The Archive · 1930

AMERICAN VIGNETTES

Warfare Heretofore American interest in Brazit has been centred largely in the commer country. cularly fond of Brazil except from a pecuniary point of view and certainly are rot vitally conceive with the recent political fracas Nevertheless hundreds of Americans enlisted in the Brazilian army and did their unsolicited bit to put an end to the Revolution. Many of them love to fight and just can' keep out of a scrap if there is one available. For others it was adventure and a chance to make up for not having been old enough to fight the World War, But for the majority it was one solution to the unemployment perplexities which are sweeping over the erstwhile land of milk and honey, Soldiers are guaranteed three square meals a day at least and a man might well die with a fall stomach a3 starve to death.

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