Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-05

man wa~ received hy General Natarrate
sunday. and asked that question. IIe
recognized the cause ui the curiosity. but
~aid that hc wa~ not ready to divu.c the
reason lor thc tulurc NJ the crn-titu-
iiouul~i~ to pursue the advantage. ANY
how" said General Natarratc. ''why should
Won worry about that Nnu viii soon have
plenty u write about Just bc patient" "
With the exception 81 the expected arr
rival ut rriuiurrrmcnt- tonight ~ i"mqr-
row at the AilL-la camp, there y litlir "i
additional interest there. The center of
attraction duun. sunday. IA thc opinion
uf nr III - lurlp VT the Villa forces.
..Wa~ the wuNc~ on the Rio Grande, a-
viewed from the MrNicuu -idc. nnicer~
aud men all during hc day spent cun-id
crablc time ou the bank at the river.
watching the .oin.~ and cumins- 81 the
little xiii that. vth thc permission ~ ihr
customs Officials ou me American side,
continues To- ply backward and forward.
carving tobacco. bread iruii- and mis-
cclluucou- variety VT other article.
Major Navarro ~ the stan oi General
Rudrgucz sand that the Nilh~ta~ are face
mg y problem ~ thc matter oi feed for
their hor~e~. resulting from the embargo
un cxpori- IA thc La Ru~rin- crossing hy
fhr American auih"IIiic- There w little
II the camp with which a. terd thc horses.
last evening" meal ter most ~ the animals
having consisted ui long grasses gathered
about the hacienda IN thc soldier. The
Nili~ia~ have port oi entry no Reync-a.
opposite Iidalro. Texas. hui they state 4
i- too far away ~ ~ NJ much benefit ID
the present camp.
Inquiry id the United States customs
house here elected the information that no
word ha~ Vet been received from Washing
tom a. connection with the attempt e. have
| ihc embargo u Las hu~cia~ lifted. There
are about three tons a. hay on the Amerl
lean side at Las Ru-cia- awaiting 2 per
init. and nifty sacks nt corn
I This morning there were far less
troopers and horses IA the vicinity OF
\ the headquarters AT Las RusciaS than
were seen late Sunday afternoon. Chief
Surgeon Harley explained that the
horses were being allowed IA grazr ~
nearby grassy places. "Thcrr H. fine
grass here. and the horses are not sui
fcring from the embargo on forage. Both
horses and men are used ~ hardship.
v We have lived on nothing bui meat for
tour weeks at a time before this. and
Ne can 10 II aain. ii necessary. boz
ems ~ fresh hides aitcStcf ~ plrnti-
ful supply of beet.
The men seem to be ne less confident
and chccry than they were al the hc
ginning of their ninc-day wait. They
crave tobacco most for the supply fail
IA some days ago. Before visiting pres,
representatives can mount the river
bank the small fund of tobacco and Gig
arcite> they may have with them j. IN
Iau>tcd in q futile attempt 10 satisfy
the tobacco-hungry multitude al TIA
beat landing. Women and men ar,
equally eager for the weed
Noticeable among ttc soldiers a
Headquarters this morning were sever
al hnys Of twelve 10 fourteen. and on'
slight. rather pretty girl. dressed IN ;
.man uniform. and deckcd out Will
J two rartridgc-iillrd bandolccr> Askc,
. whether She fought ia Saturdays At
tack she frowned petularily. Why
! Of course, she said.