La Junta tribune., 1913-05-10

they we're not here to celebrate their
victory II Is only after q battle
when the women are crying over
their dead that e person can realize
what war is. During the assault
I Sunday. the Federal women and
Children were on the American side
o., the line behind the Immigration
office where they would no, be hit
by flying bullets. They sat there on
the ground, smoking cixaret,,s and
7 talking in low tones nmong them
/ selves. After the Yaqu!s got into
town and were driving tae Feder-
ais slowly back. the women lmpiored
th, American officers to stop H. At
/ last, when part OF the Federals had
come across the line and the iaquis
were going from one dobe 10 another
ard killing all they could find, the
women walled and wept and cursed
the Americans for not mxking them
stop the slaughter.
During all the six days fighting !
saw only one man killed. 1t was
early Thursday morning. when
vas down at the railroad track on
Main street looking through my
glasses at the sharpshooters on top
Of OJeda's cuartel. Dobe bricks and
sand bags we're piled along the edge
Of the flat roof and the sharpshooters
were lying down behind this protec-
ton. While | was looking at Them
one Of them got up. He bad barely
stood up when he threw up his
hands and sunk down. There had
been no firing for some time and he
probably thought the Yxquis were
asleep or not watching. The near
est Maderisia was at least twelve
hundred yards away and perhaps far
ther so II was a good shot
One morning while the firing Was
pretty brisk and the bullets were
falling on the American side Captain
Wheeler and a friend wanted 10 cross
the street from the hotel. Waiting
until the firing died dow little
they turned up their coat collars.
ducked their heads and ran. II
looked funny to see a man turn up
his coat collar as protection against
bullets a. be would against rain.
J noticed on the two occasions that
was out at the Yaaui trenches
that nearly all OF them had q few
sof, nose bullets In Their belts.
pointed at them and laughed The
hombre would laugh. too. and SAY.
For Oi.da l suppose ar least a
dozen OF them said that have
my own opinion about the matter.
and that is that II they lad caught
OJeda. he would have received some
thing worse than n soft lose bullet
think that the youngest soldier
IN the state troops is eleven years
OLD There are younger boys follow
irg the army than that. bu, l think
that he u the youngest one that
carried rife and iousht like the
rest of the yolun'arios. have
three different pictures Of him. two
taken at Naco and one at Aqua
pricta several days after the bat
tie. lie has no father or mother and
he 10 Ia the army hscause his bro
th.r H. gaN. him two of the
pictures that I go, of him nj Naco
and h. gave one to his brother. ~ao
put u carefully away and the Kid
put the other iusid" his shirt lie
posed for mc again. saw him
couple Of times after that during
the afternoon shoSinE I tn some OF
the town klds expect II was the
first time the poor kid ever had n
picture taken Ila rlrri.s $3.50
carbine and never had a shoe ON
his foot.
What, no. Who comes thcre'
Well as live. Il 10 walter John
sou Connie Mack and T1. Cobb. Well.
we'll the baseball sras0u has begun.
Adios. Mexican War. Adios. I'll
So" you again along about the first
% November. but ara busy nov.
so run along
Adios. Combatc.
FRED \ NrEl NNEY.
Douglas. Arizona. MAY p, 1918.