Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-08
MANY SOLDIERS RALLY
ROUND LITTLE GRAY NUN
sister OF Jesus Is "AIothcr" OF Four.
companies From New York's
East Side.
DIPPED FROM MELTING pO1
from Cosmopolitan Population Come
volunteers Who Make Up 'Hcr
Kcgimcnt"-Now Ready To Serve
Uncle Sam.

new YORK. April "A little gray
nun mas brought out Of the melting pot
OF |"w FORK = East Side "a regiment of
S"'"'crF ready to Elvc their services
ana lives II need be to the United
States.
sister Marianne OF Jesus is mother"
l"ur companies Of columbus Vol
"nt"crs." Italians. Svrians Russians
Jews and youths from every race that
goes TO make up that great cosmopoli-
''h population Of the East Side are
H'cihbcrs Of 'her troop" Twice "a week
."' NOR" than Il year they have heard
rom tha lips of Sister Marianne of
"eSus or the debt Of gratitude and
""hor they owe To the United States.
ana INC soft-spok"u little nun has in
auHeh In them spirited patriotism
-NS mother superior OF the Institute
" christian Doctrine. Sister Marianne
WAS quick to recognize the need for
h'h'"ry training among the youth Of
IN" East Side, Tn" National Guard
hhh" no appeal to these boys. few Of
mem went 10 school and none Of them
could afford 10 join organizations which
might give them military training
:" Sitter Marianne took IL upon
h"rS"!f 10 stand sponsor for the mill
''arF training Of these East Side boys
ana !" instill in them the spirit of
i"SaIt| TO their country which would
MAKE Them ready 10 offer their serv-
ices 10 their government when the time
OF need came
SISTER MARIANNE SECURES
A DRILL. MASTER
FUNDS for the equipment OF the troop
"er" SLOW in coming. Undaunted. Sis
ter Marianne went on with her wort;
OF organization and secured "A drill
master. There was no drill hall, but
TINS did not pcrplex the nun. In the
main hall OF the institute where saints
smiled down from their little shrincs
on the wall. tho embryo soldiers were
gathered for drill
Major-C;cneral Organ. OF the New
NorH National Guard was finally i'm
tcrestcd In the cndcavor Of the sister
of Charity. and. through his aid and
the persistent work Of Sister Marianne
and her associate Sisters. there were
finally funds sufficient to equip the
troop with uniforms. rifles and banners
II was a proud dag FOR Sister Mari
anne when she stood on the steps OF the
Institute aud her regiment" went
marching by in blaze OF khaki and
brass, each soldier salu,ins with the
colors dipped to the mother of the
regiment"
After year Of training the boys
are ready" Sister Marianne says With
war clouds hanging over the nation
this quiet little woman. who traces
her Amcricanism back TO the Revolu-
tionary days. feels confident that every
hoy In her regiment Will do his duty
by his country--aud it's AN adopted
country for most OF them.
Some OF the boys have already
spoken to me about joining the Roosc-
Welt brigade" Sister Marianne said.
bat do not think they have decided
how they shall Offer their services
Th"y are all poor boys. whose fami-
lies need their wages up 10 tho last
moment. but when that moment comes
they will volunteer for the duration
OF the war"
And she smiles when they call her
Mother OF the EcGmcnt'-ths little
gray nun-Sister Marianne OF Jesus.