El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-25
OROzCO WILL.
WIN SAYS
DREBEN
American Machine Gun OPP
orator With Rebels Says
the End Is Afar Off.
THINKS HUERTA WILL
BE DOUBLE CROSSED

Sam Dreben says the revolution in
Mexico is just starting. Sam is the
machine gun operator with the rebels
| who is in Ell Paso for a weeks rest and
some regular food. Having taken part
in practically all of the engagements of
the present revolution with the excep-
ton of the second battle of Rellano,
Dreben has goou line on the Mexican
| situation as it exists at the present
\ time.
'Bachimba will not be a decisive en-
| gagement," Dreben says. mo matter
! what happens there, whether Orozeo wins
/ or is defeated, the revolution will 90
on. Neither will OrozcO's men break up
/ into small bands to 90 to the mountains.
I Should Huerta win the battle of Ba-
/ ehimba, which is no way certain, Orozco
, will double cross him, proceed to the
| east and west and double back toward
Torreon, where Huerta's communication
VIII be cut off to the south.
"In case of defeat Chihuahua will be
abandoned and Juarez will be the objee-
tive point of one part of OrOzco's men.
Probably 1000 men will be sent to the
border town to hold it against any force
of federals and a big fight will probably
take place there. 0roZco himself with
his main column viii proceed south to-
ward Torreon and once there Huerta viii
be in the position of a man who has
been cut off from his line of communica-
ton and in a hostile country. There viii
be no chance of the federals taking
Juarez. That is sure. There have been
four machine guns brought to Juarez
during the last two-davs and these. with
the artillery stationed there, viii be
equal to any that the federals may bring
from Aqua Prietr
No Ammunition Shortage.
"All this talk about Orozco being out
OF ammunition is foolish. Each man
at Baehimba had between $50 and 800
rounds of ammunition when I came
through there and a carload was brought
from Sonora the day I left How does
Zapata get his ammunition? Well,
OroZco is getting his the same way.
There was only once that we were out
of ammunition and tnat was at Iona
when L was commanding a company of
men as first captain, and we were short
of ammunition when fighting Gen. BIan-
quet. But there is no shortage of am
munItlOn IN the rebel army and none Is
anticipated. As for supplies. that is an
easy problem, There are plenty of cat
tie and cattle is all that is needed bv
an army in the field. We lived for
weeks in South America on raw beef,
and with the supply of corn the Mexicans
have no trouble in living. There is prae-
tically no sickness in the rebel army. !
The camps are changed often enough so !
that there IS no DANCE of camp infection, |
keeps them in good physical condition.
Says 0rozco Has 5000.
'OrozcO has between 5000 and 5000 /
men at Bachimba- there are II cannon |
with plenty of homemade ammunition.
Orozco has eight machine guns and Is |
OF the deadly air bombs with materials I
for making 100 OF more in a short time. !
Should Huerta attack at Bachimba pass |
he will meet with sure defeat It is a |
splendid strategic point and commands !
the railroad for three and one-half miles. |
The rebel forces are entrenched on each 4
side of this pass and command the rail- |
road line completely.
"Huerta might be able to drag his ar
tlllery and cavalry ound to the west /
or east, but this would be a difficult 1
problem during the present rainy season.
A small force OF men cou. / cripple his |
draft teams by expert sharp Shooting /
and disable his entire artillery command. /
Unless he goes through Bachimba pass
Huerta cannot bring up his trains. for
they would be burned as soon as thew
were left. unless he placed heavy guard
around them. We believe he has 5000 |
men, and he will need every one of these |
before he takes Bachimba. Without
trains he would be helpless in that conn.
try. Baehimba pass itself is rock
shelf which could be filled with rock
by using dynamite to loosen the over
hanging rocks. The thanking operations
which Huerta Is attempting is going to
prove a difficult task, as the rains will
Interfere with the passage of cavalry and
Infantry and Orozeo could easily send a
force against any flank movement which
might be attempted. The idea that the
revolution has failed is i wrong. It is
Just starting and is getting stronger
every day. [ know, for I have been in
the field and can judge
Is Philadelphia.
Dreben is an American, his home being
in Philadelphia. He has been with the
rebels, together with Tracy Richardson,
since the army took the field south of
Chihuahua. He has been in the ten most
important engagements, excepting the
second battle of Rellano, when he was
with Campo carrying on a thanking cam
palgn against TOrreon. He was responsible |
Tor the effective work of the machine
guns at the first battle of Rellano, when
the rebels routed the federals under Gen. !
Salas, who afterwards committed sui.
eide. Dreben was in both battles of
Parral, and was left by Campo and his
men to get his machine gun sway the
best possible way under a withcrinI fire
from the federals Had it not been for
George H. Clements, the American news
paper correspondent, Dreben says he
would never have saved the gun.
Calls Campo Coward.
Dreben has but one term for Gen.
Emilio Campo, that Is Coward" He ran