The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-31
An Attack by Villas Army on
Carranza Garrison near Bor-
der is Expected Hourly.
PROTECTION OF DOUGLAS
American General Declares His.
Purpose Mott See an Am
erican Town Shot UP.

DOUGLAS. Ariz., Oct. ,30.-Three
thousand men OF the Sixth United
States infantry brigade were placed
in trenches today. within a few feet
of the Mexican boundary. ready to
interfere IL an attack on the Car
rama garrison of Aqua Prleta, Sono-
ra, by the Villa army. expected Sum
day or Monday, should result in
shooting into American territory.
Brigadier-General Thomas F. Davis
commander, said he would take every
precaution to prevent any firing into
Douglas.
81 do not propose to see an Amer
lean town shot up" he said.
General Davis issued instructions
to residents on the American side OF
the boundary to keep within doors,
get behind abode walls and not to /.
trust to wooden barriers to keep out
bullets.
Villas Advance Guard.
Villas advance guard, under COM
mand of Colonel Thomas Franco.
reached San Bernardino. twenty
miles East on the bordeI. today. Col
onel Franco gave the first definite
Information that General Francisco
t4lfa himself 'was with the army. He
said villa would arrive at San Ber-.
nardino tomorrow. Indicating that q
battle, IL battle there is to be, Will
occur Monday.
General Pelias Callas, Commanding
Aqua Prfeta s,dlso received reinforce
i1nents late today. The first Of nine
trains hearing troops and equipment
from Laredo, Texas, arrived. It bore
equipment consisting of field guns.
ammunition and vehicles of all sorts
from taxicaps to an old time Tilbury.
Other trains were expected tonight
and tomorrow.
Colonel Franco declared Villa felt
friendly toward Americans and de-
sired to avoid trouble.
Villas Force Large.
Villa, Franco added, had $4,000
men and sixty 3.14 inch field guns.
Previous reports credited Villa
with 1000 men and twenty-eight
guns. Further information concern
Ing the Villa forces was given by
Juan Mendoza. a 16-year-old. boy
wounded in the leg in skirmish at
Cabullona yesterday. and brought to
the Carranza hospital at Aqua Prize
ia.
I'VE have had not beans or -four
since we left Casas 5Grandes," the
boy said. Our food has Just been
plain cow"
The boy said the Villa men were
tired and hungry; nevertheless he
was certain Villa would take Aqua
Prieta.
Villa will be here for me in three
days." he asserted, smiling despite
the pair from his shattered upper
leg bone.
American Troops Move.
The movement, of the American
troops from the camp, two miles East
Of Douglas. to points along the bor-
der. began this afternoon.
The twenty second infantry nov
ed from camp to a station directly
South. few yards from the. barbed
wire fence separating Mexico from
the United States. The eighteenth
took position West Of the twenty
second while the eleventh infantry
was assigned to a position directly
facing Aqua. The Twentieth infantry
and part Of the Seventh were or
dered into reserve at the camp. The
entire forces began entrenching and
their work provided emplacements
for about twirty machine guns II they
should be needed.
AS the Eleventh infantry swung
down the road running through the
American town and on into Aqua
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