El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-17

chihuahua. Mr.. Lillywhite replied that
thew had no teams nor men available for
that purpose; that they were IN the
midst of their harvest and needed every
man and team to get their grain harvest
ed before the rainy season should de-
stroy it.
Sanjines Makes Threat.
"Gen. Saniines replied that he would
begin by taking Mr.. Lillywhite's team
first and would take enough teams and
outfits to transport his army supplies to
the state of Chihuahua at which Mr.
Lillywhite replied: You Will have to get
them before taking them, and If You
do take them, you viii have to answer
before the American government for hav-
ing done so, for l stand as a neutral with
nv people, and as an American citizen,
and if you take these outfits, you do it
over my protest as SUCH, and then after
considerable parleying, Mr.. Lnlywhlte
offered to sell to the general teams and
wagons sufficient belonging to the col
onies for the transportation OF their mu-
nitiOns and supplies, notwithstanding the
fact that it would leave the people very
short in the gathering Of their grain and
preparing their lands for the coming crop.
Because of these refusals on the part OF
Mr. Lillywhite and the people, conditions
the federal officers became considerably
strained, but nothing Of a serious nature
grew out of these disagTeeable cOndi-
lions.
Revelry and Drunkenness.
"EThe federal officers made no further
demands upon the colonies, and began
removing their troops towards the Chi
huahua line While there were some
conditions OF iHcCcency of a fragrant, ina
moral nature committed in the presence
or sight of some of the colonists, and
some women were insulteG, and especially
on San Juan's day, when the revelry
and drunkenness Of some of the soldiers
led them to shoot up the town and make
things almost intOlerable, l consider
upon the whole with the class of men
that always 90 with a volunteer army,
that the colony and her people got
through the siege very luckily by not
having more serious consequences than
those which happened to them.
I most emphatically and unequivoeal-
" place the blame for the troubles that
have existed. first upon Col Garibaldi,
second upon Willard Haymore, and third
" upon Gen. Blanco, for the following
reasons:
Blames Ganbaldi.
about two months ago / was asked
by the Mexican consul of Ell Paso to 90
to Douglas and the colonies and try and
arrange for transportation and horses
and outfits for this army from Sonora
into the state of Chihuahua. | made a
thorough investigation, and the first man
that l interviewed on the question OF
colOnists' teams was Willard Haymore,
and he said he thought it would be a
great mistake to even think of furnishing
any teams and men for the transporrta-
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Investigation I reported to Col Garibaldi
that he must not count upon transporta-
ton by the eolonists OF materials of war
to the state OF chihuahua; that, in the
first place. the colOnists were foreigners,
and therefore were neutral and desired
to remain so, and in the second place
that they were in the midst of their
harvest and needed all of their available
men and teams for that purpose. l rec
commended that the federals purchase
outfits, and offered my services for that
purpose, 50 that they would not be handi-
capped in their march on the state of
chihuahua. Garibaldi replied: 4 don't
need your services in the matter having
become enraged at an article that had
appeared in the Douglas Dispatch, and
accusing me of being its author, which
was absolutely false in every detail.
Blames Garibaldi and Haymore.
"Garibaldi being in absolute charge of
the preparation, and having been, as 1
have heretofore stated, notified of the
conditions, should have made the neces-
sary preparation of transportation and
no thave left this preparation to the last
moment
Mr.. Haymore I consider more to blame
than anyone else, for the simple fact
that he knew the situation better than
anyone of the other two mentioned, but
seemed to be willing to endanger the
lives and break over every precedent that
the people of the colonies have estab-