The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-11
1000 troops evacuated Chihuahua

+NIHiS allQ dIlliIUHlllOil, TE qulred almost a week. He was ac companied by many rich Mexican families, among them Luis Terrazas one of the most extensive landhold CTS in the world, who feared violence at the hands of the rebels.
 The flight of Mercada with hi. army drew forth belief that ulti. mately he would be forced across the Rio Grande and seek safety in the United States.
 How soon the retreat to foreign soil was to follow then hardly could be conjectured, but it was known fed eral troops were discouraged. without pay Tor many months, and hopeless Of ever defeating the growing revo- lutionary movement. They also were short of ammunition. Appeals to Mexico City brought money to pay the troops, but they could not over come the impossibility of getting more ammunition through the United States.
 On this little hill top of Ojinaga, in an obscure border village sixty seven miles from any railroad and that in the United States, Mercado elected to make a last stand.
 He said he never would give up unless his men ran short of ammuni- tion. He kept his word For six days ending last Sunday he had fought pluekily against odds. The rebels fired more than 1000. .000 rounds into the federal trenches without avail It was not until Villa military head Of ths revolution, ap- peared on the scene that the reverse came.
 Gen. Villa arrived a few days ago His presence together with the coin cidence that the federals had only fifty rounds of ammunition left for each man. seemed to take from the federal generals their last yestige of hope
 None of the wierd scenes in the moonlight, while the rebels poured into Ojinaga and federals rushed in disorder was more intensely pa thetic than that of Gen. Mercado, campaigner in various revolutions, who appeared at the river bank and informed an orderly of the United States army that he wished asylum
 Gen. Mercade was taken to Maj McNamee the commanding officer who held him pending orders from Brig Gen. Bliss.
 Mai McNamee was convinced at a late hour that many of the federal soldiers had not succeeded in reach inf the United States. but had scat tered on the Mexican side and prob ably would come over later, if they were not captured by the rebels.
 A later report received by Maj. Me Nance was that the federal cavalry did not cross to the American side, but probably succeeded in getting in to the interior of Mexico
 Despite the report that Gen OrozoO crossed to this side at a remote point and escaped to the Texas mountains near here Maj, McNamee was in formed that Orozco and Gen. Ynez Salazar had remained with their cav airy and possibly had escaped.
 Short of Ammunition.
 Washington, Jan 10.-Scarcity of ammunition is believed by military experts here to be the reason con stitutionalists under Gen Carranza are moving to renew the siege of Guaymas on the west coast of Mex ico. Deiberation with which the con stitutionalists are moving on Ojinaga is explained by reports that they Ire shont of ammunition.
 Heretofore rebels have relied for supplies upon ammunition captured from federals. but this source recent lv has been cut off and so far as is known the onlyA resources now pos sessed are the rapidly diminishing stocks captured at Torreon many weeks ago.
 The appearance near Guaymas of Gen. Carranza, therefore, is believed to be part of a plan to obtain am intuition by capturing a seaport where conslgnments of arms and am munition can Je received from coun- tries other than the United States.
 No developments in the political situation in Mexico were reported to- day. From the Navy Department an nouncement was made of the assign ment of Maj 5medley D. Butler to command the marines of the Third Division of the Atlantic fleet, now lying off Vera Cruz. Maj. Butler has been on duty in the canal zone, and with ten other officers was detached from Camp Elliott, Panama, for duty in Mexican waters.
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