' '. J" 41 . EEKilN'G PUBLIC LEDG-ER-PBILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1919 IBS' i$y Is 'MARIA BOTCHKAREVA'S WOMAN SOLDIERS MAKE PLEA FOR DISCIPLINE IN CORPS Yashka Refuses, in Face of Death Threat, to Permit Establishment of Soldiers Committee in Womarfs Battalion of Which She Is Head After Being Mobbed and Beaten Russian Peasant .Girl Is Given Extraordin ary Honors, Her Banners Blessed and a Commis sion Bestotved fciL .. (Copurlafit, Ml. iu FrtJcrhk A. Sloktt Co.) (This HtftfV. fold ItV fnrln llnfr-lihnrAi-n nntl Iran. luted nnd transcribed by Inane Unn J-evlne, Is published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company underthe title of "Yashka.") THIS STARTS THE STORY In tho -summer of 1917 Maria , Botchkareva formed the Battalion of Death, a woman's fighting unit In the Russian army and a peasant girl , thus stepped into the International hall of fame. This Is her story. In tho earlier Installments she told of the hardships ot her childhood, the brutalities of her marriage life, and the realization of her wish to become a soldier. She tells of battles won and of tho disorganization of the army following the overthrow of the Czar, It Is her desire to shame tho men that prompts her to form the Battalion of Death with tho consent of Kercnsky. But she meets with difficulties. War-weary mobi assail her. Tho government, backed by Bolshevists and pacifists, seeks to . undermine discipline In her bat. tallon. AND HERB- IT CONTINUES Tt was reported to me that General Polovtzev was actually frightened. surrounded by the throng of raging and menacing women. Ho sent them back to the Institute, promising that ho would not disband them nnd that he would come to the barracks at 9 o'clock the following morning. 1 went with the messenger to the quarters and found everything In splendid order. The girls seemed anxious to comfort their Xatchalnlk, and so maintained calm and moved on tip toe. In the morning everything went as usual, the rising hour, prayers, break fast and drilling. At 9 I was informed that General Polovtzev. tho adjutant of Kerensky, Captain Dementinv nnd several of tho, women who took an In terest in the battalion wero at tho gate. I quickly fonnedTljo battalion. The general greeted us and we saluted He then shook hands with me .and pave, orders to let the girls out Into the garden, for he wfflitcd to tulk things over with me. I asked myself, as I led tho group lof distinguished visitors Into the house; what It all meant. "If It means that they came to persuade mo to .form a committee." I thought, "then Sit will make it mlehty hard for me, but I shall refuse nil pleas." My anticipation proved correct. The 'general had brought all these patron esses of mine to help him break my L, obstinacy. He Immediately launched -'into an exposition ot the necessity to "comply with general regulations and Introduce tho committee system In the army. He argued along the already familiar lines but I would not budge. He gradually became angry. "Aro you a soldier?" he repeated the question put to mo by Kerensky. "Yes, Gospodln General!" "Then why don't you obey orders?" "Because they are against the in terests of tho country. The commit tees are a plague. They have destroyed our army," I answered. "But It Is tho law of the country," he declared. "Yes, and It Is a ruinous law, de signed to disrupt the front in time of war." "Now I ask you to do It as a matter of form," he argued In a different tono "altogether, perhaps himself realizing the truth of my words. "All tho army committees are beginning to wonder about you. 'Who is this Botchkareva?' they ask,' and why is she allowed to 'command without "a committee? Do it' only for the sako of form. Your ' girls are so devoted to you that a com mittee elected by them would never seriously bother you. At the same time It would save us trouble. E Then the women surrounded me and begged me and coaxed me to give way. 'Some of them wept, others embraced me, ail got on my nerves. Nothing could enrage me so much as this wheedling, i grew m, .. completely lost control of myself, crrlnned by hysteria. You arc rascals, all of you! You want to destroy tho country! Get out of here!" I shrieked madly. "Shut up! How dare you shout like 'that? I am a general. I will kill you!" Polovtzev thundered at me, trembling "Alld'ght, you can kill me! kill me! " I cried out, tearing my coat open and pointing to my chest. "Kill mo! The general then threw up his hands, muttering angrily under his breatn, "What the devil! This is a demon, not a woman! You can do nothing with her." and he, with his mixed suite, withdrew. The following morning a telegram came from General Pojovtzev notifying me that I would bo allowed to con tlnue my work without a committee! Thus ended the row caused by tho mutiny in the battalion, and which nearly wrecked the entire undertaking. It was a hard fight that I md maae, ;: , I : The Best ' I f I Sunday Dinner in Town ?j . Tomorrow we head our menu with n f. ,- I special Southern Planked-Shad Dinner. lj Price, $1.50. And follow it up with a jEsteK choice of other special dinners that is c jv sure to satisfy your taste and your purse. I II Our "Hum-Up" TtfeTLTrim I ? JJ Service U a Feature VJZIT ,'V I B 3K5SS CLAUDE JI. MOIUt, Mgr. & fji S m -yjnv (fintranaa on ltth fit,) f . w ' - - ' . but, convinced of my right, there was no retreating for tne, Events have completely Justified my feeling. Tho Russian nrtuy. once tho most colossal military machine In tho world, was wrecked In a few months by the committee system. Coming from tho trenches, wiiuro I learned'ut first hand what a curse the committees proved, I realized early their porten tous significance. To me It has always been clear that a committee meant ceaseless speeuhmuklng. That was tho outstanding factor ubout It, and I con sidered no other aspect of It., I Knew thftt the Germans worked nit day while our boys talked, and. In war I always understood It was action that counted and conquered. 77ie Battalion at the Front mmmmmWmm AW ' LmmWmlmmKmmLmfmmmMtmJmmTiutl' PBMp22i 2m - ,, & mmwBU&mwtFivjSA? 1 -r"3gl a, ut. . .i,ii. ,i,n i charge reported that Michael Hodzi- 1HI0 same morning on vvli eh tho unkoBha t.ome ,0 Kee Im. The physl . telegram came from ,jeMe,al ca went out to meet him and I heard Polovtzev there also arrived a banner, , the Uyo convcrgn( ni u,e room next with an Inscription that read some- (Q mlno jtodzlanko's first question thing liko this: WBS whether 1 had been killed. It "Long Live the Provisional Govern- - ment! Let Those Who Can. Advance! I Korward. Bravo Women! To the De- 1 fonse of the Bleeding Motherland! ' We were to march with this banner i In the demonstration organized In op. position to tho Bolshevik demonstra- tlon, set for that day. The Invalids . wero to march in the wimo parade. I talked matters over with their chief , when we met at Morskaya. The air was chnrged with alarming , rumors. The captain of the Invalids placed fifty revolvers nt my disposal. I distributed them among tne instruct ors nnd my other officers, leaving a. pair for myself. The band of tho VolynskI Ilcglment headed the Battalion ot Death, as half me soldiers ot mai rcgimem miu .--. fused to march against tho Bolshevik!. ' Having aireauy oeeu cuiiwiiuimicu with Bolshevist Ideas, although It was ""'y dune. Mars Field, our destination, was nbout five versts from our barracks. The whole route was lined with enor mous crowds which cheered us and the Invalids of whom there wero only about 500. Many women on tho side walks wept, mourning the girls that I was leading Into what seemed a con flict with the Bolshevlki. Everybody 3aid. "Something is going to happen today." As we approached tho Mars Field where the opposing demonstration was held I ordered my soldiers to sit down and rest for fifteen minutes. "Stroysia!" (Form ranks!) I ordered at the end of that time. Wo were all more or less nervous, ns If on tho eve of an offensive. I addressed a few words to the battalion, instructing them to stick by roe to the endr not to insult anybody, not to run at the slightest provocation, in order to avoid a panic. They all pledged themselves to fulfill my Instructions. Before resuming the march, the cap- u.rt e :l,A TmrnlMu Kpvprfll Of hfS SUb- ji.., nn.., nnr nil mi. tiiRtrnrtnra came forward-and asked to march In mo ironi row win; me. ""''.. but they Insisted, and I finally had to glvo wav. In spite of my desire to show tho Bolshevlki that I was not afraid. The crowds on the -Mars Field were indeed enormous. A stream of march ers with Bolshevist banners flowed Into tho great square. We stopped within fifty feet of a Bolshevist crowd and were met promptly by a hall of Jokes nnd curses. Tho opponents de rided the provisional government and shouted: "Long live the Revolutionary Democracy! Down with the War!" Some of the girls could not suppress their indignation and began to reply, provoking a hot argument! "When you cry. 'Down with the war!' you are helping to destroy free Russia." I exclaimed, stepping forward and addressing myself to the turbulent neighbors. "Wo must beat tho Ger mans first and then there will bo no "Kill. her! Kill her!" several voices threatened. Greatly aroused, I rushed a few steps nearer to the crowd. My fingers gripped the two pistols, but In all the excitement that followed, tho idea was fixed in my mind that I must not shoot at my own people, common workers and peasants. "Wake up, you deluded sons of Rus sia! Think what you are doing! You - ofrnvlnrr (he Motherland! Srnnn. drels!" I concluded as their derision continued. My Instructors tried to hold me back as the throng swarmed around mo, but I tore myself out of their arms and plunged Into the thick of It. I worked myself up to such a state of frenzy that I did not cease talk ing even when a volley of shots was HelpKeep sllfd Your Hair soaP' Cuticura Alldrvftbtit 8on25, Ointment 25 & W, Talcum 25. Bimfilw eh frN f "Catltarfc. Ptpt, t( Bt4." sent Into our midst. Then my ofllccrs i ordered the battalion to the. There fol lowed un awful mix-up. i Two of my Instructors were killed, one while defending me. Two others wro wounded. Ten of my girls wero ulso wounded. Jinny bullets grazed me, but I escaped till struck unconscious by n blow on the head with an Iron bar from behind. Many onlookers becamo mixed up In the scrap and the result was a panic. 1 recovered consciousness In the eve ning, f wns In my own lied with a physician he&tdo it. 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Bod zlanlto then tool; leave, assuring me of his readiness to help me at all times and wishing me it speedy recoveiw . (TO UK CdNTINLi:i) Deaths of a Day j EX-JUSTICE PRYOR DEAD Was Noted Soldier in Confederate Army Vnv Virk, March 15. -U' -- '' Roger Atkinson Pror, former Jn tlee of tile New Yntk Stutp Supreme Court and famous as a Holdier In the Confed erate army, died at hl.s home here lust night at the age of ninety. Justice Pryor had been 111 for soxeral weeks. A ueek ago pneumonia, which ua the immediate cause of his death, set In. Judge Roger A. I'ryor was the last survivor of the thing on Fort Sumter. He outlived the thousands of partici pants on both sides cf the historic con flict. Offered Ihe dititlmtion of firing the first shot that us to precipitate the civil war, Iip declined "I could nut tire the first nun." he salil. As a young Congressman and news paper tdltor at thlity-two ears of age. I'ryor'.s ringing speeel ts in favor of "late rights nroti-ed his native VlrglnliN The slate was hesitating in the point of recession when "tho eloquent tribune f liglnla." as Horace (ireetey railed him, lose hefoie an assemblage of con stituents and thundered: "Strike one blow and Vlicini.i will secede in an hour by Shrewsbury clock " Oenernl I'ryor's war record was hrll 1 1 n t . He served as a member of the I'lovlslonul Congress ISnterlug the Con- marry men in a rut Ask the Man federate army an a calonel, li soon was iiiumuieu to uriKunier Kenrnii. aiicu ho took n stand which Is probably un precedented in military history. His views conflicted with thoie of his su perior ofllcers. He resigned his general's commission, tlioimli It whs never accept ed, mid entered the rnnks of Kltzhugli Lee's cavalry ns n private. During the Inst yenr ot the war he was lipid In Kent Ijifayette, In New Yelk harbor, hs a iirliniier of war. Sec retary of War Stanton threatened to hao him hanged. 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