The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-02-19
MEXICAN LEADER
BEGINS CAMPAIGN

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General Venustiano Carranza, com
mander in chief of the constitutional
lists, left today to make his long de-
ferred visit to Chihuahua.
He plans to go direct to Nogales, on
the American border, then to travel
overland on the Mexican side Of the in
ternational line to Casas Grandes, Chi
huahua, whence he would go by rail
either to Chihuahua city or Ciudad
Juarez. His final destination, it was
announced, depends upon plans for
the projected aggressive campaign to-
ward the south, which is expected to
begin with an assault by General Villas
forces upon T~orreon.
General Carranza was accompanied
by more than 1000 men, Including his
personal staff, a battalion of infantry
and a regiment of cavalry.
CROWDS VIEW SCENES
IN MEXICAN CAMP
FL Paso, Tex, Feb. 17.-Hundreds of
of visitors went to Fort Bliss yesterday
to view the prison camp where Gen.
Hugh l.. Scott is caring for more than
5000 Mexican men, women and chill
dren who fled after the federals were
defeated at Oiinaga a month ago.
Meanwhile Gen. Jose Ynez Salazar,
prisoner extraordinary, was uneasy
and sulked within his tent. General
Scott has him confined in a special
barbed wire stockade, away from the
other prisoners, and recently informed
him that If any attempt was made to
rescue him he would be the first per-
son shot.
Today Salazar sent word to General
Scott that he feared the rebels at
Juarez would take advantage of the
order and make a false demonstration
from the railroad tracks, nearby,
probably firing a few shots in the air,
and, before the ruse was discovered,
tho p,1 ri would howe 20 rt cd ont tLN
instructions with reference to him
self.
81 have no more desire to escape
than a 1~0-year-old boy" was the
message Salazar sent. General Scott
said thai he might enter the post
would be in a cell but perfectly safe and
the Mexican may try the experiment
for a week.
Card Index Used.
Capt. G. H. Estes, adjutant Of the
Twentieth infantry, which is in charge
of the prison camp, has a card index
system to keep track of the prisoners,
and their W leaders know more
about them now than they ever did in
the field. These cards bear the names,
home towns, rank and ages of the
prisoners and the number of women
and children accredited to them.
Emiliano Vasquez, for instance, is 26
years ora ana with MIN are one WO-
man INC two children.
In the amp there are So wounded
federal officers and 1877 wounded men,
and 21S federal officers and $3.50 men
who are physically fit. There are L.
$50 women and $50 children. OF the
children 400 are of school age, n as
soon as possible General Scott will
inaugurate a school at which some of
the educated officers who are confined
there will be the instructors.
There are four cases of smallpox,
and this has delayed the school period,
Three babies were born last week,
three the week before and more are
expected. The prisoners live in tents,
brown, like the whole verdureless
landscape. 1t costs 10 cents gold per
day to feed each prisoner. or about
5000 for the camp, while the cost OF
subsistence for an American soldier
is 23h cents. The prison rations con-
sist of Mexican beans, chill peppers
cornmeal, potatoes, onions, bread
fresh meat and coffee. A guard today
detected n of the prisoners giving
away some of his coffee to a more
needy countryman on the outside.
Most of them are far better off than
they were when in the field. They are
housed and fed regularly, and by din,
of much urging the Americans have
trained them to police their camp ano
take proper sanitary precautions. The
prison is bout 40 acres, surrounded
by a barbed wire fence. The sentries
do not enter the camp except for spe.
ial purposes, but patrol it on the out.
SIDE. Visitors are kept at a distanc,
from the fences, and the prisoner:
themselves are kept away from it 81
that a space of Is feet or more in,
terveues between prisoners ant
spectators.