The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-02
MEXICAN
WOMEN AID
! THE TROOPS
ARE ALLOWED TO ROB
THE SLAIN AND
WOUNDED

Thar the present revolution in Mex
leo is more serious than al first seem
ed Is apparent by the difficulty which
the government IS havisg In putting
it down
To those persons VINO have seen
the Mexican troops. especially In ac-
iiOn. &c does not seem strange that
the fevolutiOnIsts (or .nsurrectoes, as
they are called in MexicOl. are easily
defeating the regulars The revOlu-
tionists are men who have been train
ed to fight since bOyh0Od, are liberty
loving people and men who know no
/ fear Fighting, with them. is but
4 second nature and all are expert with
| firearms. They have lived in the
mountains an their lives. and know
| each hill and valley With their
/ knowledge OF the country. they can
/ easily attack a large body Of troops
/ and get away before the soldiers are
able to line up in fighting form.
The troops which compose the main
part of the Mexican army are mostly
c0nyicts. who have been forced into
4 the service They are poorly clad
and many do rot know the first prin-
/ ciples OF war. In many cases, the
4 troops were powerless on account OF
being unable to operate the guns, and
were shot like sheep.
Are Not cowsrds.
The Mexican soldiers are not c.
wards, as many persons think. They
are entirely the opposite, most OF
them being brave men. This fact
was shown when Colonel Cuzman was
shot. In this particular instance, SOL
dier after soldier attempted to reacn
the colonel. who was shot through the
leg. and each man was killed. The
writer saw eleven soldiers killed in
this manner. and the list would have
undoubtedly been much larger mad
not Colonel Cuzman mot0ned to them
} to keep away
1t is we'll known fact that If the
Mexican soldiers were treated in
more humane manner and given food
and some of the comforts OF life. the!
would make fairly good troops Bu
all they are at the present time Is
, band of starved men. who are in sym
! pathy with the revolutionists.
One OF the many strange sight
seen when troops depart for the from
Is the women on board the train. :
= is the custom throughout Mexico 70
!. the Mexican women to accompany tn
! soldiers when they are off for tn
: front. These women are the wive
y and sisters Of the soldiers and serv
= practically as slaves. They do tn,
Z hard work around camp, and Tn
Z only liberty that they are given il
q after a battle, when they are a.
l. lowed to proceed on the field wher
they strip the dead and wounded O
all their yaluables.
: Take All Valuables.
s They take everything on the bod
= even the clothes, and many times ha
e the writer seen soldiers and revolt
tionists who have been wounded
battle, dead from the cold, when, ha
l. they been allowed to keep thei
o clothes. they would have recovered
S The officials of the army make n
n attempt whatever to stop the wanda
h ism. and when questioned in regar
l. to It, they only laugh, and say tina
the custom can not be changed. an
that the soldiers would refuse to g
to war If the women were not allow
ed to accompany them. The govern
"a ment, Of course, pays the expenses
transportation for these women, an
it is a known fact that many Mexica
women OF the lower class pose as re
le atiyes Of the soldiers just to be abl
= to get to the front