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Show i MANY V1LLISTAS i (j iiuuyui i Ljaj i uii H One Hundred Dead and H ; Wounded and 150 in Hiding H Belonged to Band That H j Raided Columbus. H i MANY ABSURD REPORTS H j( Expedition Still Driving on H With Same Speed as at Start H Men and Horses H f: Hardened. ' , H! jj Pershing's Camp at San Geronimo Hi Ranch, Chihuahua, April 3, by Aero- H a plane and Motor Courier to Columbus, HL ' N. M., April 7. A good sized portion H t of the bandits with whom Villa raided Hj ' Columbus, N. M., March 9, already has H T)een accounted for by the expedition- M j ary force. At least 46 of them and H f probably 50 or GO were killed in the H ! Guerrero fight. About two dozen oth- Hl '; ers wounded and left behind by Villa H I in hiB flight from the border have H Teen collected and held by the Ameri- Hl jj can authorities at points along the M I line of communications. Reports M I have come in indicating that some oth- B 3 erB deserted Villa. Most of these ! claimed that they were forced to join his band in the first place. This means about 100 accounted for in the iB U march of the expeditionary forces. Hj jj In addition about 150 others were M scattered over the mountains of this H j Bectlon by the fight at Guerrero. One H J of the evidences of the effectiveness Hi " with which they have been scattered M i lsthe numerous reports about the hid- H j ing places of Villistas now coming to Hj , military authorities. H j Many Absurd Reports. Hi 5 Some of them are absurd as one H from an apparently high authority H P has named this headquarters' camp , I positively as Villa's hiding place. H 8 There is no place for anyone to hide H t here, not even a tent and the Mexican H fl population is so small that it can all J be counted in five minutes. BA few of the reports are spread by Villa sympathizers in an attempt to mislead the army but the military au- m 1 thorities are not relying upon native M information. Instead they are distrlb- H i uting their own intelligence service. M ' realizing that this may be a long hunt. H More Troops and Supplies on Way. Hl Cavalry, infantry and more supplies Hj I are along the way the 350 mile line m , which the army has penetrated into M Mexican territory to date. The ex- H- pedition is still driving on with the B ' same speed as at the start, across the H i border, though now in a more rou- H tine spirit. The men and horses are H 1 hardened now. They have reduced H the day's work to familiar system. M I The problem is to make this system H cover as wide a field dally as possible H and to keep pushing all the time. |