Show lIa D S SE PERMITS CARRANZA TO CROSS BORDER BODER PERSHING IS ISTO ISTO TO CONDUCT MAN MANHUNT HUNT Troops Are Lined at the B Boundary and Mexico May Be Invaded by Forces Lea Leaving Arizona Azona EL PASO T Texas March 13 In In spite of official denials re reports reports reports re- re ports persisted here today that American cavalry on the Arizona state line had git gathered ered for immedIate immediate im in- mediate crossing of ot the Mexican border border bor bor- der and that they might go across at any moment t today day An advance guard of ot several cavalry cavalry cay cay- alry airy troops was collected on that border two day daya ago go with the prospect prospect prospect pros pros- that It might be the first force torce Into Mexico The point where t tie e cavalry expedition expedition expedition is 15 reported g gathering today to enter Mexico on the Arizona na boundary I It near San Bernardino Mexico A A r reassuring assuring conference was held here today between Brig Gen John J. J Pershing commander of or the American American Ameri Amen can expeditionary force and Gen Gabriel Gabriel Gabriel Ga Ga- briel Gavira Carranza commander at Juarez During the conference word arrived fr from m Washington unofficially that General Carranza's request to cross the American border might be granted This news was cordially received re r re received by General Gavira SANS SAN A ANTONIO TO Texas aB March 13 to Co movement of ot the expeditionary force which will search for tor Francisco Villa is probable today Maj Gen Frederick Fred Fred- erick crick Funston announced this morning The general 8 said Bald ll pr preparations for the expedition were going right ah ahead ad de despite despite deJ de- spite General Carranza's ru notification to the Washington government that he- he to American Amerl t troops entering Mexico o unless Carran Carranza za troops were allowed to enter the United Stat States s It was officially announced d that Brig Gen Geni John J. J Pershing will command the expeditionary ry forces General Funston ston said he had re received received re- re no notification from froin Washington to hold back the the expedition while ne negotiations ne- ne goU were were completed with General Carranza t General Gener l Funston said today that h t the announcement ment of the expeditions expedition's s 's ac actual actual ac- ac tuai start into Mexico probably would come from train General Pershing to whom would be left the d decision as to the exact sour our for tor setting the Ute movement afoot Shortage of rolling stock General Funston said sald was hindering the concentration concentration concentration con con- of cavalry at the base of or operations and this was one reason why a a. movement lt toda today was unlikely The faulty fult he said lay with the railroads railroads rail raU- roads west of ot El Paso in We have had to transport men box cars he declared If this had been merely an Infantry expedition we could have been beel into inlo Mexico on Villas Villa's very heels he con con- But this is largely a a. cavalry movement and that is why there has been delay Light was thrown on the size sire of the expeditionary force by the general who said When this movement is Is completed Is-completed there will be only six or or eight regIments regiments regiments regi regI- ments left in the United States other than those troops stationed ed along the border fo tot for patrol duty uty Of or co course he said sald If It the Carranza Carran Carran- za government were unable to control the situation n and there here should lie be general general gen gen- eral opposition in Mexico to the entrance entrance entrance en en- trance o of American soldiers soldier the entire regulars regular army would have t to be employed employed employed em em- In the movement and part or orthe orthe orthe the militia too Patrol duty along the border would be delegated to the ml- ml litla litia rh made thade de clear that this eventuality eventual eventual- ity was not expected There wilt will be no cavalry or Infantry m movements from Fort Sam Houston for the present it was was was' announced ed to today to- to day The First aero squadron Capt Benjamin Foulois commanding went forward tc to El Paso Taso t this morning EL PASO Texas Mardi March i 13 n. Daylight revealed the begin begin- Continued on page 2 2 I PERSHING IS a C Continued from Page 1 l ni i of j the expeditionary t forces which the United States artily army is gathering along the border borer bor bor- d der er w west weft St of he here e for the pursuit of Francisco Villa Six mountain guns unloaded during the night were In re at Columbus N N. N M M. the the the-sc the scene scene n ol ot Villas Villa's raid and the first armed i ca camp to develop elop evidences that it has eh been beeh selected as as as' one of the starting 1 points fora for a pursuit columns Fifty Fifty- Fifty I i carloads of f battery mules mulE's and nd tra spott animals LIsa also art arrivals als of the f ga gave loud evidence that more sups w were re coming oming Eleven hundred h men w t r i in v r lh the Columbus camp this mo mo nin i iou ou OO miles on the bord border r west troops of df here Hb ps p's trains Were reported i p pinS passing inS inS' various various' s' s points during durin theiu the n iu ht ht the resL result t of ot ord orders rs released Frias Fri Fri- dij as 1 bj by the war wai ar department What S points except Colu Columbus might be used to assemble purs' purs pursuit it columns were not nol cV loped but ut considerable erable actiVity activity na a ns noted on the Arizona boi border der near Nogales and also in the vicinity of n a small all Mexican settlement nt called San Bernardino In that region several of cavalry ca were reported in readiness for Cor action cannon in Hills column entering Mexico from one of these Arizona border points would have haje a fairly direct route loule to the mount moun- moun t tam in ih passes in Sonora through which apprehension has be been n expressed that 1 ilia might escape from the Chihuahua territory into which he has retreated I Nogales og ales reported that a few cannon han hall been ben discovered in hi the Mexican hills facing the American boundary ne near r there but elsewhere along the Un line Una where the American troops were gathering gathering gathering gath gath- ering no signs of disquieting activity the Mexican side were reported H Reports ports here nere that army officers at Columbus were puzzled at the attitude ow C Cai ranza troops a few miles across 1 th the boundary were flatly denied upon in investigation j The rhe army information was that 2000 Carranza troops had gathered at Palomas alomas about twelve miles across the line Une from Columbus and that the conduct of these troops w was s exemplary These Palomas troops were were ero part of a great ring which Carranza Car Carranza ranza officers at Matamoros sa say they are arc drawing about the des rt and hd hdm m mountain refuges refuges- of f Villa West Side Strengthened The fhe northern sector of this ring appears ap appears ap- ap pears to be gathering in a position to tom tomake tomake m make le it rest between Villa and the assembling American columns on the American side of the border Reliable information came carne last night from American sources that the western side of f. f the ring has been much strengthened strength strength- ened especially in the direction of ot the Foo American Mormon colonists nea near Casas Grandes about one hundred and five seventy miles south of the border where Villas Villa's maneuvers have raised the fear that he intended io to attack the Americans The authorities have not reported any movement of If their ring to draw Inward to Villa but have pointed out that lack of ot railroad facilities hampers U them em in speedy action Reports about 1 Villas Villa's ipas ipa's activity were haz hazy haj but Corralitos CorralitOs Corral- Corral tos within s striking ng distance o of the railroad but which the Mormons might return to the United States remains the last point from which he had been definitely reported Four H Held ld Aiding iding the military other branches of the government ser service serce ce were active throughout the night o orf orr t ramifications of Francisco Villas Villa's trail The drag for lot Villa sympathizers In fn El ti Paso last night resulted in the arrest of four tour generals one g generals general's secretary a and an American The generals generals gen gen- all former Villa commanders V wire were re Manuel once chief chiet of ot e st stiff ff Julio Samuel Rodriguez arld Juan Rodriguez The American e gave his bis name to the police as E E. A A. A Talbott albott The physician Dr Dt Villareal w n was as formerly an active Villa worker General was the man whom Villa sent to Juarez to execute 9 General Thomas Orn Ornelas las Juarez comm commander com corn cornin in m mander whom Villa suspected of tn treachery Ornelas escaped but a short time ago Villa caught Ornelas on a a railroad railroad ad traM train in Mexico and fulfilled Ibl hip l o n own orders Deming N. N M which became un un- uneasy uneasy easy after the Columbus raid received last ast night guards composed of two companies of the Twentieth United States Sates infantry from Fort Bliss BUss M May ay Have Been Villa Mrs G G. E E. Parks of ot Columbus the telephone operator who secured a n wire t tc send the alarm of ot the attack issued a statement last night saying that dur dur- during ing tI the e fighting she saw standing near the window of her home a Mexican dressed in what seemed to be a a. generals general's gen gen- gen gen- eral's uniform whom she was certain from descriptions was Villa himself COLUMBUS N N. M. M March 13 Ac ActUal Ac- Ac concentration of United States State I t troops for tor an expedition Into Mexico t to o try to capture Francisco Villa was as be besun begun be- be gun sun here today From the heavy heaY troop movement t to o Columbus alum bs It H would Seem J according t to 0 officers on station here that this point ir ift tobe made a base of operations operations I Iwas It t was vas believed here her that John J J. J i I ing brigadier general commanding th the o Eighth Brigade would be designated to tot I t take ke charge of the expeditionary forte force and would make Columbus his headquarters headquarters head head- I quarters i iF F Force Increased The force of t Lien n. n P Pablo Bertaini commanding the Carr Cananza garrison at P Palomas lomas on the Mexican side of ot the border south of here was increased today by the arrival of men bIngIng Ing b Ing his forces to a a. total of 2000 By Bv tonight or tomorrow it is eX expected that tint the American garrison here of ot 1100 men Will be augmented bv by by the arrival of bf two regiments of infantry a signal i. i company compa y a hospital detachment andi and some i artillery ry from Fort Bliss at El EI Paso and anda a batt battery batten eo of ot the of-the the Sixth field artillery from Nogales Ariz Two squadrons of the Twelve cavalry from from from-Fott Fort Robinson Neb are expected later AH AU save the cavalry from Fort I Robinson which is to go on station here are apparently to be available for expeditionary purposes Information Information tion lion rec received ived at headquarters here also i indicates that Lieutenant Colonel G Gibel Gabel bel of the Tenth cavalry will arrive arrives arrive's soon s 's soon on from Douglas Ariz presumably to act as adjutant for the force to leave Columbus Reports were Ted received here also that thata a squadron of the Tenth cavalry and anda a second battery of the Sixth field artillery artillery artillery ar ar- tillery are on their wa way east cast front Douglas presumably presumably bound bound for lor Columbus Columbus Colum Colum- bus It was as reported too that all aU aval available available able a- a ble forces forces of of the Seventh cavalry men are in the fiel field in to th the Alamo- Alamo Hueco district between Nogales Negates and Benson in southern Arizona The battery of ot mountain artillery from Fort Bliss is equipped with lw twelve lve mount mountain in guns especially designed designed de de- 1 signed d for the character r of fighting which the punitive expedition is expected ex expected expected ex- ex to wage Two troops of ot the Thirteenth cavalry F and H which have been on patrol duty at Hermanes twenty miles west of ot here also have returned to camp preparatory to th the dispatching of ot an expedition Troop G which ha had been at doing 1 ing duty at Border Bordel Gate Gale two and one one half h l miles so south th also returned being replaced by a company of ot infantry In striking contrast to the excitement of the last few ew days preparation forthe for forthe the departure of the expedition pro pro- gressed today with regularity and I calm It is not expected here heie that the ex expedition expedition expedition ex- ex to enter l o at least from this point will be started for tor several days dais d S because of ot the poor railroad 1 fa facilities fa- fa s with which h to concentrate te the troops Meanwhile Francisco Vi Villa ta with hUt hUta a small body of ot men It is reported here is fleeing is-fleeing farther from the United States border d dally lIy and hH into the moun I which h parallel the borders of Chihuahua and Sonora toward Guerrero Guerrero Guer GUer- rero tero Where his days Us an outlaw began be began began be- be gan g-an and Where to almost every peon Pancho Villa is isa a hero Army men here her point out ut that once back in the mountains among his friends the pursuit pursuit pur pur- suit euit of Villa is apt to resemble a game gamo of ot hide of-hide hide and go seek Some officers believe be be believe i lieve that the theT pursuit may be bea a a matter I of months |