The Alaska citizen., 1911-10-02

WOfklnS when ne JplHtu thc NlNt Madero" crowd Their mission vas to build cannon and they were suc- feet long was bored out, and a sua that did real service at the siege of Juarez was the result. When the war closed this cannon was given to the city of Fl Paso. to take the place Of historic gun that the m surrectos had stolen from q public square there.
 On the Road to His Execution.
 We began to hear talk then" J Arthur said. about there being q reward offered for us fellows by the Daz government in Chihuahua We laughed and told them that the Sl,ooO they said was offered was sure d lot more than We were worth anywhere else. But the MexiCans around town took il seriously.
 One night. as We were struggling home from the shops. q bunch ol 'em ran out, threw serapes tMeXiCan blankets) over our heads. tied Us and chucked Us in covered wagon. Then they started south with Us.
 We jolted along all that night and the next day, and the next night stopped to camp. The Mexicans gave us little to eat and drink. but they left us tied in the wagon while they slept around the camp fire. knew if they ever get us to Chihuahua it was all off with us. and l couldn't sleep for thinking about how un. pleasant il was going to he backed up against a dobe wall for squad Of MT. Diaz's soldiers to practice shooting at l twisted and turned and gnawed at the rags and pieces of rope they'd tied my hands with and finally 1 managed 10 wCrk them loose with my teeth. Then un- tied the other three. We rappcd lnt htNl'dllS OH tue Htid "ltu clubs. so they wouldn't wake up for q while. and then We took out with their wagon. We aband ned it before long and rode the horses. but they were powerful tired with the long drive. and the next day they gave out on us
 The rest of that long pull to Casas Grandes - eighty milcs-wc walked. don't know how We ever made il. II was worse than any war. Two days We were without water. and only the fear of being followed and Killed drove Us on a cross that burning desert There were four of Us George Gates of Chicago, Harry Hackelstine both of them had helped To make the cannon
 d man named R II. DJrman and l. Every now and then one of us would stumble and fall. and not want to get up again, but the others would prod him on and help him along a little way till he got his nerve back again. tell you l hope never 10 have another two days like those. But at last we struck river and from then on till We reached Casas Grandes it was easy.
 That vas practically the end of my war service. From Casas GrandeS l caught a train that rrok me within about seventeen miles of Juare2. and walked the rest of the way, With d couple of other fellows. who. like me, were headed for the states. We reached Juaiez the morning of the second day of the battle, and We lay in the sand day in the sun. Al last We found q little detachment of fellows whom l knew, and they let us through the lines and into Fl Paso May 20 was mustered out-here's my discharge and Glattly showed q note written on the letter paper of an Fl Paso hotel and signed by Raoul Madero, brother of the pro visional president
 Glattly isn't sorry he is a peace ful citizen again, but on the other hand he doesn't regret the time spent in Mexico
 "l went into it for the fun of the thing, mostly. and it was a great experience he says.