El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-30
REBELS MARCH TOWARDS JUlREZ, BUT
CANNOT Be SEEN; REINF0RGEMEHTS
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that may develop from the situation
on the Mexican side.
Ready For Instant Service.
Orders for instant mobilization at
the bridges with five days ratiOns
and forage have been issued from the
department commanders headquarters
at Fort Bliss to the 22d infantry. Tne
order also Instructed the officers to
equip each man with 200 rounds Of am
munition.
Unofficial and unconfirmed reports
were received in Juarez Thursday
morning that an engagement was IN
progress on the old Mexico City trail
between Guadalupe and villa Ahumada-
Col Ianda, commanding 500 cavalry,
which left Casas Grandes last week,
is said to have engaged the rebels IN
der Salazar, who were proceeding
southwest toward Ahumada- No Veri-
ficatiOn of the report could be OBJ
tanned in JuareZ-
1t was also reported in Juarez that
Gen. Antonio RabagO with 1900 cav
airy had reached Villa Ahumada- Thls
report was said to have been brought
by the minor officers on the federal
troop train which reached Juarez
Thursday morning.
Rebels Surround JuareE.
The movement of rebels from Guada-
lupe. where they had been encamped
during the peace negotiations which
Salazar says Madero asked for, began
Wednesday, as reported in yesterday
Herald. and all Wednesday afternoon
and night, the rebel commands moved
up in the international border towards
JuareZ, the advance guard surround
ing Juarez in small groups.
Gen IneZ SalaZar is in command of
the rebels and has with him his chief
1ieutenants, David De Ia Fuente, Mar
cello CaraveO Emilio Campo and An
tonic ROjaS, besides many lesser lights
II is claimed that they have 1900 men
surrounding JuareZ, and the United
States troops along the border east Of
Ell PasO confirm this partially by de-
claring that there are over 1000 of
them They are said to have two field
pieces but these were not seen near
Guadalupe, and to be well supplied with
ammunition and rifles. but short on
food
Purpose IsOIating Juarez.
It was openly stated Wednesday
night by &, man in touch with the rebel
commanders, that no attack was con-
templated upon Juarez at present, but
that the rebels meant to isolate the
town, and prevent the operation of
trains You Americans will not let
ammunition" said the man, and
we are going to stop lumber and beef
from coming TO FL PaSO- We Will force
tOur lumber mills to close down. If
the United States will let US get am
munition and will keep out of the Mex
lean troubles to that extent, we viii
soon open JuareZ and Chihuahua and
all the rest OF Mexico, for We can soon
whip the federals if we have the sup
plies. If you continue your tactics of
taking sides with the Maderistas, we
viii have to punish you as best we can;
one of the best methods we know, is
to keep the railroads cut to Juarez and
shut off your lumber supply and close
down your mills. We will also keep
being brought into the city. Our men
may also cut the lights in Juarez and
it would be easy for them to set fire
to the town also
History Being Repeated.
Conditions attending the present
"siege Of Juarez" are almost identical
with those Of the early months of 1911,
when MaderO was commander of the
rebels and POrfirio Diaz was president
At that time, the rebels had cut the
railroads and surrounded JuareZ and
were parleying for peace. Negotiations
were broken because the federals start
ed achievements from Chihuahua dur
ing the peace parleys, just as was done
this time. The rebels then numbered
about the same as now, but the Juarez
garrison at that time numbered more
men than at present and there was
more artillery.
Raba=O Coming Again.
Gen. Antonio RabagO. who is expect
ed to reinforce Juarez at present, was
also expected at that time, but was
down on the Mexican Central with all
bridges cut between him and Juarez
and was unable to get here in time to
Join Gen. Juan Navarro and save the
town. Previously RabagO mad at one
time reinforced the town and saved it
from capture by OrozcO, who had gath
cred with a large force at Bauche,
where, after wrecking Rabago's train
and fighting him for day, Orozco
withdrew and permitted the then cav
airy colonel to bring his troops into
the beleagured city.
Navarro a Fighter.
The rebels say that Gen. Navarro,
who commanded Juarez at the time
Madero took the place, was a more
stubborn fighter than any of the fed
eral commanders they have encOun-
tered in the present revolution, and
they did not look for the present gar
Tlson to put Up such a stiff fight in
talnly did fight; nobody will deny that.
for three days and two nights, with
garrison that he afterwards declared
ne could hardly keep from DESERVING,