A nation at bay, what an American woman saw and did in suffering Serbia . one, I promptly responded. TheColonel of the First Cavalry Regiment instantlyput in his word. I want her to be made a member of mj regi-ment, said he. And so, with the shells screamingover our heads at the most exciting ofmy life on that famous battlefield of Brod, inI October, 1916, I was made a member of the FirstCavalry Regiment of the Royal Serbian Army. I was no longer a woman helper. I was now asoldier, and, as I write this,—the only Americanwoman soldier in this great war. After my return to America, a lar
A nation at bay, what an American woman saw and did in suffering Serbia . one, I promptly responded. TheColonel of the First Cavalry Regiment instantlyput in his word. I want her to be made a member of mj regi-ment, said he. And so, with the shells screamingover our heads at the most exciting ofmy life on that famous battlefield of Brod, inI October, 1916, I was made a member of the FirstCavalry Regiment of the Royal Serbian Army. I was no longer a woman helper. I was now asoldier, and, as I write this,—the only Americanwoman soldier in this great war. After my return to America, a large parcelcontaining the peculiar cloth of the uniform ofthe Serbian officer arrived, with the beautifulenamel Cocarde which is worn on the cap ofevery Serbian oflEicer. No honor which Serbiacould bestow upon me could make me so proud asthe right to wear this uniform, which has beenrendered glorious by those heroic men who solong and so bravely have fought, and continue tofight, against such fearful odds and whose gentle-ness and patience under suffering have won the. •n ^ 2-age &H i^ ^ ^ o O O
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