Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-22
SCENES WHERE WAR
IS NOW ON RECALLED
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nearer the military barracks. Vera
Cruz lies only few feet above the
sea level. The approach from the
wharf is a broad open space upon
which one can watch the people
promenade in the evenings when the
bands play.
Tells OF Custom House
"The custom house is somewhat
larger than our post office and faces
on this open space. This little tower
which Lieutenant Commander Buch-
anan ordered toppled from its base
because 1t held Mexican sharpshoot-
ers, l can't remember" smiled Mr..
Copelin. However guess that doesn't
matter much-now, eh?"
The biggest hotel, the Deligencia,
Is the largest in the city, of course,
and the cafe and dining rooms face
upon the square. Tables are placed in
the open besides the hotel. And that
affords the beggars a chance to annoy
you while you eat. Believe me. they
do it, too.
Two railroads, a broad and a mar
row guage line, run from Vera Cruz
to Mevico City, distance I believe of
about 2G4 miles. Both roads are
really splendid feats of engineering
In that distance an altitude of 1000
feet is gained and the tracks wind
round and round, in and out through
tunnels and over bridges that cross
great gorges. If the railroads were
ever destroyed it would be months be-
fore they could be repaired II Amer
lea ntroops ever went into Mexico City
they would probably have to do it
just as old General Scott did - by
marching.
Fortifcations at Vera Cruz
The fortifications at Vera Cruz?
Well, as I remember it, they don't
amount to much. The Fort d. Ulloa
that has been spoken of is in the har-
Dor and is, or was used. as a peniten-
tiary. BY the way, unless they've been
removed there are at least two Amer
leans now confined in the cells far
beneath the surface of the barbor
waters. One man was an insurance
agent and the other was a physician.
They were convicted of conspiring to
insure and then poison victims for
the policies and were sent to the peni-
tentiary for lifei Could they hear the
thunder of the guns of Uncle Sans
warships? Well, / don't know-the
chances are they're pretty far down.
Mexico City? Well, that's mighty
big place, about half q million popu-
lation l should judge. It's an up-to-
date city too. It's altogether likely
that the very latest in draped and slit
skirt effects and tango ties can be seen
in the streets of the Mexican capital
day.
Evening is the best time to sese the
people. They come out to prone
II u 20 fha fNn, Ies0
Why there are band pavillions and
bands scattered all through the city.
Give your Mexican his band music
and he's pretty well satisfied. They're
mighty good bands. too, as rule.
And the well-to-do, well dressed and
occasionally mantilla dropped Mexican
girl can be seen there as can the poor
er, blanket or serape draped peon.
Tells of Park
Just where Huerta sat to hear the
band the night the time limit on
know, but / do remember the band
pavilion in Chapultepec Park. The
park is a beautiful one and is about
twice as large of our Capitol Park. 1t
is on the eminence of Chapultepec
that towers right out of plain be-
y nd the city, three or four hundred
feet In the air. The Mexican presi-
dent has his summer home there.
"Chapultepec is also the military
training school and corresponds to our
West Point. One of the things that
impressed me most was the hall of
fame there-around its walls were
hung the oil paintings of the students
who were killed when they helped
defend the heights against the Amer
lean armies of more than half a CEN
tury ago. And beneath the frames are
their names-names of scions of the
dolest, purest Castilian houses of Mex
ico-is this significant inscription:
DEAD ON THE FIELD OF HONOR
DURING THE NORTH AMER