Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-03-27
/ BE VARsWORk
..,ou OF MEXICO BY AMERI.
S'I' ~oooPs WOULD BE NO
v" PICNIC.
.,,r DIFFICULTIES IN WAY
UouId Not Stake All on One
=. and Campaign Might Be
'''F prolonged for Months
and Years.
), GEORGE CLINTON.

and Years.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.
...siDgton.-Many army officers in
Lotion who have had long service
1 asi Il the American troops are
..a5 into Mexico to straighten out
r .oaditions there the task will be
! ~" TOrk and not a pleasant excur-
.s some people seem thought
III to hold ooo
g . distance Of northern Mexico.
\ heavily reinforced, can be made
On army corps big enough to
with any force which Mexico can
~ mickly into the field; but the
s,rty will be that the Mexican
rmhlv will not throw one big armed
,.srgept into the open to gain or
n,e all in one battle.
ME- last time the troops were sent
aa Mexican border in any great
|.nbpr was in the fall of 1891, when
,sIno E. Cara and a company of
LAWYERS made a raid from Texas
.n,s the Rio Grande and took a Mex
|nr military post, putting the COM
,miant and a large number of en-
Nh men to the sword. Cara and
1 band then retraced their steps
h United States territory, taking
l tbe chapaFral along the lower Rio
.aDde, where they continued to con-
inf a flibustering warfare and to
snnit rObberies on both sides of the
5u
/ was believed at the time that
arzs was in league with a political
lty in Mexico, and that he intended
incite a revolution in the south
n republic, the object of which was
drive Diaz out of power and to
Ike up the reins of government. The
sIican officials asked the United
ateS to arrest the filibusterers, who,
Ing American territory as a base,
re making forays into the territory
MeYlcO.
Officers of Experience.
There are several officers Of the
ny who have been ordered to Texas,
ably later to go with the forces
0 Mexico, who had a part in the
empt of this government to re-
IS the activities of the Cara rev.
tOnists and to arrest the leader
his followers. These officers
w the nature of duty which will
ct them in Mexico, if it happens
the American soldiers shall be
ed upon to take the field against
combined federals and constitu-
aliStS.
be Rio Grande rolls it's yellow
'th lazily along the border for
Y hundred miles. It's chaparral
desert bordered banks for many
IS have been at times the scene of
e. In places the tangled trails in
mesquite and prickly pear thick
nave been the lurking places of
. rutfians warning against prop
and life on both sides of the bor-
Westward and southwark of the
: the sandy and rocky stretches
$ ago were almost constantly trav-
by hostile bands of Indians.
look the troops of the United
IS government, which were thrown
'ne field in 1891, nearly two years
'Ond up and capture the band of
rlno E. Cara. The nature of the
Try where the bandits operated
particularly adapted to conceal
> and in a large measure it is
same kind of country in which
bands in Mexico are conducting
operations. OF course towns
Oeen attacked and the open coun-
Las been traversed by the men
UeIilon against the Mexican gov
eht, but the almost impenetrable
8 places and, in some cases, the
ST lmpregnable natural forts are
ar distant from the scene of ac-
Might Continue for Years.
army of defense in such a case
only to be small to hold off an
OF otfense, and, moreover, the
'ans, after defeat in open battle,
wide into bands, and by conduct
guerrilla warfare, can hold off
ID OF defeat for months and pos
LOT years, unless the counsel OF
eaders prevail and they think
oetter course is that of sur
r.
ny difficulties of the country in
the American troops must oper-
Iney invade Mexico is known
american military authorities.
OF them have campaigned in the
ry.
ulfhculties of the situation and
ouDles that will come in an at
70 round up an active and elu-
Oe are thoroughly appreciated by
ilutary authorities in Washing
1t Is not probable that they are
u 10 have the country think that
ouOles can be ended quickly if
my crosses into the territory of
'uthern country.
another Split Probable.
.e Oh the politicians in Washing
ie predicting that before long
VIII be another division in the
VI the Republican party. The
OeSlVeS ara NO lOpc,o,. r., bn ,on.