The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-25
THE CoRDovA SATURDAY AUGUST 5 1917
AMAzoNs, ANCIENT AND MODERN

The most surprising development of the date has been the stirring exploits of the Legion of Death The Rus sian chagrned the cowarce and corruption of their deliberately houldered themselves and marched to the front There they stepped into breach the lines that
 cowardy contingent of male deseres had left open the and fought with erceness and abandon that only be associated with their when aroused righteous Strange too that these should encounter Amazons fighting the German side The wonders of the have been many the marvellous work of the submarine the plane the tanks and the mighty guns challenge the magna ton; but is still difficult picture of dealing and receiving death the most terrible of all wars. !. ;sa&ss.t Msfi 5,sa
 There have been fighters in the past of course Our own American women fought the early Indian wars of them under fire in the Revolution and number of fought during the Civil war But in no instance did they prise distinct battle unit We must further back in his tory to find the professional female warriors In the sixteenth century Spanish explorer claimed that he had faced female
 troops on the banks of the Amazon in South America and 1t IS to that observation that the great its name Then back the eighth century band of women led by Vlasa who waged against the Duke Bohemia and whose practice was to ensave put death all prisoners.
 One must turn to mythology however trace the exploits of the original AmazOns Homer called them man opposing for the reason that they deadly enemies of the male of species, opposing him alike in peace war Legend tells us that they permitted to live in their country pre- vent their from dying out however, Amazons of an cen times were said to visit mysterious of living in aheghborg country each The male children sometimes put to death and sometimes back their a es while the females carefully reared and taught arts of warfare and self-preservaton.
 Strange may seem, these early Amazons were g,p posed to have inhabited the very region from which many of the modern Legion of Death recruited the shores t. Black sea- From this base they saed forth to fight in the nelghborng countries and is claimed that excursions times took them far east Arabia and south as Egypt Homer tells that they present the siege of
 Troy as the aes Of Prlam and that their queen killed Achilles Another of the Greek leaders fell in love with one o the Amazons and carried her off to Athens The female tribe pursued the couple and invaded the Greek capital They were defeated however, and in this battle the smen Amazon alleged to have fought side with her husband aganst her former comrades Mythology also tells that Al exader and Great met and married the queen Amazons during his march of conquest through Asia and would as fes se aSd rhns gradually oaffe 10 lose their identity a race.
 The modern Amazons ae course adventurous or romantic as the early but they moved by higher and more hoy purpose They fighting for fad but for the survival o clvlzaon and such they will go down in history as more wonderful than their ancient sisters from whom they get their fabulous name