Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-17
TWO MORE VILLA
REBEL OFFICERS
ARE EXECUTED
Soldiers OF Rebel ChIeftain,
Who Have Surrendered, Are
Sent Southwark on Train
of Sixty BoxCarS'

Juarez. Mexico. Jan. 1.-two VII
Ia offfeerg colonel Migucl Bacu VAL
leo and Lieutenant colonel Enrique
Cisnerns. were executed nt Gugnan'
near Palomas, chihuahua, yesterday
according To advices received TO-DAY
from Casas Grandes by General Gn-
hriel Gavira, Carranza commandant
here. Two other villa generals WITH
their small bands have aousht am
ncsty.
Colonel Wales. according to Mex
iron officials. WAS the leader of the
bandits who terrorized DURANGO ana
chihuahua before the Madero revolt
II was he who also had charge OF the
executions which followed the cap
ture of Juarez by villa two years ago
ana he was held responsible Tor the
killing Of Jose Bonalcs Sandoval pri-
vate secretary Of General Porfifio
Dia2 several years ago.
villa soldiers.
Several thousand former Nllla aol-
diers, with their women aud chliureh'
left here today for the south They
were the last of the army that sur
rendered here. Under the terms OF
tho amnesty granted by Carran2a
they have been pnid the equivalent
of $40 gold cach and provided win
transportation TO their homes, Win
the Understanding that thcy nave
done for good with war ana VIII re-
turn to peaceful civilian life.
some Of them are going as lar
south as Yucatan, according 10 MeN-
lean officials. and the train viii take
them td Mexico city LN way al sal
THO.
The train consisted Of more than
sixty box ears. On these inc eN-
soldiers of "Don Pancho' with nun
drods Of women and children and
surprising quantity of prlmitive
housekeeplng paraphernalin were
loaded. In spite Of the prospect OF
long days OF travelling all that could
find room climbed to the ttps OF the
cars. hauled up bedding ana babies
on ropcs, and then, draped in the tat
tered and soiled remains Of what once
were raudy serapes, settled them
selves for the journey. a chilly aust
laden wind swept the broad flnt
through which the tiny stream OF the
Rio Ghande flows, but they did not
mind that AT all.
Happy as Train Leaves.
An Of them. including mutilated
veterans of various battles. minus
legs or arms. and many instances sur
ferne from stll open wounds, shout
ed and sang as the train drew out
some saluted General Gavira and his
staff. who in fun uniform, had as-
seinbled TO see their recent foes leave.
Some Of the travellers who could
not find room in or on top OF the poN
cars rode the rods underneath. In
fact a numb seemed 10 have pre-
ferred accommodations underneath
tho ears. between the wheel trucks for
In several instances they had tightly
stretched hay balng wire across the
rods 70 support blankets aud bedding
on which reclincd or sat men, woIn-
en- aud aoiled, brown children whose
scanf garments frequently revealed
more or less cmaciated little bodies.
In one instance "A family thus es-
tablished had installed cooking ar
rangement on the rods under ear,
and the mother of the outfit was
cooking tortillus as she lay on her
side on the blanket covered baling
wire. blowing the Goals In small
sheet metal fire pot In this fashion
this particular family intended to
travel Ia Torreon, more than 400
miles south. on train that may take
days to get there,