The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-11
Following Formal Surrender
of Ell PaSo by Navarro
LATTER TENDERS SWORD
Madero Arouses Both Rebel and Federal
Soldiers to Enthusiasm In Speech
Delivered Shortly After the
Surrender.

Juarez, Mexico, May IL The actual
surrender Of the city to the rebels by
General Navarro took place about one
o'clock yesterday afternoon, General
Navarro giving his sword to General
Garibaldi of the inurrecto army after
the rebels had completely surrounded
the barracks and threatened to annihil-
ate the garrison. His eyes dimmed as
he surrendered, but Colonel Garibaldi
with handshake that bespoke his ad-
miration for the brave fight the federal
leader had made. assured him of the de-
sire of the rebels to afford him every
courtesy. A score of rebel officers ex-
tended TO the federal commander their
sympathy as Mexicans for him and his
men.
There is the same fraternal senti-
ment in the hearts of the entire insur-
recto army for their eountrymen, who
have been defeated, but everywhere are
heard words Of opprobrium for Presi-
dent Diaz, whom they hold responsible
for the loss of life and the suffering
of the wounded.
General Madero, when he arrived in
the afternoon at the corral, where the
federal prisoners are quartered, made
an address of sympathy and encourage
ment, lauding the prisoners for their
bravery and assuring them that in his
heart, as well as in those of his men,
there was no feeling Of enmity
"You fought for General Diaz,' he
said, because you had to, because you
were part Of that system which we
are trying to dissolve In few days,
perhaps, peace win be restored. You
soon will be free, If the war is to be
continued you can have your choice of
being paroled or joining the army Of
liberation In the meantime we shall
treat you as brothers not as foes"
With shouts of viva Madero," the
vat throng of prisoners and insurrec-
tos who gathered to hear him threw
their hats skyward
A few moments later down the
main thoroughfare was heard the gall
loping Of horses and soon the insur-
recto standard, the Mexican national
colors, flashed in the sunlight. Be-
hind 1t rode Mrs Francisco / Madero,
ir., and an escort of cavalry. Her
face was beaming with JOY as she
spurred her horse to the scene Of her
husbands triumph The shouting in
creased as the two embraced and en-
tered the municipal building, now the
Madero headquarters.
The town the federals thought inn
pregnable fell after comparatively
easy effort. The house to house adj
vance and the same deadly fire that
had driven the rebels from their
trenches and outposts early Monday
gaM the rebels an entrance to the
town hardly molested by the artillery
of the federals.
At the close of Tuesdays fighting the
rebels had extensive control of the
town. In the night they discovered
the federal strongholds and by the use
of dynamite bombs and shells raging
confagration and fierce musketry fought
their way to the famous old Spanish
church, a brown colored building whose
high brick fence formed barricade for
the federals. The insurrectos took the
church at midnight.
The federals retired farther into the
city to the roof of the municipal build
ing. the edges of which were filled with
sand bags.
After the attack was renewed early
Yesterday and the rebels had brought
their machine guns within range, the
federals retired to the barracks and in
surrectos by the hundred occupied the
hoiises within 100 yards on every side.
Their fire was rapidly demolishing the
building.
Shrapnel was being poured into the
hollow square of. the barracks Many
federal cavalry horses were killed. The
soldiers crowded the place to its cap
acity, Only few loopholes from which
to shoot at the insurrectos pierced its
sides.
Finally at noon General Navarro
hoisted a white flag He had no al
ternative. He first attempted to send
a messenger to Senior 0bregon, one OF
the go betweens in the recent peace
negotiations asking him to arrange fol
cessation of hostilities or for an
armistice but the rebels insisted upon
immediate surrender.
The gray-haired general TODD in
the doorway of the barracks and re-
ceived General Garibaldi. Raoul Ma.
dero. brother Of the rebel leader
dashed forward with his gun pointed
at Navarro, ready to shoot if Carl
bsldi were hit. Federals and insur-
rectos alike, however, withheld THEN
fire while the surrender was being ar
ranged.
The fighting soon ceased and atten-
tion Immediately was directed to the
dead and wounded The federals in
their humiliation tore off their visor
caps and uniforms and under guard
of the rebels welked deieetedly, half
dressed, down the street to the corral
They numbered about five hundred.
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