Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-28
RULES OF BATTLE
 EXPLAINED BY O|Az
0pen-faced Letter Sent to President Taft of Interest
 to Americans

spondent Of the Chicago Tribune, tells of the rules or battle laid down by the president os Mexico:
 My dear Senor Taft: T write You to request that you will instruct your distinguished countrymen not to hold picnics on our battlefields- In this request l am joined by Sen or Madero. my honored friend and the scum of the earth, who is also most outraged in all his finer feel ings at the conduct of your Amer jeans
 But yesterday one of my brave generals was leading a gallant charge Of my heroic troops. and as he whirled his sabre in the air and shouted to the soldiers two of your American girls rushed at him with cameras and said, o. splendid, gen eral, Hold that pose a minute Thank you very much.
 This, I will admit, is magnifi- cent, but i: is not war. Every time we hold a battle anywhere near the boundary line your people run ez- cursion trains to the scene and cause us great embarrassment The American tourists to the reat com bat are not content to act as spec tators. They interfere with the disci- psine of the troops.
 For, also, yesterday, as one or my regiments was charging heroi- calIy on a battery it chanced to pass an American picnic party. One O. the Americans arose and waved a box of sardines and bottle or pickles. My brave heroes immediate lv forgot about the war and rallied around the sardine box and the bot tie Of pickles. What would have been one of the brilliant incidents of history was thus turned to a ee- feat
 T would like to suggest a few rules that you would require your Americans to observe if they insist on giving picnic parties in front cf our battles. Any change or modiH- cation that you might care to 5u 7 gest would be highly appreciated.
 Rule i. American visitors must not throw rocks or stones at hy army.
 Rule 2. Visitors must not feee the army when it is charging
 Rule 3. Visitors must not even exhibit food to my noble soldiers. The sight of food inflames them; .i makes them bad; worse. it makes them hungry.
 Rule 4. American visitors must refrain from running up to one Of my advance skirmish lines and peering down the muzzles of the rifles to see if they are loaded.
 Rule ,. Dignity being essential in the conduct of my officers in the field. the beautiful young women visitors from your country must cease greeting my generals who are leading desperate attacks by cries such as o. you kidl' and Eat 'em up, Willie
 .'Rule 6. American parties who bring their own refreshments must not spread their table cloths in the middle of the battlefield. Polite of fcers selected for the purpose VIII show them to shady spots on one side.
 Rule :. American picnickers must not interfere with the cavalry charge by rushing up to my troopers and borrowing their sabres to open the canned sweet corn
 Rule s. The visitors will kind lv refrain from taking away the field ammunition or the battery mules for souvenirs.
 Rule 9. Women visitors must not assist in the attack on a forti- fed town by stabbing my soldiers with their hatpns. Hatpins are bar red by the Geneva conference as being unnecessarily brutal.
 Rule 10. Americans must abso- luteIy desist from sending boys up and down the lines of my army when ii is engaged in a tremendous conflict. selling scorecards of the hattle containing the names of the officers on each side and the bat ting order of the regiments.
 Rule II. Americans must nor throw rop bottles at general when he is issuing an order and shout Q. what a rotten decision, Kill the umpire,
 Rule f2. Only visitors with en araved invitations properly endors cd VII be allowed at any time with in the firing lines.
 You observe. my dear Senor President, that I am not unreason able In my demands. There are many other things lof which I have to complain, but if the rules I have Iasf down are observed properly a great step will be taken towards let ting the brave Senor Madero (may he soon haDg) and myself fight out this war in peace.
 T trust you understand that I do not object to your citizens attending our battles. When Jour people come right over and .staDd in front of my army they are safe from bodily HarH4 Ts fo fhoeas f,f r-orr raonIa u-ho