Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-09
VOICES WONDER
Al DEVELOPMENT
FOUND IN VALLEY
MAJOR GENERAL PERSHlNG LEAVES
FOR SAN ANTONIO AFTER IMSPEC-
TI0N 0F-TR00PS ON THE BORDER.
VISIT TO MATAM0ROS FINAL EVENT
OF TRlP--EvENT Is REGARDED
AS CEMENTiNG RELATIONS.

JUST ncioic ieaNihS ycSttIud! aiierHooH
Major General John j. Pcrshing stated
that he had not yet arrived at complete
determination as to the location and con
struction Of cantonments for regular troops
III this district. He minated, however,
that he may announce the location OF these
establishments shortly after he reaches
San Antonio.
General Pershing had concluded trip
of inspection that took him from Point Isa-
bel to Roma and had just returned from
Matamoros, where he was the honor guest
at a luncheon given by the civil and mill
tary authorities. General Pershing and his
aide, Lieutenant jas. l.. Collins. and Col
onel Malvern-iIill Barnum, chief of staff,
left shortly after o'clock for San An
tonic, travelling in private ear with w. q.
Strain, general passenger agent of the
Gulf Coast lines.
Speaking of the Valley, General Per-
shing said:
II am really amazed ut what | saw Of this
rich Valley down here and the many evi-
dences of progress and prosperity. In re-
cent years my border experience has been
upon H., other end, 30 this j. my first trip
to the brownsville country in long while.
This ~ destined to become already H.
Ia great section of country
Geno-sl Pcrshing stated that he had in
>pccted ractically all the troops on the
border IN recent weeks. and that the mill
tary establishments il working along at d
bt,,h fa 20 ..sTs Ia Al
district, he said, are well up to the high
standard.
The banquet given General Pershing
General Parker and a large company of
army officers and civilians was a fitting
climax to a very pleasant trip TO the bor-
der and was heartily enjoyed by General
Pershing and his party.
The American party was met nj the in
ternational bride by the Mexican officials
ut ? o'clock, where all customs and immi-
grafton regulations were waived, of course
The party alighted from their automobiles
at the American end ofthe bridge and pro
ceeded 10 the center, where an informal
levee was held, with company Of soldiers
at attention and Mexican band
playing 'Columbia the Gem Of the Ocean"
Then, to the clicking Of scores Of cameras
and motion picture machines the two par
ties walked to the Mexican side with the
following. Boarding the ears
again, the trip was quickly made to the
Teatro Reforma, where all was in readiness
for the banquet.
General Pershing was given the seat of
honor at the head Of a long horseshoe ia
BILE, and on his right in the order named sat
Colonel Gonzales. Matamoros commander:
J. u. CARA, Mexican consul Colonel Nal
vern Hill Barnum, chief of stat, Fort Sam
and J. III. Johnson. American
consul. On his left sat Judge Il. T.. Fcrto.
Spanish vice consul; General Parker COM
manding the Brownsville district: Colonel
Chapa, engineering corps, Mexican army
Colonel Grote lIutcheson. II. =. A.; and
Martin Espinosa, former city official of
NIatamoroS.
During the progress Of mn excellent wild
game dinner well served. several ila>hlight
pictures Of the gathering were taken. The
galleries were filled with interested onlook
ers who joined in the applause following
each speech
Consul Cara spoke feelngly Of the
splendid relations existing in the old days
when friction and racial felin- were un-
known, and voiced the hope and belief that
Iherse days were returning and that new
rra was dawning for the people on both
sides of the river. Mr.. CARA spoke IN Eng
ish.
In a polished address delivered in Span
sh Colonel Chapa reviewed the history of
since the death of Madero the American
people were slowly beginning 10 realize the
real import Of the Mexican revolution and
we're coming into closer sympathy with
he aims and aspirations of the Mexican
Dcope lie declared that they were fight
M for the same democratic rights and
deals that the United States had enjoyed
Tor more than a century. Colonel Chapa'~
speech was filled with historical reference
md striking illustrations that showed him
% be student and scholar.
He was followed by Martin Espinosa,
IoTiiltf tlllEtH ol DIoNHSNit, bul now Nv
ng in Matamosos, who delivered a brief
automatically worded address that made q
splendid impression on his hearers.
General Pershing made his introduction
n Spanish, and then spoke III English.
With Judge Il. &. Forto interpreting. Ills
address follows:
at gives me very great pleasure indeed