El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-07
WOUNDED BRING STORY OF THE
BATTLE TUESDAY At RINCHERIA
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down, came toward US and we thought
they were going to surrender. In
stead, when they got near US they
opened fire with their pistols and then
with their rifles and a hand-to-hand
engagement followed. Six of our men
were killed there. was wounded
and knew nothing more of the fighting
as was taken to the rear"
The Surgeons Interview.
DR.. Rauchbaum, the surgeon in
charge of the party, said that is was
either a case Of surrendering the ma
chine gun or losing the greater part
of the rebel force in recapturing it
and they decided to lose the gun. The
fight started at $3.50 and lasted until
noon" he says. I'VE had about 500
and the federals detrained and started
fighting. When the thanking movement
started, Ortega withdrew in good order
to a ranch in the rear of Rancheria,
watered his horses and then went
back We knew nothing else of events
as We left for the rear with the
wounded then. Ortega is taking care
of himself and there will be no dan
ger of the trains getting through to
Chihuahua"
Canuto Leva's story of the fight was
substantially the same as that told by
the others Leva took part in the
battle of Juarez and has been with
Ortega as second in command since
the rebels came to Guadalupe.
Caring for Wounded.
Upon the arrival of the T. & P. train
IN the union station, the wounded were
carried from the train by the escort
Of rebels who came with them. They
were held in the WellS-FargO express
room and under the canopy of the bag
gage room until they could be taken to
the hospital No arrangement had been
made for their care when the train
arrived and they were there an hour
before being removed to the hospital
DR.. c 7. Braden, secretary of the
American Red Cross here, was tele-
phOned TO and was on the job in a
short time. As soon as the wounded
We're taken from the train, they were
placed under arrest by q soldier of the
Second cavalry and were held until a
message could be received from Fort
Bliss This was finally obtained, and
1t was decided that they could be taken
to Hotel Dieu, where they would be
cared for by the Red Cross, under the
direction Of Dr. Braden-
There was much confusion at the
station as the members of the rebel
Junta undertook to take the wounded
away IN private hacks to their homes
and were prevented from doing this by
the soldiers Finally Abraham Molina.
organized a volunteer force to carry
the men from the station TO a special
street car and to automobiles
Tourists See wounded.
The wounded attracted much atten-
ton at the station, as the morning
trains were just arriving and the east
ern tourists were given a glimpse of
the seamy side of Mexican warfare.
One of the rebels was wrapped in a
sheet from his head to his feet, and
when this sheet was pulled aside it was
found that the whole side of his face
had been shot away and that he was
covered with blood from his head TO
his feet Another one, who was shot
through the body, had to be carried to
the baggage room, where he was laid on
a pile of bedding until he could be re-
moved. The men looked as if they had
mad enough Of war and were thoroughly
discouraged with the results of their
campaign in the field. They were in
rags and their blood stained clothes
attracted a colony of flies. Few of the
men could give a very lucid account Of
What happenad at Rancheria, as they
had 6een wounded in the early part Of
Inc nghtng and did not know what