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Show gO ABOUT ; ON THE wr LINE Who Made a Break r Native Land, if Were Any Such, ciled in Escaping. I - " jfa, TROOPS CAPTURE HORSES Officers, However, Re-io Re-io Adopt the Animals, Recount of Work of jjjnng for Them. 160, Tex., Fob. 12. The fed-ytj fed-ytj Tvho made a successful ju iho Eio Grande at Yislcta Apparently wore safe from 'lodar, although tho rebel com-'General com-'General Francisco "Villa, nt aid detachments of bis men Ipig the country southeast of i t ipiioncrs, including .Toso JNfa-ijiscZ, JNfa-ijiscZ, were brought into the Brtd Hcports that twenty-;tie twenty-;tie fugitive recruits bad beou tho river from Yfileta v:ns Sped, il.irtincz is said to bo K (f tbe federal general, Pas- Huieans rounded up b Cap-fidsoa Cap-fidsoa of the Thirteenth caval-Bjit caval-Bjit wero ordered kopt under rnfflanco today. Juan llodri-j,cf llodri-j,cf tto number, said that be-Vrival be-Vrival of tho Auiericau troops dans made off with t-wenty-feei. This statement corrob.-ht corrob.-ht of a corporal of tho Fif-iralrr, Fif-iralrr, who, while socroted in 'hit threo' small detachments ias!, all mounted, leavo the i tic direction of the rivor. e said he was employed to fat'norscs by tho Mexican fed-id fed-id at El Paso, Alfredo Mus-jt Mus-jt this allegation was denied '.Unclaimed. rt'-thc horses saved by the ar-Ktioops ar-Ktioops last night, comprise pile equine orphan asylum to-Pedy to-Pedy could ho found to claim fctairbilc General Hugh L. rC&mmand at Fort Bliss, in-Bk in-Bk officers to have nothing 'the animals lest the bereft Kt the amiy as foster father, ujntb it the labor and expense for thcni. pw about 200 of them, or, wafy-scvcn captured by tho I almost onough to have ftts force which is said to ptel 25 S men. PFtoIany unquestioned owner IWjrled to the conclusion that WfcPldon. that the horses and pttn secretly collected at the M.teU of tlio plot, was correct. P of Laws. ljWent constitutes a violation Rtrallly laws of the United ft invtfUfatlon falls- into the IMtrt T Xclll. the United Rlct attorney stationed here, pi tumcJ over to the prosocu-f!sle prosocu-f!sle report of information Ws men. but tho attorney Plfrii unable to set an inves-"7 inves-"7 ndtr way today, although P1? preliminary inquiries. F1- U"t a search warrant SJ for certain buildings in I",1?. ,f munition? of WuL l 1,nd' 0r for evidence IivCp i ,0 Pons suspected t Vh.e, p!o1 frn' side. ? .V'6 VurVQi" of the re- tsV rtt'b-oad between P"rPse of this force a0.'"1 J" Hi vlclnUv of KMA IS0,"'1 to one of' the cl dL"ln1!1 b:t5le Americans , -'"toffi1' 1 ,at lhe railroad JK - ht5 l. the objective !..feg2nUnforon avall- vnia-1.odai".icamo from Js Tod(1 aicCInmy. Villa h cattle agent on tho American side. McCIamy told reporters, and will repeat the story to the district nttornov, that he succeeded in sotting two spies" Into the mysterious comrmjiy at Yslota, whore they observed ttc fullness of equipment of the men and obtained other valuable information. informa-tion. McClnmy notified Villa, who sent out soldiers along thc river bank, but most pf the fcdcrala appear to liavo eluded him, for thc time beln at least. Although Al-though they are on foot, it is naid their chances of oscape. owlnp to the nature of the country, are hotter than equal mUn rcc.e,ve1 flrat" Infor mation of the exodus from a friend In Juarez, or, In all probability, tlic federals : AL.Vl(L.hav? madc Kood in Kcttlnf; away with the horses. Thc fact that theso were saved greatly pleased Goncrnl villa. General Scott, assisted' by Licutca,,,, Walter Nelll, Is his own secret service no other provision for this branch of the work, particularly Important here by reason rea-son of .the prison camp, having boen made, lie calls on a great many people along vho border and makes It a point to enlarge the circle of his acquaintances every day. "Tho Intelligence department" is kept alert day and night, for El Paso teems witn rumors of, plots, and some of thorn, llko that of last night, prove to have elements of truth in tficm. In tho prison camp at Fort Bliss thore are several generals gen-erals whose friends are known to be itching itch-ing to free them. General Ynez Salazar, In particular, is regarded ns valuable to the federal forces, despite the fiasco at Ojlnasra. and ho is Btill kept apart from his fellow prlsonora. with a special guard watcningr his every move at all hourn. Troops Leave Juarez. General Eugenlo Agulrre Benavidcs, commanding: officer of tho Zaragoza brigade, bri-gade, jeft Juarez for Chihuahua tonight with o0& soldiers, the last of tho brigade. He predicted that the attack on Torrcon would take place by the end of next week. Most of tho brigado is olreadv in Chihuahua. The personal escort of General Villa, numbering about 200 men, will remain in Juarez under the direct command of Colonel Colo-nel Mdel Avila. one of General Villa's most trusted subordinates, and who has been recently appointed Jefe do las armas of Juarez. The troop train, which left tonight, consisted con-sisted of twelve stock cars, loaded with thc cavalry mounts; three hospital cars, several provision and ammunition cars, and a special compartment car for General Gen-eral Benavldes's private use. This car, green in color, bears the lettering let-tering "Blgada Zaragoza" in gold on thc sides. It is fitted up with a buffet k tchenette. berths and a smoking and library compartment. It is used by General Gen-eral Benavlde8 us Cils field office. The hospital oars arc box cars remodeled. remod-eled. They are ennmeled in white and have been made as sanitarv as possible. Each car is equipped with seVcral stretchers, stretch-ers, medicine cases and cabinets, opera- ; ting tables and water heaters. A full i supply of bandages and medicines Is kept In eacli car. In several of thc provision and ammunition ammuni-tion cars, provision for the transportation of the wives and fumllics of the soldiers and officers was made. The soldiers rode on the top of the cars In which their respective re-spective mounts were loaded. Each soldier sol-dier had liis saddle and accoutrements with him on tho top of the cars. Several Sev-eral minor officers also rode on the roofs of thc cars to preserve order and to enforce en-force discipline. Each soldior carried GOO rounds of ammunition. |
