The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-06
,na,ons Are Carefully Drilled
and Trained in Use OF
the Rifle.
I'm HELP REGULAR MILITARY
!. rae. Of German Invasion the Re-
..-y. viii Direct Flight OF Women
and Children From Scene OF
Fighting and If Necessary
Shoulder Rifles.
Nv PHILLIP EVERETT.

F4' IN
,.5on We read in dispatches
49,. a. least fifty German women,
e .-J +, the trenches in mems CLOTH
:, have been taken captive by the
p,,sians near Warsaw. If the Ger
n,r. ever invade Great Britain and
~. . .i-ration becomes desperate they
n.i,, he faced by an army of English
,-ozors carefully drilled and
..a;,ad IN the use of the rifle COM
,ored 70 which these Teutonic women
u,rrors are a mere bagatelle.
When | first heard of the Womens
volpnteer reserve, thought it was a
iora or rather a new ebullition of the
.r4r,gette class. but after visit to
GA Bedford college and view or
tfa determined women persplrlng
through their military drills. l must
confess that my feelings have
changed.
II, is not TO be concluded that the
vor,an will rush to the coast and fight
The moment the Germans make a
landing. They will take up the rifle
orly when Great Britain is in desper-
ate straits. Till such an unhappy
fine the reserve will simply act as a
djsctined body of women. skilled In
FIRST aid. cooking, dispatch riding on
motorcycles, signaling and the care
Of horses.
Al the same time the rifle is not
being neglected said Viscountess
castlereagh, the colonel in chief of
the womens emergency corps. All
The women are spending time in the
private rife ranges and there are some
astonishingly good ehots among them.
There is no reason in the world why
woman cannot be as good marks
man as a man.
TWAS also pointed out to me by one
f Of the officers of the women's reserve
| that women bear certain forms OF
hardship better than men. 1t is well
known physiological fact that women
are less suspectible to cold and wet
than the stronger sex. Their bodies
are better protected by fatty tissue.
This is seen on the bathing beach
where women are able to enjoy them
selves on chilly days when most OF
the men seek the clubhouse. The
same condition should be true in wet,
damp trenches. 1t is also accepted
that woman. once her nervousness
is over. and her determination Is in
spred. can stand more physical pain
than man
In fact" said my woman informer.
The only way the women would be
inferior to man soldiers would be In
the long marches"
At Old Bedford college, which is the
Headquarters of the Women's emer-
gency corps, found Col. Viscountess
Castlereagh and Hon. Eveline Haver-
fed honorary colonel, hard at work
with their recruits. Mrs. Haverfield
is remembered for her carefully or
gained remount camp, which she
built up at the time of the Roer war.
20 Through infantry OrI'I.
Nearly hundred women were go
ing through the regular army infan-
try drill. They were not women OF
leisure either. Most of them had put
through a days toll already in an Of
fee or along some professional line.
Several regular army officers in uni
~ 60 CT N
work. The war officers at first took
co.temptuous attitude towards this
movement but they have come to see
ID" value of it just as the usefulness
q the Boy Scouts is now generally
recognized.
J had an interview with Capt. Adair-
Roberts, the woman drill officer.
W" are following the regular army
r-@- throughout" she said. NO COM
Missions are granted except for merit.
.'n women are adjudged competent
70 teach the drill the regular army
q" "rS drop out in their favor.
he reserve is strictly nonpartisan
a.. Noasectarian. No women of
s'lia are permitted to buy commits
Ms. although there have been many
-'-;af', of this sort.
can show you a titled woman and
n o. her servants drilling here side
~ side This is not an isolated in
S.1ac" either there are several such.
A. first the fear was expressed that
!. @fWan were taught the use of
IN The Germans would charge snip
+- and ferocious reprisals would be
-." result but now it is realized that
'.' orcanizing of the women will pre-
.'.' instead OF encourage, foolish in
-'.ila, action, such as is certain to
'a"- iace in moments of great dan
among an ulorganized populace.
VI" helpless rabble of Belgium. wom-
= -Ag children refugees fleeing they
"'s" not whittier, will not be repeat
- N Great Britain.
40 woman is permitted to enter the
.7S'F'e without a careful physical ex-
animation. Woman doctors from tie
'.' hospitals see to this in their hour