Show MEXICANS OBJECT TO SOLDIERS IN 1 x TOWNS i ELPASO L- L ASb Texas Texa's March ar h i 18 8 American cavalrymen here vere camped at dawn today at Colonia Dublan one of the en environs irons of Casas Grandes They arrived in the night Through Colonia Dub Dab I Ian runs the road to the Galeana district dig die I twenty twenty five f the miles southeast I where Villa was last definitely report ed T The e news of the tIle encampment at I Colonia Dublan dispelled fears of any I disputes with constitutionalist authorities authorities ties over what position the American troops should occupy at Casas Grandes Mormon scout outriders dashed into Colonia Dublan last night with the news that the Americans were near The column which was first into the important American settlement settlement set set- I was said to be cavalry from Hachita Normally the American population of the Colonia Dublan district district a farming farming farm tarm ing community with a few central stores tores and residences is about No Ko details of the troops' troops reception reception- from the Mormons who have been in peril of Villa for more th than n a week were received here r Secure More Scouts Colonia Dublan and Casas Grandes are sixty miles as as' the crow flies from flom the New Mexican border at San Bernardino Bernardino Ber Ber- nardino where Colonel Dodds Dodd's cavalry i I entered Mexico 1 The road from front the Mormon colonies into the Galeana GaleaI a district 1 dis- I Is is' well defined and so far as i known here is open to a further quick dash after Villa If the troops are headed in the Galeana direction It IB Is several days s since since nce Villa was last deft def reported so that he readily may be now one hundred miles or even more from the head of the American n j pursuit column There was activity today along th the border in securing more scouts for the tho American troops This was considered consid ered Bred significant in connection with yesterdays yesterday's announcement from Fort j Sam Houston that General Pershing Perching may have reached the point where he can his forces SAN ANTONIO Texas March IS Whether the American troops that arrived arrived ar ar- ar rived last night at Casas Grandes en eater ea- ea enter ter the town or not Is for General Pershing to decide said Gene General Genera 1 Funston today Unless otherwise instructed in strutted by the war department General General Gen Gen- eral Funston is disposed not to interfere inter fere with the details ot of General Pershing's Pershing's ings ing's operations It is quite true General Funston said further that our forces have UP l 1 instructions to nor intention of of occupying occupying occupying any town in Mexico but a situation sit I nation might arise in which the passIng pass pass' passing JI Ing through some town might t be regarded regarded regarded re re- re- re as a military necessity Nothing Official General Funston this afternoon ha d received no official confirmation of f the arrival at Casas Grandes of a part k Continued on pa page age e 2 f MEXICANS MEXICANS OBJECT f Continued from page 1 of the expeditionary force but he assumed as as- the correctness of the report General Pershing's west column under Colonel Dodd had Casas Grandes Grandea as its immediate objective but Its ar ar- ar riv rival l last Jast night was a surprise to those at headquarters who had not believed it likely that the distance wo would ld be covered quite so quickly The main column according to the I latest reports from General Pershing was continuing its march without in iu not far northwest from rom th the advanced cavalry force Reports to army headquarters indi Villa still Is in the region about Galeana Tho The work of organizing the additional additional addi addi- forces that have been sent into Texas and New Mexico along the bor bar der was continued today From man many many- r places near the border where the population pop pop- is largely Mexican appeals for foi the protection of troops have been beer made but the appeals ha have e been based i ion on no overt acts of the Mexicans The garrison at Nogales will not be materially weakened although the re ref moval of one com company any of infantry r brought rought a protest to General Funston Make Long Marches General Gavira's reported refusal t to permit the American troops who are pursuing Francisco Villa in Mexico tc to enter the town of Casas Grandes revived re re- doubt at Fort Sam Houston louston today to to- day of the full operation co-operation of the de I facto governments government's forces The announcement an an- of General Gavira com corn mandant at Juarez that General Genera Pershing's troops had arrived almost at the outskirts of Casas Grandes an and planned to enter during the night was wat the first news received by General Genera Funston Fusto that the punitive forces ha had I gone that far south It was known I that General Pershing was pushing his hh column olumn but to have reached Casas Casa Grandes last night indicated an average aver aver- age march of about thirty miles a day What General Pershing intended tc to rio in answer to the refusal of thi the Mexican commander to allow him to h i enter or or pass through Casas Cahas Grandes Grande S was n not t known at General Funston's Funston headquarters but it was not regarded n as probable that he would make male a an issue of the point Here it was be be- General Pershing would be content con con- tent to remain beyond the city limits limit 5 of the town unless the presence of hi his S troops within the town for the pro ot df the Americans living there then a seemed advisable No fa Clashes Report Reported d The last reports from General Genera i Pershing told of no clashes with Mexicans Mex Mex- and did not Indicate the exact location of Villa It still Is believed lie heis he heis is in the mountains of the Galeana diEtrict diE dis but that he lie will continue his t shifting shirting flight without making makin formal resistance perhaps for many days That General Pershing is personally with the troops that were r reported porte to have arrived at Casas Grandes was doubted It was was' considered more likely like ly that the Ule force halted there is a cavalry detachment sent forward by General Pershing under Colonel Slocum cum um or possibly Colonel D DoddS Dodd'S ddS dd'S force EL PASO Texas March 18 A A new problem faced the American troops in Mexico as they entered the region where Villas Villa's trail is scarcely three days days' old This problem came not from the Villa chase but from the attitude attitude at at- of the Carranza authorities that they did not wish the Americans to occupy an any Mexican city On the border at least this was regarded re rd regarded as the most serious development development develop develop- ment in the expedition to date If for military reasons the army of General J. J J. J Per Pershing should feel compelled to occupy a city the Americans would be in some danger of crossing the Mexican sense of national pride in one of its strongest attributes Occupation patton pation of a city among Mexican soldiers sol sob diers and to the mass of the Mexican people Is the tile sign of sovereignty Some of the bloody battles of or the last four years In Mexico have been fought ought over cities whose military importance was small but possession of which according according ac ac- ac cording to the Ideas of the Mexican people Indicated dominance of that region As the Carranza authorities are not giving up their sovereignty itis It Itis is a problem with them to break this tr tradition and permit American armed forces to occupy cities as bases Mexicans Not Vexed Vexed- In making his announcement that that-he had asked the Americ Americans ns not to enter or on occupy Casas Grandes the city whose possession means safety to the American Mormon colonists of that re region region re- re gion Gen Gabriel Gavira commander at Juarez expressed no vexation at the presence of the tr troops ops in his territory but he was very firm in his announcement announcement announce announce- ment that Hider his present Instructions Instructions instructions from General Carranza he has no power to modify th the orders to his troops against permitting th the occupation occupation occupation tion of ot cities eWes The general offered no comment on what he ho would do provided pro pro- provided provided pro pro- vided the American troops occupied a Mexican city Dispatches direct from Mexico and the announcements from Major General Funston made it evident today that the two American columns one orie from Columbus N. N M. M under General Pershing and the other from Hachita N. N M. M under Colonel Dodd had gotten into close communication with each other and probably had formed an ac actual actual actual ac- ac junction when a little mote more than half way on the route to Casas Cams Grandes Something of the strategy of ot the dash on Villas Villa's trail also was apparent The Hachita column made its actual start from San Bernardino ranch which is in the little square of f territory territory terri tern tory about the size of a large county where the state o of ot New Mexico extends extends ex ex- ex- ex tends some forty miles south of the general east and west line of the American border By using this American Ameri Amen can territory for the first part their of of- of their advance from Hachita the flying cavalrY cavalry cay cay- alry airy command of Cole Coh George Dodd was able to strike into Mexico at the toe sho shortest test distance from Casas Grandes a little more than sixty miles mites of march The main column under General Pershing at t Columbus N N. M. M starting from a point considerably further distant distant distant dis dis- dis- dis tant from Casas Grandes did not go due south but apparently veered to the westward to get into touch with the cavalry commands fro from Ha Hachita F Face ac Real M Menace enace Reports here that Pershing's army intended to establish a base at Guzman Guzmn were discounted in dispatches yesterday yester yester- day that Guzman was stilt still held by S Carranza troops and that the Ameri Amen can columns were marching about twenty five miles t to 1 the westward This would put close to the route of the cavalry command of Colonel Colonel Colo Cob nel Dodd Guzman is an important constitutionalist garrison town about thirty x miles ileS s directly south of the point where General Pershing entered Mexico and by going past It to the west no question of occupation was raised A young American the son of ot J. J F. F Stanford who arrived here her today from I Guzman said sald that early yesterday he was informed that the American Americ n column cob col under General Pershing already was well to the south and west of ot Guz Guz- man Some Americans left Guzman for tor the west h her he said to see the American American Ameri Amen can troops One of the real menaces which the Americans in their rapid progress southward are continually leaving b behind be be- I hind them In Increasing numbers comes from the bandits of ot no party affiliation affiliation I tion who operate s singly pr or groups bf Of two or three Several Several high high- highwaymen highwaymen waymen are located In Inthe the mountains In the vicinity of ot Guzman When see seep see yesterday they did dill not offer not offer to attack Americans who were traveling in small groups but as the lines of military communication stretch longer watchfulness watch watch- watchfulness of the tho American patrols must be constant to prevent these bandits from trying slap das dash raids at whatever they conceive to be a weak and unsuspecting point The presence of ot these professional bandits to be well recognized about Guzman at least and probably elsewhere f so O that If It they occasionally clash with the I American patrols such fights do not i now seem likely to arouse an any unusual excitement Mr Ir Stanford upon his arival anival here toda today said that he had come out of t Mexico via Juarez because he heard that he could not pass through the lines of American tr ps He is going to Columbus the American expedItionary expedition expedItion- ary any base Water Waler Is Plentiful Water Water- has has- plentiful expected at M many places laces al along ng the American lines of march across the he border borde There is at least beast now available available ble in rewards for Pancho Villas Villa's cap cap- ture Half Halt of it has been offered by ranchmen In the northern part of Chihuahua Chihuahua Chi Chi- and according to a a. st statement passed by tho the censor at Columbus N M. M r. r last night another Is offered of of- of I through Col Herbert J. J Slocum commander of ot the Thirteenth cavalry whose c command repulsed the raid against Columbus Colonel Slocums Slocum's men led the vanguard of the main expedition ex ex- ex from Columbus into Mexico The five Mexican newspapers at El EI Paso which the police closed up within within with with- in the past we week k are expected to resume resume re re- re sume I publication Immediately The Tho police pollee returned their type and forms torms yesterday A lIoon expert of or El Paso Mrs Charles Doll today offered her services along with her husband to to the American troops in taking captive balloon bal bal- balloon bal bal- loon observations No Nc o plans for using captive have been announced here A Mexican 1 giving his name name as Villa rea real has has been arrested at Sanderson Tex on suspicion that h he was was- th the leader of ot the b bind band nd which held Juan Bilbao of El EI P Paso so for tor 1600 ransom early this week |