Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-30

General pascual orozco and General
Marcclio Camveo
The running across tho h1rdor Of the
iederals as q Hst move in theit sues
ccssion Of defeats hy the rebels, had
been anticipated hy che t'nited States
troops one. squadron and two troop
of cavalry had been posted ON in-
timniIuns that tho federals had no in-
tcntiun ~ weathcrng fight from
tho on-marchiug rebels.
Before the fedcrals recently received
their pay. forwarded from MeNico
city after thcil arrival at Olinogo on
e"acuWine Chihuahua CITY. some of
the fcdoml soldiers went GO the river
bank and yelled ncross Co the Ameri-
can soldiers that ,hcy surely would
desert lf attacked
niscord alsl WAS said tn have
broken out between the volunteers
under General Orozco and the regu-
lars. many Of whom had been forced
into military service
should The report that the federals
have crossed IN great numbers prove
true. they not only win bc disarmed,
bat will DE placed under arrest by the
United States military authorities
No firing was done across the hor-
der and uo resistance to The lutod
States troops iu mqkms arrests w's
expected
Information that leaked across the
river said a panic go piinaga started
as result of the ncar approach of
General rorihlo Orteeas 4,20o rebels
Tho thought that the rebels had arr
tllcry pieces was said 20 have proved
too much for the federal army and
70 Generalization. long pcndine,
reached climax
Those who attempted 90 observe.
In Ojinagu wcro unable to
say how many of the federals had
left, or whether the entire army had
departed
The complete scattering Of the iod-
erl army 90 Ollnaea would leave trc
rebels In almost undisputcd control
Of o. vast territory General Francisco
villa might then proceed with his
southwark. without leaving
any opposition I'm his rear
An official report. Communicated
10 Brigadier General llurh = S ott
nj El paso. said that q hree portion
Of the federal army had eorc imo
the interior and that figAtnw had
begun between them and tho rehols
Various reports were received 10y
Major McNamcc that lunches of iod-
erals. ranging from % dozen t1 scV-
eral hundred. had crossed, ana 1av-
airy has been sent to search for and
surround them.
The reports from across the river
were that General Orozco and General
Ynez Salazar, eommandin- toluntecte.
made desperate efforts TO Keep the
army intact. standing with drawn re-
yolyers 10 shoot amy soldiers who
mutinied
General Salvador Mercado who
was relieved ~ c0mmmd IN faver of
Castro. and who Appeared ON the
Mexican side after he had been re-
ported to have crossed the rivcr, was
in Ojinaga,
Fighting south Of Oiinaga ceased
about 10 O'Clock tonight after it had
been in progress several hours.
When the approach of the rebel
army was definitely known, General
salazar is said To have forced his men
20 go out to fight saying he would
summary execute them If they did
not This was given as the reason
for the scattering Of the forces
one hundred federal soldiers were
found ON the American side six miles
down the river They still had their
arms. Major McNamce Immediately
disarmed them, marched them To
Preside and forced them back 10 the
Mexican side. A number of them
had been wounded
Several hundred federals crossed
at another point, but at sight Of the
American troops, they waded back
to the Mexican side.
such of the federals as were too
seriously wounded to cross We're
cared for by Or burnside United
States army surgeon They said al
number of the federals had been
killed at Mulato and at La Mula pass
where the outposts had attempted
vainly to keep back the rebel adj
vance
Major McNamce said he would mott
take any prisoners unless it was abb
solutey necessary, but would insist
on the federals going back to their
own side The Red Cross society ar
to give aid to the wounded
soldiers in Ojinaga
crossed. They were said to have put
up a hard fight, but they received 1
nnn1 ei1nnnrf frnn1 tho enldierN