Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-12-26 | Page 1 | Villa's Men near Frontier

Villa's Men Near Frontier. EL PASO, Dec. 27. While rebel troops are said to be moving eastward from Torreon Tor-reon in the direction of Monterey after capturing San Pedro de L.as Colonias with its Carranza garrison of 1 100 men. another an-other report to reach tiie border tonight credits General Francisco Murguia with leading an expedition in person against Villa bands in the region of Minaca, to the west of Chihuahua City. A rumor also is current in J uarez that about of Villa's men are near the frontier, twelve miles east of Juarez. American army men express the belief Ibnt the cold wave that struck El Paso today, said by weather forecasters to be reaching over northern Mexico, will have a serious effect on the campaign against Villa and one to Villa's advantage. They point out that the government troops in Chihuahua come from the tropical east coast and are unable to withstand tho intense in-tense cold of the high altitudes, wliih develops de-velops pneumonia among them. Villa's followers arc. on the othor hand, all natives na-tives of t he nort hern mountainous plateaus, pla-teaus, the officers say, and well seasoned in winter campaigning.