The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-19
lONC MARCH Of
1.-THE FEDERALS
| NEARLY ENDED
iioday the Ragged Remnant
pf Mercado's Army VIII Be
! Put Aboard Trains and
\ Taken to Fort Bliss.
SCENES
ALONG THE ROUTE
'}hild Is Born, Wounded Sol
Idiers Die and the Entire
Force Suffers From Lack
of Food and Shelter.
|ATH3TIC SCENES
ALONG THE ROUTE

{IMARFA, Tex, Jan. 1s.-Footsore,
sheged, almost famishcd from their
ilIree days march on foot Of sixty
ven miles over a wind-swept noun
d road, the $500 Mexican federal
/ udiers and generals routed from Oil
/&ga, Mexico, by the rebels, arrived TO-
~ within a few miles of Marfa
<hence they are to be transported by
zain to Fort Bliss at FL Paso. With
p'tem are about 1867 women and 800
Iriildren.
!. The ragged remnant of the Huerta
h my, which sought asylum in this
,. p.nntry rather than face possible ex-
i animation by the rebels, on Tuesday
III be formally interned at Fort Bliss
y wards of the government. They are
3 be held Indefinitely on the footing
tfprisoners of war. 1t will be the first
:. ne the American army has been
\ He'd upon to shelter, feed and clothe
VI entire division of foreign army,
petich includes six disarmed generals.
ercado Humiliated.
None of those in this unique cara
~ which struggled for miles along
De road was moro visibly affected on
Mining within sight of Maria than
Sneral Salvador Mereado, Huerta IS
sfNmer military chief, who ordered the
N Rcuation of OJinaga IN face of the
Vv3els fire.
vEeneral Mercado, riding On horse,
AFy Uniform covered with dust, was
III ofessedly humiliatcd not only ut the
VI feat Of his army and the necessity
~ his flight to foreign soil, but also
m ltausc of report from Mexico City
III IS he would be court-martiuled should
gI return to his native country. Be-
X|BB General Mercado and mingling
Nth the United States cavalrymen who
MI ed as guards were the federal Gen
Castro, Aduna, Landa. Orpinal
al Romero, all of them shorn Of their
IA[aords, but some still retaining on their
II forms the bits Of gold braid which
ssgW not been torn off orsworn away in
~ flight from Ojinaga,.
~ cidents of the March.
WI me picturesque march afoot through
nerican territory of so many foreign
,hfddters and women with their baggage
ouDded with incident. The birth of
the death of several wounded
xQlers. the search for water in the
,h[Nert, the constant struggling away
1IV "a the line of march, aud the round.
wi up again of scores of the refugees
&re some Of the difficulties with
ih(dch the United States cavalrymen.
1|| amandcd by Major McNamee, had
The Mcxicans, guarded
ApaIly as prisoners. outnumbered
ma cscorting American soldiers ten to
~
AE py General Villa s rebel forces
Jh,GA compelled TO cross the border into
OIlV united States at Prcsidio, Tex,
Ss1Pt days ago, the Mexican soldiers
Aie had only scant food sunnl;cs
LnIffir march of sixty.seveu miles to
OIhe nearest railway station, after they
&yEp peen disarmed and held prisoners
Atne American troops, was made DOS
dhln7 py the establishment of the three
I|Nlvtps provided en- route, Rnt those
Sz'Ps were supplied with limited "a.
&H because all foodstuffs and water
anna 70 be carried by wagon from Mar.
l|ll|p many OF the foreigners were noor.
Spad and without blankets, SO that
~ suffering at night was intense
uDf6ience the hopeful look that an
llllW{ed IN tho faces of tho dirt.be.
Sped men and women when thew were
~ltnaI the march was almost over,
gD|Nm Best Marchers.
SlUYL vas particularly remarked by the
r5ican 4tflcers that Of all the
<ehers, the Mexican women wore the
MhbM Inere were instances of women
fIVIg ylelded their places on horsebacL l.
SlUIy&rIos TO men who found themselves
MI out with the walk. &c
@he marching column w,s stro,o,,,,
HnIffa great distance to prevent confm,
'HU|Iu ann to reduce as much as possible
klUl vrnifering from the dust that rosr
. feat clouds from the wolI-truvrlod
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