Catoctin clarion., 1911-05-18
RETURNS FROM TEXAS.
Capt. D. John Markey Tells of
Stay at Army Maneuver Camp.

Capt. D. John Markey Tells Of
Stay at Army Maneuver Camp
Leaving San Antonio Monday night,
Captain D. John Markey, of Company
A., M. N. G., who was one of the second
detail of officers from this States sent to
the scene of the army maneuvers on the
M exican border by the War Department,
arrived in Frederick this morning, May
18th, after long and tiresome trip.
Captain Markey left for Texas April %,
and spent the time at the large army
camp at San Antonio, where about l5, 600
troops are stationed.
Captain Markey was very much pleased
with the trip, and said that he learned
a great many points during the time
that he was there that will be very ben
eficial. However, he seemed to be dis
appointed in the nature Of the instruc-
tions. He said that the camp Is only
maneuver camp in name and that it was
merely concentration camp. Although
he gathered great deal of information
that will be useful for the National Guard,
he seemed to be of the opinion that the
failure of the army to give field instruc-
tions detracted from the benefits of the
trip. The camp covers about four square
miles near San Antonio. Among those
who are stationed there is Lieutenant
Allen C. Mcbride, from this city, whose
former post was in the West. In the
hospital corps at the camp is DR.. Kefau-
yer, son of Mr.. j. Holm Kefauver, of
Middletown. Captain Markey also met
DR.. Darby, from Barnesville, who is
located at the camp.
Frederick county is more attractive to
Captain Markey than ever before, after
spending the time in Texas. In sections
which he travelled the land was miserable,
the cactus growing as high as trees and
not house being in sight for miles and
miles. As much as possible Captain
Markey took occasion to study the condi-
lions in that region and he went on trips
into Mexico where the natives have an
intense feeling of hatred toward every
American.
On one trip he met Major F. M. Bur-
rows, from Fort Worth, Texas, in the
Mexican town of Nuevo Laredo, 100 miles
from San Antonio. Major Burrows is an
interesting Civil War veteran and is tour
ing around now to see what is to be seen
at the front. During the War he was
captured by the Union forces and was
prisoner in Frederick.
When asked as to the reason for the
enmity of the Mexicans toward the
Americans, Captain Markey said: "There
are number of reasons. As race the
Mexicans are jealous of the advance of
the Americans and are too proud to ad-
nit their position. And, too, the worst
classes of Americans 60 to Mexico and
thus bad impression is gotten of the
race as whole. The Mexicans certain
ly do hate every American. In their own
towns they will push you from the side
walks and put you off the street cars
with no provocation.
He spoke of the good that the U. S.
Army has gained from the removal of
the troops to the Mexican border. He
said that the camp demonstrated that
the army should not be divided up around
at so many posts over the country, as
more concentration of the forces has
proved its benefits. Regarding the new
practices and experiments being carried
on at the camp, Captain Markey talks
interestingly. Typhoid fever inoculation
is one of the great discoveries which has
worked remarkably. Captain Markey
will take his third injection in few days
and he will be immune from the disease,
it is claimed. He said that he expected
to have the members of Company A
treated in the same manner. Not a
single case of typhoid has developed
among those thousands of troops since
they were inoculdted and the weather
has been conducive to the contracting of
the disease.
AS to actual fighting, Captain Markey
did not see much of any encounter, al
though he tells of one engagement in
which the insurrectos, six in number,
beat back a band of 26 cavalrymen. One
of the federals was killed and he was
brought back to the place where Captain
Markey was the next day. The trade in
the country about the Mexican border
has been terribly crippled. Should the
United States intervene, said Captain
Markey, the Americans now in Mexico
would surely be frightfully treated. He
tells with interest of the scenes in the
typical Mexican towns and says that the
people have not made much progress in
the way of improvements.-Daily Neps.
Nursing as a Career.
1t is said that nursing is one of the
most inviting fields of human service and
that it's financial return surpasses any