Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-19
0rientaIS, Unlike Other Nom
CombatantS, Cannot Retreat
to United States in Event Of
Attack in Town
FEDERALS BUSlLY BUILD
STRONG F0RTIFICATl0NS
Scouts Unable to Discover In
surgentS Closer Than Twelve
Miles; Little Likelihood Of a
Battle Within the Day,
my Morniux journal sps,-s rsa.sa wire,

lBy Mernius Journal spes-s LEASED wirsl
El Paso, Tex, April 1S.--Juarez
federal soldiers brought their fortlfi-
cation construction work inside the
city tonight. After throwing up
trenches and placing masked mortars
outside the city, the commanding Of
ficers drew the men into the business
section of the town and began con-
struction of Notifications two blocks
from the American consulate. and
commanding the railroad yards. All
cars were taken from the yards and
brought to El Paso today to prevent
the insurreetos using them for forti-
fications II they should reach the city,
and the fortlfications erected OF great
pieces of bridge timber were placed
across the end Of the yards.
Port holes were cut out on the
adobe wallis surrounding Cowboy
park. where roplng exhibitions are
held and troops will be stationed be-
hind these barrIcades In case they are
driven back In the city by the insur-
rectos.
Scouts have patrolled tile vicinity
OF Juarez on the outskirts during the
day, but have sighted no insurrectos
closer than Bauche. where the main
army began arriving last night. No
shots were exchanged. According to
the Associated Press correspondent,
with the insurrectos, the main body
has no wreached Bauche, only twelve
miles from Juarez. He says that Ma
dero, al Sapelo. has just disarined
Lazaro Alanls. Inez Salazar and Luis
A. Garcia, three principal officers OF
the liberal party, adhorents to Ric-
ardo Flores Magon, and has arrested
$50 Of their men, who were attempt
ing TO pass to Casas Grandes and levy
tribute on the Mormon colonists
there.
General Navarro sale tonight that
he had knowledge OF the presence OF
the insurrectos at Bauche, but that
his men had been unable to locate
any OF them closer to Juarez. An In
surrccto courier, who came In this
morning, said some Of the rebel COM
mand had moved around to tho west
of Juarez. and were camped at
Rancho Flores, where there Is water,
with a range OF mountains between
them and Juarez. The lnsurrectos
now at Bauche cannot remain long on
account of lack of water.
There is not nearly 80 much ex-
element In Juarez or El Paso since
the fiasco at Aqua Preta The fed
erals are demonstrating their ability
and willingness to fight, and, with the
plans made in Juarez for defense.
American army officers on the Amer
lean side of the river, express the opin-
ion that the insurrectos cannot take
the town.
American Consul l.. u. Edwards In
Juarez, has made arrangements 70
give protection to the Chinese and
Japanese In case OF fight, as these
people are denied the privilege of en-
terng the United states for safety
1t Is stated in official insurrecto cir
cles that there are lust a few less than
5000 insurrectos south OF Juarez
ready for the attack rne commands
of Pascual Oroszeo, Jose de La Luz
Blanco, Raoul Madero and Giuseppe
Garlbaldl are among those concen-
trated ready for the assault. Geribal-
di, who is a grandson OF the Italian
iiberator, Is chief Of staff 10 Madero.
and will lead the lnsurrectos II they
make an attack on Juarez. His chief
win remain at Sapello, twenty-three
miles south OF Juarez, according TO
present plans This morning when a
courier arrived from Madero, having
left the camp yesterday, when things
were going the way OF the insurrec-
tos at Aqua Prieta, the messenger
said that "as soon as Juarez Is taken
we win send some more troops to
Aqua Prlota." Whether II Is the in
tention to bring some OF the Aqua
Prleta troops to Juarez now is not
known.
The army besleglng Juarez, unless
IL can keep the railroad open to the
south. cannot remain IN waiting long.
Weter Is very scarce, In fact there is
none between sapello and Jnarez, and
there is no feed for the horses and
no beef cattle for the soldiers. If the
railroad is operated, the insurrectos
may be able TO bring up supplies from
the south, but even that country has
been secuted over by insurreetos SO
long that there Is little left for forag-
ing. All the American trainmen, who
could get away, have now left the
line of the Northwestern railroad,
which the insurrectos hold, and they
are not believed to have competent
men for handling their trains. The
death of Oscar G. Creighton was q
blow to the insurrcctos as Creighton
was familiar with railroad affairs and
looked after their transportation.
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