El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-17

: arse NO new instructions have been
sent
OF the gravel and broken stone along
the roadway.
Gravel From River Beds.
n From Columbus to Nami0uipa the
f road builders viii be comparafi,-siV
e fortunate in being able TO find an
o abundance OF road building material In
Q the beds Of the rivers. which viii be
D | paralelled Tor the greater portion of
D the distance This viii make the SET
9 / ting up Of expensive rock crushing ma
: / chinery unnecessary but there will be
| I considerable expense attached to the
{ hauling Of the gravel from the river
= beds.
soldiers Build Unique shelters.
: hold the garrisOns established along
! the line OF communications the soldiers
{ have prepared for the coming of the
rains by building shelters OF adobe or
OF wlthes literally plastered with mud
which give the little towns" which
have sprung up under the Circumstance
the appearance OF having been brought
intact from the Philippines where many
OF the men Of the respective garrisons
have served in times past
Even where the pup tents have not
been supplanted by the mud huts. thew
nave been set up on elevated beds
| winch VIII keep them well off the
! ground ana Tree from moisture while
the rams are falling and from ser
penis or noisOme insects which crawl.
Mexico Flooded With Gold.
/ Inc employment OF so many natives
I IN road work at such wages as they
I t nave s never oeIore received, is having
J tne erect OF placing many OF them on Z
! the sunny side OF Easy street i'm a IL
| nancial way ana they are beginning
4 70 snow II IN their manners as well as 4
/ IN their improved living conditions.
Not in the history OF the republic 4
mas tnere been so much gold in circul-
alton in this section OF the state or .
Chihuahua as there is now and has
been since the Americans crossed tho
line March Is. last
Old Timers Are PesSimisfIc
Some Of the old timers in this coun-
ug- among the americans. are OF the
opinion that so far from causing the
natives 10 be more friendly toward B
Americans. the paying Of good wages
ana the furnishing OF constant en-
piOyment viii have the effect of max
ing the laborers insOlent and harder To-
70 handle in future than they have
While it is true that the longer resi-
oence OF these men in the country and !
lneir greater familiarity with native !
S .il4.LI and characteristics gives
mem more or less OF right 10 speak
with authority on this and kindred !
SUBJECTS army officers are not vet ]
convinced that natives should not have 3
been employed as road labOrers or that.
having been so employed. they should Z
not have been paid good wages
New Wage Standard Set.
II IS probably true that a new stan
dard Of wages has been set in this sec
JlOn OF the Mexican republic as one /
OF the results Of the building OF a [
7 amy weather road from the border and ,
mat hereafter q similar wage will be
required to be paid by those employing 4
Mexican labor but that that will have !
bad effect upon the attitude OF the
Mexieans toward the United States is s
not generally believed by students Of ]
The situation as whole !
Mail Service Improved.
army mail IS TO be handled in future Z :
n I'D 10 date fashion he ~ 4
facilities which at first +
prevailed forced the letters and news / +
'apers OF the soldiers in the field 10
'e given secondary consideration N
\ general post office" has been es- Il
a1lished at Columbus. with an army ~
'IIlcer IN charge who has under him i,
! 1orce OF trained civilian mail clerks n
ent on from Washington 4 similar n
y organized branch Of the general post
Itiee mas been established at Colonia nj
Jublan fthe camp. not the town.. 10
which all mail destined 10 points south z ~
I this base will be sent for redistri- ~
uuon. Columbus looking after the dis h.
rlbutlon Of mail addressed to men or a.
EXAMINATIONS known 10 be located be-
= cen that point and this base
Appreciated By Officers and Men. b.
1 ms reorganization or really its first
rganizatlon of the army postal service
Ill be OF great benefit to the men in
ne field inasmuch as it viii have the Of
rtect Of keeping them more regularly Te
touch with friends and relatives in ID
le outside world -
As il used to be, while in the mat he
r OF miles we were separated by but "a
span from all we held dear. in the ~.
after Of time We were divided by a -,
stance ider than the seven seas. Not
lly are We getting letters from home -
gularly now but We are getting news -
ipers before they are so stale as to .
worth nothing as purveyors Of the
.ws Of the world.
All this IS appreciated by. not ronly
Ose attached TO Headquarters bur hi, u
latest IN h.
No fault is being found with what
IS passed and gone That could not
We been helped We are only voicing
n JOY that the mails have at last
en- organized and are now being
ndled IN manner which puts us in -
UGH with home and mother rather 3
Omptly.
Sanitary Rules More Rigid.
Is hot weather approaches greater
re is being taken BY those having
E matter in charge to see that the
attn Of the occupants Of all bases
q camps Is conserved to the fullest
len attention has been paid at ali
les TO the conservation of health but
vigilance Is increasing as the
ather grows warmer.
IurlnS the earlier days OF the cam VI
sn' tne cold waters Of the rivers
hs which the army camped were q
% enough for all purposes. Now
Eever, water for drinking purposes
I Tor cooking must be taken from
ven Wells or from flowing springs
'er water has been tabooed by the
.lth censors Horses and mules still
hk II and the men are still permit
70 Dathe in il provided they battle
oW those sections set off as drink
places Tor the animals but it must
Kept out Of the canteens and the
,hens In order that there may be
-er supplies for any new camps
ch the eXlgencies of the campaign
make necessary, the engineers Il
made maps which give the loca- ~
: AT which wells may be driven IN
n assurance that water in album w
ne may be found at comparatively w