The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-04
ONLY POSSIBLE LooTINc ~
SMALL BANDS EXPECTED sn
REBEL LEADERS.
TURN ATTENTION TO
CIVIL GOVERNMENT
Will First Perfect Uniform System Of
coinase-Northern Territory In
Hands Of constitutionaIists-W
Head for Capital.
(By Associated Press.)

Juarrez, Mex, Dec. 4.-While looting
by small bands may continue the days
of fighting in northern Mexico are num-
bered according to the opinion of rebel
leaders. Rebels are now turning their
attention to civil government and first
to perfecting a uniform system of coin
age. Rebels believe the government
entirely removed from that in Mexico
City soon will be in force in northern
Mexico.
A new era began in Northern Mexico
Wednesday 1t marked the peaceful
occupation by the rebels of the terri
tory abandoned by Huerta's Federal
troops
With 1000 rebels, General Francis
CO Villa, en- route from Juarez to the
evacuated city of Chihuahua, passed
through Ahumada, IS miles south of
the border and camped at Montezuma.
thirty miles farther south. Five thou
sand more rebels will Join him on the
way, and with a combined force Of T.
900 men he will enter the state cap
ital, there to establish what will be
the temporary headquarters of the
Constitutionalistp party.
| The department of the rebel forces
from Juarez with their equipment
was made on four trains, garrison
of 1,700 soldiers having been left be
hind to guard the border town. As
far as Ahumada, Villa has restored the
telegraph. The railroad runs to Mon
tezuma, where it is interrupted by
burned bridges. 1t is to be reconstruct
ed within a few days.
Concentrate Troops.
Whether General Carranza, the rec
ognized head of the revolution, also
will go to Chihuahua, seems to be IN
doubt, although Villa said he expected
Carranza's forces to cross from Sonora
to concentrate the men for operations
further south.
When the rebels enter Chihuahua
with the tattered Mexican flags which
they are carrying as symbolical oi
their demands for a restoration o
Constitutional government, they viii
have Zacatecas as the nearest Fedora
stronghold in the south 1t is towart
: that city that Villa insists he will
march.
The fight of General Salvado
Mercado, the Federal governor an
commander in chief, with all his =
ficers and troops, after sendij
peace commission to Villa, who's
swer he did not wait to receive,
possible the real occupation
Chihuahua City without a fight
fact that Mercado sent commi
l. to Villa through Federico Moye
: civil governor ad interim. was reg
by the rebel leaders as a mask
l. able Mercado to get away.
S Monterey and the few rema
t. Federal strongholds in Nuevo
II and other northern states, Villa
< would be left to local bands of r
r. He intends to direct his main
IS toward Mexico City.
81 will have 10000 men surrou
h Mexico City about Christmas
10 Villa said. sour numbers WI
IS crease as we march southwark and /
o, the time we reach the capital the pc
to pie in the city will be ready to join us
lie A message received from Chihuahr
n by courier said the city was qui
~ and the residents, including the Anne
X leans were much relieved by the e
al odus of the Federais. 1t was stat'
st Mercado had been bankrupt for weel
bt and that the soldiers had been wit
co out pay for so long they threatens
IN looting and mutiny.