Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-26
MEXICAN REBELS At JUAREz
COMPLETELY RouT FED.
ERAL FoRcEA
THREE HUNDRED KILLED.
sEvERAL HUNDRED WOUNDED
Many Of Wounded Soldiers Unearsd
Fo-Hotsls Transferred Into Hospis
taIs-Rsd Cross Charged With With.
holding Aid-tiospitaI Supplies and
Medicines Needed.

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wounded are lying on the battle
field at Mesa. thirteen miles below
Juarez, unattended and many of
them stripped Of their outer gar
ments, appeals for funds to equip
hospital squads to 90 to the front
were made this morning by local
Huerta sympathizers. Movements
were started to raise funds to buy
hospital supplies and to send nurs-
es and surgeons to look after the
wounded. The rebel wounded are
being brought to Juarez and are
being cared for today.
Federal soldiers who have
reached this side Of the border say
today that the entire federal army
is at Samalyuca, thirty-two miles
south Of Juarez, its base Of sup
plies, where there is also water.
Tho stragglers say the federals
have lost none Of their trains and
few II any cannon and that Cen
eral Salvador Mercado. the federal
commander. is arranging to re.
new the attack on the rebel front
today.
Ell Paso. Tex. Nov. 26-That the
rebels defending Juarez consider all
danger from further attack from the
federals as passed was evidenced this
morning by the work Of digging up the
mines in the outskirts Of the city near
the Juares Jockey Club which Is
to open the racing season tomorrow.
and the destruction Of barbed wire de-
lenses.
General Villa still maintained this
morning that the federals were in ''full
ana shameless retreat over the hills,
their trains and held pieces in his pos
session. A tsain,was ,expeoted. from the
front with 400 federal prisoners on
board. No firing had been heard to
the south Of Juarez this morning at 8
o'clock.
Villa said he would pursue the fed
erals at once, but he Is known to lack
ammunition and will be forced to de-
lay regardless Of his inclination in the
natter.
Retreat to chihuaFua Cut OF.
He maintained that sufficient rebel
force Is now besieging Chihuahua to
prevent the retreating federa1s making
their way into the. state capital. If he
has captured all their trains the fed
eral army Is left without food or
transportation in q desert and 200
miles from its base.
Estimates OF the total dead in the
battle placed them at about 800; the
wounded many more than this. This
was mere guesswork as no Americans
have yet been over the field and q fog
was hanging over everywhere this
morning. preventing rebels from learn
Ing anything Of conditions.
Wounded Uneared For.
The American Red Cross has failed
TO respond to appeals for aid made By
the rebel officials yesterday. and an
effort VIII be made to secure money
from some source to enable the Ell
Paso doctors and nurses to care for
the dying. So far only men wounded
in the head and body have been cared
for. Broken arms and flesh wounds
have received no attention.
Those wounded slightly bandaged
their hurts as best they could on the
field with clothing. handkerchiefs or
anything that would staunch the how
of blood. In several instances wound
ed men were seen to cut bullets from
their own flesh with. blades of their
own pocket knives.
Hotels Converted Into Hospitals.
The temporary hospital conditions in
Juarez are not as bad as they were
week ago. The hotels have been con-
verted into hospitals and wounded are
Afforded cots and beds. Lack OF BAN
dages. medicine and proper food for
the wounded is causing the most suf-
ferinR at present. American doctors
are willing to care for the wounded
but they have little II anything to work
with.
Juan ~. Medina, chief Of the stan Of
villa, maintained that all the rebel
wounded had been brought to Juarez.
This gives them a total Of about 1b0
wounded. He said their dead num-
bered about the same. The federal
wounded are to be brought in today. he
said. All hospital accommodations
have been taken up and private homes
will have to be confiscated II these
men are to be placed on beds or even
under roofs.
Wounded Rebels Suffer stoiealiy.
The suffering Of the wounded rebels
brought to Juarex was borne with
ptoical indifference and great fortitude.
There was scarcely ever a groan. With
gaping wounds In the heads or with
limbs dangling with bullet or shrapnel
wounds, the injured men sat or lay
stolidly on the crude kitchen tables
which the surgeons were using in their
work Of dressing the wounds of the
men.
II never saw such Indifference to
pain in my life." said an Ell Paso doc
tor today. "T4fe victims scarcely ever
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