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Show THE MEXICAN CLIMATE AND OUR SOLDIERS Peoplo who saw tho boys of the army after their return from Cuba In 1S0S never question tho saying that war Is hell. Tho grisly yellow pallor pal-lor of thoso faces was a plcturo that does not die out of the mind. Cuban malaria killed mon soldiers and Involved In-volved moro pensions than any Spanish Span-ish bullets. , In caso tho war with Moxlco Is pushed to the limit, one of the most Important factors Is the effect the climate "Will havo on our forces. Mexico Is commonly considered n tropical country. Yet most of Its territory lies qt such high elevations "that this "conception Is far from correct.' cor-rect.' Along the seacoast there Is a good dealt of malaria. Yet It Is evident that the Mexicans are not going to conduct much offensive fighting within with-in reach of tho long arm of our warships. One of tho very most Important things to bo reckoned with, In fitting fit-ting out our men, should they be sent to Mexico City, Is tho remarkable remark-able extremes of heat and cold. At noon on theso uplands, temperatures of 90 aro common. At night tho thermometer ther-mometer Is very apt to fall to 35. This rapid alternation Is a strain on tho tenderfoot. Travellers always speak of tho piercing bitterness of this cold morning air in a country In which stoves nnd furnaces aro rare Tho peons crawl out of doors at dawn to catch tho first ays or tho1 sun;, which thoy call tho 'poor man's cloak.' Undo Sam's hers should havo coats nearly as warm as would bo required for campaigning In thq winter at homo. In tho main Uie Mexican uplands aro .healthrul and offer fow climatic perils. Some New York business men have been quitting tho stifling heat of their northern city In the summer, for the highlands of thcso nearly equatorial lands, with tho feeling that-the quango Is tqnl5.v Cer-' talnly tho forces of nature aro much 1eso averse to our soldiers than thoy were In Cuba. t at la |