Embossed postcard of the flag and coins of Mexico, with fixed exchange rates for major currencies including the German Mark, Austro-Hungarian Krone, British Shilling, Latin Monetary Union Franc, Dutch Guilder, Russia Ruble, Scandinavian Monetary Union Krone/Krona, and United States Dollar. Includes images for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25 and 50 Centavo coins, and 1, 5, and 10 Peso coins.
Mexiko.1 Peso = 100 Centavos.Doppelwärung. Der Handelswert des Silbergeldes hängt von den Schwankungen des Silberpreises ab. Goldmünzen älterer Prägungen kommen als Handelsmünzen im Verkehr vor.Dual currency. The commercial value of silver coins depends on fluctuations in the price of silver. Older gold coin imprints are found in circulation as trade coins.
". . . Troop K, Thirteenth Cavalry, and Troop M, Thirteenth Cavalry, entered Parral [Mexico] 11 a.m., 12th instant. Proceeding was cordially received by higher civil and military authorities. Military Commander General Lozano accompanied Major Frank Tompkins on way to camp.In the outskirts of the town groups of native troops and civilians, following, jeered, threw stones, and fired on column. Major Frank Tompkins took defensive position north of railroad, but was soon flanked by native troops and forced to further retire.About 300 Carranza troops joined in pursuit, and Major Frank Tompkins continued to withdraw to avoid further complications until he reached Santa Cruz, eight miles from Parral. Fighting ceased about fifteen miles from town. Major Frank Tompkins deserves great praise for his forbearance. General Lozano attempted to control his men when fight first began, but failed to."
Excerpt from the April 15, 1916 report by General Frederick Funston, commander of United States troops on the U.S./Mexican border, on the attack three days earlier by civilians and Mexican troops on American cavalry in Parral, Mexico. Pancho Villa, a former revolutionary Mexican general, was defeated by government forces in 1915, losing most of his army. In part blaming the United States, he attacked, seizing a train in Mexico on January 11, 1916, killing 19 US citizens, and raiding Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, killing 11 civilians. The United States sent a force under the command of General John Pershing into Mexico to capture Villa. Venustiano Carranza was president of Mexico. Funston's report further states: 'Reported privately forty Mexicans killed, all soldiers, including one major. One civilian wounded. Americans killed, two; wounded, six; missing, one.'
The Great Events of the Great War in Seven Volumes by Charles F. Horne, Vol. IV, 1916, p. 63, copyright © 1920 by The National Alumnia, publisher: The National Alumni, publication date: 1920
1916-04-12, 1916, April, Mexico, Parral
