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Show Supplies Sent Forward. COLUMBUS, N. M., April go. Nine truck loads of ordnance leaving the base here today for the front, together with other activities, indicated preparations there of a more or less permanent nature. na-ture. An analysis of supplies sent forward for-ward from here In the last few days disclosed dis-closed that among them were numhers of mess kits, saddlebags and other field equipment, as well as much lumber and building supplies supposedly for use in repairing bridges, erecting executive buildings and the construction of tent floors. First reports of desertion were received today from the front. These said eight cavalrymen had deserted from a cavalry regiment because of the rigorous march In northern Mexico. |