Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-26
DAYS IN CAMP WITH MADERO
Correspondent for The Bee Visits the
Insurrect oLeader.
ARMY WAITING BEFORE JUAREz
Picturesque Camp of the MRderistas
and How the Time Passes-Gari-
baIdi Best Fellow aud
Real soldier.
ARMY WAITING BEFORE JUAREz
Iron . staff CorrespondentD


Ciudad, Jaurez. April 22.-(Special Core
spondence Its the afterglow Of day and
inside a rock gorge cut out Of the solid
hills, hundreds of men loaded down with
cartridge belts are moving about building
fires. each man for himself Lean thanked
horses are tethered everywhere over the
still hot. cactied sands There is little
noise, though, much confusion. To one
side seated on gunny sack with his back
against a rough rock sits diminutve
man with black whiskers. He looks much
as though one were looking at General L.
S. Grant. through a reversed field glass.
II is Francisco l. Madero, jr, provisional
president Of Mexico in his camp In the
hills five miles outside of Juarez
The shadows lengthen suddenly and be-
fore II is realized 1t is night. Little brush
wood fires flicker all about while men
huddle over them and cook frijoles only
small portion of the insurrecto strength
is here, for far out over the foothills one
sees other sparks of light. Bright stars
shine down and baptize the scene in the
chasm, and to the north the belching
flames of the FL Paso smelter lend glow
to the now vague skyline of the mountains.
No war setting could be more romantic
or melodramauc OF course, the other
leaders were there, Raoul Madero ana
Guiseppi Garibaldi. All are as democratic
as could be imagined and the conversation
touched on many subjects, as we sat on
rocks higher in the gorge and smoked Mex
lean cigarettes.
GaribaIdI n Good Fellow.
Garibaldi is the really likeabie fellow of
all. He is a hail fellow, well met and
seems to have more influence everywhere
| than any one else. Men jump when he
speaks, though l fancied him severe at
times AS the hour grew later and the
mountains emphasized the darkness, l
spoke Of returning to town. Garibaldi ad-
vised against 1t and kicked around among
the men until he found a blanket. Then
| he pointed to the surrounding country and
said. Take your choice of the beds"
insisted upon trying the trip and Mike
Brennan, the fighting Irishman who was
In the fight at Aqua Prieta few days ago,
also longed for a good bed
All of this was on my first visit to the
camp. Yesterday 1 guided Frederick Cook
the arctic explorer, out through the in
surrecto line and introduced him to Fran
cisco Madero and Mrs. Madero as the man
who discovered the north pole. The men
passed compliments back and forth with
machine gun rapidly, but the little gem
eral of Spanish descent with his suave
politeness won the day. Garibaldi had
asked to meet Dr. Cook, but when we
arrived he was with his men in the hills.
Visiting with InsurrectOs.
For the last three days insurrectos have
been seen along the Rio Grande, coming
out OF the mountains to water their horses.
Down to the bank they came, carrying
Mauser cartridges strung about their bod
les and over their shoulders. All carried
canteens and bottles and waded into the
stream and filled them with the heavily
silted water that courses down from the
mountains-but to the men who drink this
water the silvery Rio Grande must be a
sandy joke The smelter cars from FL
Paso, which run along the river for four
miles, have been loaded every day with ex-
cursion crowds, with lunches and binoca-
lars, anxious TO see the rebels Thousands
of them line the river on the American side
and shout Viva Madero" until they are
hoarse. Once in a while an American ap-
pears amongst the insurrectos and shouts
across for some one to throw him some
ham and eggs. The presence of the Ma
dero army in the hills has been made a
continual holiday and pop wagon men and
all kinds of vendors have taken advantage
| Of the trade opportunity. Sportive young
! men. rebelling at the thought OF men
drinking the muddy water OF the river,
buy a dozen bottles of pop and throw 1t
across the now narrow stream And how
the rebels do fight for them. All the world
like boys in the street fighting for pennies
But il they fight for ordinary, plebeian
pop, you should sec them scramble for a
plug of chewing tobacco.
"DOc" Wilson's Aid.
had been trying to locate Madero
camp for a couple OF days without sue
cess, and Brennan, the insurrecto, and
! myself were on our way to the foot bridge
} across the river below the smelter on the
American side, determined to cross over
and find what we could find. Accidentally
we fell In with DIR. j. L. Wilson, head OF
the insurrecto Red Cross, with five Red
Gross recruits, all wearing the insignia upon
their arms and carrying great bundles
Dr. Wilson has been with the nsurrectos
all through the war and has given first
aid and performed operations on many
battlefields. DOC" is a happy, good
natured big fellow, and gladly agreed tc
act as guide and inquired II we had ouI
walking shoes on. as there was consider
able pedal work before we would reach
the camp Then ! began TO ask Doc
! about himself. He was born in Meadville
Pa, and after his college days played
first base with the Pittsburg. New York
Philadelphia and Baltimore teams in the
National league between 1888 and 1891. He
was called Spike" Wilson and Doc Rd
] mits he was a pretty fair ball tosser
q Lately he has been located at Tulsa, Okl.
, and Joined the insurrecto army at the frs
a rumor of war. With him as recruits wer,
q DR.. o, v. Nelson of San Diego, Ca; C. L
! Grass of Madison, Wis; q. c. Bryant o
Sta Louis. who much to Docs" DISCUS
. Dragged that he was a nephew of Andrew
: Carnegie; F. T. MCGEE OF st. Louis anC
. Jose Martinez of Mexico City.
Satisfying Uncle Sam.
We cut In through q cluster of squat
, adobe houses where the pigs and make
children ran loose together and came TO tn
rivers edge, where a brown conical ten
told the khaki boys were on the job. Tn
D soldiers looked through all the bundles an,
! after feeling all over us for conceale
weapons or ammunition allowed us to elm
a up on the suspension bridge that cradle
y the river with wobbly strength and W
crossed into Mexico Straight ahead wa
another group OF adobe houses at the foo