People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1895 — Mexico Buying War Munitions. [ARTICLE]

Mexico Buying War Munitions.

City of Mexico, June 19.—The report that this government has placed an order in Europe for 80,000 new rifles and 80,000,000 cartridges has caused much comment in military circles. The visit to England of Capt. Brenton, commander of the corvette Zaragoa, in connection with the alleged purchase of two new warships for the Mexican government is an item of interest in tills connection.