El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-16
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CAR MEN
Street Car Service Will Be
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Is Announced.
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bridge, the battalion OF the 18th il
fantry deplOyed as skirmishers on
this side and spread along the rail-
road track paralleling the river.
\ Upon reaching the Mexican side
/ one battalion of the gath infantry
proceeded TO positions near the race
track, while the other battalion
, slipped down the river, following the
south bank, TO point near the east
line of trenches dug by the Carranza
! troops. This movement hemmed the
rebels in on the east and west. with
the river on the north The cavalry
which had crossed further down the
river, maneuvered to get into the rear
Of all the rebel forces, thus cutting
one battalion of the SD field ar
, tillery. consisting Of batteries d and
i c. crossed the river near WashintOn
park on a temporary bridge thrown
" across by the Ninth engineers earlier
J in the evening. One regiment of cav
airy also crossed there
Mai. Gen. De ROsey c. Cabeli.
commander of the Southern de-
parfment, arrived here from Fort
sam Houston, san Antonio, early
today and Immediately went into
conference with Brig. Gen James
r. Erwin. commander Of the FL
PasO border district, including the
eUpeditfOnary force now in Mex
leo in pursuit of Villa. Gen. Ca
bell Will remain here throughout
the day and probably longer.
An American army officer, who
| made an inspection trip from the in
ternational bridge to the race track.
] southeast OF Juarez, Monday morning,
reported seeing the bodies of 30 Villa
dead in the open space before the
| race track grandstand and in the
/ patio Of the race course. \ number
/ he said He said he made no effort
: to locate the bodies Of the dead rebels,
] but only counted those he could see
/ from the car. He believed many had
! been killed with shrapnel bullets fired
from the American artillery
200 Rebels Killed.
At the fort it was announced that
( the 20 Villa prisoners had been taken
south with Gen Gonzales's column.
! and that eight of the officers Of
( Villas command made prisoners had
/ been executed. It was also stated by
Mai. Hernandez that the body. OF
Manuel Castro. a Villa general. had
been found in the trenches east Of
town with the insignia Of a general
on his hat and uniform coat.
The number of Villa rebels killed
during the engagement was placed at
200 by the federals. while 20 were
wounded. they said. They said they
had no estimate Of their own losses
Refugees Reenter Juarez.
The American troops. mostly path
infantrymen, guard the American ap-
proaches 10 the international bridge,
while diminutive Mexican soldiers
stand guard at the Mexican end Of the
bridge The Chinese and Mexican
refugees who were detained at the
United States. immigration station
during the night were released and
permitted to erturn to Juarez, where
everything was quiet
One American officer in command
OF a cOlOred infantry company told
OF his experience during the fighting
with the rebels last night. He said
one band Of rebels held up their hands
IN token OF surrender then opened
fire on the Americans at close range.
All the rebel band were killed.
Expect No Objection.
American mining company officials
were up all night last night trying
to get in communication with their
representatives and American Off
northern Mexico. Those having min
ing connections in the towns and
camps held by the federal govern
ment were little alarmed at the sud
den turn the situation took last night
They stated to American consuls and
military officials that thew antici
pated no general wave Of feeling in
northern Mexico as that which oc-
CURED when troops landed in Vera
Cruz in 1915. Villas record in the
north was such. they argued. that the
majority OF the people not closely
aligned with Villa would welcome the
intercession Of the American military
force
Much concern was felt. however. for
Americans in mining camps held or
frequently visited by Villas bands.
Those operating in the Parral-Santa
Barbara district of southwestern
Chihuahua were especially concerned.
since Villa recently declared this his
provisional copitol and Parral has
long been a Villa hotbed. they say.
Many messages were sent BY way OF
Laredo and Torreon to these and
other camps in Mexico explaining the
situation and advising the Americans.
Plenty of Ammunition.
Additional alarm was caused to-
day when it was auuounced that
Villas intention. had the American |
military not interferred. to have es-
tablished his northern pase at Casas !
Grandes, 125 miles from the border. !
in the center Of the Mormon colonies.
This would have resulted in his con-
troll Of the railroad in that district |
and would have placed the cattle and |
land owners at his mercy. residents Of !
that district stated.
Had the battle between Villa and |
Carranza forces for possession Of !
Juarez continued another day the fed /
erals would have suffered no shortage
Of ammunition Arrangements had /
ammunition from the American side i
and 10000 was crossed Sunday.
The remaining munitions are here /
and viii probably be used in the cam |
paign against villa
Street car service will be resumed |
between Juarez and FL Paso Tuesday |
morning.
When an American repair crew
from the FL PasQ Electric Rail-
way company Went to Juarez
Monday morning to repair dam
ages done the lines by the battle.
stones were thrown ut some of the
VvOrkmen and the crew came to
the American side with the 24th
infantry battalion.
Reports from Juarez indicated a /
slight undercurrent of feeling against 4
Americans because Of the military ex-
petition Sunday night At a mass /
meeting held in front OF the city hall 4
to explain the reason for the maneu-
yer, considerable heated discussion 1
was reported to have taken place. 1
Mayor Trinidad Romero presided and /
explained the American attitude to-
ward the border developments here.
Seven men. five of them lIexf-
cans, are being held by the mill
fary police on charges of snipfnE.
while two are being held by the
city police on n similar charge.
An were arrested near the Santa
Fe street bridge. following the
tense situation in which Ameri-
can soldiers on duty near the
river were shot Mt by men on
buildings on Santa Fe. Eighth
and Ninth streets, all located
close to the river.
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