El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-04
TRIP TO THE
CAMP OF OR0ZCO
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l family which. Orozco says. betrayed
him. He proves this by citing the plan
of San Luis POtOsi upon which MaderO
based his promises OF land Tor all, but
which, like his other promises, were
never fulfilled.
Orozco shows the sincerity OF his in
tentions by offering to lay down his
arms to obtain peace and TO take them
up again to restore peace IN the north
should the opponents Of the govern
ment cause trouble. Whatever his mo-
tives Pascual OrozcO has won a place
in Mexican history
Chief and His staff Photographed.
At the close Of the interview. in the
chill OF the saddle-strewn parlor OF the
hacienda house we went out into the
Sunday afternoon sunshine for photo
graphs Of OrOzcO, his staff and Of the
main street Of CarriZal. the plaza with
out population Again Pascual showed
his patience by posing with his starr,
alone and in groups composed OF gen
erals then colonies and finally his
fighting men Each time, OrOZcO would
Law his big, black cigar on the toe Of
his shoe as il afraid that a cigar IN MS
mouth might look like braVadO- He in
vited US to 90 to the campo de armas.'
where his men were encamped- II was
but four hours distant, he said Re
membering those innocent sounding
three leagues between Ahumada and
Carrizal. which could only be covered
quickly in three league boots the oI1er
was declined and I said we would have
to be going Gen OrOzcO ordered the
blackboard brought around. We made
some more pictures Of the main street.
with its butchered beeves ana dogs IN
attendance, shook hands all around,
and drove through the deserted streets
and between tumbledown houses to-
ward Ahumada-
Had Orozco not been at CarrizaI, the
trip would have been worth the S+-4O
Mex that it cost. On the Sunday train
was the last company OF federal
soldiers en- route for Chihuahua as the
train escort was removed after sun
DAY. They were the same saddle
skinned dirty, low proved Mexican
neon soldiers who have made history In
the north. Their officers were from
Mexico City and smiled when they spoke
OF the cadets and their part in the Felix
Diaz revolt They told OF the first and
second battles of Rell2nO, in which they
had participated; explained why the
first battle had failed and the second
succeeded; showed US the mechanism OF
the rifle grenades and Of the new Mex
The Swinging Svede.
Finally. they accompanied US back
into the first class coach for glimpse
at the SWede boy who hangs from
telegraph pole az HanGheTla; WI" l-Il Jls
ruins OF the station, which he burned,
as a background Mr. LoWenberg got
photograph of his BODY. sWaylng IKE a
pendulum in the breeze The officers
ErlnneQ AT Lfle MNLh % NAANAA NNAAA---N- -
and I looked at the swaying body
through my field glasses There IS q
story with q heart tug IN the rate OF
that north Of Europe lad which the fed
eraI CAPTAIN told When he was caught
in the act OF dynamiting a troop train,
the officer said, he was cOurtmartialed
under the suspension Of guarantees de-
cree and ordered hanged to the nearest
telegraph pole. He was game, as are
an men Of the north. He had but one
request That was that he be permitted
10 send a telegram to his aged mother
in far away Stockholm sure ne could,
the officer answered You VIII be I'D
there. near the telegraph wires, in
minute. where you can send your mes
sage to your mother" The order was
given the peOn soldiers tugsed at tne
rOpe. and the boys body swung IN tne
air where il still hangs as a mute
warning to all bridge burners BlruS
have Toasted on his eyes and MS mar
His face is the color or putty ana MS
hands and feet are tied some place IN
Stockholm there is a mother Walllns
TOR her boy who had gone to the Won
derful new world TO win his fortune
Sunday in Ahumada.
No mind but a Mexican one could con-
caive of a situation as il existed at
Ahumada Sunday. On top OF the Dig.
three-story. adobe mill by the rallroad
track federal sentries pace back and
forth and loOkOuts gaze toward the
southwest where the rebels are en-
csmped. Three ragged buglers blow
calls that are as inharmonious as their
fbree STYLES of uniforms, slate gray,
Se1iro and faded blue. Officers strutted
fo1. the benefit Of the Sunday afternoon
st-oIIers Across the railroad track
sebeI officers and men clank along in
tbeir big spurs. high leather leggins
- tan hats They were in town from
O-C-co's concentration camp for sun
5aV afternoon visit and they ignored
the federals across the track, as II they
ccDsfdered them inferior fighters
AGAINST the mountains TO the south
r-esf where the spire Of Carrizals
church may be seen in the sun. two
EIacll dots can be discerned through the
field glasses. They are rebel OutpOsts
and Iookouts watching the federals as
frtentIv as the federals watch the reb-
els. Neither trusts the other further
than they can shoot, and neither is TAX
fn.- chances with the other.
The trip out IN the warm sun with
Col. Pedro IlOya TO recount his mar
veIous experiences upon the occasion Of !
a visit to ~Che-cagO y san Luis" and
big lunch, was no worse than @ Sunday /
afternoon at home. Villa Ahumada and