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Show WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS ALL PRISONERS RELEASED Moxlcall, Mexico., Feb. 24. On orders or-ders of the war department, Captain llabcock, commanding tho United Slates troops at tho border line here, ficed nil prisoners of war today. Theso lnrludo Fernando I'aloramez, said to be paymaster of General Loyva'fl array, ar-ray, who was brought across tho lino during tho recent battlowhilo suffering from heart troublo nnd made prisoner by tho AmerIcnn troops; W. L. Holmes, a writer, charged with having hav-ing assisted the Mexican rebels, and five Mexican federal soldiers, who sought asylum on this side of tho lino while the recent right thoro was .at Its hottest. The latter left on horses for Cam-po, Cam-po, fifty-three miles west of Mexican, to rejoin Governor 'Vega's recently routed force at Knsennda. Through tho Mexican consul, tho men procured pnsRport.s from tho American customs officials and will parallel on the Am-oncan Am-oncan side the routo taken by tho nd-vnnco nd-vnnco guard of tho rebel army, whllch left hero yesterday on Its march to Knsennda. The rive departing rederal1! said they had received orders to Join Vega Ve-ga at Enscnnda and that they expected expect-ed to go by way ot Tin Juana to w arn that placo that tho rebels expect to attack it on their way to Ensenadn. The iiiBiirreclo advance guard, hoad-ing hoad-ing tho march on pnsennda, lsnrmed with new modern rifles and Is s'ald to have soft nosed mushroom bullets. According to tho American army oin ters, the use of theso bullets constitutes consti-tutes a violation of the Geneva convention. con-vention. About half of tho insurgent nrmy remains re-mains in Moxlcall. Small detachments me departing constantly under covci to prevent an observation ot their movements. General Lc-yva Intends tp ltcep part of his army' hero to hold Mexicnll as a base. |