The Washington times., 1920-02-08

planted and cultivated fields in its neghborhood-one of
the crops being sugarcan for sugar. moasses and the
muchesteemed 'aguardente, which means fire water
my husband worked in the corn fields in the
fields all day, and after hard days labor was often
obliged to do duty in the hospital at night
permitted to have than starvation ration. We
actually begged knees for food but usually in
van the idea Of captors apparently, being to give
us just enough to keep us alive: . -. .,,,
called tortilas Of maize, ground to meal on stone
was obliged to go the forest and wood with
bringing it to the Indian squaws for their cook fires.
When the squaws sick 1t my business to nurse
them.
but during most of the period of our captivity
served in the hospital ramshackle wooden
building exceedingly dirty and in all respects as insult;
able possible for the housing and OF sick OF
sanitation it offered suggestion whatever.
"Amid these wretched surroundings L worked day
by day. giving medicine and washing and dressing sores;
helping the up and down, into bed and out. They
had never word Of thanks for the service gave but
would screech at that was good, and that did
not do this that it ought to be done.
II could only reply that Nv was doing my my best: ,,ad snd
kill them all, and when Of them died was glad.
"When night came was weary and exhausted that
could hardly stand My feeling Of hopelessness
Everywhere in the camp there filth and the
maladies from which the soldiers suffered mostly
filth diseases. Common among them disease which
they call NAL pinto, sort of leprosy caused by some
sort Of parasitic germ 1t came out in white spots all
Much of the disease due to immortality which is
so common among the native Mexcans that it might be
said to be almost universal Sex reations fairly
promiscuous
"A Mexican If he afford the luxury, has, in addi-
ton to one wife, several 'queridas concubines-as
many he is able to keep Probably than half the
native population Of Mexico is illegtimate.
AT frequent intervals military expeditions sent
out from the camp for purposes Of pllage and murder
When of these marauding trips the robber
chief made round Of inspection every day and to
it that looked after and guarded in accordance
with his orders.
"Whie we were in the camp Carranza sent agent
to Calamayor asking him to join in a against tho
United States He said that he raising army cf
100000 to invade the United States. This in
July 1919 It arranged that the agent to return
with plenty Of guns and ammunition but he did Dot
come back.
ION September IL the chief summoned me to- his
cuartef and told that to carry q letter to his
commanding general Emilio Zapata l said But, that
is a thousand miles away. am too weak from sAarva
ton to make such journey, and have Clothes
"Oh, I'll get clothes for you from the squa VS. he
replied, and I'll see that you have TO eat
1.-THE camp Of Zapata in the State Of Morales.
talked the matter with my husband and M mother
and they advised to take advantage Of tn opportu
nifty to make trip to the City Of Mexico and notify the
American Embassy of our plight Ny mother
brave She said that she would pray for my safe
return, and that she believed we would AL get away
somehow.
80 started for the coast September 16, with an
escort Of six rebels and old squaw erAbang the
Nanchita River in big canoe. On the way we were
stopped by party Of General Felix Ddaz's men-rebes