The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-01
Reason? BEECHAM's PILLS act lik
magic.
THE MEXICAN TROUBLE.

Qef, IL IS uuQerstOOu mere tHaC more aCClV
campaigning will soon begin. This is de
duced from the fact that word has com
from apparently reliable sources that th
commissary department of the army i
making extensive preparations for feedin.
troops. Supplies, it is stated, will be col
lected at ST. Louis as a basing point, anC
from here forwarded to Texas points il
need of them.
Mr. Reau Campbell, general passenger
agent of the Mexican National railroad
was in the city yesterday, and speaking o
reports OF revolutions, ETC., in Mexico, he
said:
1.-The fact is a revolution in Mexico i,
impossible. The regulations of the army
in Mexico make it impossible The cavalry
of the Mexican army for the most part
Is composed OF several corps Of what they
call 'rurales, which are the rural police
There are 10000 of them. and they are
without doubt as fine body of men as
and are paid higher price than, any
soldiers OF any other govern
ceive $50 a month. They provide
their own horses and uniforms. ana
both are the best to be had. The uniform
consists Of "A short buckskin jacket with
! trousers of the same material. aud the en-
tire costume is literally covered with
! AahbSOLIS dnd CAprbSlNC SiiNCl ell vi OlN-
cry. For head covering they wear the
wide silver trimmed sombrero of Mexico,
| the most expensive hat worn by mortal
! man. These hats cost all the way from
! $40 to 500, the average being more than
| 500. These items are not noted to show
| the value of the solder, but simply to in
dicate the method of the Mexican govern
ment in impressing its military strength
upon Its people. The men are armed with
! the most improved weapons, are expert in
! their use a d have everything necessary
to the soldier in the field. And they are
constantly in the field. The nucleus of
! this body of ruraleS WAS band of bandits
some twenty-five years ago. The govern
ment failed TO capture them, and offered
! them places in the national army if they
would lay down their arms and devote
themselves to the service of the country.
| The offer was accepted, and these recruits
| became, from the very life they had been
bred to, to the most valuable branch of
the military service. They were acquainted
with every fastnesS and retreat in the re-
public. and no bandits could find hiding
place unknown or inaccessible to them
The other branched of the regular army
of Mexico are fully up to the standard of
the rurales Hence | say that the large
bodies of well-eQuipped and well-discip-
lined troops OF the Mexican army are
simply invincible against any band of So
anywhere. The dispatches published in
the papers undoubtedly grow out of petty
affairs in Mexico that have no more i'm
portance there than puny raid OF hand
ful of Sitting Bulls braves on a horse
stealing expedition In this country. This
Is a fair comparison. Aud in none of the
revolutions have there been such dis
astrous consequences as attended the
raid of the Dalton brothers on the banks
of Cotfeyville when they went there TO re-
plenish their eXcheqUer.
Il do not believe there is anv alarm
among the thinking people anywhere. 1t
is only the timid VINO are affected, and the
latter do not live in Mexico We can hear
more of the revolution in Syracuse than
in the City of Mexico itself All the re-
ports that come from San Antonio and
the City of Mexico and other points last
year were found to be foundationless But
the truth came out after the damage was
done. Many excursion parties were brok
en- up, and he railroads of both the United
States and Mexico suffered loss thereby.
But | will state this of my own knowledge: |
that these dispatches, serions as they ap-
peared in print, did not result in tHe (
countermandlng OF Il single order for b D. |
mrnt of freight, and the merchants Of |
New York, Chicago, Syracuse and other
places are to day selling goods TO the |
MeXcans and are shipping to all points of |!
as they would sell to the merchants of the |
United States. These are facts which can /
not be controverted, although the dis !
patches from San Antonio of recent date |
said that orders for goods were being /
countermauded.
1T is impossible for the correspondent /
at San Antonio 10 be posted on this sub |
ject San Antonio is not "A market for
Mexico, and may say right here that Mr. 1
Greenway, your Syracuse brewer shipped /
a carload OF his product to Mexico last (
Friday. That does not look like a counter
manding of orders, does il? Another evi-
dence of the confidence of the American
syndicate, of whom John :. Clarkson Is
one. has just purchased the entire system
Of railroads in the City of Mexico aud of
he federal districts, which latter CORE
spends to our own District of Columbia
This was done at cost Of SO, 900 1t is
rot to be supposed for one moment that
men whe contemplated such a purchase
would have done so without veatigatlug
the stability OF the Mexican government
You may be sure they felt satisfied that
revelations were many moons in the
.uturs"
NEW LAREDO. Mex, Dec ST. Colonel
Cerou, commander OF the Mexican
garrison here, received dispatch this
morning from Guerrero. Mex, giving an
U
" which took place on the Mexican side OF
ne Rio Grand= Just north OF that place
asC evening, between $50 revolutjOuIsts
sud about eighty A.eXiCan troops
belonging 20 the Sixth Cavalry The
'svolutlonists were commanded by Con
.aleS, and were the SANE detachment that
made the successful attack on TIE Mexican
roops opposite San Egnacio, 4 lew weeks
igo They had been pursued for several /
laws by Lieutenant West az the Third
-Bi,ed States cavalry rhe United : s-es ,
u.diers pushed them SO cio-elr that they !
.;smCuuted TO cross the river into Mexico
nd make 4not aer bold strike for the causs
or wnich Jhey we're operating.
TLey had hardly crossed 10 the other
iGe when they struck the camp OF the .
leX3cau troops who are engaged IN patrol =
.ug that section Of he border An AZ
ack WAS uIsde by the Tevo.utioajsts. . bnt
lie troops msde deIerm.ugl fight, de- (
plte tie ttCt that they wrr-' 'oEtuumt-er-
q TWO 10 oae. aud succeeded "a er a hard
oachf battle IN repu~ilg the revolution
: =, t.ap retvvStz1 down the yiysv. It !
snnot ha learned Officially how many
.eTe Killed, OuG Il = ramGred tls; tn
-voiujioaj>ts were lett d-.sI or thr :
ed aud tb1t twelve Others .
we're wounded. inc uding GluEs,e>. wHa .
~caped o1 horseback. The lJss 70 the :
Irxic,n troops : SAID 70 have 5sea seven 4
-iIr4 aad seventy wounded. : large
lrce OF MeXlcGu troops Is - pug>ult uf 4
be revoluJIpuI>ts, who are Thought Ia be !,
lHklHG their WHY 10 a relsdt ZyouS near =
al Miguel, where they Viii te reinforced
y tie CD grvolutlOuiSts wEo are reported
, have crossed over into Mexico O.
thursday night
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