The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-14

decisive and the greatest battle Of the
present war.
In pursuance with the plan OF thor
ough equipment OF the army and OF con-
Quoting the war in Il more humane fash
ion "A well equipped hospital service has
been got together. An inspection this
morning showed the hospital corps to be
ready and supplied with the necessary
equipment. There are seven ambulances,
thirty trained first aid men. 125 carriers,
forty nurses and twelve physicians. The
hospital service is under the command
Of Lieut.-Col. Andres NillareaL
Major Lyman Kaschbaum. Gen. Villas
personal physician. said this morning
that some efforts had been made to get
the Federals to agree TO respect the hos
pital nags, but that nothing definite had
come OF II.
In the past" he said. "a hospital nag
has simply drawn the Federal fire."
Except for the crowds of sodiery. uni
formed In some degree as 10 clothing.
not at all as to hats, and festooned with
belts full OF most bus!nessIike cartridges.
the city OF Chihuahua might well be in
! period OF profound peace. The stores
ARE open. almost the only exception
heing those run formerly by Spaniards.
who are far from popular here and whose
goods have often been coniiscated. Prac-
tlcally all the shops of any size are In
the hands OF foreigners. Germans having
businesses, Americans as rule prefer
ring mining or the industries connected
with IL. There Ia no lack OF any staple
article and prices when the currency -
taken into consideration. are not high.
Most OF the merchants are selling OF
their stocks. renewing only the supply OF
articles most commonly In demand, yet
there have been famines In but few COM
modities. sugar at one time sold for $3.50
IA kilo In Mexican money and the supply
OF matches was almost completely eN-
hausted. Now there is plenty OF sugar
and matches--wax affairs that retail for
five cents Mexican the box II they have
but one business end or two boxes for
nve ~ they are double headers. This
10 one OF the curiosities OF Mexican mer-
cha ndising
Mexican money Is called Mex. or silver.
though there is not an ounce OF that metal
In circulation, and American money.
though II be only the humble nickel, is
gold. From the ochre coored scrap OF
paper that passes for FIVE cents to the
larger scraps OF less highly tint d paper
that pass for larger quantities. all tire
money here has been printed on local
presses and stamped on the back with a
rubber stamp. The brief legend This
is worth one peso to the bearer" makes Il
so. FOR there IS no tangible backing for
the currency. mint where metal Will
be coined as reserve for the existing
Issue Is being prepared and some OF the
machinery is already In place.
400 ForeiGners In City.
In the district hereabout there Is still
IA large foreign colony. some four hundred
people In all. not including the r. sidents
OF Chihuahua's Chinatown third OF
tho four hundred are Americans and they
have brought with them their typically
national trait OF utter Indifference to til.
Government under which they live II only
II does not Interfere with their business
Indeed few OF the foreign colony have
taken more than an academic interest
IN any OF the various regimes here. Poll
tics is like the weather. erely topic. ana
fortunately more changsable one for dis
cussion. The only striking exception to
this 10 that a group OF Germans became
actively interested in one Government, the
Federal