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Show AMERICAN TROOPS N0WJII0 GENERAL PERSHING LEADS ARMY ACR088 BORDER IN 8EARCH FOR BANDIT VILLA. Campaign Will be Continued Until Villa' Has Been Killed or Cap- tured. Mexicans Aiding In Search for Bandits. Sou Antonio, Texas. As a direct result of attack on tho morning of Maroh 9 by Moxlcan bandltB, led by Francisco Villa, upon tho town of Columbus, N. M., whon a scoro of Americans wero killed, property destroyed de-stroyed and stores looted, American troops were sent across tho border on tho 16th. Gonoral John J. Pershing, at tho heail of 5,000 American soldiers, has begun tho task assigned tc him to capturo Bandit Villa, dead or alive General Pershing's report of his entrance en-trance into Moxko served to dlspol to a great extent fear that bad boen entertained en-tertained in somo quarters that rculst-anco rculst-anco would -bo offered by tbo troops of Uio defacto government. Colonel Dortanl, tho commanding officer of tho Carranza garrison at Palomas on tho south sldo of tho lino, Joined General Gen-eral Porshlng. Ills force was only Bomo 400 men, but the ware reported to havo displayed wlllh.gness and even eagerness to Join in tho chase As a body tho Mexican troops will remain re-main under tholr own commander, but a number of them dro being employed employ-ed as scouts by Gonoral Pershing. Gonoral Pershing has gono into Mexico with ordors to wipe out Villa and his organization. Unless ordors to tho contrary aro rccolved from thoso higher in outhority than General Gener-al Funston, tho campaign that was begun be-gun Wednesday will continue until Vl(la is captured or killed. No limits havo been placed on tho field of operations. |