Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-27 | Page 38 | Woman is Aiding Russo-Allied Army

WOMAN IS AIDING RUSSO-ALLIED ARMY Organizer of the Famous Russian Women's Battalion Issues Appeal Ap-peal to People. ARCHANGEL, Oct 26. (By tho Associated As-sociated Press.) Maria Butchkareff, organizer of the famous Russian Women's battalion, is here aiding the organization or-ganization of a Russo-Allied army. She has caused the following proclamation to be posted in village squares arid in the country churches: "I am a Russian peasant and a soldier. At the request of the soldiers and peasants peas-ants I went to America and Great Britain in order to request, of these countries military help for Russia. The allies understand un-derstand our own misfortunes and I return re-turn with the allied armies which came only for the purpose of helping to chase out our deadly enemies, the Germans, and not to interfere with our internal affairs. af-fairs. After the war is over the allied troops will leave Russian soil. "I, on my own part, request all loyal, free sons of Russia, without reference to party, to come together, acting as one with the allied forces, who, under the Russian flag, have come to free Russia from the German yoke, and in order to help the new, free Russian army with all forces, Including Russian, to beat the enemy. "Soldiers and peasants: Remember that only a full, clean sweep of the Germans from our soil can give 'you free Russia as you long for."