Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-12-05
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fight or the horse racing. The real
brigands Of the city are the American
gamblers and their henchmen, track
followers, and shady individuals with
police records. Juarez is wide open.
Faro, roulette, dice, keno and sew
eral varieties of native and other
games, flourish openly under the pro-
lection of the authorities in the halls
on Commerce. street and in booths
along the tracks leading to the Plaza
del Toro. There are frequent shoot
ings, but the city as whole is quite
Juarez citizens. who still have an
interest in the appearance Of their
houses, rise early to plug holes in the
adobe walls where the steel jack
eted mauser bullets have struck. or
replace window panes in which clean
cut hoes about the size of the little
finger are visible. Some of the very
best houses have horses stabbed on
hardwood floors where ragged sol
diers, with three or four belt of
cartridges around their hips and over
their shoulders, lounge about the
portales smoking cigarettes, cleaning
rifles, laughing and chattering with
comrades. or with their wives and
other women camp followers.
Horses, some Of them with great sad
die sores, nibble the grass and flow
crs on the formerly well-kept lawns.
and dead horses and other filth. al
most mspeakable. decorate the vac
ant lots Of the city. The streets. too.
are dirty, and the trees and grass in
the public squares are unwatered and
trodden down in many places by men
and animals. Vacant houses are on
every hand, and fine large public
buildings and many private ones are
u ruins. demolished by fire and hell.
The merchants of the city were
-iycu the choice of taking the "Con-
-titutoualist' paper money or clos
ng their shops Many closed their
doors, and, it is said, their stocks were
coniiscatcd by the authorities. With
he city falling down about their
ears, the merchants of the unhappy
city are discouraged and show it in
heir faces and words. Once bust
ness flourished in Juarez, and then
there was no lack of real money in
circulation.
Everywhere one goes are the sol
dierN of the revolution in nondescrpt
Uniforms. It is a truly rag, tag. and
hob-talI outfit. Some are wearin.
he captured uniforms of The FEEDER
ais, some the peculiar light fitting
.rou,crS and jackets of the interior
and a few the urales livery. One
mad only an undershirt to cover the
upper part Of hi> body, and another
wore an American shoe on one foot
aud the ancient Indian sandal Oh
The other. but all had from two to
-four well filed cartridge belts, and
perhaps 4 revolver or bayouet hang
ing from the hips. The soldiers are
cheerful fellows, seldom intoxicated.
and uniformly courteous to American
visitors, in fact, many stylishIy
-uwucd ladies, visit their rude
camps unattended, stepping careful
~ from place TO place amid the
quaIor of the biyouac.
The soldiers are enjoying them
selves immensely. Previously held
IN peonage at fifteen cents a day
wages, without many of the bare ne
ccNilies of life. they now enjoy the
privileges Of horses, rifles, fairly
good food, idIeness, and all without
uskiug their lives more than in the
industries. Their wives follow them
and do the cooking and other menia
tasks. This kind Of military or
.anization bcspeaks the barbarism
IL the Middle Ages, and, indeed, this
j. the level of civilization in Mexico
today Above these poems are, of
course, officers of the upper class,
who are well educated, in many in
tances in American universities,
neatly clad in olive drab and putees.
and yisably conscious Of their i'm
portancc. But the officers, too. are
~ayageS, and ut heart they have all
the cruel instincts of their Indian
iorcfathcrs. They do not hesitate to
execute vcngcucc without mercy upon
captured enemies. Now and then u
soldier i seen, swathed in bandages,
emerging from one of the temporary
hospitals in the hotels or at the
Tiyoli club, where they are being
cared for by the American Red Cross
physicians and nurses from FL Paso
Those who are severely wounded
have been given clean cots and all
the attention possible under the cir
cumstancs. The Mexican armies
are not provided with medical corps.
Amid all the confusion is heard