New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-07
VILLA RALLIES HIS
REBELS AT OJINACA
ps;oforced and Refreshed
They Return to Re
new the Battle.
1000 MEN RACING
TO HELP FEDERALS
,.,nroerts Hope to Defeat the
weary Garrison Before Aid
Car Reach Town.

.-. rree-arh 90 rhe Tribane
..so Tex. Jan. 6.-Reiniorced'
,-..,es 40 water holes not contami-
~ ,be.r supply Of food rcplenished
a''. nv ammunition store strength
~ v.h thousands of cartridges
eli from chihuahua City and
49, tho rebel army late TO-DAY re-
- On the s.cce Of Ojinaga.
ia ty General Pancho villa. whose
- alone carries terror TO Federal
- The rebels who had retreated
.se corcnos River nearly twenty
- VIII try bv force Of numbers to
- -. he Federals from their strong
.,,,,ons before relief. already on the
.,v reaches them.
10 has been one Of activity in
,e,.ga and courlers arriving from the
-, army say IL has been a day OF
,.~s-ieb activity in the rebel ranks.
,.n. - appears. has impaired his won
81 svnamic force 10 the men, and
...,-ress % return 20 the fray was
-, In the shouts which greeted the
-, n the leader and the haste with
-s,,s the men. even the most humble
4. ,se ranks. gathered up equipment
,,sburried 70 The point Of departure.
Forced 70 Hunt Water.
when the rebol army retreated from
os,ara Yesterday the question OF
.,,,r was most important. The Rio
c-,,se and the Conchos alike were
.,rl with the carcasses Of many horses.
:. v,s unfit for any use. and the men
~, The rebel army were suffering tort
~.as which only those who have been
,,bovt water for thirty-siX hours can
.,,reeiste. Also. the army was short
o., food supplies
II dnd water quickly the rebels
s.v,ses their forces into three divisions.
-,ssa went i'm as many directions. and
Ell fo-egathered when a good supply
I'D been located by one Of the divisions
md the others were notified Of the find
through couriers.
More than five thousand fresh. we'll
armed men have been added TO the
-.sel forces to-day. Villa brought
100 from Chihuahua. Herrera, under
forced marches from the Torreon dis
,re,. added two thousand, and fully
tvo thousand more were added from
ahe points.
Rsans with the rebel achievements
md nraining every point TO get ahead
q them are 5000 Federals under Cen
eral Argumelo. who left the Jimenez
district four DAYS ago under orders 10
relieve the Ojinaga garrison as quickly
as he possibly could get there.
Help Expected Soon.
Argumedo IS making forced marches,
he is expected 10 get 10 Ojinaga within
tao days and Federals say the reason
Toy the rebel fight Of Monday was the
Fear that Arsumodo would arrive be-
fore the rebels had been reinforced and
had received the additional ammuni-
lion they needed
With the arrival Of Argumedo's
forces. It is said by the Federals. a
movement from Ojinaga 10 Chihuahua
city and IN pursuit Of the rebel forces
q ortera will 81 once be started, suf-
fcient force being left al Ojinaga TO
protect and hold it as a Federal port
o. entry.
A movement on Juarez also will be
made by the Federals # they drive the
rebels again from Ojnaga. This was
decided to-day al a conference Of Of
hcers The move on Chihuahua Will be
made first. Tie Federals say, in order
10 establish a base 81 operations there.
In tho repulse o. the rebels yesterday
The Federals captured several field
Pieces and a quantity Of ammunition
which the rebels. in their haste, did not
attempt 10 carry away These field
Pieces We're mounted to-day in the in
irenchmeuts at OJuaga. and when the
f'bels resume the attack they will be
tfed upon by their own cannons and
With their own 4rrr1uufffou