Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1897 — WANT TO JOIN THE MILITIA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WANT TO JOIN THE MILITIA.

A Company of Yonng Women Organize and Apply for a Charter. The new woman has Invaded the military. A company of militia composed of young women has been thoroughly organized and equipped and has applied for a State charter. In the near future we may see, attached to the State guards, companies of pretty girls in short skirts, marching away to camp or to quell a riot. The first military organization composed entirely of young women was formed in Atlanta some weeks ago, and astonished the Secretary of State

by applying for a charter. There are nearly two hundred in the company, and the best families of the State are represented. The company was formed to take part in an entertainment for charity, and United Statqs officers in Fort McPherson acted as drill masters. The young women, dressed in white duck uniforms, handled real muskets and behaved themselves so well that after the entertainment they decided to keep up their organization. Since then they have had regular >.rills, Including long marches and targr t practice, and have become the most enthusiastic soldiers that ever paraded for war. The company is organized on exact military lines, ;.nd it is impossible to exaggerate the Interest which the individual members feel in it. Miss Butt, of Atlanta, has been appointed a lieutenant colonel on Governor Atkinson’s staff, and the young women are serious in their desire to become a part of the National Guard of the State. They call themselves the Foster Light Infantry.

MILITARY COMPANY OF WOMEN.