We Wonder If Villa Has These Conveniences 



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The cook preparing dinner for his waiting, hungry company. He is cutting bacon, the one 

 staple product of the West obtainable in a sufficient quantity for the soldiers. Bacon 

 and canned tomatoes— the latter because of the liquid— are the two table necessities of those 

 who live in a country so dry that to waste a pint of water is to court the undertaker. Great 

 difficulty has been experienced in the Mexican campaign because of the high winds which 

 lash the sand and dust violently against man and beast. It is impossible to move in 

 any one direction in a sand-storm. To prepare food under such conditions requires all 

 the patience and fortitude that soldiers are credited with having 



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