Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-16
General Scott Gives laStruc-
tons Which Alarm Prisoner
Held at Fort Bliss Under
Indictment
INTERNED FEDERALS
COST ABOUT 5000 A DAY
American Soldiers Look Out
for Health of Me&icans,
Who Are Compelled 10
Maintain Sanitary Camp,

INN H'"HHV JOURNAL OFFICIAL taAthp WiHAf
El paso, Tex, Feb los Hundreds
of visitors went 10 Fort Bliss TODAY
to yiew the prison camp where Gem
oral Hugh l.. Scott is caring for more
than FIVE thousana Mexican men,
women aud children who fled after
3 the federals were defeated at oHnaga
q month ago
Meanwhile General Jose Ynez SAL
AGAR, prisoner extraordinary, was UNI
easy and sulked within his tent Gem
eral Scott has him confined in a spe-
cial barhcd wire stockade away from
the other prisoners, and recently in
formed him that if an attempt was
made TO rescue him he would be the
first person shot.
To-day Sala2ar sent word TO General
Scott that he feared the rebels az
Juarez would take advantage OF the
order and make a false demonstra-
tlon from the railroad tracks nearby
probably firing q few shots In the air
and before the ruse was discovered
the guard would have carried out the
instructions with reference TO himself
Fl have no more desire to escape
than q i0-year-old boy was the mes
sage Salazar sent General Scott said
that he might enter the post guard
house IL he wished. Here he would
be in cell but perfectly safe, and
the Mexican may try the experiment
Tor a week.
Captain @. IT, Estes, adiutant Of
the Twentieth infantry which is in
charge Of the prison camp. has a card
index system to keep track OF the pris-
oners and their own ieaders know
more about them now tnan they ever
did in the field. These cards bear
the name, home town. rank and age
Of the prisoners and the number of
women and children accredited to him
Ellliano Nasquez for instance, is 2G
years old and with him are one Wom-
an and Two children.
In the camp there are fifty-three
wounded federal officers and 1877
wounded men, and Els federal Off
GERS and $3.50 mon who are physically
ne. There are ,259 women and 556
children. OF the children 400 are of
school age and as soon as possible
General Scott viii inaugurate a school
at which some of the educated off
GERS who are confined there will be
the instructors. There are four cases
OF smallpox and this has delayed the
school plan Three babies were horn
last week. three the week before and
more are expected
The prisoners live IN tents, brown
Ike the whole verdureesR landscape
lt costs eighteen cents gold per day
to feed each prisoner or about 5000
for the camp, while tho oost or sub
sisting an American soldier Is tWenly-
three and a half cents Tho prison
rations consist of Mexican beans. emil
peppers corn meal. potatoes. onions.
bread, fresh meat and coffee. A guard
today detected one Of the prisoners
giving away some Of his coffee 10 a
more needy fellow countryman on the
outside.
Most Of them are far better off than
they were when in the fald. They
arc housed and fed regularly. and by
dnt of much urging the Americans
have trained them 10 police their
camp and take proper sanitary pre-
cautions. The prison Is Of about forty
acres, surrounded by a barbed wire
fence. The sentrios do not enter the
camp except for special purposes. bur
patrol 1t on tho outside Visitors are
kept nt distance from the fence
and the prisoners themselves are kept
away from it so that "a space Of flf-
teen feet or more intervenes between
prisoners and spectators.
In the crowds today we're many
MeXicans from III Paso who brought
gifts of tobacco, cigarettes, bananas
apples, oranges and other delicaeies
The prisoners, men. women and chill
drcn, iammed against the restraining
wire with outstretched hands. crying
I'm pleading voices, "Meester." or
"Meester Lady" II they had picked
up that much English, TO attract at
tcntlon. All gifts We're passed inside
through the soldiers. One man who
passed half dollar directly to a w0m-
an who had passed the restraining
wire was hustled out of the camp. one
disappointed Mexican threw a stone
at 20 sergeant A mounted guard
drow his pistol while IN infantryman
went inside ana arrested the often
der such incidents. it was said, are
not uncommon.
The offender VIII be tried at
court Of hla own officers, and VIII +
De imprisoned In a stockade and
otherwise punished hy his own com- 8
rades. Tho Americans insist upon
self support ana self government
among the prisoners TO the fullest ex-
tent possible They must maintain 1
order. keep thejy tguteG streets gie4u. Z
and make full reports to Lieutenant y