The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-26
MEXICAN REBEL ARMY
is APPROACHING JUAREz
Citizens Are Preparing To De-
fend City Until Madero's
Troops Arrive
FL PAso, Texas, Feb. 2G.--Juarez
today awaits an attack and Is pray

FL PASO, Texas, Feb 26.--Juarez
today awaits an attack and Is pray
ing for the arrival OF Col. villa who
Is rushing north with a force OF 500
to defend the city against the COM
bined forces OF the Nasquista rebels,
numbering LOO Colonies CampE
Roias and Salazar rebel leaders.
who effected a junction OF their :
forces early today. ~ miles south OF
Juarcz. are advancing on the city.
vita and his troops are still more
than 90 miles away. having left villa
Ahuamada, SO miles south on sunday
afternoon.
Meanwhile the citizen guards or
Juarez, numbering about 400. are pre-
pairing to defend the city until Villas
force can arrive One hundred rifles
and 10000 rounds of ammunition
were taken into Juarez last night by
the Mader'sta authorities. the am
munition having been sent across the
border by L. c. Llorente. Mexican
consul here.
The coming OF Villa will make Ger.
tain a severe battle at Juarez. even
though the Vasqustas take the town
before he arrives. Five hundred
Americans here today were commits.
stoned by Sheriff Peyton Edwards TO
carry arms and TO defend American
lives and property In the event of a
Juarez engagement Feeling here is
that the battle may not occur before
late this afternoon or tomorrow
With force OF 10 0rebels alreany
encamped at Bauche, IL miles south
oil Juarez, under command OF Col.
Emilio Campo, and 200 more under
command of Colonies Antonio RoJas
and lneZ SalaZar enroute there. the
capture OF the city by Vasquistns
seems certain Although trains bear
ing the Twenty.second United States
infantry and a battery OF field ar'.l.e
lcry from Fort Sam Houston at San
Antonio arrived today, Campo de-
clares Juarez will not be attacked up-
I'll after proper notice has been given
and demand has been made for the
towns surrender. there Is a feeling
that the three rebel leades may adj
vance at any moment.
Col Campo told newspapermen that
the combined rebel force would adj
vance as soon as Colonies Rojas and
Salazar arrives. He declared he ex-
pected the city 10 surrender without
resistance, as II is without an ade-
quate garrison, but that, II II did not
surrender. bullets would certainly DO
used He promised however, thar
the advance would be made from sucii
direction that no bullets could fall
into FL Paso.
Campo declared that the Vasqulstas
have every reason TO believe that Gen.
Orozco will assist them in overturu'
ing Madero, but he denies that they
favor Geronimo Trevino for the pro-
| visional presidency. He said Trevino
is too old and that the rebels will ac-
cept nobody but Emilio Vasquez
Gomez.
Campo declared the Vasquista
forces have about 1000 calavry and
700 infantry which will attack Juarez.
They have five field guns. He pre-
dicted, after the surrender of Juarez,
the rebel army will leave a small
garrison at Juarez and proceed south
| TO Mexico City.
Col. Steever. commanding the Unit
ted States troops here, ordered prac-
tieally his entire force TO patrol the
border and be prepared for emergency
in the evetn of a battle across tho
river.