Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1885 — Women as Army Auxiliaries. [ARTICLE]

Women as Army Auxiliaries.

The wives and families of Peruvian soldiers always travel with them, like the squaws and papooses of the North American Indian. In camp the women do the cooking; on the march they carry on their backs and heads a great part of. the camp equipage, and in'battle they, nurse the wonnded and rob the dead. Jj/They are poor, miserable, degraded creatures, just one degree above the "dogs which follow jat their heels. Their powers of endurance are extraordinary. Often it is the case that they will march twenty or thirty miles a day over dusty roads, carrying a child on |their backs, without food or water. Fencing is the new craze among young ladies. Well, iLtbey will occupy the fence occasionally it will give the gate a rest, and the whole business will Wear out together, i a.. - 1 . .-v • '

The distinguished D. 8. Senator from Indiana, Hon. W. Vporhses, certifies that in a case of rheumatism in the back, he obtained instantaneous relief from, St. Jacobs Oil. He sayß it is a remarkable remedy. " ■' '