The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-13
OJ|NAGA CAPTURED,
VILLA MOVES ARMY
TOWARD CHIHUAHUA
Expects to Have Force OF
10000 Men From Which to
Draw for Attack on Torreon.
On to Mexico City.
Federal Officers From Ojinaga
in United States Not All
Arrested. Government Will
Care for the Three Thous-
and Refugees.

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PRESIDE. TEXAS, Jan. H.
Many federal officers from Oiinaga,
who came to this side of the river
when the town was surrendered, did
not surrender to the United States
troops, but are making an effort to
escape.
Information from MARIA To-Day rs
that the depot there IS lined With
Nexicans, many of whom are rec ts-
:.isea as former federal offs RS IN
Cjinaga. kilograms have been sent
70 Ell Paso and San Antonio to secret
service agents of the United States
to watch the trains and arr ST all
Mexicans suspected Of being DESERT
Asrs from Ojinaga
The fedora, prisoners now held here
by the United States troops are 10
be sent to Maria, where rhey will be
guarded, rs II tHs4ea sst-t considered wfse
to hold them here on the border SO
near their recent enemies. They Will
probably be sent Tuesday overland to-
Maria The march will require two or
three days.
Will Leave Tuesday.
Panoho Villa has begun to nfepe
his army to Chihuahua preparatory 10
his campaign southwark He will,
leave possibly Tuesday. Since all the
federals except the volunteer generals
and a few OF their men who were in
Ojinaga, have fed to the United
States, villa will leave only few
soldiers here, At Chihuahua he ex-
poets to have a force of 10000 men
from which to draw Tor this attack on
Torreon.
The defeat Ut tho northern division
~ FIN n fasaa
cefned only with the sotitn. said VII
la to-day 'eThe few remaining fed
sraI garrisons on the west and east
coast will be driven ont by our forces
now surrounding them, Mexico City
has always been my destination, aud
I will soon be there
villa busies himself today super
vising the work of cleaning Ojlnaga
of the litter OF battle. He announced
officially today that his loss in the
fighting Saturday night included
twenty-five killed. and forty-sfx
wounded He declared that he buried
or burned $50 dead federals, and took
seventy prisoners, and that none ol
the prisoners were executed he salu
they We're being used for cleaning up
the town. and that they would be con-
tinued in the service as iahorers with
the rebel army
villa sent Major Fierro. his superin-
tendeat of railroads, to Ell Paso to-
day to make up all the train equip
ment in the ,Iuarez yards. and take II
south to Chihuahua City. and thence
eastward la Falomir.L ON the Orient
road, where he EXPECTS to entrain his
men as they march away from
Ojinaga.
Field Pieces Captured.
Villa exhibited several filled pieces
today that captured from the
federals at ojinaga, and claims TO
have secured almost. one thousand
rifles. This means one thousand
more armed constitutionalists.' he
declared. as we can get all the mon
We can arm.
Villa sent $4,000 in cash by HIS
railroad superintendent to- General f.
a, Benavides at Juarez with which 10
pay off the rebel soldiers in the border
town, There in much suffering
among the federal troops in detention
here. Many of them. suffering from
the long siege OF exposur" and nervous
tension. are nervous wrecks. covering
and crouching in corners at the slight
est sound. Some are unable to eat.
and some are i'll from overeating
American rations, many are grieving
and detected over the disappearance
OF missing relatives. Some OF the
soldiers who escaped have been un-
able to hear from their families and
fear the rebels will detain them In
Ojinaga and abuse them.
Some Of the refugees will be unable
tss CT r,I he. trrzr q y, ri 81
miles to Maria tomorrow and these
will be taken in army wagons. Tho
women and children dependent upon
the soldier prisoners will not he
furnished transportation by the United
States, hut the Red Cross is providing
food for them, and they will trudG9
with the caravan as best they can.
Provide for Women.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-~A de-
cision was reached here this evening
that for the present the United States
will care for the three thousand fed
cfal soldiers. and the women and chill
dren who joined them In the flight
from Oiinaga. This course Was do
termined upon in conference between
Secretary of War Garrison and Major
General Wood, and Counsellor Moore.
of the state department. II will cost
the United States about 4t,090 q day
to play the unwelcome role OF host ia
these Mexicans al Fort Bliss and ats
FL Paso, Texas. To reach this point
they will have to make trip overland
sixty miles TO Marfa- Texas, the near
est railroad station Arrangements
are already being made to provide
railroad TRANSPORTATION for the ref-
t,gees from Maria tn III Paso. All
women and children who care to acs
la - tur4If