Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-08-07
.2EBELSNOW RULE
half OF MEXICO
official Information Shows Car.
rama Barey Ciings to Con-
troll Over Rest.
las ONLY 10000 TROOPS
President Is Too Weak to Keep Order
as Bandits Harass Whole Country
Industry Snuffed Out and
Morale at Low Ebb.

New York.-The Mexican problem
vas never more Troublesome. Condi-
ions in that revolution-racked land
ere never more chaotic than they are
ebay. Carranza now controls little
ore than one-half Of Mexican terri
tory aud his hold on that is not at all
:pcurc Opposed to him are six organ
;zel rchel organizations, not including
the Sonora Yaquis, while everywhere
his authority is hampered and his
troops harassed by organized BAN
ditry.
Fearing upon actual conditions In
Mexico, the New York Times has come
into possession of certain information,
now in the official possession Of the
Cnited States government. Verifica-
ton of these statements which follow
is to be found in the archives Of the
government in Washington.
CarrnnZa has officially claimed that
he is supported by regular army Of
10000 well disciplined and well
equipped troops. This statement Is
not borne out by the Facts in the case.
rnd the truth Of the matter Is that his
armed forces number not more than
| $4,000 officers and enlisted men, who
nre poorly equipped, whose morale Is
! ut low ebb. vet upon whose loyalty de-
! ponds Carranza's sway over people
! who number more than 100000 900.
! Today the COahuila "chieftain" Is ex-
, ercising authority In those parts OF
Mexico not under rebel or bandit
{ 10, tfn,, Il ntn TO M fhrnnph
| the PRONUNCIATION of executive DEGREES
Of the great American bOrder.line Car
rama Is in control Of not much more
than one-third, while the whsle, Of
southern Mexico Is severed from "fed-
cral control" by stretch OF rebel-cOn-
trolled territory that on the Atlantic
extends from the rich oil lands of Tam
rico almost to the City of Vera Cruz,
and on the Pacific by the entire coast
line of the great state of Oaxaca.
Lower California has become to all In
tents and purposes independent of the
government that sits in Mexico City.
Three Genera! Divisions.
The contending forces in Mexico
may he referred to under three gen.
tral heads. They are:
First-The federal or Carranzista
forces
Second-The rebel forces led by
Felipe Angeles. Francisco villa, GULL
rrmo Meixuerio, a full.blOoded Tapotec
Indian, and " many well-infor, I'd OBJ
sr'...'s co.,. ed e., lest ard r
tr..Stwu, by 1 der . NJ xico: elk
Itaz. \ INT i .'ela. /. who do, IL ,es
H. r.. bic, ;."d "A, eel. oil h,"ds:
the Hapatistas, still, despite CarranAa
affirmation, power in that part Of
Mexico of which the state of Morelos
is the center; General Cantu, governor
IF the state of Lower California, and
the organized Yaqui Indian forces OF
the western part of the border state OF
Sonora.
Third-The bandits who, IN small
groups. are operating everywhere In
Mexico.
As to the first or federal forces sup
porting Cnrranza, it Is, as already
pointed ont. the official claim of the
present Mexican. or CarranZa, govern
ment. that this force numbers 10000
men, 1t Is conscript army to a
great extent and it Is small and incffi-
riCnt for two reasons, the first being
Carlnnzas inability to enforce con-
ScriptiOn, and the second the fact that
he is unable properly to equip, train,
or maintain necessary discipline.
Owing to these two conditions, over
which CarranZa appears to have no
ln Of 9
today at its maximum strength. 1t is
an army poorly organized and poorly
equipped. or this army a large pro-
portion is held in or near Mexico City,
leaving the remainder, numbering less
than, n full division, according to the
american organization TO guard and
maintain supremacy in the states OF
Nuovo Leon, eastern COahuila, south
I'm Durango, Hldago, San Luis PotOsi,
GuHnajuato. Queretaro, MichOacan,
.faliSco Topic, Zacatecas, Guerrero,
CoIima, Chiapas Campeachy, Yucatan,
Tabasco, Quintana Roo, and the east
crn or Atlantic edge of the state of
Vera Cruz, which territory on paper re-
rlains under federal control.
The big transcontinental stretch of
rchpl-controlled territory, which aver
ages more than 100 miles in width, and
which forms an unbroken barrier from
ocean to ocean, completely separates
the federal-controlied states of the
scuth-Chiapas, Campeachy, Yucatan,
Tabasco, part of Vera Cruz and Quin-
tana Roo-from the states or parts OF
states over which Carranza still holds
sway in the north.
Villa Forces Strongest.
or the organized opposition groups
which are seeking to overthrow Car
IS operating in Chihuahua and neigh.
boring states under Angeles and villa.
The Villistas, as this force is popu-
lcrly known, is not the unOrganiZed,
poorly equipped, and undisciplined
force that great many people in this
hand. probably the best organized and
equipped military organization in Mex,
leo. 1t numbers 10000 men command
ed by Angeles, the French trained !
rebel leader with Villa second In com
mand. 1t Is well equipped with rifles
and is said to have fairly well organ
lied artillery arm. and the Villistas
fire the best ammunition, which, as a
rule, Is American made and is SNUG
gled across the Rio Grande by "gun
runners"
The Angeles-Villa forces are TODAY