The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21

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Pisano seems never to have carried
his work Of actual preparation out
side Of the thinly settled district in
southeast Texas included chiefly in
the counties Of Starr, Hidalgo and
Cameron, though i evidences Of his
propaganda have been found in adj
ljacent counties north and west.
/ Arrest OF Conspirator.
The rising was scheduled for Feb
sruary 20, 1915. The arrest Of q con.
spirator and the finding Of the docu-
ment on his person are thought to
have delayed the start Of operations,
as It was not until July that the ban
ddtssbegans their work. 1t ID. also prob
able that Pisano, like most other wild
lschemers, lacked the executive abil-
ity to start things moving. For. an
other man Joined the movement as
leader, and hesis probably the one who
i put the plan into action.
Back Of all the raids and wanton
murders, the bushwhack king OF Amer
lean ranchmen, and the daring at
tacks upon American troops, Is Ia
man OF military and executive talent.
This Is universally lieved to be Luis
de la Rosaf AS In the case of Pisano
the man who turns de la Rosa over
i to the state OF Texas, dead or alive,
will receive 81 900 in gold. De la Rosa
Is supposed to be the leader in the
actual fighting. It Is said that he
planned and carried out the bold
lwrecking OF passenger train within
three miles Of Brownsville, and the
cold blooded murder Of five passen-
gers. De la Rosa is q Texas Mexican,
and was at one time q deputy sheriff.
ae is well known on the American
side OF the border. He lost his official
position in consequence OF being sus-
pected OF the theft Of q team Of mules.
Apparently in revenge he Joined the
San Diegans. II, +, 4. +, s.5 a.
L. Detached Bands. !; IL If.
1 How many men are operating un-
der the leadership OF De Ia Rosa and
Pisano is difficult to estimate. The
fact that they move In detached bands.
fight always In the brush and never
hold q position against a force which
comes anywhere equnling their own,
makes estimates difficult, but single
detac hnaent numbering seventy-fvs
or hundred men have repeatedly en-
gagged in sharp skirmishes with Amer
fican troopers. Their favprite method
of warfare is quick descent on an
Isolated ranch or; a lonely OUTPOST OF
iRoldiers, whom they try; to overwhelm
in the first rush. On the arrival of
Ereinforcements they scatter and disap-
Ipear in the thick brush, or make for
the RIO Grande and Cross to the Mex-
lean side when American pursuit must
halt. :
i The connection Of these guerillas
with the organization OF San Diego
lis shown by the fact, that they con-
form to a certain rude discipline, adj
vance and retreat to the call OF "a bugle
and the beat Of a drum, and bear ban
lners with the various devices Of the
reyolutionists.. The only distinguish
4 ing mark or uniform of many Mexican
troops, even in old Mexico, is a rib
hon or band on the hat. Mexicans
KILLED in the skirmish with American
troops at Ole. del Aqua Texas, had-on
their hat bands the words. ssViva Ia
Irdapend de Texas Flags can
tnred in the battle at Norias. Tex.
were marked with the same words.
while at Mercedes, in Hidalgo county.
flags taken In skirmish bore the
motto. "Aruiv for the liberation Of
iAfexicans In Texas. !. "a I, I. =.
How Plan Got Name.
\ The plan Of San Diego Is so called
because the meeting ct which It was
formally adopted. was held in the lit
tile hamlet Of San Diego. Although
the plan provides for the capture Of
| a dozen states. and the setting up Of
several republics. it Is probable thar
Its Immediate object Is to gain pos
session Of the strip OF land between
the Rio Grande and the Nueces. This
region has been a centersof bad feei-
ling ever since the days Of the repub-
ilic Of Texas. The Mexicans have new
Ter acknowledged that 1t. rightfuliy be-
LONGS to tho United States. It is d
little more than twice the, sire Of ver-
mont and has q population OF 146, 800
people, of whom about seventy per
Icent are Mexicans These are doubt
less thc Texas afexicans, who are 10
tbe .:lIberated 81 s