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Show WAITING I III! ORDERS Federals Sent to Pro- tect American Dam, Not to Fight 4-' t- -AfBXICAU, Mex., April 10. Colonel Miguel Mayot and ap- proiimatoly 1800 federal troops aro still encamped five miles south of here and aro as inac- tivo as If there were no rebels In Lower California. In the trenches hero there are one -f -- hundred rebels, mostly Amer- -f cans, contemptuous of thoprow- -f -- ess of tho vaunted "fighting - eighth" battalion of the nation- -f- f al army, and eager tq try con- elusions with their foes. May- - f ot's army was augmented by f reinforcements today, -f 4- The inactivity of the Mexican federals fed-erals Is inexplicable. After having flanked and practically surrounded Williams' small force of 85 Saturday, they failed to pursue their attacking force, and today Mayot gave tho surprising sur-prising information that he did not follow his advantage because ho had uu orders to attack Mexicali and would not do so until he received instructions. in-structions. Not Ordered to Attack. "We were ordered over here to protect pro-tect tho American dam on the Colorado Colo-rado river," ho said, "and we will go thoro unless otherwise Instructed." Captain Pryce, who was elected commander of" the American contingent contin-gent of the Liberal array, said today that If the federals do not attack them tomorrow he will sally forth and again assault them. Mayot's failure to at' tack Mexican when Williams' force was fleeing Saturday has resulted In the complete recovery of the garrison frOm its demoralization. The recruits are slipping over the line and despite depleted ranks the rebels aro confir dent of defeating the federals who overwhelm them in numbers. Only one factor favors tho national forces and that is the lack of harmony in the insurrecto garrison. Francisco Salinas Sa-linas is commander-in-chief in name. Pryce, an English veteran of tho Boer war, is the real chief and upon his battalion of American adventurers depends de-pends the succoss of tho entire revolutionary revo-lutionary movement In Lower California. Califor-nia. Federals Were Reinforced. The reported advanco of the federals fed-erals today was merely a reconnaissance. reconnais-sance. The main body remained In camp at Little's ranch, five, nilles. southwest of Mexicali, where they wore reinforced today by 125 soldiers, Whether this addition was cavalry, infantry, or artillery is unknown. Mayot does not permit any outsiders In his camp. He said, however, that tho reinforcements will he under command com-mand of Celso Vega, governor of Lower Low-er California, and will number about. COO when all arrive.. May Repeat Williams' Assault. Pryce and his Independent battalion may assault the GOO fedorals bpforo the. rest of Vega's army arrives. . If ho does, he will profit by Williams' mistake and probably seek to surprise the Mexicans by a night attack. The Americans In the rebel camp profess absolute contempt for the fighting ability of the Mexican "eighth battalion" bat-talion" and point to the fact that-the Mexicans failed to annihilate Williams force of 85 men when they had them surrounded a,nd overwhelmed by numbers num-bers Saturday. Pryce and his men spent tho day cutting down tho brush east of Mexicali so na to destroy the cover on that sldo of the town. Mayot said he had not heard anything regarding re-garding Borthold since leaving Ensc-nada Ensc-nada 17 days ago. |