El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
ARMY GUIDES ARE
\ CLANNISH LOT
Discipline Does Not Appeal
to Them Much; Army is
Far From Starving.

S Sl- " ,,.itb military rules ir the matter
If sleeping in q bunch i'm designated
Mace where they may be touhd lu ca9e
Of need. and in keeping lnelr horSe ~, w
the designated picket line where lney-
nav he watched by the scntries posted
every night The scout iikes 10 pSu
down where his unerrinE lhsll1ct 80
him he will be sheltered from tne WIN ~
while he sleeps and he also nkeH 10 w
ff bcrso with about 80 feet OF rope /
away from the rest OF the nero w.
he may Craze and augment tue 49, 49,,
OF oats issued every gay 10 Me-
mounted man. He is Wiling 10 optE
ar,1ors buf he cannot understand why |
Tho orders should 90 TO the extern on /
denrivine him of the opportunity ~
sleep where he pleases or on ty IN liz
horse where the animal may III ula
rto,nach with the good grass when MA
no found everywhere in TINS secuou Ut
fbe country He is learning. hoWcNVt' /
end the farther south the column pro
oa.ds tbe better disciplined the scouts
become from purely military poi"l VI
Army Not Starving.
The American army long has had me /
reputation OF being the pest ieQ az 1
heinc maintained on this eNpedluoH;; I
Tho food is abundant sound, OF soOu
quality and well cooked HAM pacult /
atoms though fresh beef is issued /
every other day as a welcome chSnEe
from the cured meats. Thus lar NE
has been no dearth OF vegetables III tle /
form of potatoes and beahs' auu
as the column proceeds into the [
interior of the country supplies OF |
fresh .Iegumbres" have been added 70
the dietary For bread there Is dIl9iSS
supply OF what Is labeled hard nreau,.
,t-bich is simply n hard baked cracker
NOT half as hard to bite into as IS tne
,s-ater cracker served with cheese IN
the fashionable eating places OF CIVIL
zation and civil life. When p0ssl1le
the bread supply is augmented ny ~
sres of freshly baked bread wnlGu
comes from big army bakeries estao-
! lished by the army az the Cvlulllo ~
base This bread comes IN the ioII' %
! immense four pound leaves ana ls
known among the men as war p@ut
] bread. On the march south war oap-
! ies' reached the column but once pc
fore the column reached Cas9s % t,,yT
/ hut that was because the column uaN-
] eIed so fast that the bread wagons
: we're unable to reach the camping
/ nlaces oftener When the column
reached the base I'm the vicinity OF
| Nueva Casas Grandes, ovens We're SET
| up at that point and war baoles IS
| sued daily fresh from the new base
bakery.
II Is noticeable that up to this time
I .t,a ~, Of The expedition have adopted
no song as did the men who composed
! the army Of invasion in the CUBAN
! campaign when they popularllea -
J Hot Time in the Old Town 1 on NJ ~. 9e
( az did the British army when II ma 1e...
| ssTt's A Long Long Way 10 IlppeIdl-
! its marching song. As matter OF
I fact the men OF this expedition are
peculiarly silent lot 50 Isr as - bsnds
may have something to do win - III
silence or Il may be that the raplJlts
/ with which the army - oeing pusHH'SU
{ a1onr the road selected for II Dy lhe
md
{ Gives the men no time for SINGING y
! nae as il may the fact remains 10
no song has as yet been lllaue - ~,
marching song OF those NnO &c, a. -
! dalisms committed during ms u.plC,
voked and wholly murderous atIa0h
! upon Columbus, n. NJ
Ruins OF Mormon Colonies
It IS safe to assume that tne 5i,Jcl
4 If the men composing this eApeuttttt ~ y
/ IS not dampened by the sight OF the
( r,,ins Of the former American settle-
ment known as COlonia l3iaL as ~
{ marched through the nearly .1'i, "a ~,
| Of beautifully shaded street flanked o.
| either side by the blackened runs %
what we're once comfortable ana III
MANY cases. luxurious homes.
II I. true the devastation at Colonla
| Diaz was not the work or the man
now being hunted for the crimes com
mitted al Columbus, but the men VINO
saw the dire results Of the raid 1pon
that settlement were NOT q. illo az 1.r-
eonaIitv Of the perpetrators OF the
Destroyed BY ROjns.
colonia Diaz was destroyed in 1917
during the latter days OF the Orozcs9
revolt by or at the instance ", ,+o,,a,,t-
Antonio Rojas. one OF the heI{elia ~ J, -
"a tbe late Pasqual OroZco. inc rev
houses left standing after the holdS
raid upon the town are now occupIeS4.
nv Mexfcans who say they were iell
&c care takers by the former owners
who are now refugees in the United
J states. r,i.- ,--i+,,
, its shaded streets, its churches ana
schools. its market place. It's orndteiy
laid out park, its peach, pear ana apple
| orchards. its vineyards ana JUS ~ -
gated fields Of alfalfa, wheat corn ana
! other grains and vegetables must hsEe
J | been a close APPROACH to the AIcdus
; | of the poets That such setlielilt il'
| should have been laid waste at the PC
hest Of man whose only sIlgi .- @,l,c
vas that il was built up by foreigner
: Not Like snIovie" Army.
One of the popular conceptions OF
marching army IS great mass mass. OF NJ. .lF.
! i'm formation. Of course, with panus
plaving and flags flying. Nothing Tx
tEat in the case Of this eNpedltion
There are no bands and thus lar lhel'
has been no display OF inc hal o. ne,
headquarters staff when they arr
pitched during the brief and intrequen
7 stops To the noncOmbatants-W with IN
column the failure TO display the flas
indicated that probably the lack Of dis
play was due to a desire on the par
Of the representatives OF the America
> government to make the expedition
look as little as possible like nationa
movement-simply a policing or IN
] country I'm search Of a common crlmi
Z nal At headquarters it was eNplalne'
4 that when the army is in the field,
!. is a rare thing TO display the STANDARD
: and that anyway il were wiser tina
Z the men who would have to carry tn
9 flags be armed with rifles and he al
) addition to the fighting strength Of tn
: | column.
2 The Gold OF Americans.
. q am convinced that what this coun
: try needs. more than anything else,
> an educa ton along practical lines,
: said an officer Of the expedition who's
duties keep him I'm the van all the tim
and who told Of the apparent chang
n of heart on the part Of the populac
u since the Americans came here an
e began TO spend their money mea
4 that it would be a good thing II fe'
y ! American business men could arrang
o to make a trip through the Off railroa
n portions of Mexico and let the peopl
n OF those sections see them and conVinc