. He was taken To ths Office
of the German consul III Baltimore, where
arrangements We're made TOR his deporta-
ton When he reached the office he was
calm, cool and collected. and expressed a
mild desire to return to his Eativs heath.
So lamblike was his demeanor mat the
attendant who had been sent with him
and the officer in charge Of the case de-
parted down street, confident that their
duty had been well performed
They had walked about half a block
when a man rolled down the steps OF the
German consuls office holding his nose
and bleating loudly. He made a rush for
the two men who had left.
Il am the clerk N the German consul
place" he bawled. Come back and get
the terrified gorilla you let loose on u.s. :
Within the Office came the SOUNDS as
of many buffaloes charging up and down.
Ever and anon a hoarse roar. like the
cry of the warlike moose. shook the
building Between whites the crash and
clatter of breaking furniture, the tinkle
of falling glass and the thud of heavy
blows added TO the symphony of sound.
Rushing into the hallway leading 10 the
Office the attsndanr, the clGkk and the
officer beheld the assistant consul cling
ing to the bannister railing near the sec
ond-story landing. He looked nervous.
At this moment the German charged past
the trio and into the street.
Now, theoretically, he was a German
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COST 100000.

WILL COST 100000.
w Thrilling Accounts of
Little Known Deeds of the
Amazons and Joans of Arc
of Our Civil War-Six Who
Earned Officers Commits
sions-A Score Who Served
in Ranks. Disguised as Men.
Some Hairbreadth Escapes
of Others Who Served as
Spies Some Miscellaneous
Services to Share in Belated
Recognition.
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Ifts p"rc y i i
Memorial Il a y
author sings loud
and long 10 the
praise OF the
heroes of our civil
war. but little To
the glory of the
heroines of that
awful st r II s ( ! g.
Thus the young
. i generations
among us know
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ander, and was present at his trd2l1
death in southern Kentucky.
The other woman commissioned as
Confederate officer was Capt. Sallie
Tompkns, who esta blished and main
tanned at her own expense the Robert
son Hospital where 1900 wounded
Confederate soldiers were treated be-
tween July /. 1861, and June l. 1855.
1T was when the Confederate secretary
of war required all military hospitals
to be in charge of an army or naval
officer that President Davis commits
stoned Miss Tompkins a captain Of
infantry.
Not entitled to mention upon the pro-
posed memorial as yet. for she is very
much aiive-in fact, busy in Washing
ton at present writing-is DIR. Mary F.
Walker, who since the civil war has
been famed for her persistence in
wearing male attire. "Dr. Mary" is
the only American woman who ever
held an officers commission in the
regular army and who received the
priced military medal Of honor. At the
outbreak of the civil war she was one
of the. few of our countrywomen to
have a diploma from medical college.
She had practiced for some time at
Oswego when she appeared in Wash
ington to offer her services at the War
Department. which commissioned her
first as an assistant surgeon without
pay. and later as an assistant surgeon
Of regulars with the rank of first lieu
tenant.
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lie at Murfreesboro and was severely
wounded in the shoulder. hut fought gal
lantly and waded Some river into Muir
freesboro on the memorable SUNDAY on
which the Union forces were driven back
After her was discovered Gen. Rose
GRAMS although favoraby impressed with
her bravery, would not allow her to re-
main in the service and personally super
intended the arrangements for her safe
transportation to her parents.
Another girl enlisted in a PENNSYLVANIA
regiment as Charles Martin when
scarcely more than thirteen. went to the
front as a drummer boy and was uni
yersal favorte with officers and men. Not
until after many months. when she was
stricken with fever and sent to hospital
in Philadelphia, did 1t become known 10
any one in the regiment that the fair
drummer boy was in truth girl
One OF the strangest cases of devotion
to country was brought out in the enlist
ment of young girl at Brooklyn, \. T.
who like Joan Of Arc. believed she was
called by Providence to go to the front
and deliver her country from peril. Her
parents sent her to a town in Michigan
that change OF climate and scene might
cure her Of her supposed delusions, but
she succeeded in making her escape; ana.
regiment as a drummer boy. With the
Army OF the Cumberland she endured all
the hards ships OF march. camp and battle
Her sex did not become known until the
battle of Lookout Mountain, when sne
received a fatal wound.
While near Chattanooga Col. Burke OF
the 10th Ohio exchanged large NUMBER
OF prisoners with the Copfederates
Among the Union troops received was a
particularly handsome young soldier. VINO
gave the name Frank Henderson" 1t
developed later that this soldier was a
young girl, and that she and her brother
had enlisted together at the outbreak or
the war in the nth Illinois. The pair
were orphans. and the girl could not en-
dure the thought of being separated from
the brother. who had been her only COM
panion from babyhood. At the expiration
Of her enlistment in this regiment sne
was mustered out. and next enlisted IN
the Sd Illinois. where her sex was not
made a most excellent record. being
wounded in one of the engagements. She
was again discharged and sent home
n only to re-enlist, in the 10th Illinois. serv-
d ing in all the battles OF Col. OMara's
d regiment and finally being taken prisoner
at Holly Springs. She was now taken te
d Atlanta, Ca, where, in attempting to es'
a cape, she was shot in the leg. and ever
re during her confinement in the prison hos
d pital her sex was not suspected. A!tel
d recovering she was sent to 'Graysvile
IS where she was exchanged and sent t.
d her Illinois home.
Perhaps in all the annals Of war there
% could not be found more romantic story
:. than that of Mary Owens. who enlisted
1t at Danyille Pa This woman wanted te
s. accompany her husband to the war and
= share with him its hardships and its VIC
= tories. She went to the recruiting ofhce
ID passed the examination and gave the
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uttle as to the roles which women
n1aved in the thrilling drama of those
memorable years.
news hook upon which, we might
hang a discussion OF their part in that
drama ia the fact that there now lies
before Congress a bill providing for a
monumental building in Washington
to be erected as memorial to the
women of the civil war and home
for the American National Red Cross.
Architects have already completed de-
signs for this projected memorial, upon
which 1t is proposed to expend 100000
six women are reputed to have won
officers commissions by their service
in the civil war. One of the NEST
famous of these was Maj Pauline Cush-
man. an actress of French and Spanish
descent who was born in New Or
leans in 1898 While playing in Louis
VILE, in 1863, she entered the secret
service of the Union army. One of her
first bold strokes. to allay suspicion.
was to toast the Confederacy from the
stage of Woods Theater. for which
act she was. as she had expected, ex
PEELED from the company. Then she
took the field as spy, but was soon
captured by Jack Morgan. the guerrilla
raider. who turned her over to For
rest, who let her go. Later she fell
into the hands of Bragg. and on being
court martialed was condemned. but
fell Ill. While she was being nursed
for the gallows Bragg's men fed before
Rosecrans' advance and she was found
on her bed by the Union troops. AS a
reward for two severe wounds received
while on duty Garfield is said to have
given her the rank of major.
A captains commission was per-
sonally conferred by Lincoln on Mrs.
Emily f. Woodley of Philadelphia.
who served as a civil war nurse and
who at the age of seventy-three died
in that city, May Is, 1908. A majors
commission was conferred during the
civil war by Gov. Yates of Illinois
upon Mrs. Belle Reynolds of Shelbourne
Falls, Miss, who followed her husband
to war and shared with him the hard
ships of the Union troops.
Two women held officers commits
sions In the Confederate army,
tho more famous Of these being Sue
Mondey. or Lieut.. Flowers. who served
In Kentucky on Capt. Berry's staff.
She wore full Confederate uniform.
with a jaunty plumed hat, from be-
meath which escaped a wealth of dark
brown hair in luxuriant curl. She had
a beautiful figure, a dark piercing
eye and a soft and musical voice. She
was q bold rider and a daring leader.
Prior to her command with Berry she
had been associated with Capt. Alex
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While she was detailed with Sher-
mans army an epidemic broke out in
territory overrun with Champ Furge-
sons bushwhackers, which horde was
a terror to both armies alike. and al
though Furgeson had declared that he
would kill every blue coat" captured.
DIR. Mary rode alone to make her
rounds of the sick countryfolk. She
had many narrow escapes, and at last,
while turning a bend in a road. found
his band, who commanded her to sur
render.
replied to Furgeson. but first will you
kindly escort me to the bedside Of a dying
woman whom, as physician, / am going
to attend?
Furgeson let her pass. Later she was
captured and held prisoner at Castle
Thunder. Richmond, for four months,
Lightfoot OF Tennessee.
The War Department has record of
about a score OF women who, during the
civil war, served in the ranks, in various
capacities. One of the most picturesque
OF these Amazons was Ikady Brownell,
the daughter OF a Scotch soldier. who was
serving In Caffroria, Africa. at the time
of her BIRTH in 1S42. Coming to America,
Kady married Robert s. Brownell. order
LIST Rhode Island Infantry, with which
she marched off to war as color bearer.
She wore a sergeant's saber and engaged
in target practice until she became an
accurate sharpshooter. as we'll as in
sword practice, in which she became pro-
ficient.
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In July 1851. while marching from the
Potomac to Richmond. her regiment was
brought under fire, and undaunted by shot
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board of charities with small fund for
the deportation of it's citizens. But the
administration Of this fund is left en-
tirely in the hands of the charities Of
Gals, and the cards that the government
sends are merely formal requests that the
particular case in question be investi-
gated.
Milford chronicle., 1913-05-30
BURRsVILLE

The Ladies Aid Society Of the u. 2.
Church met a. the home Of Mrs. Francis
a. Porter on Saturday evening. Quite q
crowd was present. q number Of visitors
added % the collection greatly. The pro
gram was rendered after which officers
were elected for this year. as follows
President. Mrs. John Paris, Treasurer.
BfTs. Robert Thawley and Secretary.
Rev ~ Wheatley. The guests were
invited 70 the dining-room where straw
berries, cake candies and nuts were
served. The Society having received no
invitation for the June meeting will be
pleased for an invitation from any of the
members or friends
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Porter spent two
days this week with their son lyman
who is attending the Maryland Uniyer-
sity Medical School, in Baltimore.
Mrs. Thomas H. Sipple spent MONDAY
With her sister Nrs Robert Dill.
4 party Of men from Harrington
and some from here. spent Monday
afternoon foging at Garey's mill pond.
Milford chronicle., 1913-05-30
ADAMsVILLE

Most Of our farmers are through pick
ing and shipping berries and are piow-
ing the patches under for corn.
Miss Lizzie Hastings spent last week
with friends at Greensboro, Nd.
Mr. and Mrs. d. r. Adams gave q
party last Saturday evening. Games
and music we're the amunsements. After
late hour they were invited TO the
dining room were ice cream, cake and
strawberries and all delicious things Of
summer could be found.
William Hubbard met with q painful
accident last Monday morning while on
a load Of crates. he fell Of and was IN
conscious for quite while but no bones
were broken.
Miss Gertis Zechman spent part Of
the week with friends 10 Baltimore.
Miss Etnei Green made . visit in VIII
mingtOn last week
Robert Deputy. Of Milford, was was
. caller AZ D. z. Adams Saturday and
Sunday.
Sunday was visiting day at the goose
farm. -
Mr. ard Mrs. s. Aosser where guests
Of Ar. and Mrs Zechma8.
Milford chronicle., 1913-05-30
ANDREWVILLE.

Hrs. Bradley and niece. ofLewes spen.
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Bradley.
Otis Stafford sad wife, Of BUrrsyile,
spent Sunday with JOIN Butter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Palmer spent
Sunday with their daughter Mrs.. Chas.
kOsander, at FarmingtOn.
Misses Nellie Rust, Of Pennington,
we're recent visitors Of Mrs. J. W..
Rust.
Matthew Russell and family, Of Farm
ington. spent Sunday with Mrs Frank
Collison.
Mrs Clara Griffith and son, Earl,
were Lewes visitors on Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Morris, Of Mastens. is
spending sometime at the home Of
her brothers.
There viii be preaching at Bethel
next Sunday at 1870 a. N.
We would call attention again to the
6rst QuarteOly Conference to be held
in Greenwood Monday at 2.30 p. N.
The Ladies Aid request a full atten-
dance on Tuesday at 230 p. m. at the
church, as a new carpet is 70 be decid-
Cd on.
Milford chronicle., 1913-05-30
CEDAR NECK

The weather is very changeable this
spring, and heavy coats felt comfortable
last Monday night
Mrs. Horace Potter is very poorly at
this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Watson were
visitors in Slaughter Neck last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. McWhorter and
daughter. Helen. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex. Fisher, Of Middletown. spent last
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hig-
man.
Mrs. J. H. Shockley and daughter.
Mabel, hare returned from q visit to
FELTON,.
Miss Elsie Wilcutts, Of Frederiea.
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs.
Horace Potter.
Miss Dosha Watson spent this week
with Miss Pearl Higman.
Harvey Watson went with a launch
party down to the Mispillion Light last
Sunday.