The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-01
..,,n,e Of Mexican City After
Tvo Days Fight Presents
Vivid Picture.
uoR OF OUR BLUEJACKETS
...l,s sheIIed Buildings in Which
~, ,a..r nsnlpers" Had Taken Ref
Natives Surprised at Cour-
tssy Of American Troops


..sIye Americans were killed and
~, wounded before the city of
y. crug came into the undisputed
AT y" .,..ion of the American invading
'eH M. after a tWo-day fight. Although
lot \. uexicans suffered more severely,
am. .nmber of their casualties has not
'aE =, oscertained. The best estimates
.s.iasd by Capt William R. Rush
N : No battleship Florida indicated
Il. 4, IN the engagements of Tuesday
9m. i wednesday their dead numbered
Is; Knit one hundred and fifty, No per-
Ia, tnows how many Mexicans fell
ILL., .oapded. as many Of them were taken
We. ,r,r and hidden by friends.
i the streets about the plaza
N u.dpesday afternoon lay fifteen or
55; ,g.nty bodies, a majority Of them at
eri sp5 IN citizens clothing. Some of
., Al men evidently had been dead since
ok ~ Engagement Tuesday and the
on. fovIcsl heat made their immediate
IS, g,,o,sl Imperative One Of the first
Or ,riars given after the town had been
,,,tured was to bury the Mexican
= is5 IN trench at the sea end OF
ny - n the streets leading from the
~ Plaza
er. Scores Are Taken Prisoners.
When the city was taken the order
lc' ns given to advance carefully and
ay aaych every building for men bearing
pc una Scores of prisoners were taken.
ed IA majority Of them protesting vol
,bly-many hysterically-that they
on vgs not guilty of any unfriendliness
ay sssrd the Americans. Accustomed
X, 4 tie Mexicans are to seeing their
le' esp contending forces shoot imme-
'a HseIy ali prisoners taken, the cap
o. hpsd men could not but believe that
Ag would receive no less drastic
Ic- lrsatment at the hands of the Ameri-
sh ais The guns found in houses were
Is. ihroEn by the marines and blue
H. jsctets from the upper balconies to
II. lie pavement below.
m The most spirited action was the
N. taxing Of the naval academy. Aside
nom that fight, no definite, organized
ggslton was encountered by the
Americans. A hot fire was poured
m tom the naval college, but few
90 EsH directed shots from the cruisers
ID CHESTER San Francisco and Prairie
ii lrs gaping holes in the stone walls
n nd silenced the rife fire of the MeXi
10 ans inside. The bluejackets then
: Ssfs enabled to proceed with the task
D Asy bad in hand.
n Escape From Fight Cut Off.
m Despite the Smelling it had received
X Tuesday. a squad of soldiers continued
n b give considerable trouble to the
n americans from the battered Benito
h iiatez tower After they had been
a, asneed and removed from the tower
% vas discovered that the soldiers
! Ald continued fighting for lack of
d ality to dc anything else. The shells
y non the Warships Tuesday had torn
= iEay the stairway in the tower and
esmen had been compelled to remain
hA
Appeal From Aged Mexican.
goheldent with the orders for the
!. msral advance of the Americans an
!, yea, vhite-haired Mexican, carrying
: Y white flag of truce, came down a
lset from the center of the city
y carried letter to the chief of po-
{ Re the only authority he hoped to
AeA and desired Consul Granada to
. aa 4 It was an urgent appeal to
9s chief of police to call off the
sllpsH and prevent the bombardment
believed would follow if they con-
aded their execution.
AVen before the messenger had
'aa0ed the stairs into the consuTs
'1N capt. Rush was informed of the
? ~leats Of the note he bore and i'm
s'aiasely sounded cease firing and
Aal But 1t was too late. The
yum mad been begun all along the
ana It was not considered wise
auempt further measures to stop
, Iae commanders ordered their
u lofWard at double quick, which
carried out with a vigor that
'sFd gave them the city.
Evidences of War.
ol0oebespattered sidewalks, broken
sSssS and bullet-scarred walls gave
rs.a grewsome aspect, Within
algencia hotel there we're forty
s,caas most of them women, who
asea there since the commence
q nOstilities. When the square
aen they were Immediately no
suat they might go on the Span
cruiser Carlos v outside the
aIef In order to give the Prairie
sn. nfe her guns. The Spanish
aloer refused saying that he
n,s roy vancouver his boat In so
~. space at night. He also de-
mat he needed to take on a
a.s q fresh water. Admiral
insisted yesterday that his
y carried out, and the Carlos
~ outside just before the at.
= sne center of the city began.
WIZ Wednesday, mornipe tbe