The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-06-13
THE MILITANT WOMEN OF MEX.

try. Men alone can 80 to war"
For In Mexico today the women do
go to war. Without them the armies
would have hard time existing.
The "soldadaras," or soldier women
follow the armies rs mm.ssary de.
partment. as nurses, and at times as
relief ON the firing line. On the backs
cf their sturdy little burros, or even
on their own broad shoulders are car.
fied all the PROVISIONS and supplies.
Making their painful way across the
mountains and deserts, they build the
fires, carry the scanty supply of wa
ter, cook the food and carry it to
the fighting men. In time of battle
they work their way through the fir
ing line laden with hot food for the
soldiers and while The soldiers eat
II, the women take their turn at iir.
ing. Sometimes in a hot encounter,
women lying In the trenches, load RI
iies all day long.
Cooking food FOR Mexican army
On the march Is not, dear lady, the
same thing as cooking food in your
comfortable kitchen, on a stove with
whose little tricks you are familiar,
with gas turned on and off by sin
sic motion. with wood from your han
dy pile In the shed, or with coal from
your convenient cellar.
On the desert grows the mesI1ite
little shrub whose roots keep going
down and down through the hot soil
stocking water Sometimes they go
twenty feet into the earth. These
roots are the soldadara's fuel. First
she must dig them up, then build her
fire and start the blaze. Then she
must prepare frdjoles (bcan stews)
and tortillos tcorn pancakes fried on
a piece Of sheet Iron laid across two
stones) making sayory messes with
her hot seasonings. kncaded under
desert sun. Her corn she must grind
between two desert stones.
Most Of these women are Indian,
with the Indian stole endurance Of
hardship. They need. 1t.
As nurses they have not the moo.
ern skin OF the trained members of
the Red Cross, but they have the
Of the ancient tribal wis.
dom, and they are potiont and desot
ed. With Villas army 1t Is the "iliue
Cross which Is the sign Of medical
aid
There was one woman with liner
tas army, whose husband was shot
down at her side, Escaping lmprlsun
ment by Villas soldiers. with her
five children aud short supply Of
food, she crossed the 225 miles OF
surfing deseEt from Chihauhau I'd
hl Paso. arriving there with scarce.
" enough strength to beg the Amer.
teams, Feed my childrcn!' with care
and nourishmeht she revived and told
her story, At first distelievea bit lat.
er verified.
And there was one woman who
tagged behind Villas troops one day.
She had always been noticeable be.
cause OF the bright REQ mantlna she
constantly wore and was missed al
once. villa sent some one to learn
II she were H. She said no, Just
tired, let her alone. she'd catch up
next day.
Catching up with regiments 1t
forced march Is usually hard FOR d
man IN good condition, but at sun
down of another day she caihe slow
y into camp, clad III sober undersar.
ments, without the red mantllia When
General Villa himself asked her
where she had been, she unrappod d
Tiny scarlet bundle on her arm, and
showed with pride her new born ba.
by. Nor are woinen or higher birth
lacking In courage ana patriotism,
In the cities and towns they gath.
u to sew FOR their soldiers. maxine
uniforms. rolling handages. Ius, as
onr Women dld Al The time 81 tho
civil war. And surely no harder Is
Il for the man who goes To war. with
the excitement aud eainaraderie ID
eheeg him than Tor hia mife. mother
sister who brayely sends Ain forth
and must wait herself alane
IN some cities women have march
ed through the streets. carrying haa
nefs and singing patriotic songs, aud
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