Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-28
DEPRESSING QUIET
HOLDS SWAY ON FORT
Troops at Sam Houston FESTIVE
Under Reports of Attacks
Unpublished.
WANT TO BE up AND AWAY. !"
Villa Knows What He is About When
He Selects For His Depredations
Places Rich With Food Stuifs
Prepare They Come"

Especial to the Evening Capital. }
lBy NJ. jan anal a,NeLlla

Depressing quiet holds sway over
| Fort Sam Houston ami over all lin the
| know at present. for the magnitude of
the quest for Villa is becoming more
| apparent with the passing hours. So
much enthusiasm al the idea of the
| troops, who for long have been FESTIVE
under the reports Of attacks unpun-
ished. being given permission to "up
and away" blinded many otherwise
| cool-headed persons 10 the physical
| difficulties of the campaign
Now. with meager news flternr
back. it is quite possible to read be-
| tween the lines. brief though they be
| that food shortage. water difficulties
| lack Of thought for the bitter cold of
| the nights and the blistering heat of
the day-are already causing difficult
| ties that are most discouraging to the
morale of the troops. Tallow candles
| and vaseline should have gone in
| every kit to keep the heels in order
/ sleeping bags or something equally as
| good will be necessary il the soldiers
| are 10 escape bowel complaint. caused
| invariably by being chilled while they
| are sleeping ana added to this the fact
/ that the cooking equipment is not eff
| cient and the soldiers in many cases,
have to prepare their own food, makes
s the outlook very serious.
Last night wire communication be-
/ tween the United States and General
/ Pershing's puntative expedition i'm
/ northern Chihauhau was at a stand
still This was the official announce
ment and GeneralFunston is very good
! in having official announcement given
! out three times daily to the cores
| pondents who are honor bound not TO
, attempt get any news except such as
| he permits them to have 1t is said
I that american soldiers may lose their
lives as the result of journalistic
scooping." so every correspondent is
/ on his or her good behavior even il
/ the editors in the home town are
/ threatening all sorts of curtailment in
salaries and expense accounts.
/ II is asserted that the wireless sta
! ton under control OF the army ri Ga.
sas Grandes failed shortly before dark
| thus leaving but one mode of commu-
! nication with Mexico, that Of tie army
| field telegraph which has been of little
| use as it has been cut in a number OF
| places between Columbus and its term
| mus thirty miles south of the bo.dnr
| This news came hard on the news
| that the Mexican telegraph AMI tele-
! phone wires between juerez ami Casas
| Grandes has been cut. How the army
| field WIRE between Columbus and the
| headquarters of expeditionary forces
I -
| places, as is alleged viii probably
| hear some investigation
| In spite of the cheerfulness Of the
| government in Washington. and the Of
| fetal expressions of gratitude over
! the protocol for cooperation Of mill
| tary forces which seems to be the
! reaching of an agreement on the part
of Mexico to aid as far as the capture
| of the common enemy" is concerned.
| the newspaper men just back from Ri
Paso declare there is no lussenine of
the tension along the border. of weak
| ching III the freely expressed belief
+! that there is serious ,iisafloctjonamong
! the Carranza troops Villas outlaws
! have on more than one occasion ici at
| tacks on helpless Americans to lhe cry
| Viva Villa, Abajo el Republico Me
! jieano. ~ Live villa Down vph thu
/, Republic of Mexico
/. "Abajo Ell Republico America. Abajo
| Los Estados Unidos. Abaio los Grin
| goso"-" Down with the American Re
! public Down with the United States
Down with the Gringoes," is q free
translation and so often is the latter
! I'd tta 4y
! American arrivals Learn the meaning
without trouble Mexicans ali lool,
alike TO the average GrInbo-apd it is
i pretty certain that all Mexicans com
| bine in hate of the Gringo. and many
| old residents of this part of the coun-
| try say the management of the Mex
| lean situation by the Americans IL the
/ past has been about as unwise as the
management Of the Indians. until the
! plan of cOrraling The Indians into res
/ ervations was adopted. rho Mes icons
/ are very numerous i'm this city of 5aG
/ Antonio. and so careless arc The Amer
leans Of them, even the conservative
citizens predict that an outbreak may
| come right here, that will 9stCnish the
rest of the country.
mere IRE Me8lCdf5 bOfN IN san A0-
| tonic, now old, who have never learned
/ TO speak English. 1t is only in the
| last three months that education OF The
Mexican children is compulsory. The
Mexicans held many of the city Jobs.
| street cleaning construction Of work.
| things of the kind that bring in good
wages. but they are permitted to live
in the most abject squalor, breeding
| disease, without the proper regulation
| from the health department, or Of tie
| interest in their moral welfare. They
are people apart with ecoTls on their
faces ann with hate probably. in then
| hearts for the too evident wealth IL ha
| noted on ever side. The women OF san
Antonio dress more deliberately than
those in New York There are so
many beautiful autos that one has Of
ten 10 stand five minutes before a
crossing is safe from the rapid flying
cars, and on the curb q huddlad mass
of rags a wretched Mexican holds up
skinny hand for the aims so rarely
given them
A great deal of hope is attached to
the birdmen. but back comes rumors of
disaster. Lieutenant Bowen's machine