The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-12

Q1erS no0 an average Of only seventy.
eight cartridges.
C,amped in Ojinaga, for the possess
sion Of which he had been lighting
ly, General Villa started the work Of
establishing rebel government. He
telegraphed General Carranza:
Y have proved my ability to cap
ture Ojinaga."
After the confusion incident to the
evacuation Of SOjlnaga by one army
and its occupation by another. the
battlefield opposite Preside at day
light revealed q scene of desolation.
h whole sweep of land leading
to the heights Of sOjinaga appeared to
have been ploWed up by the frantic
route or the federal nrmy and the
eager scramble into the village Of
General Villas rebels.
A iannon. toppled muzzle down
ward. a bloodstained sabre stickinr
IN the muddy river bank, rifles thrown
IN heaps. the crumpled forms among
the cacti and mesquite, and the un.
closed eyes which peercd here and
there from among the rocks were
among h mute suggestions Of what
had gone before.
Many Wounded Left ON the Field.
There also were MANY living re.
minders of the battles. Those who
went across in behulf of tho Red
Cross found many wounded who had
remained for hours uncared for. They
We're sometimes traced in the trench.
es by their groans. II was the belief
OF the American army physicians that
many soldiers died because neithe,.
federals nor rebels had a hosiptal
corps.
The 1900 civilians refugees wbo
rushed across the river when Genera
Mercado went through he streets Of
oJinaga, telling the people to fee. suf-
fered'as much distress as the soldiers.
Scores of women camp followers
had lost their children in the scram-
Die and We're crying ~piteously I'M the
corral provided for them on the
American side. Others We're without
Clothing sufficient to protect them
from the old and all were 'drcnched
from ~adlns through the river.
The scene OF disorder was almost
as bad on the American side as on the
Mexican. Scores OF federal guns had
been thrown into the river. and were
~protruding out of THE mud. Federal
and rebel wounded. who had crawled
to the river bank Side by side were
wading across helped by the Auleri.
can soldiers. Mexican women and
children who escaped from the corral
were trudging upsthc mountain road
toward Maria and had to be brought
back.
Border Patrol pcrplcxcd.
suddenly made guardians of All en-
which fled to American soil for asy-
lum, the border patrol considered
what was to be done, with the -AIexican
soldiers. Major ..4HcNamees. asked
Bfigadier., G;enSr&tf pl,ss at. San An
tonic Tex. .fors 'fhssttictions. It was
believed that the Nkstion would be
referred to- the war department, and
that Major McNainec: would be or
dered to deliver The soldiers to the
nearest point in Mexico where the
fugtttves might return to their "
country without Jeopardy of their
lives. At all events the soldiers will
be taken to MARTA, Tex, the nearest
railroad station.
From a military standpoint, the sit
uatfon was regarded as being without
precedent since III time of peace the
United States army has never had to
surround, disarm. hold In custody and
care for SO large a. body OF aliens.
Less than 500 cavalrymen handled
the panic-stricken mob of almost ten
times their number. Though many
" Tile leuSIdl SolQl6IS a loaQeQ
rifles and we'll filled cartridge belts
the rounding up and disarnling was
done without II nntoward incident.
Both General Villa, the victorious
rebel leader, and General Mercado,
the defeated federal commander.
standing on opposite banks Of the Rio
Grande. discussed the incidents In
Mexican history in which they had
Just taken a part. General Villa sat
triumphantly in the little adobe pal
ace on the plaza in .Ojinaga.
Federal Force Loyal.
General Mercado, a. refugee, sat In
the camp Of the border patrol. cit
"our men had left only seventy-eisht
rounds OF ammunition each and we