Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-04-13

lin Hl Paso from the Garran zistas,
Ihave been arrested and deported to
Juarez. will not tell you what hap
ipens to them there, but If your iSii-s
|agination pictures hem ii
fore q firing squad 1t probably is not
far wrong at least they don't come
hack.
Some Ridel
The morning OF the Columbus raid
4 / went down town about nine and
then, hearing of the trouble started
for Columbus little after ten. Some
lride, Frank, some ride! 1876 miles
lover a bad road, but We got there At
one--the man who rode in the back
seat says never again, never.
!. Your papers have told you what we
saw-the dead Mexicans, the dead
land wounded soldiers and citizens,
| the burned and looted stores, While
Iabout two hundred Mexicars were
killed in town sand along the line of
Iretreat OF is miles into Mexico, 1t is
livery remarkable that but d very few
were wounded and captured, and of
these, understand all but two have
since died
| Axe Handy
saw one Mexican with the top Of
his head crushed in by blow--per-
ihaps his horse fell and threw him
head first into a telephone pole
soldier. however, told me that when
the retreat began a wounded Mexican
was found lying beside hospital
tent by one of the medical staff, He
begged to not be shot and his PRAYER
was granted, as the attendant was
mot armed. but-1-an axe was handy
That day I attended a sort OF
WHOLESALE Mexican funeral or, To be 8
strictly correct, a human barbecue,
and 1T was some roast. When the
| fght was over army wagons Were
driven through the streets and the
Mexican dead tossed III like so many
dead pigs. The bodies were then
taken just to the edge of town,
lthrown into a pile, OIL, poured on them
land burned. TWenty tyseNeI, eSsss iteHss,
-four and six was the count of the
different piles, and scores lie now
lrotting under the desert sun at
sanitary distance from the town,
Lead, Kindly Light.
Later, / was present when the fun
feral train took away the bodies of
1.-THE dead soldiers and citizens.
Thousands Of soldiers were drawn up
4 in military parade and as the regi-
mental band softly played Nearer,
My God, to Thee, and Lead, kindly
! Light" the faces Of hundreds Of
Troopers who We're ready to follow
villa into perdition to ayenge their
4 comrades, II need be. were stained
with tears. When the rites were fin
iiished the train slowly departed--lne
band struck up the lsrely tune OF
lIaMarching Through Georgia Cor was
lit Mexicog), and the active prepara-
8ltions for the dash into Mexico was
|again in full swing.
This is hardly civilized war, as:
Iqnarter is not given or expected, but
lour boys are fighting the Mexfcans
according to Mexican methods and
Ithey sure ride hard and shoot straight
lin cases of doubt the rule is shoot to:
a kill and investigate later.
Dosed With Own Medicine.
Six suspected villistas were brought
"A Into camp the days Immediately fol-
8 lowing the Columbus fight. After
their examinat ion the familiar Irish
u.ardict of guilty but not proven
wac -Andered and the court ordered
( then, I1es ascc-rted cut of town. In Mex
dico ~ tbey have the law Of ia fugea'
Isimilar to runni19 .nI .,,s,aaa sae &c A.,l i.
under which the 'nasn aa,' ,,,r ana ID
lowed to live If they an t.a;, . ~ a,,aras al. 1
cape the rifle fire Of til sna,,s es'- yyers
/ suspect these six Mex sic;ne I. l,e
idosed with their own me, N deal
cause later they were all fon. ~ K
from rifle wounds near the RoN Won
Hand tracks about three miles i. I,
town. At first, did not think tiios
soldiers needed anyone to teach them
how to shoot. ride, or fight, but did
suspect that instead of ordinary chap
lains; now ! think they are all right
as this, scrap. in the very nature oil
1 lconditions, is determination and not
4 war, a1leel.s5sffiiS NOT be successfully
prcsecifed along ordinary standard
~ les. slness and social life down
mere is moving along as usual people
are not excited nor afraid and they
are exercising fine self control, but
deeep.deWn, q the borderWay from
San Diego to Brownsville. is "a re-
pressed patience almost at the break
Ing point The old war cry Of Texas
was sRemember the Alamo, To-day
the slogan all along our. southwestern
border is Remember santa Yaahel u
Remember Columbus !, President
Wilson has but few friends here ana
u believe that were an election lIO be
;t,a
and Roosevelt, that he would lose
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
Respect fully,
G. IN. Lester.
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