El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-02


/ and carrying guard Of about 100 mer,
went south over the National lines
I Friday night, but it was denied with
equal vehemence by Mexican line off
Gals and by officers OF the Army Of
Liberation.
The statement probably was based
upon the fact that q train made up
I OF 13 carloads Of horses and one coach
loaded with men which come up from I'm
Guzman Friday night, was switched TO
the stock yards of the North Western
to be unloaded," said Col Ponce.
The horses and men were part of
! Gen. SalaZar'S command left at GuZ-
man when the advance upon Juarez
was begun, because we had no cars in
which to transport them.
I see that 1T has been said that
the men, about zoe in number, were
a part of BrauliO Hernandez's com
mand, which had been sent into the
Santa Maria country to gather up
horses. That IS not true The facts
are as I have told you and the men
and horses are still in JuareZ."
No Resistance at chihuahua.
News was received at Gen. Sala-
zars headquarters Saturday morning
to the effect that they would meet
with no resistance should they attempt
to enter Chihuahua.
We have been informed that there
are not more than 200 men under arms
in Chihuahua" said Col Ponce. and
resistance should we attempt to Occu-
by the city. We have had no informa-
ton as to the attitude Of Gen. OrOZcO-
We hear that he is still in Chihuahua
and that he stin holds his official posi-
ton with the NaderO government but
he intends to do in the future"
Distributing Clothing.
The distribution Of clothing, consist
ing Of cotton khaki coats and trousers,
shoes, leggings and hats, to the men
continues To facilitate the distribu-
ton, several branch distributing points
were opened up Saturday morning
1t might be thought that the feeding
of an army Of 1000 men, providing the
number given is not exaggerated,
would prove a problem difficult of So
luton, but 1t does not seem to bother
Gen SalaZar and his cOmmissariat
There seems to be an ineXhaustible
supply Of flour and coffee to be doled
out, rather sparingly, it is true, to a
never ending stream OF soldiers from
the store rooms OF the cOmmissary
department on Gale Concrete, near
the plaza Fresh beef was plentiful
till Saturday, but the failure TO arrive
Of several carloads Of cattle expected
from the Galeans district Friday
night has forced the big garrison 10
resort to an almost strictly vegetarian
diet.
Supplies Fro MIL PasO.
Several carloads Of flour and sew
eral thousand pounds Of coffee and
sugar have been imported from Fl Paso
and the cash, with which to pay for
the groceries as well as for the cloth
ing now being distributed to the men,
has been forthcoming promptly The
question naturally arises Where is
the mOney. coming FROM" The customs
receipts, which in normal times aggre-
gate about $1,000 gold per day, are said
to have dWindled TO almost nothing
and had they held up to the normal,
would have been grossly inadequate
to meet the extraordinary expense OF
feeding and clothing 1000 men, to say
nothing OF paying them at the rate OF
81 gold per day, which is what they
are being paid. II the officers are
correctly quoted
Where is Money Coming Front
So far as known, but little money
has been raised" in Juarez 1t is
said that don Juan Terrazas contrib
uted" $1,000 gold to the cause Thursday
last on the occasion OF his enforced
call upon the general in chief Of the
Army OF Liberation Other smaller
contributions are small and the aggre-
made but the contributors were un-
doubtedly actuated by purely patriotic
motives and refuse to let their right
hands know what their left hands did
in the matter At leSsS they are not
taking the public into their conf
fidence through the medium OF the
brother officers are not inclined to Vio-
late any promises they may have made
to say nothing about It
It is said that as a matter OF fact
many citizens have made voluntary
contributions to the cause, but the
contributions are small an dthe aggre-
gate amount received from this source
Comparatively inconsequential The
question as to who is financing the
movement is still an open one
There was a story aflOat in Juarez
Saturday morning to the effect that
the Chinese residents Of the city were
being held up for $3.50 Mex each
and given no receipts to show for it.
The general officers say they know
nothing about the levying Of tribute
upon the Chinese or any Otncr persons
and promised to Investigate and TO
punish the collectors" If found
Telegraph Wires Working.
The telegraph wires TO Chihuahua
along the line of the Mexican National.
as well as the North western, were in
commission Saturday morning. Perfect |
quiet in the state capital was reported
and so far as known, Gen. OrOZcO and
Gov. Gonzales were still holding down
their respective Jobs. The Western
the North Western to handle Its tele-
graph business for the states after II
reaches JuareZ.
While traffic over the National is
suspended north and south OF Chihua-
hua. the North Western is running
trains freight and passenger, on
schedule time. A freight left Juarez
So turday morning for Pearson and the
passenger train due TO reach Juarez
SATURDAY, afternoon left Pearson on |
time Saturday morning.
There was some Idle talk on the Z
streets to the effect that the north
bound passenger train had been com /
Wandered by Maj Ponce (brother OF 4
col Ponce Of Gen. Salazars staff to {
bring his command. numbering about 4
ESQ men. to Juarez, but this was denied +
by officials Of the North Western in /
Juarez
Railroad MuAt Be Let Alone.
Gen. Salazar. on Friday night fele-