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Show How Americans Spent Night In Mexican Hills MAR FA Tex . Aug 20-Reports from the field in Mexico today told how the Americans spent the night in the Mexican Mex-ican mountains The troopers slept under a starless sky. in canyons, on trails wherever they happened to be when it grew too dark to continue their pursuit. Sentries were stationed station-ed at entrances to canyons and at jhigh points on trails to prevent an j ambush or surprise attack if the bandits ban-dits reassembled in force during the I night. No fires were permitted. Horses wore picketed in hollow squares and ihe men. rolled in blankets slept beside be-side their mounts with rifles and pistols pis-tols at their sides. Pickets patrolled the temporary camps. Pack mules were unburdened for the night and the field wireless set was rigged foi making reports to headquarters. head-quarters. Officers where in whispered conferences during the night discussing discus-sing orders and planning the day's op-i op-i rations. The troopers, tired out from their long, hard ride slept as soon as they finished a cold supper of field rations. WASHINGTON. Aug. 20 To avoid possible contact with American troops on the trail of bandits in northern Mexico. Mexican forces were not sent after the band which captured Lieutenants Lieu-tenants Davis and Peterson, the war department was advised In a telegram sent yesterday by Major-General Dick-man, Dick-man, commanding the southern department. depart-ment. The message wa6 made public late today. oo |