Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-05-19 | Page 2 | Funston Will Not Take Risk of Slaughter

FUNSTQN WILL NOT ME RISK OF SLAUGHTER Forces Under Sibley and ' i Langhorne Too Small to Get Far From the Border. By JOSEPH TIMMONS. By TntnrnationiU Nows .Service. SAN A N TO N I O, IV x an, M ay 1 S.-r-Tlmt tli Hfituinl punitive expedition hint into Mexico, coiiinmiilnl y Colonel W. K. HiliW-y, will h:ivo fi hri.rf earner alnnn thff Kio GramlM was imlicute.l to. lay by General Funton. He is wait-iiiK wait-iiiK otily for further reports from Sibley before ho decides to m ini to the colonel the order for withdrawal. r r.l l.'iinti.n fining AT :i inr T.anc- horne 'h advaneo column may overtake tho Glenn Springs raiders and strike them a serious blow. Hut if that end is not attained within a fVw days, he is not willing to let so small a t'ore.o tUe the risk of penetrating too far into Mexieo. Force Too Small. Major hanflhome's two troops total but 307 men. Colonel Sibley is following follow-ing with two troops of like strength and a inaehinG gun troop, so that tho entire ennnnand consists of only about 300 men, counting the pack trainmen and truck drivers. A quick dash after the bandits to rcscuo Doomor and Payne and punish, if possible, tho raiders, wae all that was over planned. Unless a large f'orco should bo sent in to maintain a line of communication and support tho advance cavalry, tho position of Sibley and Langhorno would aoon become perilous if they should thread tho mountain moun-tain passes to' a distance of 200 miles below Boquillns. Base at Marathon. ! A base will still be maintained at Marathon, with a strong guard up and down the river from Boquillns, to prevent pre-vent a repetition of tho raid and to cross and disperse any bandit forces that may gather near the river. Unconfirmed reports reached General Funstou today that James h, Hodgers, special agent of tho state department, with General Carranza, had received in-Htruetions in-Htruetions to "return to the United States. Mr. Kodgers has had some difficulty dif-ficulty on account of wire conditions in communicating with the state department depart-ment and his summons to this side of Tlio ooraer was sum 10 uu merely 101 tho purpose of reporting more fully on conditions in Mexico.