Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-14
TO MOMENT or CALL WAR
NEVER ENTERED HIS HEAD"
Little City Of Carlsbad Modified 5000
Men in Twenty-F0ur Hours, While in
Nearby City Great Army Was Brought
Together in 80 Hours.

Europe when the war broke. and Ia 4 let
ter % friends here tells 81 trials encoun-
tered BY himself and his party.
Alr. Miller's letter follows:
Hotel lie LEuropc, Amsterdam.
August 36th. 1911.
Ny dear Friends:
IN attempt 10 give YOU a pen picture
81 our varied experiences and hardshipS
dnrin. The past month would ~ quite
difficult, but ! shall endeay0r "a relate
IN part our trials (which were manvl.
during the long DAYS We were isolated
within a censored zone of only a few
miles in area and shut out In fact from
all the world. / have written YOU on
several occasions and sent post cards
from Carlsbad. but fear military censor
has prevented the f0rwarlin. of an mail
for points outside. Austria or Germany.
As related in my previous c0mmmnica-
lions. war WAS one subject that seriously
never entered my head. We returned on
the evening of the nth thinking peace
was the one thing beloved ~ the whole
world. but 10 my amazement the call ~
arms bN the AustrianS. at ) o'clock the
following morning was indiSputable eyi-
dence that Franz Joseph was determined
10 force an issue whach has now pra~
tically involved all Of the civilized ma
tions Of the earth. | Witnessed The mob
ilization ~ thousands Of troops anil an
within such "A short time where hun
dtedS 81 thousands had 10 leave. hmSi-
ness friends and aIl to take NJ arms In
defense OF their country. Eight thousand
people in the little city Of Carlsbad re-
>ponded % The first call. depopulatinc
our hotel 0f proprietor. cooks. walters.
elevator boy taac 81 and within ten
hours were cntraining for Eager. Il mil
iiary station some thirty miles distant
where in 10 hours o. .UuO men from our
Immediate section stood on arms. Then
came our trials. First. cancellation e
train service: then censorship Of mail.
kilograms. newspapers. Not "A word
could We send On receive and no means
Of communication were left ~ other than
mental telesraphy aud We wore that
t0 a FRAGILE. After enduring this for -
long dayS | started oat with Mrs. Miller
aud four American women who appealed
Z" me- 10 act a. guide and godfather for
All. and how thankful | am that my duft
has been fulfilled and finally landed
them al in Holland We were : layS
en- route from Carlsbad 10 Amsterdam. 4
distance usually covered by train service
in ~ hours. The first day. from & a. M.
until III =. m. We made only 40 miles.
forty miles the second dav. then We grad.
uallN got down near AusSig On the River
Elba. whore Mrs. Miller was arrested ~
an English spy. requiring passports and
a bundle Of American diplomacy and en-
Grey IL get her out of The SnldierS'
clutches. We had three other ladies az
my party arrested for the same cause
bur fortunately | was armed with nee
r~~ary papers and had them released. We
slept three long weary nights in one sin
Gle compartment on improviscd beds I
made from leather cushions and we ali
were forced 10 90 along on such food
that | could gather. M prices 100 per
cent advance over ordinary market val
ne. had American S5.O0 gold pieces
turned down M R0lcahach. ~ the Ans.
trian German frontier. In other words
the workable copper Of a coppcrsmith
had more value than these beautiful
American pieces II mine. unon which
were engraved ~In Cod We Trust
Strange but true. They were mad. The
world was upset and they had ~ faith
or confidence IN ANYTHING other than Ans
tria AMI would not give ar sell ANYTHING
only for money 81 their own. saw
large crowds gather around \ restaurant
forcing their way around and behind The
counter. down into the Kitchen and take
every morScl az food aud drink III Sirht.
Bnt please 10 believe me. herr was nIen.
tiful and | filled np n stein quite often
ehen We were shy and light on Sub~tar
tiai>. This Is something new. aS you All
know. for me. as n or two glasses Of
the beverage = year is my limit. I'm other
words. ! have been guilty n rushing the
GROWER quite often ~ late a. aucnrh
the thirst and hunger III nv charge ~
i've American women AMI paving fo-
these Injuries with money | had "a dis.
count S2o for every hundred | exchanged.
We ar now here. resting. preparatory
% going o. England. but We are am %
thankful ~ being here In this pracr.
loving community. However. ~ feel
that We cannot tarry too long ~ The germ
OF war i spreading and I fear the little
Dutch country win be forced TO fight or