The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-07-30

leave each day. The soldiers and mari
ners are quartered all through the
town. In the old Mexican barracks.
military and other school buildings, in
hospitals. in tents and private houses,
they are everywhere; about 10000 of
them The soldiers have to have pass
es to even leave their quarters; they
don't like that very much, and call it
getting out of Jail"
The U. 5. outposts are stationed about
four miles out of town. They are in
haloing distance OF the Mexican out
posts.
Trains run out OF Vera Cruz twice
daily on the Mexican X. K. for about
eight miles, to where the track is torn
up for about four miles. train comes
to there from the city twice daily. Pas
sengers walk across the gap" or pay
good round sum TO ride a mule or
ride in wheeled mule cart A heavy
U. S. guard goes out from here with
each train. The Mexican soldiers out
there get more impudent all the time.
and "our boys" expect trouble from
them any day. and are always prepar-
ed. Mexican guards accompany each
train from Mexico City.
| The u. S. boys are almost praying
| for trouble. They are so tired waiting
as well as the rest of we Americans
| in Mexico. If we knew what we were
waiting for, it wouldn't be so bad There
were several flying machines" here,
(war vessels ALSO, but they have been
recalled"
/ don't like living in Vera Cruz very
much it is nice for a change after liv-
ing away from town so long, but like
all Mexican towns of any size, is so
shut in. 1t is one solid stone wall ex-
cept streets, and just TO walk along the
streets one would scarce suspect that
near 10000 people, Ohe usual number
living here. could live here. But 1t
is built solid. This building we are
living in has only about 80
foot front, two stories and there are
twenty people living in it. There are
no alleys. but it runs solid the full
length of the lot, with little open
courts stuck back in the middle of the
buildings somewhere.
The better class of Mexican women
go out very little now. They are still
in mourning for their lost city, and their
beautiful flag.
The place is very healthful now, and
we have splendid water, electric lights
etc The Americans have certainly
cleaned the place up some.
Naturally we are very anxious TO see
this thing settled, but for my part,
would far rather we lose all we have
than see war Everyone has "a natura
horror of war. But it certainly makes
one realize what war really means
when one goes through two battles al
l have You know l was in Vera Cruz
during the Felix Diaz bombardment las
October a year ago. We were on
refugee" ship while the April 21s
: battle was going on, and 1t did lool
pitiful and made our hearts ache so t.
our U. S. boys taken past the end o
our boat out to theirs, lying in th'
2 bottoms of the little boats dead an'
3 to know that Mexican bullet ha'
killed each one.
Well, l could write all day about thi
t war business, but won't. We under
1 stand that all stock of all kinds wa
taken from our colony, and that tn
pineapple crop is being harvested ais
by the Mexican federal authorities. Ou
people were all taken out April 2ith a
v / suppose you know. This means thous
n ands and thousands of dollars loss t
e our people at Medina We just hap
n pened to save most of our clothes. tn
T best of our bedding. dishes and silverwal
g and the parrot! All else is lost excel
$ one good mule, we heard he was wit
T a good Cuban friend of ours there, Q
r near there With love to all.