The border vidette., 1913-04-19
BATTLE OF NACO.
Another Port of Entry Falls into Hands
 of Sonora Troops.

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 spiking his cannon and burning all ammunition and supplies General Pedro Ojeda with abou
 POO survivors of the Naco, Sono ra, garrison, crossed to the Am erican side at II o'clock Sunday He surrendered to United States troops on border patrol duty here.
 The surrender followed an at tack of 2,OOO state troops whicE began Saturday night. The Va the advance in the attack. The barracks became slaughter pen, with federal and conStitu- tionalists strewn in and about the building.
 Ojeda left little for the vic torious constitutionalista Per sonally leading his small group of men he went from building to building applying a flaming torch. First the arsenal was set afire after the cannon had been spiked and the machine guns deprived of necessary parts.
 The federalS had taken refuge in the barracks amid a rain of lead from the state troops artil- lery. Their ammunition was run ming low. When it appeared that defeat was sure, Ojeda left on his mission of destruction dynamiting all buildings on the way, including the Mexican GUS toms house. Captain Figueroa with fifteen men remained be- hind to cover his generals re- treat. One by one Figueroa and his fifteen followers died in the barracks, surrounded by a horde of yelling Yaquis. When the In dian tumbled into windows and doors, or crawled through holes where the shell had burst, there was no sign of life in the big building. If any of the federals were not killed outright, their own pistols ended their lives. About the building were strewn fully 100 bodies of dead state troops, ranchmen or indians.
 General Alvaro Obregon, con- manderinchief of the state for ces entered the slaughter house which had been the federal gar rison's home. He picked up sword lying by the body of Cap tain Figueroa. Such was the only formality in the surrender.
 When the fire drove him from his final position, Ojeda and his men scampered to cover of the railway tracks between the two towns. But although reaching the Arizona side he still was under heavy fire. The Mexican general shouted to the American soldiers watching the fight at some distance. Captain H. A. Sievert ran alone to his assist ance. The American officer grasped the Mexican soldier by the arm. Together they ran in a shower of lead to where an automobile waited.
 There is honor in this re- treat" said General Ojeda when seen at the Mexican consulate here a few minutes later. 1T have only one regret, and that is for Captain Figueroa who re- l
 When told of Figueroa's fate, Ojeda wept as child.
 "Oh, had I thrown my self in the flames and died as he died," cried the white haired soldier.
 Sixty five wounded were hur- ried to this side and placed in the army hospital. The dead re- mained piled in the streets, or hanging from windows of build ings as they fell. The killed on both sides probably will near POO, with about One-half as many wounded.
 My men deserve the credit" boasted the Yaqui Chief Bulle when seen by the Associated | Press correspondent just after the final fight.
 Now we are ready to drive ] the Huerta soldiers out of Quay mas, and the state will be ours," cried General Obregon.
 'Viva Madero," shouted the state troops as group after group marched into town, headed by Colonels Bracamonte and Gales.
 Forty-tive wounded Indians picked up on the streets of the town testified what the Yaquis lad accomplished in the fight ng. Prevented from a night at jack on account of their super jitiOn of death in darkness, the