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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-10-24
La ateHci6n pab|isa vue'vs
a fijarse en- Ia Capital
de Chihuahua
Sc SIGUEN CON INTEREs LAS AZ
TWDADES DE FRANCISCO VI
LILA EN- Ell CENTRIC DE
DiCHO EST.hDO.
Jacinto TrtyinO ha ~preirndido HcS-
oricntar q Ia opinion nubUca
!lablando de triunfoS
imaqin.riOS.


-"'A ~
Ell P.NSO, texas, Octu5;c 81
Las sctividadc: dcsplcGatas por Fran
cisco villa en- los dlt!,nos dias. han
kcche que Ia atcuci0n ?nbiica de Ia
croi.tcra vuelra u ojos hacia Ia'rc-
zion central CO! H.s,ado de ChihUa-
huanua. dontc 81 JET" r2bcId" lucE:
contra los ~ca"rancis;aa a:NeH"Zando
cen acahav COO q pg&or del gohicr"o
de- factu en- cl r,staIo jondc actual
merjc sc halian tres dis:intos %ejtrci-
los: q carraEcista. ci viiliSta y c! dc
PerShin"
; Fin Guided Juarc8. les cor~ancis:as
han :-atad2 Jc !,agar q9c Villa avn
c. zoi,rc Ia ciud&d d. Chihuahua; :.
hss.a han dichc cue nsuaa, 81 jcfc ca
r.acistus a. covj@ Ja"into T~eviao =
conabatir Il jyfc rcbclio. hahja 10
g:ado hacer que sc "eii"a.an los Vi
ilistas." i'cro rucra d { %, que CT
rartn g cicrto. los carraacistas 40
han hccAo. ccrao c1 o;:a< ocasicn2s
gran cSc:;Elalo . los ~"tr;unfcs" lie
las fucrzas dc Troviao. 10 Que Ia he
enc cl"cr al pi1iico gu" JOS info'mrs
.lr;vaio< que SC ticuen acarca dc los
@xito1 de Villa. sou pcrfnrtame0t
.,.r.,.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-10-24
? GUARNICloNEs QUE DEsERTAN.

Tn agente de ~enganches de los
que 2nvian hombres todos los dlas
sara los trabaioS de las Was fcrreas
en- 81 Nortc. dice LIZ, de algun ITEM
% I esta parte. los reenganchados
snr d~ogertores dol carTancismo.
Sabesc. POI otra parte. de guarHI-
ciones de peQucnOs ~poitados. que
har dcsertado RI maSa.
Sc Gecia. ul;imamentc. que ANA de
es.as era Ia dc Ia Villa De Cuatro Gle
negas. cuna DC EenuStiano Carran-
"a.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-10-24
En- Gamble.

l'r,iru h. Ia Cruz. "r"ruH"i
"pojujru FIr lic-,i afui ~iiricHdo>"
rri,rr~"uiaut. dr G~arranza. rui ru"
du.i!o al Niyar de Puicia p"r O.
rauialIar rH una cas- pibiira.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-10-24

Cuando necesiic iibro> en- eSpan0!
diriia>e listed Il Ignacio l. LoLlno-
SCI Dnlorosa SIS. Antonio. Texas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-10-24

Tvdu> IL a.HlaS me.ancuiicas ,rn
pyr-as ir IA S'fprrS'ici"n.
~ Ma.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

ground and some wore tennis slippers. As far
as footgear was concerned these men were
practically in the same condition as Washing
tons barefooted soldiers who trod the SHOWS at
Valley Forge on bleeding feet.
Uniforms they had and they had the regu
laton equipment in every detail but the shoes,
and even an utter ignoramus as to military at
fairs knows that the infantry which is to go
afoot must have Shoes, even if it is to travel
naked and unarmed. Because they had no
shoes the New Mexico infantry could not drill
on that ground. They would get no shoes I'M
til they were inspected, examined and mus
tered into the Federal service. They were not
finally mustered in until nearly a month and
a half after they were called for service
This regiment, of course, would have formed
part of the two million men which Mr.. Bryan
maintained could be called out ready for the
field within forty-eight hours. And it is no
exaggeration to assert that this New Mexico
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
"TeN the Truth Abom This Militia
Mnster," Said Vest Pointer in
Charge at the Border, $50 the
PEOPLE at Home viii Kn0W.

his slow but accurate fintock musket. Then
he would have much to say from his own ex-
perience in regard to the new army bill which
uses the militia for basis of the reserve army
Of the United States.
For three years the United States faced
probable Intervention in Mexico, and when the
question as 10 the strength of the American
army was raised the ghost Of the Minute Man
was evoked When the shadow of the Eu-
ropean war cloud crossed our horizon, and we
first began to consider the meaning of the
word Preparedness. the Minute Mans vague
shadow was again Gales from out the past.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

us in the future as it has in the past
think it is composed of the best people in the
country. There are splendid men in 1t, and
| think many of them are patriotic and many
of them are doing the very best they can. In
my forty years of service in the army it has
always been source of wonder to me why
in the world any one is willing to 60 into 1t
at all 1t is a rope of sand. 1t IS not COM
posed of the right material. The men IN 1t
are not the men who ought to 90 or who can
afford to 90 to war, and, therefore, since 1t
is composed of the wrong material, 1t IS bound
to break down under proof"
When this New Mexico regiment had been
a month in camp, theoretically ready to march
on Chepultepec, the regular army surgeons
began putting them through the physical eX-
animation They found two soldiers with
glass eyes and one man with an artificial leg
among the militamen.
Il will not tell you just what percentage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

we had to reject said one of the West Point
ers in charge of the mastering in. Il like
these fellows, and like their spirit. That
they have modified such an inefficient bunch
here on the desert is not their fault 1t IS
the fault Of the idiotic system. 1t is the fault
Of the whole United States
Il ran into one chap, a school teacher, who
would not be able TO stand on his feet in the
full army pack. But how eager he was TO
become soldier One young clerk left
family behind and quit good position that
he will not be able to get back. He's been
here month in this camp, and now ne will
have to 90 back home He's been rejected,
and he will return sans job sans glory and
sans everything else. It's patriotism all
right, but it's lunatic form of patriotism.
It's mess. For Gods sake, tell the truth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

regiment would not be the least prepared nor
the least efficient that would make up the bri-
gades in that army of Bryan Minute Men.
Right here | would like to say that the spirit
of the men and officers of the New Mexico
regiment was admirable. Their sorry showing
was not their fault. 1t was the fault Of a
foolish system and mossbacked, red-tape-bound
War Department.
Again l would like to refer to General
Kingman's prophetic answers at the Senate
inquiry into preparedness for national de
fence.
do you think the dependence on the mill
tia would afford any promising outlook for
preparation" asked Senator du Pont.
mo, sir; I am sorry to say that ] do not,
replied General Kingman. Il think 1t is
broken reed. think that 1t will dlsappont
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
MINUTE MEN MAKE. AN EXCEL
LENT GARRISON FOR A
FOOLS PARA Disc.

1t is the superstition Of the Minute Man that
may keep us i'm a fools paradise until we arc
forced to pay the cost Of maintaining such an
existence. 1t will be high not only in money
but in blood.
The President Of the United States called
for Minute Men Immediately after Villa. the
bandit rode over a detachment Of American
troops. invaded American soil and shot down
American women and children. Let us consider
the response
The point at which the United States was
invaded is Columbus, in the State Of New Mex
leo. The state of New Mexico. was asked to
provide regiment of infantry to help punish
the invader and to aid the United States army
i'm protecting the border against further raids.
The Governor of New Mexico ordered regi-
ment of state militia, theoretically fully
equipped and fully trained, to proceed to the
town Of Columbus.
I arrived at Columbus, ~ NJ. several weeks
after this supposedly prepared regiment of in
fantry had been ordered into camp there. II
had not yet arrived in full. became aware
Of that when | boarded a train at FL Paso and
found myself in a car filled with a motley
crowd of civilians in charge of a lieutenant
and a sergeant of militia.
One of these men, recruits for the New Mex
leo militia regiment supposed to be already IN
service was a grandfather-so the sergeant In
formed me- Another recruit sitting beside INN
was boy of sixteen. But he was big for his
age. and he hoped to convince the examining
army surgeon that he was sixteen or maybe
the surgeon would wink at the thing.
Some of the others were hoboes, some Of
tbon, bore the stamp of the confirmed drunkard
and looked as though one march across the
desert would finish them. Others, as even
rossino glance would tell, could not possibly
he physically ut.
"Do YOU honestly believe that half of this
crowd can pass the army examination"
asked the sergeant.
"WeU. we need men. and we're doing the best
We can 10 FIJI up the regiment he said we
can't 90 in unless we can make the peace
strength. and some of the companies are skele-
ton companies. Say, you wouldn't like to come
IN with Ms for the adventure of the thing, would
you?'
At Columbus | visited the camp OF the New
Mexico militia regiment. Here / made dis
coverv which no European army officer would
beleve-AN INFANTRY REGIMEN
THEORETICALLY FULLY EQUIPPED
WITHOUT REGULATION SHOES. Some
Of the men wore tattcred brogans. some
wore boots with the soles already worn TO the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
A VETERAN OFFICERS OPINION
OF MR.. BRYAN'S MILLION
OVERNIGHT" ARMY.

General" asked Senator Chamberlain 1T
has been suggested by a great many people IN
The United States that in case Of war we could
ralIv 10 the standard at the first call and within
fortv-eight hours have a million or more men.
What vouId be the effect of putting million
., more men called in that way in competition.
with trained enemy"
1T would be just about as effective as 70 eH-
roso ,beno IN some contagious disease. They
would simply be gathered for slaughter re-
Piled General Kingman-
III we got into war with first class power
with such an army as we now have and the
,,litjauen were called into service, how long
would it take 10 prepare them for active ser
vice. to make them fit to go to battle?" de-
manded Senator Chamberlain.
well, I should not want to take them for
year. replied General Kingrnan. "And that
would depend upon how many trained officers
and non-commissioned officers ! had TO shape
them up with. do not think that they could
lie started by putting in some yeast, putting in
some dough and foaming II up
Indirectly the Minute Man who won the coun-
Try for us in the beginning may be the cause Of
its undoing. That is because the legend has
come n us that the Minute Man all unpre-
pared at sixty seconds notice left his plough
20 drive o.. the redcoats and then to non
chslautly resume his agricultural work This
is untrue. but II is one Of those popular fctons
which pass for fact.
II one Of those old Minute Men could come
hack for an afternoon he would take up posi-
ton first in the House of Representatives and
then IN the Senate. where ne would pick oh the
park barrel. Congressmeu one by one with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

about this militia muster, so the people at
home will know. But don't challenge the
spirit Of these chaps. It's splendid"
Strolling between the tent lines of the New
Mexico militia, I heard great deal Of the
soft Spanish patter and | noticed a number
of swarthy faces grlnnlng under campaign
hats The mystery was explained later. Three
companies Of the twelve which composed the
New Mexico militia were made up OF Mex
cans who had become American citizens. One
of these companies was the best drilled best
eo1Iipred and most efficient in the regiment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
CAPTAIN "BILL"OF NEW MEXICO,
WHO DIDN'T KNOW HOW
TO PITCH A TENT.

The officers Of this regiment were typical
militia officers. painfully earnest, but at the
same time painfully inadequate. One OF the
captains had been elected just month be
fore the regiment had been called by the
Federal government. He was the all-around
good fellow" president of the Chamber OF
Commerce in his home town and all that sort
of thing His uniform was faultlessly cut
and the Chamber Of Commerce had voted hlm
a sword. binoculars, wrist watch and com
plete equipment. At home the boys IN the
company loved him like big brother and
they addressed him affectionately, but lhSuo-
ordinately," as Bill
Suddenly Bill found himself dumped into
the desert with his company and faced with
the problem of directing the pitching of the
companv tents. Bill had never seen COM
panv put I'D tents. He had not the least idea
as to how it was done. But Bill had presence
of mind that will some day make him great
commander
Jack" he said to the first lieutenant, who
had taken keener interest in military affairs
and who had once attended a military school,
you have the boys put up these blessed tents
I'm going up town for while to see what
doing"
Bill departed and remained away until
dusk. When he returned he found that the
tents had been pitched There happened to
he an enlisted man who had once served IN
the regular army with that company, and he
knew how the weighty military problem was
done.
. Recruits came to the New Mexico regi-
ment every day Some Of them had never
seen a magazine rife before. None OF them
had ever been given any military training
Their awkward squads were the most awk-
ward that ever were seen.
In the making Of soldier under normal
conditions the recruit does not handle rife
until he has mastered the primary intticacies
of the drill But these recruits had to be
rushed. They were started on the manual OF
arms. 1t was intensified drill Of the weird
est sort.
The plight Of this militia regiment was
sadly reminiscent of the scenes in 1898, when
the United States improvsed an army for the
war with Spain remember that Funston's
10Th Kansas came to San Francisco IN rags
and all but bare-footed The Tennessee regi-
ment was snatched right from the mountains
and fields They were QUILTED in shoddy uni
forms half drilled and shipped on transports
to the Philippines.
General Funston did not inspect the New
Mexico militia regiment IN person while was
at Columbus II he had he would have found
something that would have reminded him
painfully of 1898.
You will say that the Goth Kansas Regi-
ment performed great service in the Philip
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
a SUMMARY OF THE DEFECTS IN
AMERICAS STATE MILITIA
SYSTEM.

Dual service Of state and nation; the unl-
versally dsliked strike duty, where militia
men with war rifles that will shoot three miles,
and deadly service bayonets, are impressed
into law-and-order duty that ought to be per-
formed by professional policemen the muddlc,
the state patronage and favortism; the elo-
ouent and admitted ineiliciency of the troops
all these things tax the loyalty Of the Ma
tional Guardsmen TO the uttermost and put
an impossible strain on capable officers like
General Organ, of New York"
But TIE causes Of the inefiicency Of the
state militia are immateral Every Ameri-
can general. from George Washington down,
has declared it inefficient and unreliable m
case of a national emergency
The Minute Man, our pet military idol IS
a myth II takes Minute Man 525.60O min
utes to get ready. That is being demonstrated
at the border now as it was demonstrated
during the Spansh-American War.
It is with considerable regret that throw
aside my generation for my conception of the
Minute Man Of 1876, tre grim old farmer
with his long fntlock who needed only sixty
seconds to prepare himself 70 thrash the
trained redcoats Of CORVALLIS. But / must
come TO the conclusion that he was a dear
old braggart.
Admitting for the sake Of holding tender
fusion that he did what our primary school
histories say that he did, he could not help
US now any more than the bowmen Of Hastings
can help the British infantry in the north ~
France to-day. lie is lovely tradition, our
old Minute Man, but only tradition. Let us
treat him with the respect due tradition.
but let us not pattern our infantry rifle after
his fintlock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
The Minute Men Nearest Mexico We're
"MIly Equipped" Except as TO Shoes
7hey We're Shod Like ContinentaIS
That Winter at Valley Forge.

pines. All yes. but that was after the reg-
ment had been nearly full year in the Fed
eral service after the officers and men had
been chastened by real army discipline and
had forgotten entirely that they had once been
a state militia regiment. II the New Mexico
militia stays in the service a year It. too,
will be real regiment Of infantry.
But it takes at least year 10 get the
Minute Man of 1916 ready. There is no cor
respondence school for the modern soldier
We have shipped from New York some
superfcially perfect regiments. The men sent
from this state are comparatively better pre-
pared in equipment and in drill. But they are
far from efficient soldiers. They are spen-
did material. but only material and when
thev come into contact with the real thing
they will admit it. They will declare when
they return that the militia is a kindergarten,
and a badly msmanaged kindergarten. They
will advocate the sterner discipline Of the
higher school
I have quoted a modern commander on tns
subject of the militia and Its dependablity
in case Of war. The first general Of an Amer
lean army had something to say on the same
subject.
George Washington who had considerable
experience With the Minute Man Of 1876,
said: IF were called upon to declare upon
oath whether the militia had been the mose
servceab!e or hurtful, upon the whole | would
subscribe to the latter
Gardner L. Harding, in an excellent article
on the Hay bill in the July "Eyerybodys''
eptomizes the causes for the failure Of the
state militia system in the following para
graph:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

HHE natural egotsm which tinges all
American histories, especially the ele-
mentary ones. has left US some dan
cerous traditions. The most dangerous Of
these is the Minute Man. 1t is the ghost Of
he Minute Man Of 1875 to which the pork
hungry Congressman appeals when he desires
IN demonstrate that the appointment Of his
rephew as collector Of the port in the Mojave
Desert would be a much more effective move for
national defence than the organization OF
division Of trained reserve men.
Iii because Of the Minute Man that William
Jennings Bryan can get little serious consid-
Grafton when he declares that in an emergency
ne United States could within forty-eight
hours raise two million men armed and fully
eoujpped. Imaginative persons along the
CbaYtauoua circuit can see these men spring
inc from the ground Ike the army Of Cad
mus.
This martial dream Of the Commoner was
brougbt ND for consideration daring the hear
inrs Of the Senate committee on military al
fairs last January Brigadier Daniel c. King
man. chief Of engineers and veteran OF forty
years, was being questioned.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-25
EVER HAVE IT?

If You Have, the Statement of Thi:
Barre Citizen Will Interest You
Ever have a "low-down" pain
in the back?
In the Small" right over the
hips?
That's the home of backache.
If it's caused by weak kidneys,
Use Doan's Kidney Pills.
Barre people testify to their
worth. Read a case of it:
Mrs. May Bond, 5s Elm street, Barre,
says: 81 had sharp twinges of pain
across the small of my back, which j
knew were caused by weak kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills did me good from
the start, and was soon cured of the
trouble"
Price, SOC at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Bond
had Foster Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
n. Y.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-25
THURSDAY, APRIL 81

at o'clock sharp in the afternoon the
following described personal property:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-25
RANDOLPH

The funeral of the late Miss Theresa
Moore was held at the Episcopal church
on Monday afternoon, Rev. Homer White
officiating, and interment was in South
view cemetery. The bearers were David
Frazier, Charles Holman, 4. W. Tewks-
bury and Ernest Hatch. There were pres
emit from out of town, Miss Libbie Moore
of Milbank, s. D., Mrs. G. L. Gattman,
Ashbury Park, N j., both sisters of the
deceased, and niece, Miss Myrtle Moore
of Newport.
Miss Hazel Hodgkins, who has employ
ment in Montpelier, has been in town
since Wednesday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. G. Hodgkins, and Monday
went to Rochester to visit her sister,
Mrs. Lewis Curtis, after which she will
return here for few days before resum-
ing work.
Miss Maud Johnston and Florence
Howard, who have been in New York
and Boston for the last ten days, have
returned home, and Miss Johnston Is
again at the Half Century store, and
Miss Howard is in the store of II. A.
Leonard.
Mrs. E. F. Emerson and w c. Emer-
son returned Sunday night from Camp
ton, n. H., where they had been for the
burial OF Mr., Emerson. Work was re-
sumed at the Emerson mill on Monday
morning.
Miss Evelyn Sault returned TO Bur
lington on Monday, after passing Easter
with her parents at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. s. Booth were in
Newport, N. H., over Sunday with rela
tives, and returned home on Monday.
Mrs. II. II. Paige was in Burlington |
over Sunday, passing the day with her
son, Raymond, who is engaged in bust !
ness there
Miss Myrtle Clifford, after two weeks
stay in town, left for johnson to enter
the normal school there for the next /
eight weeks. Miss Ruth Hanks, also Il
teacher there, returned to resume her
Miss Minnie Davis OF Norwich, after
passing few days with Mrs. f. T.
Salisbury, left on Monday for her home
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-25
POULTRY AND EGGS

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS Eggs from my
thoroughbred winter-laying Buff Plymouth
Rocks for setting. at Sl.00 per l5 also for
sale few yearling hens and 2 males for breed
ers. J. F. Perry, 81 Spaulding street. S4t6.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-25

WHITE WYANDoTTE EGGS for Matching.
from prize stock and an extra good laying
strain day-old chicks for sale. E. NJ. White
~ Upland avenue. Tel, 2lT-2. l9tf
EGGS from three pens Of my White Wyan-
dottes, including prize winners 81 per setting
as they run. W. A. Drew. % Averill street.
phone ls5-M l6t26t
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-25
25 HEAD OF STOCK
3 HORSES

EIGHTEEN cows, grade Jersey snc
Holstein, now fresh, to freshen soon
and the balance TO be fresh in the early
fall. All good young cows, good size;
2-year old heifer to freshen in July;
yearling heifers, bull, years old, grade
Guernsey; ] 5-year-old horse, sound and
all right, safe for anyone to drive, weight
about 1900 ibs.; 4-year-old Morgan
stallion, sound, safe, and good worker
and driver, weight about ] 900 TBS. extra
fine; ] l0-year old horse, good worker
and driver, weight about $50 Tbs.
FARMING TooLS-McCormick now
ing machine, nearly new; l-horse sled
with pole and shafts; new sleigh, used
only about four times; driving sleigh,
2-seat express wagon with pole and
shafts, smoothing harrow, pillow, pung
set driving harnesses, l set light work
harness, l set double work harness, U. S.
cream separator; also lot of household
furniture, including beds, bedding, chairs,
tables, stoves, etc. Sale positive, rain or
shine. Terms at time of sale. Lunch at
noon. Everything will be sold without
reserve or limit, as ! am leaving town
and have no further use for this prop
erty Remember the Wednesday,
April %, 1916, at 1890 O'Clock in the
forenoon.
CHARLES BARNEY, Owner.
D. A. PERRY, Auctioneer, Barre, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-25
DON'T NEGLECT WOUNDS

For wounds. cuts, sores or bruises
apply at once little Minard's lini-
ment obtained at any drug store. II Is
absolutely pure, wonderfully antiseptic
and works wonders In its healing in
iuence. Its use promotes circulation
md restores vitality to injured or
wounded parts and causes rapid heal
ng. 1t is entirely stainless, easy and
.lean to use and very economical.