The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-08


 General Pershing's Camp at San Geronimo Ranch, (By aeroplane and motor courier to Columbus, N M-) April S-A Mexican peon four-piece orchestra. gave an unexpected sunday concert in General Persh1ngs camp It was the first music to which the American forces have been treated since they entered Mexico more than two weekse ago. The orch eStra5 came f into camp in a wagon. returning from ia Sunday esfe1icitatioR" at a nearby ranch and was halted by eager scouts Of the soldiers just the camphres ssvrere lighting about the broad, noun tain enclosed mesa. which is the camp I site.
 There was a. vaquero driving the wagon, four musicians and three chll- dren in the small wagon box and a bass vioI as big as an army soup kitchen, lashed on behind the wagon with hemp ropes Beside the va nuero sat a. woman, her arms filled Svvith a heavy bundle which seemed to hold several babies The orcnes- s fras played a few <se1ectionse for the soldiers including ttIa Cucracha,' the villa marching song, the choruse or sRhich runs: N
 ssrne cockroach. the cockroach, 3s No longer can he go,
 E Because he hasn't any
 Mariawanna for his pipe"
 General Pershing called the mus1- s{seians over to his camp Site, an over f1Dg fire, a, cracker box chair ana 2, yvindbreak made of yellow scrub hH5asees. a. mountain flower, the only fo- gli 1tapa available thick enough to shut iss3ff the sudden gales. There was no Rgn of virdwhen the orchestra, rang d in a serni-circle in front of the generai. - ..PIay some of the Mexican national < airs,s said General Pershing- The M exicans played ''I4s. Golondrina and then some ssCarn en''s selections
 wonder was expressed at their musical talent for they were a rag ged type of peon, dressed in blue jeans all except the vaquero, who stood at the head of the line, more ragged than all the rest but displaying a aair of leather chaps reaching nearly 50 his hips At General Pershingsss request, one of them sang 'sAdelita, a favorite Mexican song.
 The concert lasted for an hour. Then the Mexicans climbed into their wagon, seemingly greatly pleased, and drove across the plains
 Each day has found new uses for the army aeroplanes, which for the first time began 4lights among the Sdiffs and crags of the peaks of the Aerra Tarahun1aresS less than a week ago It has been discovered that they are excellent pathfnders- Tn some instahces when scouts could not
 
 lay beyond a ridge an aeroplane has gone up, returning with information within "a few minutes. The planes have demonstrated the skill of the army aviators by daily adventures which they have pulled through safe Two days ago an aviator was caught in a wind which blew off his goggIes He finished his ride with an icy wind estimated at 90 miles an ] hour blowing into his eyes k1-. q kthe laviators keep in mind General EPershing's orders to demonstrate the t Isearnay's friendIiness and they have had i5sorne startling opportunities in this line, landing among Medcans who had imeyer before seen American military Es6atAts One of the machines stop B9dz16 miles from a. Mexican village. fTH8 aviator, knowing that. curious na- lives would gather to examine the f1ier and thinking of the easiest way to win their friendship on sight took out several boxes of hardtack for dis <ribution.
 The present army hardtack is hard fin name only,. being 9 very palatable and chunky cracker. made without salt The aviator told the Mexicans without saIt.'' After a few tastes, $ the Mexicans shook their heads to in dicate that hardtack did not appeal Ito them. These Mextcans then point z led out g. mule, declaT1fe W1In lauSn- ter that it was "autom obi1e Ameri- lscano.''
 This aviator had some chocolate among his rations- He offered a piece of the dark material to a man Ion horseback with a serape thrown Eabout his shoulders. The rider re- tfused. The aviator told him it was Echoco1ate and placed a piece in the Inland of the Mexican who seemed to Iconsider it poison for he threw it k1nto the deep dust of the road. Then the aviator himself took 3. bite of the ksrernainfng chocolate and ate 1t. After watching closely the Mexican gave a shout, jumped from his horse and grabbed the chocolate, eating it raw enously, dust and all.
 Everywhere along this front the minds of the people seem to have been filed with suspicion against Americans There is evidence that Villa himself not only told the Mexi- cans whom he passed in his retreat that h6 would return to punish them forEhapfng aaayrt tf1ingzto do with Amer jeans, but that he also spread false runors through agents all over this section of Chihuahua. However where the United States soldiers have had time to make thenaseFves known the fear of Villa seems to be wearing off
 Fl Paso, April 8-Inferrnation from Mez1can Jsources today said that Francisco Villa. had reached the en- Wfrops of ParraI and had sent ennis earies into the town to test the spirit of the garrison and also to obtain provisions. No verification of the report. was possible but the fact that the bandit was reliably reported to have been only 50 miles from Parral two days ago gave color to the story
 This report served at least as a considerable damper on the reports of those Iey11f hat f9ae | n1ightTb seAdG& Ely yHqother brilliant dash on the spsrta df E4hes American