The Republican journal., 1897-05-20
=, (iuatemala's Capital.
.5 scenes in the Streets and Market.
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l.c military law OF this Republic
.la enrolment in the militia OF
.0.- bodied man between the ages
,, and consequently the militia
.4f,,sc a. comparison to the size of
..rnry numbering about $4,000
..s,itued men. The standing army
....,aed in small attachments in
.mpataut city, the largest force, of
being stationed at the capital.
..er bHe the military element is not
....-nr What there is of it seems to
....s mach all officers, gay as pea
.... as feathers and laces, whose
.n time of peace is posing in
ni lounging in church doors
.... . adde's as they pass to their
..- rack corps is the artillery,
.... infantry; and fine looking
.... t.ee are, in their new Prussian
.... Why Prussian, do you ask?
...... tet cider Barrios spent some time
.. waerc he conceived the idea
IS, as have the most soldierly
a. .I.e sun and ever afterwards
...ua, loosely as possible. An
.. ouking Guatemalan regiment
M Of Honor, composed of
4I,,,. tl,, f1o
teet and go-as-you- please
N yearly service is compul-
" substitutes may be EN-
... -A.npuon 10y purchase is per
nrNe. none OF the upper
iatagos, as the native in
lied. ever serve in the
revolution is on hand,
and boy in the country
...... mes i soldier. Ia all the
I.ts IF military instruction
gwen, besides fencing and
and very badly is the dis
ONE Of the funniest things
I many a day was the drill
raw recruits in the Plaza
EN- the re-footed rag tag
ra brought in from the
Hy are taken at once to the
whore each is invested in a uni
white drilling from the
f- and thus it happens that
zenith man bears across his
r.. -eat OF his trousers. the
-. lest Massachusetts, Drilling
- icing able to read English
uguage, for that matter
5H mot understand the mean
ANe., but they regard it as a
secondary to stars and stripes
strife among. them to secure
H3 bleeches so marked. Each
-l given straw hat, a blank
b1X and a gun: and with
rs instruction in the use of
l.ev are marched to the front
while the streets are lined
women giving parting words
us and sweethearts. These
ut Guatemala are said
r-4ters in Central Ameri-
34vs of Dictator Barrios
1~pued 10 heroic deeds by
.4r,-~a domination Tor him, who
-"H a"t-f- but a father
f.. - welfare of the com
lis o1. have been cruel TO
a.1l'~ and arbitrary in his
-Wn4 rivals, but to the
"uYt and Iowly-he was al
ud kind. Much of his
ilpm The fact that he al
ru- shelter and food of the
IrD lie never took any
With him, but slept on the
lie beans and tortillas,
r- the ordinary soldiers
hardest drilled organiza-
eWala is the artillery band !;
W. iemarkably well-for the
s> tlever as negroes at music
ud everywhere, morning,
-t for every evening they
-lIee hours in the plaza.
"a turns out to hear.
- -aIndries are another prom
.t.u Of Guatemala capital.
s-e Used by the inha bitants is
-- We aqueducts, from differ
nS tapping rivers at dis
-a, ~ ten miles. Inside the
leselyoirs, whence running
't. wu aud where the city's wash
IT, These reservoirs were built
b8nios. They are of brick,
'D . Them being circular in form,
steps, fountains and pavilions-are
a.auJM as useful. Around the
-'S'4 are small sinks for laundry pur-
sNa ni she stone bottoms of these are
S-t til buttons, beaten from the
-l7i oF al.e-bodied lavenderas. After
'''1d ny and slapping and twisting
tess t}s been gone through at the
f''- fountain, the wet clothes are
'-D'e4 10 Il wooden trough or basket and
'alne'. loue on the heads of the washers.
~' ll'g' and ironed. Every morning
''- e'-4-d- sunday included, long pro
''''''7 Hundresses are seen going to
~ .H 1r fountains, bearing loads OF
wet garments on their heads.
n no other city of Spanish