The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-19
MEXICAN LEADER
BEGINS CAMPAIGN

Culiacan. Sinaloa. Mex. Feb. IL
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
ternationaI line to Casas Grandes, Chi
huahua, whence he would go by rail
either to Chihuahua city or Ciudad
Juarez. His final destination, 1t was
announced, depends upon plans for
the projected aggressive campaign to-
ward the south, which is expected to
begin with an assault by Genera Villas
forces upon Torreon, ..
General C~arranZa 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
Ell 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 Ojinaga a month ago.
Meanwhile Gen. Jose Ynez Salazar.
prisoner extraordinary, was uneasy
and sulked within his tent. General
oCOll mas Hllu COLllIlSu III Il 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 q few shots in the air,
and, before the ruse was discovered,
the guard would have carried out the
instructions with reference to him
self.
than a ~10-year-old boy" was the
message SalaZar sent. General Scott
said that he might enter the post
~guardhouse if he wished. Here he
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, a%djutant of the
Twentieth infantry which is in charge
of the prison camp, has a lard index
system to keep track OF the prisoners,
and their own 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 &c
years old and with hin are one wo-
man and two children.
In the camp 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 536 children. OF the
children 400 are of school age, and as
soon as possible General Scott will
1nDllp11Tgta q CphnOl ~ uyhiph Gnn1n 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 v~eTdureless
landscape. 1t costs IS ccnts gold per
day to feed each prisoner, or about
$500 for the camp, while the cost Of
subsistence for an American soldier
Is 23h cents. The prison ratiOnS con-
sist Of Mexican beans, chilli peppers.
COrnmeal, potatoes, onions, bread,
fresh meat and coffee. A guard today
detected one Of the prisoners giving
away some OF his coffee to a more
needy C~Ountryman on the outside.
Most of them are fsr better off than
they were when In the field. They arc
housed and fed regularly, and by dinr
U HuCn Urging inc americans nave
trained them to police their camp and
take proper sanitary precautions. The
prison IS bout 40 acres, surrounded
! by q barbed wire fence. The sentrics
do not enter the camp except for spe-
ial purposes, but patrol il on the out
side. Visitors are kept at n distance
from the fences, and the prisoners
themselves are kept away from it so
that a space Of Is feet or more in
| tGHNGnPS between prisoners and
| spectators.