REGIMENT OF WOMEN.
3000 ABYSSINIANS ARMING.
LEADER’S ROMANTIC STORY
LONDON, August 3Q,
Numbering 3000, Abyssinia’s regiment of women is nearly ready to march out of Addis Ababa. The “SunHerald” News Agency obtained an interview with the leader, whose name means “one who became a new flower.” Young, tall and beautiful, she said her husband had been killed in a tribal battle. “Then God spoke to me and I became His,” she said. Years of prayer followed, and then, hearing Italy’s threat to invade the country, she walked 300 miles through terrible country to Addis Ababa to organise a women’s corps. The women wear a khaki uniform with a Sam Browne belt, and carry Mauser revolvers. Then need only a few more arms and more ammunition, and they will bo ready for the front.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 273, 31 August 1935, Page 5
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