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Show SiOBE SOLDIERS TO GO IHTDMEXICO NO THOUGHT OF DISCONTINUING SEARCH FOR BANDIT CHIEF WHO MURDERED AMERICANS. Infantry Will be Used to Reinforce the Communication Lines, the Cavalry Cav-alry Being Kept at Front for Actual Work of Chase. Washington. Such a marked improvement im-provement in conditions along the Mexican border has been reported by General Funs'.on that the war department depart-ment is now considering drawing upon some of the troops stationed in Texas to strengthen the ever-lengthening lines of communication of the expedition expedi-tion seeking Villa. .Many alarming rumors have been disposed of and the border situation generally is said to be quieter than heretofore, but the plan Is not to disturb the garrisons or patrol pa-trol in New Mexico or Arizona for the present. Army officials stated on Monday that from now on infantry would be used to reinforce the communication lines, the cavalry being kept at the front for the actual work of running down the outlaws. A part of the Twenty-fourth infantry, negroes, withdrawn with-drawn from Del Rio, Texas, at the request re-quest of local authorities after one of the soldiers had 'been killed by a ranger attempting to arrest him, already al-ready has been ordered into Mexico. Evidence continued to accumulate Monday to refute rumors of an impending im-pending withdrawal of the American expedition. Soon after it became known that additional troops were to be sent across the border, the war department de-partment announced the purchase of six large tank motor trucks to replace similar machines now rented to carry gasoline for General Pershing's supply motors and aeroplanes. State department dispatches indicate indi-cate that the Carranza authorities are viewing with some anxiety the continued contin-ued presence of American troops in Mexico and are inclined to believe that the object of the expedition has been accomplished in the dispersal of Villa's main command. It is authoritatively authori-tatively stated, however, that there has been no suggestion from the de facto government as to a "dead line" beyond which the American troops should not go. |