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Show u.s. era Risipii Swift Pursuit Will Follow Outrages on Border Hereafter. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. r- No of-Gcial of-Gcial announcements are being made of how tho United States government intends in-tends to handle the bandit nuisance in northern .Mexico from this point on, but there is every evidence ' that all preparations have been' made to meet future depreciations with a swift movement move-ment of troops, such as now is being conducted against the de'speradues who held thc two army aviators for ransom. ran-som. 4wif t-moving cavalry, 1'utlv equipped with machine guns and guided by airplanes, air-planes, it is understood, will be relied upon, and will be prepared to move quickly from strategic points along the border of the bandit country on the Rio Grande. Organization of the border guard to insure the greatest speed in these movements move-ments has been completed, the cavalry regimen's being so distributed as to place the nucleus of a flying column at carefully selected points along the Rio Grande. Movement of troops of the Eighth cavalry into Mexico today inaugurated tho new plan, according to officials, and from this time on similar ineideuts "will be handled without gloves." Jn announcing that Major General Joseph T. Dickman, commanoimg the southern department, had acted on instructions in-structions from the war department, Secretary Baker intimated that only the danger i'n which the two officers were placed prevented an attempt to rescue them by forec. "When the reports came of the capture cap-ture of these two officers and their being held for ransom," Secretary Baker said, "the hour of execution was fixed on the next day in default of tho ransom being paid. There was, of course, no opportunity to make a military rescue within such a time, and I therefore directed that the ransom money be paid and that a force be arranged to take up the hot trail of the I bandits, and pursue them with the hope of being ablo to capture as many as possible. ' ' Details of how the dash was con-dueled con-dueled were left entirely to General Pickman, the only requirement being that it should be made with a "swiftly mo in g force. I'asalrv "ith machine guns and guarded bv airplanes would be used. If captives are taken they will be brought lo the United States. The close proximity of the bandit rendezvous to tho border led to the hope that the American troops might overtake over-take them before they would have lime to scatter. Keports to the state department today to-day from the American consul at 1.1 Paso said that late last w cok General Dicguoz. Mexican commandant at L'hi-liuahua L'hi-liuahua I'itv. had ordered Mexieau cav-I cav-I airy patrols out through the country where the American officers were held, but there was no indication whether these pal reds still were operating. The department was also advised by the American embassy at Mexico City that when it made representations re-carding re-carding the capture of the avintn.-s. tho Mexican foreign office promised to see that ovorv possible step was taken to assist in the rescue of the men. Dispatches to the department from Chihuahua said the governor of that Mexican strire. with the approval ot President Carranza. had offered a reward re-ward of 50.0"H pesos for the capture of Francisco Villa." Two colonels and three captains of the Vi'.lista forces (Continued on rage 18. Column 3.) military authorities so that a military escort mi.eht be provided and the explosives ex-plosives fell into the hands of the rebels. should keep aviation up to a high state of eff iciency. ' ' Denial that Yillistas captured a trninload of ammunition between Chihuahua Chi-huahua and Jimenez, as reported from the border, was made today by the Mexican embassy. it said that what really happened was that the Alvarado mining company shipped a quantity of dynamite by rail without notifying the U.S. READY FOB RAIDS II FUTURE (Continued from Page One.) I ; captured by the federals were said to have been convicted of treason Sunday by a military court-martial and executed exe-cuted bv a firing squad yesterday. The Mexican situation was given further fur-ther attention in congress today. Representative Rep-resentative La Guardia, Kepublican, Xew York, introduced a resolution demanding de-manding that Secretary Lansing make a complete report to congress on the capture of Lieutenants Davis and P&-terson P&-terson and the negotiations that led to their release. Before the bouse rules committee, Brigadier General "William Mitchell, chief of operations in the army air service, testified that tTie 1200 officers provided for the air service in the pending bill authorizing retention of 18,000 officers until next October would not be sufficient to maintain an expedition expe-dition into Mexico. Representative - Rodenberg, Republican, Republi-can, Illinois, remarked that ''with the possibility of trouble with Mexico we |