SEMI-WEEKLY
VOL. XXVI, NO 42. $1. PER YEAR.
REIDSVILLE, N. O, AUGUST 8, 1913.
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MEXICAN INVASION NOT EASY, IS
THE OPINION OF ARMY EXPERTS
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(HERE was a time when the gen
eral 6taff of the United States
arm; did think an Invasion ot
Mexico an easy matter. It was
thought then that a tertain ihenomen
al military suet-ess. which landed the
American troops in Mexico City before
the world had thought it possible, could
be repeated at pleasure. Today a dif
ferent Tiew prevails In the war depart
ment. To it is due the fine control of
the governmental temper.
Three years ago everybody would
have laughed at the statement that it
would take 250,000 men to invade Mex
ico effectively, writes George Albert
fkhrelner in the New York Evening
Post. It was the habit then to assume
that a company of Texas rangers could
cross the liio Grande and subdue the
-entire republic Just as fast as their
mounts could cover it: The Mexican
army was then known as a most un
aoldierly aggregate of hombres who
had discarded the rags of the peniten
tiary for the ' cheap cotton trousers,
gaudy tunics and headpieces of the ar
my. In a way this Impression Is yet
lield, though the continuous insurrec
tions and revolutions of the last two
years have modified it in at least one
important respect.
Mexican Can Fight.
It is admitted today that the Mexi
can can fight when he has a mind to
do this. But something is likely to be
overlooked here. The incessant tur
moil has made soldiers out of Mexicans
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AMERICAN OFFICES BIOHTINO RAPID FIKE
GUN OF TYPE NOW IN SERVICE IX THE
ARMY ... ,r."i"VVfcr
who formerly were not soldiers. In the
states of Nuevo Leon, Coahulla, Tam
eulipas, Chihuahua and elsewhere there
(has come into an existence fighting ma
tteriarthat is highly respected by all
(..who know it los fuergos auxlliares, a
iBortgfmounted police, under state su
Jjrvision, that would be heard from
ost disagreeably in case of iLterven-
ion.
The metforniing this contingent are
(probably superior to anything the re
public has in its military establish
ment. The first demonstration of this
was given when, though recruited
tfrom the rural population In the In
surrection districts. they refused to ad
:hero to any but the de facto govern
ment. Like the regular army, this in
stitution recognizes nothing but el go
Jblerno. What individual happens to
jtoe president does not matter. The
auxlliares of Nuevo Leon haunted
(Geaeral Reyes until he thought it well
to surrender, iu spite of the fact that,
this old rebel had hoped to win them
over to his side, as, according to all
precedents south of the Rio Grande,
lie bad good reason to hope.
Strong National Spirit.
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A word must 'lie said here for the re
maining human elements that would
-take up arms. Even the most preju
diced must admit that the Mexican, no
matter what his station in life, is
.warmly attached to his countryhis
republlca. So great is tills love of
country that only the supply of arms
jcould limit the number that would go
.into the field in case of an invasion.
'Since this is estimated at over a mil
lion stands of rifles, there would be
no dearth in that direction. In a
united Mexico, moreover, there would
jbe no lack of ammunition for a long
A jtlme, Tberepubllc not alone has ac
quired large stores of artillery and
s small arms ammunition, but it has also
Ihe mechanical equipment to manufac
rture these in case an inevitable block
ade should make the Importation of
them impossible.
The Mexican array would confine it
"efforts to the most trying sort of war-
iware guerrilla, a sort of military op
jeratlon to which their kinsmen in
Spain gave the name and with which
tthe Mexicans themselves are fully ac
qqainted To-au armr'-organrzed like
that of the United States this Is very
disastrous until such time as the nec
essary modifications are made. Great
Britain, to meet similar conditions in
South Africa, had to convert her in
fantry into mounted infantry, the de
sideratum being greater mobility, but
the change Involved was a slow and
trying one and led to the great protrac
tion of the campaign. The United
States would have to meet the same
problem before it could hope for suc
cess, but the British Infantryman at
least knew how to handle his rifle.
The American militiaman and volun
teer would have to bo taught even
that.
Initial Success Important.
In modem warfare, though this has
been badly overrated, the initial suc
cess is everything. With this natural
ly goes a great degree of mobility. It
Is as necessary to penetrate well into
the country invuded as to win big en;
gagemeuts. With this in view, the
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OENKltAL VICTOBIANO HCEBTA.
general stall of the United States army
has recently revised Its plan of attack.
As l-t fis tho mobilization -of the "ma
netrref ai vision" fn I9li,"iu some quar
ters the opinion was held that an inva
sion from the north was Indispensable,
though secondary to the main move
ment from Vera Cruz and an advance
from Tampico. It is still somewhat
fashionable to seize capitals, though to
tho light of recent experiences It does
not always, serve any particular pur
pose, The present plan jf the war
department provides for a coucentra
tlu upon Vera Cruz'nrol the capital.
mty 5s a bnse for the jTiainattack
upon Mexico c7ty7 The dlstancg be
traversed Is not -verylfreat 294 miles
by the best route. There Would be no
difflctilty landing-' at'' that point a force
sufficiently large to penetrate tothe
capital in time. Brit there axe consid
erations of terrain tl8t.3ii opeja
tlons from this point diTlicUlt. 'tAt Ja
lapaT butei ity-two miles fromhe
cpn.st, the country has already risen
to""nit Altitude of 4,010 feet, or nearly
fifty-seven feet to the mile. Beyond
Jalapa and until Tuebla is reached the
counfrf Is every bit as difficult.
125,(X5a Men Needed, -
It isXdoubtfiif .whether Mexico Cltv
conhl betaken viaYera Cruz with less
than 125,000 men..' The only hope of
the officer in charge of these operations
would He inthe superiority of num
bersthe possibility that an extended
front, or line of attack, would develop
weak spots in the defensive tactics of
the Mexicans. Individual courage Is
a sadly futile thing In a terrain such
as this, and the fortune of war gen
erally is with the man behind the
bonlder up on the hill It is almost
unnecessary to have seen panting In
fantrymen scale heights to understand
this.
Mexico City might be taken via Vera
Cruz in six weeks ff no severe reverses
had been suffered. Seven miles per
day with the country to be carried is
no mean performance.
Xeedless to say, the railroad to the
capital could not be used by the invad
ing forces, and such Is the territory
which the line traverses that In many
places It could be put out of commis
sion for months. The line between
Mexico City and Vera Cruz Is as diffi
cult a piece of railroad engineering as
can be found. The same is true of
most of the other railroads operating
east and southeast of the capital. Es
timating the cost of military operations
at $2 per diem for each man employ
ed, we find that the taking of the Mex
ican capital, outside of the mobiliza
tion expenditure and cost of equip
ment would amount to $12,000,000.
Reverses Possible.
It must be borne in mind, however,
that the case as here presented does
not discount even a single serious re-
Tcrsel" THtlV theremhTSaf gToenT
lodge, the invading army might find
Itself checkmated to such an extent
that weeks would be consumed in the
carrying of points of strategical Im
portance. It must be remembered here
that the American army would fight
uphill from the moment it set foot on
Mexican soil and that every military
crest would be a point of vantage for
the Me xicans. Most of the fighting
would occur in the defiles between the
escarpment walls. With fanatical
Mexican soldiery holding the heights,
this would become bloody work in
deed.." ' ". '. .'--
The diversion movement upon Tam
pico woukl have little value, except it
sustained an invasion across the lower
courses of the Rio Grande, Strate
glcally Tampico is hardly on the
map, and the American military sphere
to be established there would extend
to the north rather than to the west
and south. The country's topography
determines that.
But with Mexico City taken and with
the territory toward the coast cleared
the pacification of Mexico would not
yet have commenced. " To all intents
and purposes that part of the republic
Is as tranquil today as it ever has
been or probably ever will be.
Capture of Capital.
To what extent would the taking of
the capital influence the Mexicans is
now the question to be considered. To
be sure, when the Germans had taken
Paris in 1871 the backbone of all re
sistance had been broken. There are
many instances of this sort of history,
but in this respect the City of Mexico
means so little to the Mexicans that
such a result could not be hoped for.
The pacification of Mexico for that
could be the only reasonable objective
of intervention would have to be car
ried into the most remote parts of the
republic. In that would lie the difficulty.'-
There is the hope, of course, that the
saner element of Mexico would by that
time realize that law and order were all
the American army demanded. But
this Is merely a hope, not well sup
ported by the country's antecedents.
One has to know the intimate history
of political Mexico, from Hidalgo and
Juarez down, to understand how little
Justification there is for such a conclu
sion. The Mexican is not above de-
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, TYI'iCAL MEXICAN SOLDIEllS.
mandlng that . beforeNho would tfeat
with the invader for Li9Njwn good
there would have to be a complete
evacuation. Naturally to thisthe
United States government could not
consent Interminable guerrilla war
fare would be tEe consequence.
An Unpleasant Picture.
With bases established at Vera Cruz,
the City of MeSlco and Tampico, mil
itary operations in the republic would
be less difficult tint before the coun
try could be swept clean of roving
guerrillas and order established the
American army would have to be great
ly augmented. Nothing short of 250,-
000 " Kfcn would " be "needed for this
work, entailing an expenditure of at
least $500,000 per day, or $182,50a,000
In a year."-" .. .';
The claim made now and then that
it would take from 'ten to fifteen years
to subdue Mexico is very extravagant,
of course. Yet the' task might stretch
over three to four yefirs easily enough.
This Is hardly a bright picture, but
it Is the best that can be given of the
subject Probably the cost of pacifi
cation would be not a cent less than
1500,000,000, and casualties 'could not
be expected to number less tnan' 50,000
men killed and Invalided.
Those who may have been unable to
understand the inaction of thegovern
ment can rest assured that the magni
tude of the pacification of Mexico is
fully appreciated by the war depart
ment Intervention in Mexico might
become a retreat or a job badly done. '
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THE FIGHT FOR LIFE OF WALTER
SHELTON IS ON AT COUNTY SEAT
The trial of Walter Shelton, charged
with the murder of his wife, was begun
at the county seat yesterday afternoon,
and is now under way. Immediately
when the case was called the attorneys
in the case assumed their positions and
the selection of a jury was undertaken,
At th time The Rev.ew went to press
the selection of the jury had not been
completed but it is highly probable
that the evidence will be started early
this morning.
The case will probably consume the
rest of the week, there being be law
yers in the case and they will all make
speeches. Argument may be reached
by Friday afternoon, but the impres
sion eeem to be prevail that it will
take uij til Saturday to get in all the
evidence, there being many witnesses
to be examined.
Shelton, it will be remembered, went
to the home of a relative of his wife,
where Mrs. Shelton was visiting, and
had a revolver concealed in a paper
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sack., Ha fired upon her and killed her
aim xt instantly. He was captured a
Jivvijipotes' later by Elmo Moricle, fore
man of Webster's Weekly, and others
who came to Mr. Moricle'aaid in taking
the man.
The venire from which the jury will
be chosen is composed of the following
business men and farmers of Foisy th
couo.ty who are in Wentwofth after be
ing subpoenaed.
T. H. Watlington, Chas. F. Robinson,
Louis Kimel, Arthur W'illard, Charles
Crouch, Bedford Brown, J. Mat Ham,
Charles Robbins, J. Fred Brower, R.
W. .: Nadinjr, Robert Critz, Aldioe Si
Doub, R. Iv. Mendenhall, W- T. Sprin
tie, John B Whisiow Fred. W ' Sellsi
William II. Blank, B. R. Reich, John
M. Taylor, John L. Murphy, J. C. Par
ker, Walter R. Reynolds,' Dan Barton,
Jones B. Merritt, A. J, Robeson, II. L.
Newsum, II. O. Poindexter, J. Frank
Doub, D. A. Shore and Ed. P. Miller.
When Shelton was arraigned in court
Tuesday his aHoraCa) Msjsra. JIcMi,
chael and Htlers, filed affidavits setting
forth the fact that the evidence in the
case adduced at a preliminary hearing
had been printed almost verbatum in
the Reidsville Review, and that on ac
count of the wide circulation of this
paper all over Rockingham it would
be impossible to get a jury which had
not read the evidence and formed some
opinion as to the guilt or innocence of
the defendant. The circulation which
the paper enjoys throughout Cas
well county, it was shown, made it im-
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practicable to get a jury from that coun
ty, and so Judee Lane decided to have
the men come from Forsyth county, in
which the Reidsville newspaper was not
supposed to have so much circulation
and ordered that a venire of thirty
men be subpoenaed.
Accordingly, Deputy Sheriff Gibson
left the county seat Tuesday afternoon
and went to Winston from which place
he subpoenaed the venire' and yester
day morning the gentlemen were in
Reidsville enroute to the county seat.
The trip from Reidsville was by auto
mobiles. The selection of a jury was immedia
tely taken up after the preliminaries
were indulged in. Messrs. Hugh R.
Scott and P. W. Glidewell appear for
the State and are assisting the Solicitor,
Hon. Porter Graves .. , . .. I.
SLAYER OF DEPUTY SHERIFF BAIN
IS NOW IN GUILFORD JAIL
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After a four days' vigilent and un
tiring search Sheriff Stafford found and
arrested? tar Melw j, tke.utgro -who
shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Bain at
Pomona Saturday evennag. He was
placed in jail to await the hearing that
will be bld iu a few days. He admits
being; the man wanted and has
made statements that implicate
others it being accessories after the fact.
Strong talk of lynching the negro was
heard about Pomona Saturday evening,
but it is not likely now that any effort
in this direction will bo made.
McLeod did not in the least resist ar
rest. He recognized the shenH even
before the officers knew that he was the
man they were looking for, and when
the sheriff told him to consider himself
under arrest, McLeod obeyed gracefully,
He was unarmed at the timet and told
tha otlicers he had carried no arms since
the shootings The arrest was. made in
Forsyth county, which may cause tome
to (juesUon Jhe, aQtioa of Guilford's
sheriff, but this is not likely, for a pri
vate citizen may arrest for a felony.
The officers will get 12H") 'reward,
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WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE
LAST ISSUE OF THE REVIEW
Wilmington and Raleigh have been
designated as North Carolina cities in
which Secretary XIcAdoo will place a
part of the money for the moving of
farm crops.
President Wilson has sent to the
Senate the nomination of Josiah
W. Bailey, of North Carolina, to be col
lector of internal revenue for the fourth
district of North Carolina.
Governor Craig declined to grant par
dons to the three University hazers,
convicted in the Orange Superior court
of involuntary manslaughter, and thus
the last chapter of the unfortunate af
fair is written.
Reductions in express rates which
will cost the companies fully $26,000,000
a vear-approximately 16 per cent of
their gross revenue were ordered by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to become effective on or before Octo
ber 15, 1913. Notable reforms in prac
tices also were ordered.
No announcement of policy or further
steps will be taken by President Wilson
in the Mexican situation until former
Gov. John Lind, of Minnesota, per
sonal representative of President Wil
son, reaches Mexico City and familiar-'
zes himself with conditions there. Gov
Lind carries instructions to talk with
prominent Mexicans.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
returned from a three weeks' tour of
the Pacific coast navy yards. "I have
visited every navy yard, station and
training school in continental United
States," said Mr. Daniels. I shall now
let about preparing my recommenda
tions to Congress based upon my obser
vations on both Atlantic and Pacific
coasts."
The Congressional investigation of
Martin A. MulhalPs story of his alleged ,
lobbying activities for the National As
sociation of Manufacturers took on a
dual aspect when the, special House
Committee began grinding a thousand .
letters already introduced before the
Senate .committee . and, prepared . to
cross-examine Mulhat on his claims of
influeece with: various representatives.
The administration currency bill, ,
still further amended in Important par;
ticulars, emerged from the Democratic
conference of the house banking and
currency committee over the protests
'of Representative Neeley, of Kansas;
Eagle, of Texas, and Ragsdale, of South
Carolina. At the end of a lively ses
sion, in which the Democratic objectors
promised to carry their fightlto the floor
of the caucus next Monday, the Glass
bill was approved by a tote of U to 3.
North Carolina's crop report, as is
sued by the Department of Agriculture,
as of July 25 last, holds up remarkably
well as compared with other Southern
and Western states, although not quite
coming up to July 25 of 1911 4d 1913.
On J uly 25, last, thQ average condition
was 77 per cent, an increase of one per
cent over June 25, a month before. On
Jly 25, however, the. tm wM gpt
and on the same date 1911, 87. The
average for the last ten years for North
Carolina, aS of July 23. each year, was
80. North Carolina this year, therefore,
is but little behind the ten year aVef age,
Sentences were imposed upon five
members of the West Virginia Legis
lature by Judge O'Brien in the Superior
Court. They were convicted of bribery
in connection with the election of a
United States Senator early in the year.
The sentences follow: Delegates 8. tT.
G. Rhodes, Rath Duff and H. F. As
bury, six years each in the penitentiary
State Senator B. A. Smith,' five years
and six months and Delegate Davie
Hill, five years. In adition the five are
disqualified for life from holding any .
public office or office of trust. The
sentencing of the men came Bhortly
after Delegate Davie Hill, the fifth to
stand trial on bribery charges, was con
victed of the offense. After the sen-
j tences were imposed an arrest of judg
ment and stay of execution for 90 days
was allowed by the court, to permit
attorneys for the defendants to make
applications for appeal to the State
Supreme Court- More than two months
have been consumed in the trials of
these charges, the first of their kind in
West Virginia.
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