Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-06
Shoes and Suits Of Clothing
Torn to TatterS by Fast
Marches Through Exceed
ingIy Rough Country.
SANDALS, SOMBRER0S
AND CALICO IN STYLE
Men Are Sometimes Compelled
to Eat Native Beef Raw,
as Time to Cook Meals
Could Not Be Allowed.

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Columbus, n. NJ. April 6.--Three
weeks of man-hnnting through the
desert and mountains of Chihuahua
has totally changed the physical APP
pcarance Of the smart cavalrymen
who crossed the border under Colonel
George A. Dodd near Culbertson's
ranch. A vivid picture of the soldiers
as they were four days ago was
brought to Columbus today in the ar
rival from the front OF a truck train
which carried supplies to Colonel
Dodd's commnad.
Men, whose shoes have been lac
Grated by the stones OF the mountains
and sands of the desert, are wearing
Mexican sandals and sandels made
| from the hides Of beeves slaughtered
for their meat. Men whose clothing
has been torn into shreds by brushes
such clothing as could be obtained
from Mexicans living along the route.
according to the stories told.
Rush Order for Clothes.
| Suhstantiatlng these stories mes
sage came to military headquarters
here from General pershing today re-
! iquesting that the extra kits, contain
ing extra clothing of the soldiers of
the Seventh and Tenth cavalry regi-
ments, the two regiments at the ex-
treme front. be rushed TO them &C
lonee
| truck train, under the command
OF Cap.eC, II. Drake, consisting OF
twenty-seven trucks, went to within
seven miies of Guerrero, its crew be-
ing the first Americans to meet the
troopers of the Seventh cavalry after
their engagement at that town.
Soldiers Show Wear.
The men were a nondescript look
ing crowd said Captain Drake.
''Their faces were caked with gray al
kali dust; they had been without
regular rations for some days. coffee.
salt and tobacco were beyond price.
and yet through their haggard drti-
ness the men smiled with their eyes
ana told of their resolute purpose
the getting OF Villa"
Captain Drake also told Of reports
current throughout the Guerrero
country that the American troopers
obtained their information that villa
had been wounded from an american
physician taken captive by the bandit
band and forced TO treat the leaders,
wounds He asserted that he did not
learn the name of this physician. who
was said TO have been resident OF
one Of the towns through which villa
passed, and described the wounds as
consisting of bullet through the
ankle and another lodged IN the hip.
villa Men Shoot High.
The returning truckmen were able
to give few details of the Guerrero
battle, but asserted that ali OF the
four wounded American troopers were
again continuing the hard ride after
Villa on the second day following the
engagement Troopers said that the
Villista craftsmanship In the engage
ment was exceedingly bad, practically
all of the shots going high. Much
comment was expressed upon the fact
that the American soldier most serl
ously wounded. a man who was shot
body, was on small promontory in
the rear of the rest of the command.
with but two days rations when
they left the border. the troops push
ed steadily forward day and night,
never even stopping TO await food,
but trusting to the country TO pro-
vide them with sustenanee, according
to the stories brought here. Finally.
leaving all lines of communication far
behind and reaching a country in
which agriculture had been at II
standstill for five years because OF
cvil strife, the soldiers were forced
to depend almost exclusively upon
such beef and game as they could
slaughter. one truckman even as
serted that soldier had told him
that some of the marches were made
at such speed that the men had not
time to stop and cook the meat and
as a result ate il raw. This story.
however, IS not generally credited
here.
Hard ON Horses.
Despite the orders to spare Moth
ing but horse flesh" the march has
heen exceedingly hard on the AMI
mails attached to the command. ac-
cording to today's arrivals, Dead
American cavalry horses worn out
and killed IN the relentless pursuit OF
villa, were said To be strewn along
the trails in the district south of
In fact IL was asserted,
the command has lost so many horses
that. fully one-half of IL has been
obliged to continue the search for
villa without mounts. The soldiers
travelling as they have with every