Evening star., 1924-10-05
TRAINED BRAZILIAN
TROOPS INDICATED
Nation Learns Value Of For.
eiun Methods in Putting
Down Rebellion.
by ti.tl Dt' q PIXIE.
Correspondence ur Tue S'a~ sud ;he III cago
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n'l" News
$40 PhUf,r Rra2i'. Nn>ust -
E"azil ha% l.. "nni SOW" >" -Hns from
the recent upri: 'nv in th'' 'ir". on"
"f the most important :. ~" ""iur
of foreign trairn~s for Ia RrAzil'au
naval and military forces. TIL"
troops that cav, tn" hr { nccorn' o.
th"mse Ives in .unp"c sxin~' the i'm ,ur
r"rtior Wcre those from no T. wEcr"
there are f"rriGn 1rfru"tn-- Tho
marines. unGrr o. e~v ION Of t"r
American np-np' mi. .iC'. are siVen
credit frr onpin- n 'HvanCe %
the rehci& af'"r th"y hi driven tn"
government t~oop. frn'' IN IT. $40
T'auio harrark. r"G il ~ uceu 20"
the LITTLE foe" pf mi. .: ~ II
east side of = ntr> il i& -" 'ahie that
the rchc!s w"Iid ha"r ."&cn that
city. rebel sympathy 'he~e Ie'na
strong. The marine ia. "de the pick
Of tn, youth o. Erazl
SOM of The l-r:,:..Iion army :
French train,d. one could re oen.Za
Tia" difference between the troop
from pusts aion2 the ,"aS, having
French Instructors arG the troops ar
riving from distant in'and points.
The latter did not haNa the map and
enterprise apparent liz the troops un-
der French instructors
In>~e- Of Revolt.
Early estimates c- property ia N
a-c and Industrial 70 : riom the in
&urr"ction ran-c from >25.On00n to
S;n 000 Gao Many believe thc figures
viii l.. large when rat survey hi; :,
boon completed
Thcrn arr. prob bly, ZOO civilian,
dad and many hundreds have hen
Mounted. The dead ana woun!"d in
The combat for.e< have not heeE
rade know n and u,oh by never vi
ta y, thor viii tns rau.e- ~ ali the
dead ever be kHon Relatives OF
som, uf thu,r who .ulE"i ;he rthe!
cause pI"UIhly viii never know
whether they Wer, Killed or have
taken to their heels to esrPdc capture
and imprisonment.
1t is generally a=reed that the
heaviest tndi> iduaI loss is tina; of the
Cr"fi.i textile miIls-rrlm s2.0un. .Uop
I" f2.nhh."n0 This plant. one Of tir
most modern uf is kinn in thn world
WAS n Ken "Nar hy the l. -oei~. and t1e
government sholl.d il to dr.vr them
ont. Tin bursting shells 81 the m;i
on tirn and tie gred'rl part 81 il
burned. throwing 5000 employee ou
a. vurk.
Nearby i the hug ,laut Of tn
Antarctic, brewery. . 50 badly dam
aged The rebels made it one of then
uutpuStf and il hecdrr@ target for
federal sunnerS.
EapIosinnS. Firr and Loot.
The big -four. mills Of the Matarazzo
company. probably the largest in
Brazil. have been put out of ope ra tiu n
for some time Some portions were
wrecked by shells. others We're de-
stroycd by fire and the contents as
we'll as the contents Of most of the
other -four mills in the vicinity. were
looted by the mubs.
No important damage is relorted to
American industrial property from
Shclling.
There is hardly 4 factory in the
zone where the fighting was hottest
that was not DANA ged. Some were
destroyed by fire. while their maChin-
cry and equipment We're wrecked by
exploding shells. The various rail-
road stations in the lighting centers
we're wrecked Ivy shells or by fire.
Freight and baggage that were not
destroyed were stolen. In all the
railroad Yards freight cars were
burned or were demolished by shells.
Cars were broken into and looted.
Small groceries and stores of all
kinds whose owners fed to save their
lives, were emptied by the looters
All along the streets. where there
vas fighting. the steel shutters, 50
common for the doors and windows in
South America. were riddisd with
bullets.