El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-15

ground when occupied by the
rebels can only be attributed 10
the fact that the army OF occupation
was led by Gen. Salazar, rather than Dy
Gen Campo. The latter was sore after
his defeat Of Tuesday, April ? he ndd
been told when he was attacking FAR
raj that not only was the place ue-
Tended by Nilles army, but that the
best citizens. including the foreign
ers were armed and would DO all 'Iheg
could 70 prevent the capture or the city
by the Liberals even TO the extent OF
going onto the firing line On MS way
from Baca to Jlmenez by speclal tram
Tuesday night, April ?, Gen Campo said
10 The Herald's representative that
when he went back he would make the
people Of Parral. and particularly the
money for Villas defence OF the town
sorry they had been born
1t is history that Campo didn't go
back Gen. OrOZcO wanted an eNpla-
nation OF the famous retreat, ana WINE
Campo was making IL Gen SalaAdE
would try 10 suppress Villa and capture
Parral. The story that any rancOr was
exhibited by Gen Campo when told
that he had been supplanted tempora-
rily a least by Gen. SalaZar, IS not
founded on fact. i was the guest OF
Gen. Campo on his special from Baca
TO JimeneZ Tuesday night, and was
with kim when he met Gen Orozco al
the latter's headquarters in JimeneZ
and Campa was in the most ordinary
converse tiOnal tone Campo naturally
did not like the idea or being deprived
OF command at THAI critical Junclur 2,
but he admitted that he made a mis-
take and appeared satisfied to be given
an opportunity TO make an explanation
There was no loud talk, no Shaping OF
Orozco's jaW-OrozcO IS a man who
would resent having his face slapped,
and If Campo felt like Shaping Il ne
fCrbOre
In his attack on Parral Gen. salazar,
despite the fact that he has had no
military training. displayed. rare sa-
gacity as a strategiSt. de attempted
10 take his men TO Comera by tram,
out while the train carrying the artll-
lery had successfully negotiated the
shoe fly built around the burned
bridge west Of Baca, the IifSr troop
train vac derailed and we were forced
to 20 into camp for the night and at ;
a. m. Thursday detralned men ana
horses and began the long march 10
Parral For 10 pesos ] bought a horse,
saddle and bride from a soldier who
had a severe case Of cold feet and got
TO Comera with the vanguard at noon
Gen. Luis Fernandez, who was IN
charge Of the trainlOad OF artillery
and Infantry which has negotiated the
'shoo fly" successfully the night be-
fore, was there waiting for US. AFTER
resting and feeding our horses and
after Gems. SalaZar and Fernandez nad
OF. 4
begun. There was some fear that the
tunnel On the railroad between Gomera
and Maturana had been mined but a
party of scouts sent out Dy Salalar
returned to say that they could find
no evidence Of mining and the tr9t1
went through In the meantime Sala
zar began feeling out the approaches
70 the city 10 miles out. The cavalry
gradually melted away, as In squads OF
from 20 to 100 meu Il darted hither and
- -
around the town At two O'CLOCK
Thursday afternoon we were fired upon
by q bunch CT five or six men at Los
Animas, 4 little village in abe hills
about SIX miles out OF town 1t brought
Us up standing for minute, but as the
men fired they cult the village and ran
fO- -he city down a little valley with
about so men in pursuit. Whether or
not any were killed or captured 1
never knew as in the meantime
the artillery train had rc1Ci.2J Natura
IA and a long range bombardmet.t OF
the city Of Parral had begun One
thing we did learn from the attack
made uDou os at Les Animas was that
Villas men were REQ ribbons on their
hats anu on their aims and Gen Sala-
"a caused an C-Cel TO be Sent all
alDne the lire 70 take off the red
badges worn by the Liberals.
The fighting soon became general
and one place seemed to be about as
safe as another. At seven o'clock that
night 1 found myself with G. A
the representative of the Unit
ed Press, attached to a bosch cf un-
mounted cavalry under eOuliuRod OF
Capt. Dreben. the American machine
gunner. in the yards OF the Mexican
lines. They were going into
the city and invited US TO go in with
them. Having nothing else TO do we
accepted the invitation. We fought our
way in till we reached tho Hotel Cos
where we were stopped by
some of Villas men on the roof Of
church and were forced TO retreat. On
the way back a bullet whizzed by me
pretty close and I ducked behind
narrow porch which jutted out into the
street The fellow shooting at me
was persistent Every once In while
I would peek out to see il he was there
and every time 1 peeled he would let
drive at me. Finally / heard some one
ask in broken Spanish what he was
doing there. ] recognized Drebeu's
voice and called to him and he released
me. The man who haG been shooting
at me apologized TO me ablecuy for his