The Yale expositor., 1911-03-16
U. S. ARMY is PREPARED TO
LEAVE FORT SAM HOUSTON,
HOWEVER, ON AN HOURS
NOTICE.
SECRETARY OF WAR DICKINSON
HAS ABANDONED HIS TRIP
TO PANAMA CANAL FOR
THE PRESENT.
Americans Witness Battle and Help
to Garry Wounded From the Field
of Battle in Automobiles.

anu eleNeHIl regiments Oh cavalry nave
received orders to he ready to move
their regiments at an hours notice.
The troops of these two regiments
will be distributed along more than
$40 miles of the frontier and will
materially augment the third cavalry
patrolling force now doing field serv-
ice. Officers of the maneuver divi-
sion express the opinion that the pro-
posed wide distribution of the troops
shows that no concentration of move
mr't Tor an invasion of Mexico is
contemplated at this time.
All the railroads leading from San
Antonio to the border points are ac-
cumulating and holding in readiness
equipment to transport the troops
and accoutTements Immediately on re-
ceipt of ouch orders. The preparation
is being made by the railroads on
instruction direct from the war de-
partment According to one report
il is planned to mobilize not less than
$4,000 troops on the bank of the
Rio Grande in the next few days.
The quartermaster's department has
ordered large quantities of supplies
to be delivered on the cars at Fort
Sam Houston. the specific date of de-
livery to be ascertained later. Major
| General w II. Wood and his divi-
sional staff are rapidly mapping out
the program of the war game.
With Gen Carter at headquarters
are Col. Steven Mills, chief of staff;
Capt. Henry G. Leonard, aide-de-camp
to Gen. Carter; Capt. Malin Craig. of
the divisional staff; Lieut.-Col. Eu-
gene +. Ladd, adiutant-general
Lieut.-Col Harry p. Birmingham.
chief surgeon Lieut-Col. Daniel L.
Mccarthy. chief quartermaster; Maj.
George Bell, Jr., nspector-general
Maj. Blanton Winship, judge advocate
| general; Maj. Harry +. Wilkins,
| chief commissary; Maj. Paul Straub,
sanitary inspector. Lieut.. +. b. Gar
ry, Fifteenth infantry, who is in
charge of transportation. guard and
mess for headquarters, will provide
for mess of 20.
Most of the divisional staff will
draw mounts from the mounting sta
| tons scattered throughout the coun-
! try. The chief quartermaster has
word that several hundred high-class
mounts for officers are en- route TO
| San Antonio.
cruits and army wagons are on the
way here and more will follow.
Gen. Carter's famous mount, Tom
Bass, it is understood, was left in
| Washington. A veterinary advised
against shipping his mount from the
post
Americans Care for Wounded Soldiers.
Americans in automobiles rushed to
the aid of the Mexican soldiers
wounded in the battle fought near
! Aqua Prieta between force of 500
rebels under General Blanco and a
| federal force of 900 men.
Some Of the most daring of the
Americans arrived on the battle field
while the engagement was still in
! progress. When they reached the
scene wounded soldiers and officers
We're lying about and the federals
could not remove them because they
had no stretchers. One soldier lay
| dead and with the permission OF the
Mexican officers the body was taken
| to Aqua Prieta in one Of the auto
mobiles.
other Americans also in automo-
| biles who arrived later had difficulty
| in securing permission from the Mexi-
can officers to act in similar capacity,
| but permission was finally granted
| The wounded were taken to Aqua
| Prieta. One soldier, who was shot
through the breast, died on the way.
In all II dead federals have now
| been brought in and the bodies lie
IN the bull-ring The wounded were
| placed in the barracks at the head
| quarters OF the commission.
When the Americans attempted to
relieve the wounded of their guns
and heavy cartridge belts to lessen
the burden, the soldiers refused to
| give them up. They held their guns
10 their breasts as they lay on the
| cushioned seats of the automobiles.
| Eleven federals were wounded, but
the number of rebels wounded is not
known, as they took their injured
with them on their retreat to the
mountains.
After mystifying both the Mexican
officers and the Americans on the
/ border for a week. Blanco sudden
ly broke out of the canyon leading
| from Cenises Springs and engaged the
federal troops that had been rushed
.nto Aqua Prieta last night on spe-
/
Mora.
Except for a few prisoners taken
| by the federals, the rebels retreated
In good order
II is understood that Blanco's en-
tire force did not participate in the
engagement.
Blanco's first move was to throw
out a skirmish line to draw the fed
erals into action to ascertain their
strength.
The battle lasted an hour and It
Is believed that the retreat that fol-
lowed was to draw the federals into
the canyon, where the main body OF
Blanco's force was stationed. The
federals. however. after a spirited
pursuit, rallied and returned to Aqua
Prieta. refusing to be entrapped.