Evening journal., 1914-03-28
ALL Volunteers
IN Villas ARMY
Mexican Youths With Fight
ing Blood Willing to Serve
Against Government
HAS KILLED MANY
MEN FOR LOOTING
(By Stan Correspondent Of The
United Press.)

(By Stan correspondent OF Inc
United Press)
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, March Is
Noontime of a cold, raw day, In the
mountains; score of MeNicans sit
ting around q campfire, their guns
and cartridge belts beside them; an
American miner rides up to the fire.
welcome, senor' says the captain
The Mexicans feed the newcomer
The time comes for him TO go. He
starts Off over the mesa on his horse,
after hearty good-byes. Wait,
senior, one minute" shouts the cap
tain. The American obeys; the cap
tain comes running up to him. when
you go TO chihuahua don't tell villa
that you saw us sitting around the
campfire at noOntime. You see he
sent us out to find the bandit, Cas-
tillo. He would not like TO know
that we were resting at n0ontime. We
were only talking over what we had
better do to find that diablo Castillo.
But don't tell villa, huh2"
This is only one of the hundred in
cidents that shows the tremendous
power that villa eXerts over his
soldiers All Of Villas soldiers are
volunteers. While Huerta, In the
Mexican capital, Is seizing farmer
boys I'm the market places and drag
ging fathers from their families at
midnight TO get soldiers, villa is get
ting them in this fashion.
1--WE wish to join your army" say
two Mexicans, approaching the rebel
leader did you ever fight before2'
snaps Villa, half closing his dull.
gun-metal colored eyes. mo, senior"
why do you wish to join?" For our
country" answered the poems. well,
I'll take YOU" says villa. And then
he snaps out But il I ever seen you
run or quit fighting I'll kill you my
self. Understand" Isl, senor," de-
clare the delighted poems.
Villas lOoting in store In Manaca
was the height of orderly pillage.
He had given orders that any man
who looted would be shot, and five
men wore killed that day. But he
learned that a Spaniard, owner of
the largest store In town, had been
working against the rebels. The
next day villa himself went TO the
store and took possession. Squads
of twenty men were permitted 10
enter the store at time. Hand
down those hats" said villa, pointing
to a supply Of broad-brimmed Stet-
sons The clerks brought down a
hundred or morehats.
Come here, jose" said villa to a
soldier. "Take off your hat" Then
villa slammed new Stetson onto the
head ow the happy soldier, and twist
ed It about critically. Doesn't fit you,
huh? Here, try this one" slamming
on another hat. All day long and all
the next day villa himself worked
fitting coats, trousers, shoes, shirts
and all the things his men needed
"This isn't looting," he explained
"Its confiscation OF warfare" But
there was another side TO Il. villa
met half dozen Of his men, later,
all dressed up. Got everything you
want?" villa asked them. Got shoes,
money hats, guns, ammunition,
! everything you want?' "Si, 81, senior,
We are very happy and content"
every we'll, then" snapped villa
with a dreadful look on his face and
with an oath. "Now I've taken care
of you, but If you don't take care OF
me when II comes time to fight I'll
kill you with my own gun"
"Why don't you quit?" a friend
asked villa, one time early in the
game. at Juarez, when things looked
dark for his side. villa pointed across
Rio Grande to III PasO "When / Sc,
El Paso, with its fine buildings anC
its clean homes and it's clean. we'll
clothed. gentle children and women
and then look at Juarez, with It's dob
houses. its muddy streets. its rottel
schools and its poor ragged children
and women. ii makes me mad. Gu
women and children have as good
right 10 fine things as the women an
children of the United States hav
and it's the fault of Mexican men tina
they haven't got them. We've let
few people get everything, and we'v
got to get II back again
There's one American. somewher
in the southwest country that viii
would like TO find. 81 was strande
once says villa. lin Santa Fe, TeXa'
There was a price on my head
Mexico and I didn't have a cent
couldn't get a job, either. y I got I
talking with an American fellow o
], the street and he took me to a res
meal ticket. That was the last
ever saw of him, but I'll do favors fo
, 10000 Americans lust TO pay hil
back" But there's very little OF Oh
soft side TO villa. One of his hes
, friends, an acquaintance of his boy
hood. betrayed him. villa sentence
, him to death. The mans mother an
, sister came TO Villa; he had know
them from his childhood. you had
! mother and sisters" they PLEADED
Don't kill Manuel" Il have n
, father. no mother. no sisters. n
. brothers. no friends. no memory
. said villa. "when the welfare of m
q country is at stake Aud that nigl
= Manuel died
!. villa doesn't drink or smoke Il
q. an old story that he first began III
b as a bandit. when a ruralo, mounto
policeman. outraged his sister, an
was killed by villa, who had to fiC
Y for his life. A mysterious America
!. girl had been his consort for severi
{. years. she is black eyed. black-hairs
). and beautiful. Villa Is bad man
L far as the costums OF civilization <
a There can be no doubt of IT, But I
J. Is a strong man. who controls n
B. only other men, but himself VIII,
s. he IS bad. IL isn't through weakness
ana that may be a point In his fave
= In the latter months he has begun
pay more attention TO the busine
side of his revolution. Whenever
goes 20 a town, ne establishes
office. He receives his callers
he business-like fashion. dressed