Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-02

rsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wisEl
Preside. Tex, Jan. 1.-THE north
crn division Of the Mexican federal
army al Ojinaea, Mexico, with its
eleven generals, other officers and
about 1000 soldiers, after merci-
less three days attack by General Or
reea's 5000 rebels, tonight appeared
to be on the verge of fleeing in dis
order across the river INTO the United
States
The ending Of the Ojinasa battle,
attended by the most horrifyng scenes
Of dead and wounded soldiers, wit
messed on the border in the present
Mexican revolution, was declared 70
have in store only one possible result
1.-The momentarily expected light Of
the whole federal army 70 American
sell.
with line Of Struggling wounded
at the border to indicate the extent
Of the carnage and descrters already
appearing in numbers, Major NJ N.
McNamee. commanding the border
patrol, made every plan in anticipa-
tion Of the flight.
Less than 500 cavalrymen, mostly
from the Fifteenth cavalry. form the
patrol here. To this small body of
American soldiers would fall the task
Of surrounding and dsarmng per
haps 1000 foreign soldiers or 5000
of them il 900 have been. disabled
or killed. The ability of the American
soldiers 10 handle the refugees was
based on the assumption that the reb-
els would pursue the fedcras up
merely to the river.
II expect at any time during the
fight that the greater part of the fed
eral army. possibly 1000 or 5000, may
be- forced across the river. ! have
made preparations to disarm and hold
them il this takes place" was the
message which Major McNamee. com
mander of only few troops of cav
airy. sent out today Major McNamee's
reference 10. "two AZ three thousand
implied a loss in dead or wounded ot
the rest of the 1000.
An estimate, as carefully as could
be obtained of the wounded ON poth
sides. was 1000 Most of the wound
cd were left on the battlefield. The
less disabled succeeded in reaching
the river and were cared for by the
Red Cross on this side,
scores of uninjnred federal desert
ers came to the river and in defiance
Of the American patrol, crossed with
their arms. All these were disarmed
and forced back TO the Mexican SIDE.
More than 200 rifles, other arms
and ammunition were taken from the
fugitives
It was impossible to learn accurate
ly the number of dead and the behei
thai it would be great, was based oh
the number of wounded. Many We're
believed to have died through lack Of
medical attention. as neither federals
nor rebels are equipped with any field
hospital service and the Red Cross Of
fcials on this side were not permitted
to ford the river even under a Red
Cross flag.
Supplies Of bandages and hospital
equipment were needed 1t was ex-
pected this want would be relieved
hy the arrival of more Red Cross
nurses and physicians who We're
coming from Marta, the nearest rail
road station. sixty-seven miles away
Those who yentured to help the
wounded from the river, risSed the
danger of being shot A few shots
fired by the rebels. fell close to or
on the American side north of Presi-
dio, but no one on this side was In
iured 1t was necessary for Major
MeNamee TO send General Ortega
warning that any further firing across
the river might entail grave conse-
qucnces.
So far. Major McNamee has ad-
hered to The policy Of sending back
all of the unwounded eombatants
Should all II the federals coms
across they would be disarmed but
they might be permitted to remain
on this side ON the grounds of human
ily after they had been placed unde
temporary arrest, The later DISPOSE
iion Of the prisoners would hc in the
hands of higher army authorities
The inclination OF the dcsertcrs to
carry their guns to this side with
them was the cause Of some uneasi-
ness, in view of the expected arrival
ol 50 many foreign soldiers at a point
nhere the United states border pa