LOVE LORN GIRL JOINS THE ARMY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11506, 30 September 1915, Page 1

LOVE LORN GIRL JOINS THE ARMY.

—I Recently in Salzburg. Austria, a j nervous and anxious aged woman appeared before the- commandant, alleging that he.r twentv-yoar-old daughter had enlisted as a recruit in the 59th Infantry Hegiiuent. which had the day before left for the front- in Poland. The commandant endeavoured to assure the | tearful woman that such a rhiiu; was j impossible, but she was so persistant ( that to calm her he telegraphed to the j colonel of the regiment to make an in- j I quiry into th«» "uiatter and adv.se bim j |of the result A few hours Inter lie re- ; i ceived word that Hie woman's ,>torv I ! was true, and thai her daughter ws j ! found wearing the rejinuont's uniform, j i She pleaded to ivipa : n'in (lie regime-tit.! ! as she said sin," went a Icing to be at i-)io : gido of her lov'-r, hut ?hv was at once \ ordered baoti, .uvi Iwo soldiers were i sent with lvr tu wm- that, fhe was ce-; | livered safely to her mother. The com- j I mandant at. Sak:huvc v, as very indig- j • nant over tr.o spatter, and made a care- j ' ful investigation io .'earn how the g.rl : j had succeeded in joining the regiment. j j : j j j ; j