New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-09
Girls Heed Pilsudski's
Call for Volunteers to
Repel Bolshevik Inva-
sion on 4OO-Mile Front
Students Enroll;
Universities Close
Boy Scouts Also. Join
Colors I; Fate of Republic
Declared i'm the Balance

WARSAW, July (By The Associated
Press). - President Pilsudski. in a
manifesto issued by the Council of Ma
tional Defense, has called on the Polish
nation for volunteers to aid in stems
ming the tide of Bolshevism which is
sweeping the Polish armies back on a
4O0-mile front from Courland to the
Rumanian frontier.
Stirred by the appeal, hundreds of
women and girls have taken steps to
join the army. Students are enlistine
in such numbers that the universities
have closed. Teachers, Boy Scouts
civil servants and ministerial en-
ployees, whose occupations have ex-
cused them from compulsory service
are offering themselves from every
side. General Joseph Halter. who COM
manded the Polish forces in France
has been placed in command of the
volunteer army.
Uniformed women soldiers, with wo-
men officers, paraded the streets Tues
day singing. For the first time in
Warsaw detachments of female recruits
under the guidance of women officers
were seen marching to the barracks.
Many in Short Skirts
Many of the recruits were strong
girls in short skirts and shirtwaists
with braided hair hanging down their
backs. The sight Of female recruits
aroused enthusiasm everywhere along
the principal streets. Mixed with the
girl recruits were women from twenty
five to thirty years, who swung para
soils, purses and market packages in
arms which will soon carry rifles.
The women's battalions will be used
chiefly for guard duty in garrisons and
food depots and as train escorts, thus
relieving men for the front lines.
Another proclamation. by the Presi-
dent, addressed to the soldiers. says
the decisive moment has arrived in
which Poland's fate is to be decided. 1t
assures the soldiers that in case they
are wounded their income will be con-
tinued by the government and that pro-
vision will be made by the government
for the families of those killed in
battle.
Asked to Furnish Arms
Citizens having in their possession
swords, rifles, pistols or ammunition
are urged to turn them over to the
government for use in the army.
The Socialist party Central Com
mittee in a proclamation said:
when the Polish troops were adj
vancing we demanded peace, but now
we ought to defend ourselves firmly.
We appeal to the soldiers to fulfill
their duty in defense of the country
against the invader"
The advance Of the Bolshevik ar
mics has been greatest in the south,
where, driving the Poles from the
fortress of Rovno, they pressed for
ward to the Klewan railroad junction.
The Poles are withdrawing before the
northwesterly drive of General Bu-
denny's cavalry, in some places reach
ing the olI Russo German fighting
line. The banks Of the Styr and other
with barbed wire and the hillsides are
zigzagged with trenches, while the
various elevations are dotted with
German-built steel and concrete pill
boxes, and it is expected that the
Poles will elect to make stand along
this defensive line.
British Car Shelled
Northwest of Rovno train to which
was attached the private car of Cen
eral Wharf, chief Of the British Mill
tary Mission, was shelled by Blu
denny's artillery. Five Polish refn-
gees on the train were killed and the
British generals car was damaged, but
none of his party was injured.
According to reports from Moscow
the Bolsheviki in Volhynia have been
successful in several battles near
Stare Konstantinov, toward which the
Poles are withdrawing. The Soviet
forces are reported to have reached
Leitchey, twenty-five miles east of
lProskurov, and to have occupied Mo-
River. A Polish official statement yes
terday said Bolshevik attacks in
Polesia had been repulsed, but admit
ted the withdrawal from Rovno.
Squadrons of the Polish Second Army,
including the Kosciusko Aerial Squad
ron commanded by Americans. are
taking prominent part in fighting
Budenny's cavalry from the air on the
Ukraine front, where the Poles with
drew in the face of repeated raids by
cavalry, reinforced by Budenny's First
Army. The American fliers repeatedly
attacked the horsemen, dropping bombs
and using machine guns in the effort to
stem the westward sweep Of the Boil
sheviki.
Cross Beresina River
In the center of the front the Boil
sheviki have crossed the Beresina River
after several fruitless attempts, ac-
cording to Polish communicate to-day.
At Beresina and at Navozialski, about
fifty miles northeast Of Minsk, the
Soviet forces got "a foothold on the
west bank of the river.
On the north end of the front "enemy
cavalry forced passage through our
front between Lakes .Drisviati and
Ubleja," says a Polish communique.
"Our infantry after a fierce struggle
withdrew in D southwesterly direction. +"
The anti-Bolshevik forces under
General Wrangel in the Crimea have
been reinforced by 10000 troops under
General Maxine, who are harassing
the Bolsheviki. A Moscow statement
reports particularly intense" fighting
in the region Of oriekhov.
BUFFALO, July 8.--More than 1000
Polish veterans Of Buffalo, it is esti-
mated. will answer the call Of President
Pilsudski Of the Polish Republic for
volunteers for immediate service
against thu advancing armies Of Boil
shevik Russia.