Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-02 | Page 3 | Officer Lacked Nerve to Follow Band of Raiders

OFFICER LACKED NERVE TO FOLLOW BAND OF RAIDERS SAN ANTONIO. Texas, July 1. Unwillingness Un-willingness of a lieutenant of the J-Olphth cavalry today to assume responsibility when In pursuit of raiders near Fort Hancock served to avert the adding of i another complexity to the international situation. Late reports to General Funston told of the raid by eight Mexicans about 54 miles southeast of EI Paso. Lieutenant Kdwin N. Hardy of the Eighth cavalry with n small detachment bepan the pursuit pur-suit He did not come within, range of the raiders but followed their trail to a point where it entered the river, leading in the direction of the Mexican side. The Mexicans had driven away a few horses. The lieutenant reported the incident, iiuuniK niiiL ii miu iiul ieei uue assuming assum-ing the responsibility of following: the Mexicans across the Rio Grande. Captain Cap-tain Wroy lOlting was ordered by General Gen-eral Bell at Fahens to make an Investigation Inves-tigation and if the trail was found still "hot" It was expect ed he would follow It across. He waa cautioned, however, to avoid if possible, a conflict with any of Carranza's troops.