The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-14

Clements stated. Under our Hgrce-
mcut with The MVN,can government
We were not permitted To- enter amy
ut Tho Citlt uf towns iu The section
Of country through which We passed
That meant tUt Ws were MOI pore
mittod to take shelter or to billet our
selves in the homes ur other buildings
of Tho people. d weather WtD. vs-
trcmolv coli hccnIsc th, time waH
March and wr were az VA elevation.
sometimes of from u, 600 tp $500 feet.
vet we slept on toe ground and In the
cral Per hing Jared us did the others
of us in the expedition.
General sleeps on Grnund.
OWNS To- tack Of transportation
tli after the motor trucks had been
bought and placed I've commission,
some three months after we flrsi en-
tered the country. we had no tcnts
but the common or garden variety OF
pup tent slept t1S nights on the
ground n al that the commanding
general Of the expedition almost
matched me. lie got his cot three or
four lays before 7 got MN The
s~un-bultcd earth of NcXico Is hard
n In many places b. very rocky,
set never heard him complain.
He had q striker 1t is true and
when iu camp he had "a cook but !
have seen him separated from both
and max less fuss about n than she
average second lieutenant would have
done The night after the battle Of
Guerrero during which villa aud an
escort cscapcd. We reached san tero-
nimo .t night and IN uf the worst
SNOW storms % evCf seen u u
mad not been for Che agreement TO
not ocUupy the uuHpS or Other build
ings of TN" people of the couutrF We
might have found shelter IN thc vii
laEc az Hacienda.
Igtcd Iiis own BACON.
General PcrshiuE had come from
h%eadauartcf, to consult the Officers
Of the command which had partiCi-
putcd 90 the fight. lie had % guard
with him. but uOne Of the comforts
in the way Of cooks or strikers. That
did not fcazc him or cause him to
violate Huy portion Of the agreement
IN order that he or the men uf his
command miEht be more comfortable.
lie fried his lit OF bacon IN a mess
tin borrowed from "a soldier % toast
ed u few bits OF hard tack from his
own emergency ration IN the hot
bacon grease
Had Much Experience.
Mr.. Clements has had % strenuou'
career. lie has been q farmer. lum.
Der lJck. river runner. railroad man
lie has travelled much, his work as q
travelling reporter having taken hin
to practically every section 81 tht
globe. Ills first assignment as a va
% correspondent" was received nv lhN'
when. while waiting i'm he harbor o
Gun<ara. Venezuela. Tor the out.ittini
OF an exploring party which was gOinl
j. to the falls of the OrinoCO he 10
wind of "a revolution boz the intcriol
and hastcncd to JOIN the rebels an'
remained with them tll they over
threw the government and entered
Caracas. the capital ot the country
With the fighting 40 Am end II wa
deemed safe for the explorers 40 MAXI
their proposed trip to tho nllH. Dpui
tho arrival of the explorers az th'
mouth of the Ortnoco upon thor re-
turn. Clements heard of % revolution
IN the United States of Colombia du'
went hy WAY OF Colon AMI the Pan
down the coast To- palmlra. He Wd
turned go Colon and from There q
CaItdgeuu Ou the caribbean .nu lu
hy that dine thc revolution was "a
an end and elements went TO Sic
urtugua 10 Investigate 1 little diHtut
bauco which some malcoutents na'
stirred up in that RESTLESS republic
Bach 10 Mexico.
Revolutions n Honduras and Guu
tcmala were mex investigated and Io
ported and in June. 1854 Clement
found himself in The CITY Of M"Nic
iu time TO witness and 10 rcpoJ, th
capture of the Mexican capital D
the late porfirio Diuz. tie rcturuo
go The Emitted States and began IN
study Of the geography of the coun