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~ HE famous Battalion of Death"
the valorous regiment of Rus
sian women who played a
spectacular, II minor, part In
the world war, established something
new in military history. But MEM
bers Of that courageous. death
defying body of girls (most of them
were astonishingly young) were not
the first of the kind-that is, indi-
vidually. Bodicea lived long before
their day and so did other feminine
warriors.
These Russian soldiers were dis
tinctive in that they fought as women
undisguised and in a single group.
They made no pretense at conceal
ment. The same thing is true of the
intrepid Molly Pitcher, whose history
is too well known to need repeating
here. An examination of the rolls at
the pension bureau here in Washing
ton, however. brings to view some
very startling facts-facts that throw
interesting sidelights on some of the
characters who fought in American
battles at one time or another.
When 1t Is remembered that there
are at present more than $4,000 per-
sons drawing pensions from the gov
ernment 1t will readily be seen that
great deal Of the history OF the
country may be found in the archives
Of the pension bureau.
OF all the myriad Of cases on rec
ord there none presents more dra-
matte aspects than the file marked on
the outside cover with the name of
Albert p. Cashier.
n IAPOLEONS almost diminutive
Y stature was no obstacle in his
brilliant career No modifier Of self
confidence was 1t. either, when he got
ready to cross the Alps. which some
faint-hearted soul had assured. him
were then impossible. With all the
conviction in the world the little
Corsican" declared that Alpine heights
were no barrier to him. And, what is
more to the point, he proved his con-
tention.
The same thing is true Of this civil
war veteran, Albert d. Cashier. who.
so far as his height went, was almost
a pigmy beside associate members of
the 95th Illinois Infantry Division,
which took part in SO many of the
sanguinary combats throughout all
the years of lighting. At the time Of
enlistment Cashier was only nineteen
years old and Is described as being
very ght-complexioned, with blue
eyes and a heavy shock Of auburn
hair. The occupation Of this under
sized private was given as that OF a
farmer. with residence at Belvidere
Ill. Never once did Cashier miss a
roll call or summons to arms. No
one of the many encounters which
occupied this regiment from time to
time was ever missed by the little
red-haired private. who always pre-
ferred to be in the thick Of the fight.
Albert was every inch a soldier.
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Feminine Warriors in u. S. History
Fought Bravely Disguised as Men

There could never be any question
about that
All through the civil war this gall
liant private fought with the courage
of Spartan, which fact was after
ward attested by the other membe RS
of the 95th Illinois Infantry. During
all those trying times not one person
ever suspected that Albert D. Cashier
was anybody but Albert D. Cashier.
After the conflict was ended. this
same faithful, unafraid soldier re-
turned to Illinois and to the business
of farming and herding cattle. Later
In life the name of Cashier appeared
on the list of the inmates of the
Soldiers Home at Quincy, Ill. After
that, for a brief time. it was trans
ferred to the books of the Western
Hospital for the Insane, at Water
town Gn the same state). Shortly
before the death of the afflicted vet
cran. which occurred in 1915, it came
to light that the brave little private.
Albert D. Cashier, was woman.
Everybody who knew her was as
founded, and she was heartbroken
that her secret, so long locked in her
heart, had in her extreme old age
come to the surface. She begged that
no publicity be given to the case, so
there was never any great flare made
about her clever deception.
For fifteen years Albert D. Cashier
drew pension from the United
States. In 1890 she was granted the
sum of S. a month. Later on the
amount was increased from time to
time until at the date of her death
she was receiving $500 year.
Albert D. Cashier was always reti-
cent about her past. though she did
at last tell some of her friends at the
Soldiers. Home, after her disguise was
revealed, that her real name was
Hodgers and that she had a twin
brother back. in Ireland where she
was born. With him in her native
country she had engaged in the occu-
patton of herding cattle. and because
Of It's convenience and comfort in this
sort of work, she then adopted the
wearing of male attire.
With her mother and her step
father. whose name was Cashier, she
emigrated to this country. At the
outset Of the war, according to her
comrades in arms, she proceeded to
cover herself with glory. though there
was never any fanfare of trumpets
about her prowess or her fidelity to
duty. She always Stunned notoriety.
For this reason it would seem that
patriotism alone prompted her to
become a soldier. She was unique. in
more ways than one. No man ever
kept a secret better than did this
woman warrior. .-.-. =
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DERHAPS the most extraordinary of
alI.the cases ever recorded. at the
pension bureau. however. is the In
stance Of widower' receiving a-ltfe-
long pension in compensation for the
military services of his ). wife, per
formed during the revolutionary war.
The records show no evidenceathat the
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this SCARED thumb print on it, Ev-
cry Leonardo expert knows the
story.
Now we are in 1t. Certain finger
print details from the coming Leo
nardo duel of middle west art intuition
versus European routine have been
limited at in the press. but never in the
way that you will find them here, so
close, now. to the dramatic confron-
tation of September that the indis-
cretion can harm no one.
Raphael. Andrea del Sarto and
Michelangelo were all cognizant of
the thumb print facts" continued
Barrister' Ringrose. The laity i'm
agines that Leonardo da Vinci was
not prolific, but better-informed eX-
perts believe that he was overpro-
life veritable Alexandra Dumas
among painters. touching up the
work of his pupils and collaborators
and selling them as Leonardos. so
much SO that all his pictures became
questioned as to their authenticity,
to the extent that today there are
not more than four of Leonardos
works on which there is agreement.
X
HEVEN the Virgin of the Rocks
-" in the National Gallery, Lon
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though the world did not prefer it,
And Leonardo said that his chief de-
sire was to make permanent his
draughtsmanship, not his COLOR
For the rest Gncluding the first
class surprise of the "geometrical
signiture" of these Old Masters, who
disdained to sign their names, but
left an esoteric sign, quite unmis-
taxable. for connoisseurs. in the very
composition itself of their picturesD
we must wait.
The Star of Boticelli, which he,
Boticeln, called "the Star of David!
The Hidden Triangle of the great
Wait for the days of September,
when the American consul general
shall preside in the Salon Carre.
closed to the public, only true celeb
rites admitted!
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dextrous, as sometimes happens, but
really left-handed
Using the brush with his left hand.
the master of the High Renaissance
would mold his shadows with the
right thumb. Vasari, his best known
biographer, says that in his twenty
second year Leonardo burned his
right thumb, leaving a scar that
never disappeared.
THAT scar print Of Leonardo's
thumb" says Hon. Ringrose, 'fs
manifest on every painting not only
that Leonardo himself painted but
had anything to do with. because he
was generous in touching up the
work Of friends and pupils. Giovan-
nj Cellini, who was cotemporane-
Gus with Raphael, said that every
canvas that Leonardo looked at had
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New York, Immediately they arrived
in Kansas City.
THE picture sent to Kansas City is
a copy" said Sir Joseph, in a New
York paper, hundreds of which have
been made of this and other Leonardo
subjects and offered in the market as
genuine. Leonardo never made
replica of his work. His original La
Belle Ferronniere,' is in the Louvre"
1t may well be that Sir Joseph re-
grets the impulse which led him to
volunteer such a condemnation OF
PAINTING which he had not seen and
whose property value was wei, nigh
wiped out in day by his great
prestige as the foremost art dealer of
the world. Mrs. Hahn brought suit
against him for 100000 damages.
but offered always-to-desist-a at ,anyi
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talked glibIy of it's beauty as a mere
literary production, of its obvious
human fallibiiity, of its Importance
only as the history of bumptious.
self-centered people. who thought
themselves the chief factors in a
divine scheme of world affairs,
whereas. in fact, they were a little
tribe of nobodies who made no sound
in human events outside of their
own hearing. We delighted to refer
to the Jews of Bible times as living
in an eddy on the stream of life.
remote from the channel where
things of consequence were passing,
and who produced no great soldier
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Who had the disfavor Of all:
So in view of the blame
That attached to his name
He finally changed it to Paul.
X X *
THERE are few laymen, perhaps,
i who have a more intimate knowl-
edge of the Bible than Mr.. Ellis. or
whose lives have been more enriched
by study of this masterpiece of
literature. wisdom and spirit. What
the Bible has meant-and means-to
this man may be revealed to some ex-
tent by the following quotation from
peal of the Bible:
We pass through three stages.
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pensioner himself ever enlisted in
the cause of the colonies, though
there is abundant proof that his wife
suffered severe wound from a mus
ket ball which remained in her body
as long as she lived. This solitary
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was Benjamin
Gannett. The woman he married.
who upon her enlistment, gave the
fictitious name of Robert Shurtleff.
was christened Deborah Sampson.
Her great-grandfather was one of the
settlers of Plympton, Mass
Nothing is known of this daring
woman's girlhood until her entrance
into the Army. In a declaration made
on September IA. 1918, Deborah Gan
nett stated that she enlisted as a pri-
vate soldier under the name of Rob-
ert Shsrtleff in the month of April,
1871. in company commanded by
Col. Shepperd and afterward by Col.
Henry Jackson. She served in that
corps in Massachusetts and later on
participated in battles fought on New
York soil until 1888, when an honor
able discharge was issued to her.
She was at the capture of Lord Corn
wallis, and the wound which under
mined her health forever after was
inflicted at Tarrytown.
In 1884 Deborah Sampson, alias
Robert Shurtleff. married Benjamin
Gannett. Her death occurred in 1927,
receiving from the government ceased
automatically, according to custom.
Application was made by her husband
for a continuance of this annuity on
behalf of himself and the two sur
viving- daughters. The committee
that passed upon this most original
and to this day unique-petition said,
in part:
"We feel warranted in saying that
the history Of the American revolu-
tion records no case like this and
knows no other similar example Of
female ,heroism. fidelity and courage.
The petitioner does not allege that
he served in the war of the revolution
and it does not appear by any evi-
dence In the case that such was the
fact. 1t is not. however, to be pre-
sumed that a female who took up
served as a common soldier for nearly
three years and fought and b1ed for
human liberty. would Immediately
after the termination of the war ally
herself for life with a tory or a
traitor AS he sustained her through
long life Of sickness and suffering.
and as~t that sickness. was oceasioned
by wounds received and hardships she
endured in the defense of the.country.
and as there cannot be a parallel case
in all time to come, the committee
do not hesitate to pension the hus-
band. ~ - -
So Benjamin Gannett remains in a
class by himself to this day. If he
never achieved personal distinction
while living except through the re-
flected glory of his courageous wife.
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he established a precedent in the
granting of pensions
When it is recalled that military
pensions were issued to disabled SOL
diers in the colonies for over a CEN
tury prior to the revolutionary war,
1t will be seen that the list of pen
sioners is exceedingly long. But from
those very remote days to the present
time the husband Of Deborah Gannett
is the only man on record who ever
received governmental recompense
for the military participation of a
wife on the field Of battle
x = x x
THE earliest provision made by the
i national government for pension
ing a person incurring disability in
the service Of the Regular Army was
in 1890. The first pension granted on
account of the revolutionary war was
by a special act Of Congress dated
August 26, 1916, within two months
after the signing of the Declaration
of independence. On March 2, 1888.
Congress provided for a commissioner
of pensions. and on March 8, 1S49.
when the Depart ment OF the Interior
was created by Congress. the pension
bureau was transferred from the war
division to the new department.
From this it can be seen at a glance
that this is one of the oldest Of all
the national bureaus now in existence.
X 4. x X
1t is a happy fact. as everybody
knows, that America is the least bel
ligerent of nations. Yet the country's
pension rolls are rather staggering
lists at that. This is no doubt due to
Uncle Sans generosity to the pre-
servers and protectors of our peace.
All the pensioners of the revolu-
tionary war. as almost goes without
saying. have now passed into the
great beyond. The last widow pen
stoned on account Of this early strug-
gle of the colonies was Esther S.
Damon of Plymouth Union, VT. She
died November IL, 1906, at the age of
ninety-two.
The last surviving pensioned vet
eran Of this war was Daniel F. Bake
man, who was born in Schoharie
county, N. Y, in 1859, and died at
Freedom. n. Y, in 1889, at the very
ripe old age of 100 years.
Epochal events took place during
this soldiers heightened mortal span.
From afar he saw the consummation
of the Louisiana purchase, the sur
render of Lee at Appomatox and the
addition of Alaska to the Union. to
mention but three of the most out
standing changes in national history.
F. The veteran of the war Of 1912 who
outlived all his comrades was Hiram
Cronk of Ava. y. Y. Inasmuch as he
was born in 1900, his enlistment must
necessarily, have occurred at a very
tender age. =
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In our early youth, of the Sunday
school period, we looked upon the
Bible as sort of divine verboten,
every word coming directly from
God in the heaens: God in the heav-
ems; and we looked upon God as a
watching. eavesdropping omnipo-
tence who could in one mood be
tender loving and merciful, and in
another. fearsome, exacting and cruel
Then, a little later, with the pose
of intellectual freedom and agnosti-
cism and the scorn of holy things
which characterize college life. those
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BY STERLING HEILIG.
PARIS, July 13, 1928.

- PARlS, July ID, 1870.
~ y dates between September !
and September 80 the famous
Salon Carre of the Louvre
will be closed to the public,
for the American consul general to
preside at the most extraordinary duel
of modern times between Two beauti-
full women of the renaiSsancevthat IS
TO say, two oil portraits attributed TO
that period and now talked of every
where. one owned in Kansas. City, one
the property of the French govern
ment, and both claimed to be the
original Belle Ferrouniere" of the IL
lustrious Leonardo da Ninci.
Because of this dispute, the Belle
Ferronniere" of Kansas City tonly
canvas in America attributed to
Ieonardo) returns to France on a visit
by way of the :. ) Rochambeau in
August, insured by Iloyds for $500
000, on. special arrangement made
its romantic voung owners by Sir jo-
Seph Duvcen, defendant in this cause
celebre; the curator Of the Louvre
who has considerable interest 10 see
his own picture proved to be the true
Leonardo. and the French govern
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/H w paint lily or acorn
rose were q far more mod
est adventure" than for .
poet to attempt to tran
scribe into verse events related in
the Scriptures-to quote from the dis
tinguished lawyer. Wade Hampton
Ellis. But to entertain oneself with
the composition Of limericks en-
bodying the text of many OF the Old
Testament stories is a delightful and
permissible pursuit for even the
most reverential. according to Mr.
Ellis. who. when the days legal work
Is done. often seeks refreshment amid
the peace and charm of the library
In his home on Massachusetts, avenue,
some times looking into the history
see; some times reading the litera-
ture of the present; occasionally COM
posing a poem OF merit; and, in his
humorous moments. running eff" a
limerick or two.
Many subjects have prompted Mr.
Ellis TO '1imerickaP expression, but
probably his most notable collection
Is that which may be called his "Bible
Liinericks''
Il love the human touch In the BIZ
Bile much as the divine" says Mr.
Ellis. And this human touch" Is
what causes his outflow of limericks
for where there is human touch"
there is likely to be some element of
humor for those who have eyes to
see or ears to hear
Mr.. Ellis has been, as he says, "a
touch and go" student of the Bible
all of his life-"loving its majestic
beauty. its rugged eloquence. it's dra-
matte tales. its rich imagery and it's
spiritual courage above every other
gift to English speech"
IF l were condemned to solitary
exile son some barren island of the
seas" continues Mr.. Ellis. "and could
choose as a companion but one book
| Though l have read 1t many times
and there are many others have not
read at alD / would take with me
the English Bible"
Should such fate befall Mr.. Ellis
now delightfully."- enlarged would be
ais collection of Scriptural limericks.
x y
A il is. the collection contains
, ! hundreds-the slightest incident
| can inspire Mr.. Ellis to the produc-
tlon Of limerick. One who enjoys
very much an occasional evening in
, the Ellis library has stored away in
/, memory several OF these Biblical lin
ericks. few of which are given here.
TO begin at the beginning:
! 1T was dusk in the garden of Eden
! The time for the family feedin':
! But Eve wouldn't cook,
! So she served what she took,
Thus raw deal began the proceedin'
| And perhaps heedlessness inherited
! from Eve caused Cain TO play the
, steller role in the following:
tTHE earliest criminal net
Failed the earliest felon to get,
! And no one can tell
Where Cain went to dwell:
In fact he's fugitive yet
! Other limericks are:
| A TYRANT was Hiram of Tyre.
Who farmed out his people for
hire
For Hiram could hire 'em
| And tire 'em and fire 'em-
Hence came the name Hiram of Tyre.
| THE immortal three hundred of
! Gideon
On water alone crushed the Mfdean,
| But when they came back
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Hundreds of Limericks Are Written
By Lawyer Who Studies Scriptures

or statesman. artist or ruler-whose
only contribution to the achievements
of mankind consisted of their own
hymns and harmonies. their lore and
legends. which We're chanted or re-
corded In praise of their own race.
AT this stage, however, we were
ready superciliously to admit that
these old songs and stories were as
beautiful as any produced by any
other people in any other age.
and that they had, when trans
lated into Anglo Saxon speech, en-.
riched our language more than all
other factors combined. although we
felt bound to insist that the
creased in proportion - ihe decline
of its religious authority.
Finally comes the third stage in
the experience of every honest stu
dent of the Bible. He sees it as a
whole-the wonder of it's music, the
sublimity of Its pictures, the univer-
salty of it's wisdom, the serene con-
ISOLATION of its philosophy, those at
tributes, in a word, which make it
the great devotional epic of life.
But. more than this even, he comes
to visualize in the Bible, despite the
conflict over the Messiah, the moving
scene of a Jealous. consecrated peo-
pie. cropping in the darkness of a
hostile world for the light of spirit
ual things. their faith forever firm
in the one truth which somewhere
hai
expresses: The things which are seen
are temporal but the things which
are not seen are eternal"
Mr.. ELLIS plans to bequeath his
ANllibrary to his alma mater. Wash
ington and Lee University, at Lexing
ton. Va, where it will probably be
used as an example of the possibili
ties of an all-round library in the
home. In the approximately five thou
sand volumes composing this library
there can be found almost any volume
Of much worth in any branch of liter
ature. To keep his library within the
bounds of a medium sized cozy room.
and yet to have it satisfyingly com
plete. Mr.. Ellis has been careful that
there should be no duplication in the
collection. which has been made by
himself. While he has the true book
lovers appreciation of beautiful bind
ings, and while in his collection there
are many books with bindings that
delight the eye and touch, still it has
always been the contents of the books
that lot
He was born in Kentucky. received
a college education. did journalistic
work in Cincinnati. practiced law,
was attorney general of Ohio from
1904 to 1908. came TO Washington in
1908 as assistant attorney general of
the United States, and served in that
capacity until 1910. and since then he
has been practicing law in Washing
ton.
Mr.. Ellis is especially interested III
the campaign against so-called red
icalism and communism in this coun-
try, concerning which he has made a
thorough investigation. The results
of this investigation he has been Civ
ing to the public in addresses before
large gatherings in many states the
past spring. along with an insistence
| upon the necessity for loyalty to the
fundamentals of the constitution of
our government.
Mr.. Ellis sailed for Europe on May
Is as one of a committee of five ap-
pointed by the American Bar Associa-
ton, to study the procedure of GRIM
inal law in various European coun-
tries.
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From slaughter and sack
What was the drink they were giddy
on?
WHILE the Bible made all men Of
Jew height,
Some were over or under the due
height;
Goliath was tallest,
But who was the smallest?
Why. naturally. Bildad. the Shuhite.
THERE was an old sinner named
Saul
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WHEN Noah was running the ark,
He found it rather poor lark;
He could range geographic
Without fear of traffic,
But he hadn't darned place to park,
THE kingdom Of Cog and Magog
Is lost in historical fog,
And if men ever sailed
To its borders, they failed
To keep reliable log.
-Limericks by Wade Hampt'
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BY ALYS COUDERT.

" HE famous Battalion Of Death"
the valorous regiment Of Rus
sian women who played
u spectacular, If minor mart In
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-02-23

for economical and efficient methods
In trade and commerce.
The Board Of Trustees Of the Uni.
versity has asked, because We are so
cramped here IN the College OF Com
merce, for an appropriation of $780,.
900 for the erection of new Com.
merce Building. The proposed site
of this building Is south of the Audi
torium, directly west across the
quadrangle from the new Agricultur-
al building now under construction.
Because the students In the college
OF Liberal Arts and Science have
overrun University Hall and must
have additional quarters, the logical
thing TO do, then, Is 10 turn the pres
ent Commerce building over to the
Liberal Arts students and to build a
new building for the College Of Com.
mece. The present Commerce build.
ing Is just few steps from univer.
sity Hall and will serve as a very
convenient overflow annex.
This Is the program that has been
adopted by the Board of Trustees and
which will be carried out II the uni-
versity is granted the money II has
asked.
---Boost the Ckampaign----