El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
AMERICANS FIND MEXICO NOT IN
WASTE AS 4 RESULT Of ITS WARS
Plenty to Eat For Man and Beast and Towns Prosper
Gus, With Animals Enough For Filling the Soil;
Ruined Mormon Settlements Put the American
Soldiers in Bad Temper; How the Army Lives
BY GEORGE II. CLEMENTS.
Continued from page H.


mand Of this expedition. the name OF
the battery which made this remark
able march, cannot be made puouc
this time But when the history ~
fbe camDafeu is written and II rs lnaue
u matter OF record that i'm two DAYS,
n distance of 119 miles was covered 9n1
that on the first day. 50 miles on no
distance was negotiated, ana ~ ~ ~
thor made plain that. instead OF Inc
,,cod roads over which the Germans
made their record breaking WaIcu,
tho American artillery Travelled o..
mountain trails Of the worst poss!uIe
sbaractee and i'm the enemy country
hesides those who are now inclined to
scott M the American army because
OF alleged unpreparedness, VIII
given opportunity to revise their views.
AT least SO far as the artllleIS ~ ~ ANN
of the organization is concerned
Work Of AiTpiaues.
Tho corrcsnondents with the eNpe-
dition are not permitted 10 zen nov
many airplanes there are lh llt -
vice in this section Of the country or
what they are doing, but there IS nc
bar to telling that there are hunDeL
OF them here and that they are uu'LSs
wonderful service IN the nlaC.eI Ia
Keeping the commander OF the eNpeuls
tion posted as TO the whereabouts u
the enemy. and as to his movements
Afrnlaniug at the elevation OF TINS
camp above the sea ana at tne IuG ty,I
Greater elevations Of the country m
/ Tested by the enemy is no chlld pldE
! IN the word Of the men operating ths
machines in the service may pc IetIsu
I irnou As a result of the experiences
n npUt' boinr gained. a new chapter in
I the history OF military airplaning may
! be written at the close or this cam
4 Real AIrpInRing job.
So FAR as known, no airplanlng Is
being done by the flyers connected
, With any OF the armies Of the warning
/ factions OF Europe at anything IKE me
/ elevations above the sea AZ Whlcl N. "a.
airmen now with this punitive eApeul-
! ton are so successfully opeI aIlt ~
/ owing to the desperate height which
! must be attained to escape the cur
I rents created by the mountain peShe
! many dangerous air pockets are ire
I ouentlv encountered and new proDleIhs
I i'm air navigation are being presented
I for solution every time an ascent IS
made. 49,
The tremendous size Of the men ana
1 force is n constant source OF Wonder
Z to the natives Of the country beins
4 traversed This size. Of course Is olIy
1 tremendous by comparison win ine
| men and horses composing the armies
1 Of the various Mexican factions Whlch
/ have Travelled over the section OF lhe
1 country more or less constantly since
the setting in Of the revolutionary era
five years ago. Inc nero ~ ne
natives. and when one Of them Is pass
ing along a road. it IS sure 70 nave
n gallery" made up OF every native,
young and old. gathered IN from the
4 Surrounding territory.
No Towns Occupied
Up to this time, the commander OF
the expedition has refrained from oc-
cupying any OF the towns IN the t err
I tory through which his forces have
marched. There may be other reasons
for this seeming tribute to the feelings
I OF the inhabitants Of the country, Dul
the reason assigned is that camps IN
I the open and as far removed from town
as possible are more conducive TO the
( health Of the men composing the var
ious commands. Thus far, the army
has been fortunate in that II mas
! travelled through well Watered poI-
ton Of Mexico and has been able 70
make camp every day on the bank o.
| a flowing stream. The effect OF thls
has been TO enable both men ana
| horses to stand the strain Of the dls-
tances covered each day since the
march began ten days ago.
Men well Cared For.
Nothing is being left undone which
should be done 70 keep up the spirits
terial comfort so far is that may Dc
done under existing circumstances. an
abundance OF good food, well cooked
is provided for the men, while not Tess
attention is paid TO the ahlInais
While well equipped hospitals are q
part OF every organization. ana, WINE
Z there is a finely furnished field nos
pital set up in the headquarters camp
there has been little need Tor eiLheI
/ since the expedition was set on Iool
earlier in the month The urst day
or two ou.. a few dough boys" sur
fered from blistered feet but the new
tape treatment" cured the Dhsters
and they now hike along as wen as
their tougher footed fellows in the in
Horses Looked After.
For the horses and mules In tn
cavalry and transport trains, Yeterinar
fans. horseshoers and saddlers are OF
hand to see that every possible aimeni
is promptly looked after. There ar
no sore backs. blistered shoulders no
crfnDled legs TO be found. which Is u
marked distinction to what has alwayi
been found by correspondents VINO nave
Travelled with other armies IN Mexico
The trip from the border TO THIS camI
! has had the effect of hardening mel
and animals 20 the point where the!
should be ready FOR any service WnicT
may be asked OF them from this time
Correspondents Busy.
Tn TO date we have been constantly
on the march and il has been some lol
TO write, even when We were up VIII
the typewriter wagon" We nave
Z big office tent now but with the arm,
q
there is so much confusion that haV.
decided 10 flock by myself in a pup
tent though I have drawn one OF IN
new issue which Damon Runyon, WIT
occupies Il with me, refers 60 as
"dachund" tent. because Of its Ions
, low rakish build.
The censorship is very rigid just nov
! but We have hopes il Will be relaNe
! in a short time or as soon as IN
forces are disposed to the sausfacuo
OF the commander Of the expedition
I Except the feature stuff regardln
I camp life which 1 have been sendin
and the disposition Of the troops ther
has been very little OF Importance a
yet We hope that when the big thin
comes off, there will be a disposlto
/ to let us get something through. w
are permitted to send but % words pc
day per man by wireless, and that
the only form OF Geographic communl
/ cation with the outside world.
An Army or Guides.
The expedition is accompanied by a
army of guides and scouts. for the mo'
part oldtime COW punchers, who haN
ridden the ranges Of this section
/ Mexico and are familiar with ever
foot Of the ground from the border
the southern end OF the Babicora plai
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