El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-26
VILLAS BAND IS
MARCHING NORTH
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of American ranchers, Mexican reIu-
gees and few stragglers from Sala.-
Ears command which was deIealeu az
Casas GranoeS Friday, on board lle
train when it arrived in Juarez W ed-
nesday evening
Americans arrived in FL Paso We'd
nesday evening from western ChIhua-
hua with the news of Villas depar-
ture from Casas Grandes on Tuesday
morning for Juarez. There was no
hurry about this departure, they say.
Villa was in command at the head OF
the column with Juan Dozal, Orozco
former major now colonel, as sec
Ond in command
Grandes at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, the Americans say, and were well
under way toward the border by noon
Villa set no time for his arrival ana
reception in JuareZ but said that he
expected to eat Sunday evening din
ner in the customs house. villa had
more than 1000 men u his main col
Well Mounted and Armed.
They are all well mounted their
horses are well fed and sleek, they
are inspected at the END OF eacn Gay
march for saddle sores and II any are
found. the owner Of the horse IS made
to march on foot and lead his morse
until the sore is well. Each man car
ries so rounds of ammunition and
must account nightly for this amount
The remainder of the ammunition IS
being carried on pack mules. which
bring up the rear. More than 100
extra horses are also herded IN the
rear OF the expedition
Drilling the Soldiers.
Villa has been spending his time
between battles drilling his men, the
refugees say. They have good al
Iignment on the road and the men have
a makeshift manual of arms which
they practice when not riding The
pack mules also carry a large guam
nF % q N
Casas Grandes and Pearson. This has
been made Up into bombs by the use
of raWhide skins, such bombs have
been used in the past with good eff
feet by the rebels in their battles
There is a battery of three machine
guns which were captured at Bust1l-
los. one Of which IS out OF commits
sion but is being repaired on the road
for use before JuareZ. Villa has no
artillery but expects to blow the town
to pieces with dynamite, reinforced
by his infantry and cavalry. There
is but one American, man named
HOllingSWOrth. with Villa, although
Maxine Castillo, who is at FL Vale,
has four eN-sOldiers Of the American
army.
Expects ReinfOrcements.
Villa expects reInfOrcements from
Sonora Ojinaga and PalOmas- The
troops now at villa Ahumada are
part of Ortega's force from Ojiuaga,
the Americans were told by villa
There were 500 of these there Tues
day and Villa ordered 200 more TO be
sent from BusuuOs to reinforce them
before they started UP the Mexican
Central toward JuareZ- TalamauLes is
also expected from sonora with SOC
men. as villa showed letters from
ObregOn. the Sonora commander, say
ing that he could loan him that NUM-
Der for the attack on JuareZ. Villa
is the whole works in his little
army. the Americans say. There are
no other generals, only one colonel
an order, ii is executed or the man
to whom IL is given, IS. He VIII not
tolerate the taking of any property
from poor people along the route and
allows his soldiers to take only
horses, saddles and feed for the ami
mails When this is done, it is only
by his permission
VIII Attack chihuahua.
After JuareZ, VIII come Chihuahua,
Villa told his American friends He
has force of men south of ChIhua-
ing Chihuahua for the south he says
and declares he is sure they win not
90 north, as he viii be waiting for
them in that direction He wishes TO
take the border town, then return and
capture Chihuahua for the rebel
cause. His plan Of taking Juarez is
expected to be a repetition Of the one
which he used at Casas Grandes-
There viii be no long range fighting.
He viii make a dash for the adobe
houses on the outskirts of the town
and from there start his dynamite
squad to work. He is said to have men
brave enough and cool enough to de-
liver these parcels of death and eE-
poets to create such havoc that the
achievements of infantry viii have a
comparatively easy time reaching the
center of town
villa shows no Quarter.
Villa makes no bones Of his grudge
against Huerta- Because Of this
grudge against Huerta and the fed
erals, the Americans learned that he
had executed an even so at Casas
Grandes following the battle taking
no prisoners. The reason for the es-
cape Of Rogue Gomez and Limo Ponce
was that they left before the fight
started and We're miles away when the
town was taken Villa is reported to
have told the federal officers whom
he executed at Casas Grandes that
their leader had killed his friends,
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