Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-30
OFFICERS WHO KNOW TACTICS
 REBELS NEED
Have Proved Best Fighters, But Have Failed to Take Advantage of Chances 10 Strike Blows

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 That Mexico faces a serious situation cannot be denied. That it is gener- al, is not truth. The alarmist re- ports that 1t is a general revolt are as far from the truth as the govern ment reports that 1t is only few bfnd is and robbers in the field. The uprising is confined to one state save here and there a smal erup- ton occas. .onal y from a small band Of men who are quickly subdued- and that it is a serious proposition Is evidenced by the energetic meas urss taken by the Mexican federal government to put down the trouble.
 That the affair is much more of T. rebellion than the Mexican officials looked for is evidenced by their in ability to crush it out at cnce as was promised and s'r,phesied.
 That the "rebels" are incapable O. making any great C cunt of troub- le is evidenced by their lack of gen eraJ5hip and their tactics in allow ing themselves to be trapped, for trapped they are un ess they display more tact anS ability as ldiers in future than they have in the past. Having thrown to the winds the op portunitie,s that presented themselves to them early in the beginning. by retreating to the hills and allowing the federals to surround them and cit or their supply of ammunition. they must certainly fall eventually unless s-ne new and particularly brilliant leader pilots them to vic tory or some laundering federal com mander permits them to escape.
 The revolt is confined absolutely to that section of Chihuahua west Of the city of Chibuahua and south of Fl Paso with the exception of a small region in northeastern Chihua- hua near the Texas border) In this region the entire untry may vir- tually be said to be in revolt. Very few adult Mexicans in the entire reg ion are in sympathy with the govern ment except some Of the 2 hacien. da owners. Many not actively in the saddle in the cause of the insurrec tos are secretly their friends. Many are n3t in action because of lack of arms; many others for other reasons but the almost unanimous sentiment of the native population in the affect, cd region bs rebellious. The insur. rectos are at home and are fighting n their own chosen ground. They have their families aud friends to feed them and give them shelter and help them to spy upon the fedora S: they are all good riders and are ac- ChstQmed to the mountains; they know their country like a city pol iceman knows his heat.
 At present they have plenty of am. mun.u n, but when they expend the supply and the question arises where will they get more?" They have drawn the federals into the TountaiEs as they said they would, NS s-cLA at q At cat AlCttlN daltAE9 OIi ir,5urgent territory, but in dra wing them in, the insurgents have drawn about themselves 2 cordon of guards that absolutely cut of their supTs' of ammunition. They have not a port of entry through which they can bring contraband. They are guarde on every s'de. Soldiers from Son,
 "a guard in the rear; soldiers from Durango guard on the south: SO d'ers from Chihuahua hem then in on the east asi the soldiers from Juarez and other border towns, and tinted States Ieace officers are watch Ing the b rder 50 that all Sources of supply are cut of from that direc' ton. The rebels are at home, buI at the rate in which they are using up ammunition, they vii soon be without the necessary sinews of war and then the end Of their cause can well be seen.
 This condition is on the presTn1rr | ftOn fndL IDe EeDtiS VIII hOl oc oei1 to show any better generaleh'p to date and that the federals will make no blunders and allow them to es- cape.
 The insurrectos have had ever chance to show their generalshfp; to do for themselves and they have failed. It is true that in every bat tie fought so far. the rebels hays either been the victors or have . least fought a draw with their ad
 versaries. but all the fights hay been give and take" affairs; n' rsvsntage has teen taben of an! ground gained. The federals hay' shown no brilliant generalship eft CT: in fact the federals have shovI a great deal of stupsdityhey hav' --aIkes into traps and they hav' been slow to take the feld-but the, have never had the opportunitie presented to them that the rebe'