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Show CADETS ACT I AS GUARD I Young Men First to I Rally to Call of Presi- I dent Madero For Aid E Mexico City, Feb. 13 The K army cadets at Chapultepec, R who were the first to rally to the call H of Prosident Madcro for aid, have for R the most part been withdrawn from K the line of action to Chspultepeo. K where they act aa a guard under the B command of General Beltran. former k principal of the school, and the offi- fg cer who reduced Felix Diaz at Cruz during bis first abortive revolution. White Cross Caring for Wounded. r; The work of caring for tho wounded jjp I has been limited by the government ;E to the White Cross society, as It Is P charged that the Red Ctosb society , harbors many political enemies of the i government. p; Up to noon, when the shells of tho contending force?? had torn their way F- through the heart of the city for four I hours, nothing like a dectsrve result I had boon achieved by either the fed- t erals or the rebels. It had been prac- e tlcally an artillery duel, although oo I cnslonally small arm fire played a vl- t vious part In the battle. I. Diaz Kept Up Steady Fire. The swift and crushing action prom- f lsed by the government was not real- I Ized. On the contrary, the fighting was of a monotonous regularity, the p federal troops slowly pounding the B- rebel position and endeavoring to si- e lence Diaz guns in order that the fi- f nal charge might be made with less I sacrifice of life. To this the rebels replied with a steady fire but they were more chary in throwing away f their ammunition and appeared to take better aim than ever. jf Most of the rebel fire was direct- I ed at tho federal batteries, but one rf of Diaz' batteries from time to time I dropped shells over the city into the I grounds of the national palace, and I Into that ancient building itself, the walls of which stood the bombard- j ment well. I At the beginning of this firing there was a great force of federal soldiers I in the palace grounds. When the fir- J Ing of the artillery became heavier a federal battery received orders to reply re-ply with vigor and under cover of this the federal soldierB moved west- ' ward into cover on Indopendencla street. It was explained by the federal j commander that this move was mere-ly mere-ly to place his men in position where they would be more easily available j for action at the front j Mexico City. Feb. 13. Straggling federal officials who arrived at tho i American embassy at noon declared that an attachment of government troops was shot to pieces on the western west-ern edge of the city early today. This Indicates that Diaz has a mobile force outside his lines in the central district. |