Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-07
us. SOLDIERS IN
LARGE NUMBERS
IN CHIHUAHUA
WAR CORRESPONDENT. is TOLD THAT
DySENTERy HAD MUCH TO 90
WITH VILLAS CHANGED WAYS.
FORMER GENERAL so BADLY AZ
FliCTED CAN HARDLY RIDE
MORE THAN FEW HOURS.
tBl BASIL DILLON WOON.1

CARlilIhL. Chihuahua. tBy Automobile
Courier to FL Pa~o.l April Al arrived
here thi~ morning after Il hcartbreakine
trin across the Northern Chihuahua desert.
during which unr machine twice needed ~
pIir~ aud once water III had tu walk ten
miles with \ %cantccn for five gallons NJ it'd
made the di~hcartcniug discovery that
two bridges on the road in front of ~
have been destroyed and thai The only pos
~Iblc way to get over the deep eulcheS
they bridged j. by taking the car ON the
railroad track. Thi- W. shall a.. but both
F"'ler1c" and are doubtful a~ ~ whether
~" ear. already. ~ u were. Ii~iointcd, will
stand the strain.
will remain here until tomorrow night.
or possibly later. Perez will take thi, Ia
Fl Pa-o in the ear and bring back a fresh
supply "t copy paper my other pack
AGc having become soaked III Ill which
leaked ont from \ can NJ had " the back.
The ull leaked into everything. even the
side ui bacon. and ~ 4 consequence uur
breakfast had a decidedly ~pcrnv flavor.
3hc coffee. thank heaven. l. untouched.
out the lour Aack came undonc early IN
the Journey and what ~ the back part Of
the ear isn't alI over oil " covered with
dust aud flour.
4 However. Disadvantages might bc cx-
Pccted. We anticipated and made pro-
vision Ter many.
We made the discovery here from pas
~cngcr- on = Mexican Central train from
Chihuahua that arrived here that Amcri-
cam troops have already arrived III CHI
huahua City N large number. II was
stated they were buying supplies. From
all We could gather II would appear that
these troops are q squadron or two cf
cavalry from the force oi Colonel Groruc
M l"dd. which ~ lat report Wa near Nh
O-", nt the head MI Santa Clara CANYON.
or not more than \ hundred kilomctrr.
from Chihuahua. There i- 4 good road
from FL O~o 60 Chihuahua and II i prob
able that Colonel Dodd. already short of
supplies and dc~pairlng Of the auto trucks
which started uut from MADEIRA ~ relieve
hmm. sent some MI hi~ mem tu Chihuahua tn
purchase every available necessity the,
could find
One 1T M, mformant- ou thu store wa
. well dressed Mexican woman. the wife
ot a colonel IN Carranza- army who j.
stationed 40 Chihuahua. She sand that the
American troops were i~rutcrnizing with ihc
Mexican soldiers and were assisting wv
patrol The streets WI night. Thu. W.T. course.
~ Improbable: ~hc more than lkcl, mis-
took "a patrol of American soldier for ono
lNtrohng the city.
American soldier. it IL stated here hv
Colonel florc-- VIII" appears d" have MI
amazing depth ut information. ARE hence
forth to hc paid piT wv Mexico. thc Iira br-
ing that. American ~uldirr- always ~prnd-
M their money a~ soon .- they .rt EN-.
they viii spend their pay with the Mrxi-
cans and thu help % create q good im-
preston. tarrauza soldiers are BEING
paid regularly. wa told. but their na,
i~ only about ~ cents daN and they have
tu find Tor themselves. The average nav
~ an American private soldier II sd cent,
per day. but he L. given hi board. clothf~.,
and everything be- needs. - that the GO
cent? represents merely hi luxurlc>.
Acting on a request from General John
y. Per>hing. | understand that Colonel
Francisco BerianI. commanding thc Car
rama troops III Pearson and Madpra. ha~
ordered III liquor shops and camtina-
closed Tor the time being. Gambling wa
5 hanished long ago, a. soon a. Villa gave