Bisbee daily review., 1915-06-06
ROUGH RIDER TELLS OF ACTION NEEDED
 TO SETTLE MEXICO
Captain w. \. McKittrick, Who Placed Flag on San Juan Hill, Speaks on General Mexican Conditions.

DOUGLAS, June 5.-Coming from Eillcox. where he has been shipping cattle from his extensive cattle ranch C1 north Of that town Capt w. II. Mo Nittrick the well known pioneer of Arizona. arrived in Douglas yesterday afternoon and took the Golden State Limited last night for San Francisco. here he is residing this summer After completing his cattle shipments ,t Wilcox, Capt McKittrick visited ;he Gleeson mining district whue hc is developing a copper mine known the Tejon group Work there i5 LOW at the minimum, full operation
 aying been suspended last lail It will be resumed with vigor az soon ds u.e war ends in Europe.
 Talks Of Mexco.
 Speaking Of the conditions in NeEi co and the recent note of warming by President Wilson, Capt McKttrlcb aid that much criticism of President Wilson regarding his policy in Mexico vas uncaled for He said that he re
 arded the President as one of th,
 ure. Christian characters in the couu- ny and one nscientious in his dc
 ire Co avoid any conflict between tho United States and any other nation. In his opinion the president has no. had correct information conceruinl -he conditions in Mexico, or the dis positions of the various leaders of the warning factions in that country; d. nany the president has realized th, t.ue situation in that country and the hopelessness of longer waiting for Mexicans to adjust their own faction al differences and return the country t1 either peace or prosperity
 United States Must Act.
 "I do not believe the United States can much longer avoid the responsi ility of going into Mexico to stop the reign of anarchy in that rich country and rescue the people from a condi tiou of outlawry thing the United States should proclaim before enter He Mexico that the country would be Eeld responsible for every dollar Of expense incurred in restoring a stable government in Mexico We went into Cuba and rescued that country iron the overbesring tyranny of Spain and for this benovelence we only received the hatred of Cuba, which continues to this day only for the restraining 8 rong hand of this country, Cuba today would be in much the same com dition as Mexico If We go into MeXi co it should be with the understand ing that Mexico should pay for the work we win have to do there. It will mean war and war is an expensive undertaking.
 Army Should Be Larger. CT believe it would be a blessing to this country to have our army in- creased by two hundred and fifty thousand men. Even this number would not bring our standing army to what it should be for the protection of such a nation that has no equal on the globe. This new army would give l Q military training to soldiers which ! was sadly lacking when we went into Cuba"
 | Illustrating the uupreparedness Of ! this country for any kind Of military . conflict, Capt McKittrick cited the fact that one regiment of volunteers in the state of New York the Seven ty-nrst. assembled for service in Cuba. contained two hundred and seventy men who had never fired rifle lt is his opinion that any regiment en- listed in the east today would present a like condition.
 Raised "old Glory"
 Capt McKittrick was on the general staff in Cuba. with the rank of cap tain and hc was the man who raised the Stars and Stripes on san Juan Hil. after the battle and capture oi that strong defense of the Spaniards At the close of tho Cuban campaign Capt McKiurick returned 10 private
 fife, but yesterday when taking of