1895 
Acapulco 
(Guerrero) 
well over the effects of my illness at Chllpaneingo. 
In Acapulco are stationed 1500 soldiers •which are held as a menace 
since the insurrection in this region, the fall of 1893* The presence 
of these troops has added to the general unhealthiness of the town. 
The soldiers are followed by their women and soma children and these 
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camp about in all manner of shelters and are seen cooking messes of 
food far their men over little fires in owners and sheltered places 
near the quarters* These women have the reputation of being great 
thieves and are said to steal all manner of small articles that they 
encounter about town* The soldiers are also equally bad as they are 
largely made up of criminals who are forced to enlist* During our stay 
at Acapulco several parties, one consisting of between 20 and 30 men, 
were brought into town under a strong guard and were enlisted. These 
are mainly men taken from jails, about the country, where they were 
confined for various offences and were released and brou^it in by the 
recruiting party sent out to get a new supply of men. These men desert 
at every opportunity. % assistant was going along a trail at the foot 
of the hill beyond town on© morning when a soldier came running by, gun 
in hand and panting, with a soared look on his face, and as he came un¬ 
expectedly upon Goldman he exclaimed "You have not seen a soldier 
running away with a gun near here have you?" and, not waiting far a 
reply, continued his flightj directly after getting out of sight along 
the trail he turned into the thicket and was not Seen again. 
During my stay here the soldiers were drilled on an open space along 
the seashore and a narrow stone walled opon ditch about 18 to 24 inches 
wide crossed the drill ground. The company of Rurales here were taken 
aoross this small opening many times and never without from one to 6 or 
8 of the horses falling in this insignificant ditch which was so narrow 
that the Infantry inarched across it without breaking their step. It 
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