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Show oo EMBARGO EELT . . BYJEEANS Troops Leave Nuevo Laredo Because of Lack of Forage for Horses. THREATENING NACO i i ! Sah Antonio, Texas. June 7. The embargo on exportation of supplies into Mexico from the United Stales already has affected the Mexican ai my, according to news here. It became be-came known here that the reason that the Mexican force left Nuevo Laredo was because they were unable to obtain forage for their horses from this side of the border. The situation opposite Naco, Arizona, Ari-zona, where 1,500 Mexican troops are being held on trains, aroused widespread wide-spread speculation here. General Funston has announced that American officers were sure they had fathomed the design or this Mexican troop movement and reinforcements were sent Cb the American fore at Naco and entrenchments have been thrown up there. The stram placd on the fact, however, that the Mexican troops were not allowed to leave the cars on which they were loaded is taken by some officers here to indicate a possible move against some other por tions OI iue eai .ucin-rtii uuiuci. The armored motor truck recently assigned to the troops at Fort Sara Houston has proved its efficiency. When tried out late yesterday it accounted ac-counted for one milk wagon, one ambulance am-bulance and one cow. The activity at Naco was explained today. Information had reached headquarters head-quarters that Uie Mexicans had planned to sweep across the line to BIsbee and there raid the offices and storehouss of the copper smelting concerns. The Twenty-second Infantry Infan-try was rushed from Douglas to Bisbee last nlgh-L Strengthening Eagle Pass. i To strength the garrison at Eagle Pass a battalion of the Third Field Artillery was ordered- there today. Two more batteries of the EJfth Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, were i ordered to El Paso. General Pershing reported to General Gen-eral Funston that the two squadrons j of the Eleventh cavalry that had been ; sent towards Carrizal, have fallen back J on tho main line. Ambulance Company No. 6 and Field Hospltnl No. G, both of the regu- ( lar army from Fort Ethan Allen, Ver-ruont, Ver-ruont, reached here today. ( oo |
