El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-26
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BY villa to give the alarm in the event
OF the federals returning TO the battle.
As we returned to Mesa o. = Crls-
NOR and a party came back from a
trip east BY the mesa road, instead OF
the road down the railroad track Iney
said they had seen few dead out on
the mesa but that most of them were
buried or being buried. The rebels
had evidently taken care Of all victims
Of the battle. in short order. unless
one knew that a battle had been
fought, the battlefield could nave Deen
crossed this afternoon and recrossed
without discovering its real character;
The rebels themselves quit the field
as soon as they had satisfied them
selves that the federals had been CrlN-
en- back They came to Juarez TINS
morning. all Of them except their OUT
posts We passed them as we went
out thousands Of them. They were
all happy, shouting viva villa ana
occasionally viva Madero-" one over
exhauberant spirit fired his rifle twice
from the train directly over our car
This was the only firing we saw or
heard during our trip to where the
battle ragged and back TO II FasO
again
1880 Wednesday morning, after Juan
n Medina had furnished us with
pass that we were not required TO
show on the entire trip, we met the
train coming in. Two locomotives were
another locomotive. The train was
made up of box cars, coaches, fiat
cars, tank cars and coal cars RebeIS
were inside outside and everywhere.
The flat cars bore cannon, several Of
them. The rebels were shouting and
yelling and waving their hats.
Just as we reached the place where
the old concentration formerly stood,
we began to meet rebel cavalry and
artillery coming into JUarez, and this
continued almost all the way to
Bauche. One band would scarcely get
past before another band would show
up. All the men looked intelligent
most of them were well clothed, and
everybody was happy 4 captain and
other officers rode at the head OF each
Of the victorious commands and each
troop also carried the Mexican tri-
color They showed splendid military
formation for raw men. Some Of them
carried extra hats, some carried fed
eral cap as a souvenir and several OF
ficers wore capes from federal officers
uniforms.
Some Of them were eating from cans,
which they carried in their hands.
Some were munching tOrtillas. All
were anxious to get eigaret or a
Fifteen pieces of artillery all of It
new and apparently in perfect shape,
passed US. coming in as we went out.
Altogether, we must have passed be-
tween 5000 and 1000 men IN the vic
torious line OF march headed for Jua-
rez- Some rode strapping fine horses;
some poor, sore backed animals Sew
eral places along the road we saw
animals that had been abandoned be-
cause Of the condition of their backs,
One place we saw horse grazing with
a blanket Oh. but no saddle. In sew
era1 instances a rebel was leading an
extra horse. saddled. evidently the
mount of some comrade who had given
up his life in battle
Several women We're in the caval:.
cade. One rode astride with one OF
=Re commands. her hair hanging down
.ar back in two braids. One rode in
p farm wagon with baled hay in It a
nursing baby at her breast. Two spring
wagons. bearing the names of Mexican
firms. evidently cOnfiscated in the In
terror OF Mexico. were IN the line OF
march. carrying baggage. One wagon
carried a freshly killed steer, not yet
skinned.
Many young lads rode with the diff
ferenr commands. The men were all
vel behaved. none of them seemed to
have been drinking, and On the whole
they appeared extremely well disci-