Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-27
AFTERMATH OF BATTLE.
Little Evidence of Carnage, But Indi-
 cations of Executions.


 Fl Paso, Texas, Nov. 26.-One hun l dred and eighty-four wounded men are 1 in the Juarez hospitals tonight as a result of the unsuccessful federal att ] tack on Juarez.
 l Pancho Villa and 5000 rebel troops l are back in Juarez. South of Juarez 1 for IS or 20 miles there are no rebel l soldiers. Villa says he has some far l ther south, and that the city is well guarded against reappearance of the 1 enemy
 i Villa captured a number of federal 1 field pieces and military train He ! said yesterday that he captured 500 1 federals. Today he brought less than 200 to Juarez- He admits executing some of them. Apparently the great i est number of dead as a result of the 1 fighting are those who faced the firing squad and paid the penalty of support l ing the Huerta cause rather than that of Villa, Madero or Carranza- A trip 1 over the battlefield today failed to re- veal but few dead bodies.
 Bodies With Hands Tied.
 1 Plenty of empty cartridge shells and exploded shrapnel were found on the l field Two newly made graves were seen near Mesa. where Villa had his | Headquarters, and two bodies were loaded on a train at Mesa late today by : rebel soldiers Both of the bodies had the hands tied and each evidently died at the handsspf the executioners. These were the only dead or evidences of dea q seen on the field.
 Ample evidence of activity was ap- parent today in the recent locations of the two armies. but the field was no more strewn nor Uttered than would have happened if any big encanlprnent of men had been made there for two or three days. Rebel soldiers explain ed that the federal dead had been gath cred up and buried, and they pointed off beyond the hills. If there were many federal dead as a result of the battle, other than executions, the rebels car ried them aL great distance across the country to bury them, On some hills Where federal cannon had been planted there were dead horses and many tracks where men, horses and cannon had wheeled about. There were also piles of discarded rifle shells in the trenches, but there were no traces of freshly turned earth that would indi- cate graves In the territory where the rebel lines and Notifications lay. the two newly made graves near Mesa and the two bodies were all that ap- peared to sight There were other dead for r-e4be1S with spades came in from remote sections of the field, but the death list is not heavy The general EeliGf is that most of the i men who filled the graves were meE who were shot alter capture.
 The Volunteers Executed.
 The rebels admit executing prisoners who had volunteered for service with the federa1s. The rebel army riding into JuaFez today from it's victory south of the city exhibited many souvenirs of the conquest. Some of the soldiers wore the blue uniforms of the late fed erals, divested of their brass buttons and army insignia Many Of the rebel officers wore capes and coats of federal officers, and one of the rebel captains wore new cap of a federal officer On the whole, however, the rebels had not decorated themselves with many o4 the spells of war They admitted rH- moving the uniforms of the men they executed before shooting them, care- fully explaining that the clothing was thus fer not soi1ed by the bullets of the was necessary tD conserve all wearing apparel
 Nearly all of Villas fighting mon are quartered in Juarez tonight. Nobody remains on the battlefield. An occasion al lame horse, released by the rebels because of it's uselessness, nibbling at the scant, trampled vegetation is the only sign of life at the point where ten thousand men fought yesterday and Monday.
 Fighting at Long Range.
 A trip over the battlefield today re- vealed only few bodies or graves. It was found that the lines of battle were nearly six miles apart and that most of the fighting had been done at long range There was almost no evil dence of encounters between the lines occupied between the rebels and the fedaFa1s