The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-21

Miss Theresa Kreisch was quietly
married to John Klotz this morning
at six o'clock at the home of the lat
ter at 173 N. Pleasant street. Rev.
Father Nickel officiated.
If this announcement were made
in Budapest, Hungary, the entire town
would have turned out to do honor to
the bride. For Miss Kreisch-beg par
don, Mrs. Klotz--is known throughout
Hungary as one of the greatest
heroines Hungary produced in the
world war. Awarded the )Knighthood
of the OrderIof Franz Joseph, the Red
Cross medal for meritorious service,
the Distinguished Service medal-the
only woman below the rank of officer
20 be awarded that honor, and in addi-
lion four citations for extraordinary
devotion to duty, and absolute con-
.empt for personal safety under the
Ire of the enemy-all these honors
came to this little woman who is now
In Kenosha and who was formerly at
various times, Hungarian and Red
Cross nurse, private in the Landwehr,
air pilot in the aviation service, and
one of the opposition leaders in the
Revolutions of 1918 and 1919 in Hun
gary. But having come to Kenosha in
1922 the little heroine went through
a simple ceremony this morning marry
ing Mr.. Klotz, who is an assistant
foreman in the wall-bed department
Of the Simmons company,
The story of the experiences of Mrs
Klotz from that fateful day on July
20, 1914 when Austria Hungary declar-
ed war on Serbia after the twelve hour
ultimatum, until August 20, 1922 when
she boarded ship at Bremen for Ameri-
ca and her first months of quiet and
rest, reads like novel that would
have become a super-best seller six
days after it had left the presses,
If the tale would have been nodded
with master hands.
Three Years in Trenches.
Three and half years of active
service with the Hungarian army is
her record. The outbreak of the war
found Miss Kreisch in Budapest ming
ling with the crowds in the streets Of
the Hungarian capital wondering what
was going to happen next. 1t didn't
take long before Miss Kreisch decided
bAHk A@VI nN2kAAAS Wap AlQb az AQAhCT~puG
in the, felds--her duty was with her
country. At the first call Of the late
Emperor Franz Joseph, Miss Kreisch
volunteered for duty as a Red Cross
nurse, and was sent with the first
wave into Serbia, in August, 1914.
\ winter of privation, hunger, cold and
misery, brought to the mind of the
Nurse the horrors Of the war which
vas going on, and which would con-
niue to go on God knew how long.
3eing q nurse was too tame for this
1rave little girl-she was only eighteen
hen--and in February of 1915, she got
lermission to enter the first line
renches with the soldiers for first aid
york. Here she worked throughout
he Serbian campaign. From here
Eivate Kreisch was transferred as a
lember OF the regular army to the
Salian front and fought on the side
the Austrians and Germans in the
bps. In December 1915, an order from
eadquarters demanded her presence
the headquarters Of the Red Gross.
he order was signed "by order Of
is Excellency, Franz Joseph, En-
eror." The order came in the midst
heavy fighting and Miss Kresch
,cvailed on the commanding officer
= her regiment to allow her to re-
ain 10 see it through Early next
ear Miss Kreisch was awarded the
ed Cross medal for meritorious
arvice by the emperor himself
Joins Air Service in 1917.
Now the scene shifts to the Rus
an front. After eleven months in
re trenches where Private Kreisch
as wounded twice-once in each leg
ne saw a bigger opportunity in the
ir service. A transfer was effected
nd in surprisingly short time she
9und herself plotting a scouting plane
yer No-Man's land searching for Hun
arian wounded. 1t was in such service
nat the one-time nurse swooped down
the dead of night and from the oc-
asional light of star-shell rescued
our officers caught while out on a
econnaisance. For this remarkable
ct of bravery, Private Kreiseh was
warded the Distinguished Service
ledal, the first time in history that a
ommon woman was awarded that dis
motion. Later when Won Hindenburg
,ok charge of the campaign in Galicia,
'iss Kreisch went along. Here her
ork was brought to the attention of
German general who cited her
ne and again in his dispatches to
Rim. Miss Kreisch has in her pos
sion a personal citation from Hin
burg praising her for her personal
ritice when she refused to retire
he rear after being wounded twice
both legs. Swathing both legs in
lagos which she recovered from
soldiers lying on the battle field,
was over the top again for new
ntures.
ward the end of the 1918 when the
oHungarian forces were begin
their march to defeat in northern
Private Kreisch found herself
bulance driver. 1t was in this
that she was wounded for the
time in fourteen months while
to carry wounded soldier on
cher to her car standing four
| meters behind the lines. An
sniper caught her on the left
ausing a bullet wound nine
long. A mere thing like a
arm meant nothing in her
Re, and she trudged along as
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