The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-09
'RAVEL 1876 MILES J
lover THE DESERT
|aluables of All Kinds
Cast Away by Weary
Marchers; Family of
Huerta Said to Have
Left City of Mexico.

rlPRESlDIO, Tex, Dec. S.-The com
sS,eie rout OF Huerta s federal army in
5rthern Mexico with the frantic fight
= his generals for safety on the border
End the decentralization OF the unpaid
IFoops was established with the ar
val today at Olinaga, Mexico, opposite
q =. reside, Of the civilians and soldiers
Fho deserted Chihuahua City,
In the remarkable hegira which strug-
I ted for eight days over the 1S5-mile
4ail through the desert and endured
capeat bardsbips for want Of food and
u inter- were General Salvador Mercado,
!, Inertia s dcposed military governor and
sfmmauder of the federal troops in the
d dprth; General Pascual Orozco, General
ar pionlo Rojas. General Marcelo
b aravco, Gcuera Yncz Sala2ar and a
= =. st OF subordinate officers.
d led in Fear.
n They had deserted their posts in fear
4 General Francisco Villa IS rebel army
- =. nd virtually had surrendered 10 the
XbelS Chihuahua, the state capital,
y I'd the largest of the far northern
:. 'jes.
Mons with them came. burdened with
Wt property they could carry, men,
= men and children. representing some OF
80 Richest families in the republic. Their
- ~ w With the army was IN the face OF
ports that they might expect no mercy
ould they fall into the hands OF the
ss}bels
II louis rerrazas. wealthy land owner,
Il puted to own half OF the state OF Chi
ID phua, WAS said TO have brought with
N]W vast fortune In cash. fearing II
VFhf be looted by the rebels IL he re-
EWlnsd IN the evacuated city.
{ ylcture of Despair.
III Fitnesses viewing the oncomng throng
fnHm The hills at OjIna ga reported that
refugees were scattered In "A thin
i
40 IL that the dusty confusion Of broken
IN wagons. dsa blcd artillery and min-
\ \ n 'ns OF dlsheartened soldiers and fam
" l*ed civilians as they slowly moved over
onpe IL desert presented d spectacle OF uni
despair
s,i ne fear OF being una BILE 10 keep pace
sp|n The cscorting army of being lost on
r. desert or caught by tho rebels, added
'ms inc miscrles OF so precipitate a flight
H,' Kept the refugees In almost con-
'tn NOUS frenzy. Their arrival in panic,
~ unmolested by the rebels, formed one
he' INC most tragic incidents of the pres
n hH revolution
easures Abandoned.
q = ANY who had started out In vehicles
n ~ marched on foot; scores who at
80 np5ed 10 carry their treasures had to
!, a nuon on them through sheer WEAKNESS,
W. y mat their tracks were literally strewn
III u Va discarded MISUNDERSTANDING
y brac and valued trlnkets. which
- mad hoped TO carry TO safety. Be.
soT Them also they left the blackened
I'D es o. on 'fe tSs esampilEes marking at eight
~ mad camped, sometimes In a cold
sn nc blowing of the high plateau and
within the hearing OF the bowling
lss Tho travelling in the day was
~ nnes through sandstorms, 1t WAS
az pos5ible TO estimate the number OF
SeeA, but observers said they would
- several thousa nd
pflX netner the federal officers and the
~ Tse would attempt to sock refuge IN
All Cmted States was not made known
~ <heir arrival.
!, ri bels Retreat.
stSss ast before the approach OF tho fed
'en SZ,e. whose oncoming was announced by
or NY exhausted soldiers earlier Ia the
q ~ me rev rebels at Ojinagn. who were
outnumbcred by the advancing
a%x (idls. LEFT their garrison and retreatec
Je L'ne, neld This left tho way open foi
20 .eoerals 10 advance TO the Rio GrandC
lytF without lighting II was believed
Pc hey probably would remain on the
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