Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-30

cent on the other side Of the hhff
was more tortuous but bv scrambling
and plunging to the accompaniment
or curses and lashings the animals
were forced up the steep side of the
lrayine.
still No Breakfast.
IRON the sman mesa thus gained.
me staff made observations with field
slasses while the orderlies walked the
sweating horses. | saw one member
OF the staff boy Of hardly is. who
mad attended, Notre Dame in Indi-
ana, take bottle of warm beer from
ms saddle bag and bite the metal
cap off with his teeth.
owing 10 the absence of breakfast
mad been hoping that a halt would
De called but again General Angeles
Iand his staff mounted their tired an
lmals and wheeled into byroad
looking back to the road along which
! the main column was still moving.
noticed that the pace was Increasing
from the trot to the gallop. The un-
| dergrowth beside the road grew more
dense and thorns and creeping vines
began to take the place of cactus
! bushes and other prickly growths
which had torn the clothing and
scratched the faces of the unwary
during the morning march.
Eat Eggs in the Saddle.
once on the hillside again, there
could be seen to the east a white
church surrounded by wall of
white washed mud. 1t was the town
/ of Aqua Fria, the soldiers said and
they were looking forward to halt
there. They were disappointed As
we rode through the village the sol
diers bought eggs from the old wom-
en- in the d0orways. Children stood
on the walls beside the street and
handed down earthen jugs of water
to the mounted men. The men would
make holes in both ends of the eggs
by tapping them on the saddle POM
mels and then suck out the contents
as they moved along.
Dead Horses Mark Trail.
/ out of Aqua Fria the pace began
to tell on the horses. 4 number Of
animals played out by the roadside.
Swollen bodies of dead horses bore
mute evidence of the hurried flight
of the Carranzistas two days before.
Instead of the pace becoming slow
or with the WEAKNESS of the men and
the animals, il was increased. Across
the valleys on road which ran along
the foothills of the opposite noun
tans. another column could be seen
racing in the same direction. The
dust hanging above the cavalcade ex-
tended more than two miles.
Witness an Execution.
1t was 2 O'Clock in the afternoon
and We had covered 36 miles, when
we reached the public square of Pes
quiria Chica AS We slid off our
staggering animals, there was rat
tie of shots at one side of the square.
six men were lined up in the middle
of the street lowering rifles from
then shoulders.
As they marched to one side / saw
the plaster dust from the wall of a
house slowly sitting down on a crum-
pied object on the sidewalk. 1t was
an execution. Before ! could reach
the spot the dead man had been di-
vested of his cartridge belts, his knife
land hat | noticed that one side Of
his face was lathered.
First OutpOsts of Carran1istas.
"We are up to the enemy, sald
Major Aguilar. These are the first
joutposts Of the Carranzistas. We
caught six OF the enemy shaving in
this barber shop. This fellow had one
side of his face shaved when he stop
ped to take shot at our advance
guard" -
Another one of the prisoners who
showed great fear and begged lot
mercy was taken into a stable ana eN-
iecuted with his face to the wall m
stead of facing the firing SQUAD IL
was explained to me that this was tne
extra nenalty for cowardiee. | was
hold that the other four prisoners
We're spared, but don't know tnl'
they were. bis dried
heef crackers and water and III snee, l.',,
avhaustion we lay down on the ,Iisi' plieh
floor of the one-roomed house W1lGn lr,2,
General Angeles had picked out. ! ne
oeneral stretched across the only p5u, i'n
felt a boot in my RIBS ana d"oior VIZ.
ia find an Englishman standiIs over
me. bo said.
canadian. Was in the Boer cum
pajan am chief Of the veteIIIdIS
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