Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1917 — THE “LEGION OF DEATH" [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE “LEGION OF DEATH"

One of the courageous girls in the “Legion of Death” on parade. When the soldiers at the front refused to fight and became laggard of discipline, a number of heroic Russian women organized themselves into the “Legion of Death” and took the places of the men at the front. They fought furiously- and the Germans were put to flight at the sector, where they were engaged. The wonderful story of their deeds has thrilled the world and made history. Every girl in the battalion carries a dose of cyanide of potassium to use in event of her capture. They do Dot fear death, but they dread capture.