Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-03
GEN. HUERTA READY
TO Use MAILED fist
TO PACIFY MEXICO
AFTER EIGHT DAYS OF CONFERENCE PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT PREPARES
TO CARRY OUT THE FIRM AND ENERGETIC MILITARY RULE PROMISED
CAPITAL STILL CUT OFF BY RAIL FROM u s.
REPORT OF Fight BETWEEN
j. S. TROOPS AND MEXICANS

ed fire on them My men retreated
a short distance and returned the fire
as long as the negroes bred. My troops
cid not fire first"
1000 SHOTS FIRED.
More than 1000 shots were fired by
the American troopers and it is esti'
mated that fully as many were fired
by the MeXicans. None OF the Ameri-
cans We're hit. Neither side crossed
/ the international border.
! Col. Guilfoyle, commanding the
Ninth Cavalry, has sent a detailed re.
rort of the slrmish to the war depart.
ment at Washington. He said today
he did not anticipate any further
trouble. AS precaution, however,
the usual border patrol of the Ninth
Cavalry was increased this morning.
Everything was quiet along the line
today
General Ojeda, Mexican command
or at Aqua Prieta, today declared that
the American troopers fired first This
Is denied by L. S. army officers. Lieut..
Nicholson, in command of the guard
r,ount of fifteen men which first en-
gagged the MeXicans, and Captail
/ Armstrong, who commanded Troops
|. and +, when they came to the relief
of the guard mount, declared today
that a volley came from the MeXican
side before the fire was resumed by
the Americans.
According to accounts given by the
army officers, Lieut. Nicholson and his
fifteen men We're fired upon without
warning by seventy-fve Mexican fede-
rails. The guard mount returned tha
fire, but in a few minutes retreated
to the A. & c. smelter, sending to the
camp of the Ninth for endorsements.
Troops and f, under Captain Arm
strong responded with a machine
at,r and 120 rounds of ammunition per
, man. At sight Of the reinforcements.
! the Mexicans again began firing. The
troopers replied vigorously and a gen
eral engagement was soon on. The
opposing forces were stationed in
skirmish line, 300 yards apart, with
the international line between them.
After thirty minutes, the Mexicans re-
treated beyond the range of the troop
ers' rifles.
An incident which preceded the
skirmish and which e believed by
some observers to have some connec-
ton with it, was the arrest by thu
Ninth Cavalry border patrol Saturday
afternoon of Juan Castillo as he was
trying to cross from the American
side to Aqua Prieta with messages
from E. Gales, leader Of the Maleris.
ia junta In Douglas, to Gales follow.
ers in Sonora.
The messages were addressed to
the commander of the Maderista force
which disarmed the federal garrison
at Fronteras last week, and demanded
the immediate release of two Maderis.
ia officers held captive by the regu-
lars. Castillo is still detained by the
authorities and the messages are il
the hands of Colonel Gilfoyle.
Soon after the arrest of the rebel
messenger Saturday few shots were
fred across the line at squad Of the
border patrol.
The sergeant in charge of the fed
eral garrison at Aqua Prieta and Fe-
lpe Luna, were executed at Aqua
Prieta yesterday on order of General
Ojeda on charges of conspiracy