Show ID o OMEN MEN IN WAR WARBy A R i By A Albert eT Payson Terhune c BATTLE HERO HERO- fj F THE HE REVOLUTION it ia 18 short stocky red haired ISh gIrl when she made roads her hert t t hid for war hero fame wn to history as Molly Her name was neither or l though her first Mary born orn in Carlisle Pa in inter inter ter ot of Irish immigrants She Shea a a. servant girl until she shein shen in n Hayes layes a 8 Carlisle barber d in the patriot army at of ot the Revolution mid uld ld not be left at home to iWand and tend her baby son eon Hayes was risking his life lIe antry So she went to the h r husband madA herself herselt useful In a a. ays Says not only by cooking g and nd mending for the sol- sol herself hersel as of- of for the battery in husband was serving Job was no meant that the fearless heavy Jugs of ot water ear st spring to the firing the fiercest battles krand cheery good fellow- fellow Molly the Idol of the bat- bat nicknamed her herthe he the big water pitcher she sheI tied i I Molly Pitcher And I tuck filly ft lly was only 20 her hus- hus tery was defending Ft r st an overwhelming Brit- Brit JIAs' JIAs WA tho the redcoats swarmed ma a final attack the order Ito bandOn the fort FELL BACK exists ts sullenly retreated ig g them But nut Molly who isee i the sense of obeying rang rang forward sighted a aion aion 1 ion ion n. n and discharged it into ranks thus fir fir- Shot of the battle year in June 1778 John eryl was merrily hammer- hammer tithe enemy in the most of the bloody battle th The thermometer was wasI I lade fade ade Not a a. breath of wind Men by the dozen w were ro L Ir from sunstroke her terribly s busy with pitcher for the soldiers of thirst hoed Heed BrItish voll volleys s 's she tolled ring line p panting and per- per she 3 h carried cool drinks to or lifted the heads d so they could swallow heir heir fevered throats craved British gunners were center enter their fire on Bayes' Bayes pound it into silence p hat at lIay Hayes s himself was dLa a little in advance of the 1 hattery And it was lid for Zor J il the redcoats' redcoats deadliest K dead lead across the gun to take his place i I Jh h was the almost certain ne who should incur such v I whore whole battery wavered I ng ng British fire hat Molly Pitcher threw er jug wrenched the ther r dead husbands husband's grasp ab and ana reload t the e lIe de- dol 1 l she shouted furious furious' e c rest of the battery ck ck to their guns and ands and's Is s 's s. s cowards for hesi- hesi r PitCHER LED than her angry he tide of fear A Applause went went up Led by bv l Molly Moly Mollyo ly 0 o work again L The buttery was rould retreat while L and gallantly batt bat- bat t 1 t on unafraid Molly Mony Pitcher was of General thanked her for her splendid services As a re reward reward re- re 1 ward Washington gave Molly l the rank of ot serge sergeant nt and placed her o on the list I of half pay officers for tor life The Tho war over she went back to C Carlisle Car 1 lisle where she made the mistake of marrying one George McCauley a a. Revolution veteran who ill treated her herand herand herand and drank up most of her money To earn more she went to work as a laundress and as nursemaid After she had endured years of this drudgery the state of Pennsylvania pensioned her This was in 1822 A later she died She was buried burled with military honors Also two monuments were erected to her memory one memory one in Pennsylvania one in New Jersey Jersey Jersey-In in an age when such honors were seldom granted to toan toan an American woman Copyright 1918 by the Press Publishing I Co the New York Evening World |