The Prescott daily news., 1915-10-25
MORE BOR FER ATTACKS
 UPON U. 5. SOLDIERS
He and Companion were Trying to Cross Rio Grande on Horse back When he Was Shot Carranza Will Investigate.

Brownsville, Texas, Oct. 24.-It was reported at Fort Brown at 8:15 o'clock tonight that 20 United States infan trymen stationed at the scene of last Mondays wreck, six miles from here, were attacked by Mexican bandits. Two troops of cavalry left Fort Brown at top speed for the scene.
 A detachment of the Sixth United States cavalry stationed near the Mer- cedes Canal about 40 miles up the Rio Grande from here, was fired on from the Mexican side of the river Saturday night about II o'clock from a point. noted as a "mescal joint" The Mexicans fired 25 shots. The fire was returned by the American troops when the Mexican firing ceased.
 One Mexican while crossing the Rio Grande with a companion, who were ordered by detachment of the Sixth cavalry under command of Capt. Has san, to halt, but failed to do so was killed today.
 Capt. Hassan said the Mexican rider was killed near the Mercedes Canal headgates at 10:15 o'clock Saturday night. The cavalry patrol saw two men attempting to swim the river on horses from the American to the Mex ican side shore. One of the ment was killed by the American bullets, while the other was heard to reach the Mex ican bank and made his escape under fire from the American troopers. Carranza Will Investigate.
 The other firing was on another of Capt. Hassan's outposts. The Mexi- cans are supposed to have been Sat urday night celebrators.
 That First Chief Venustiano Car ranza, now touring Northern Mexican states, would make a personal inquiry into border troubles at his expected visit in Matamoros Oct 26 was indi- cated by Consul Garza tonight. It is said that the first chief is making his visit to Matamoros principally for that reason.
 Ellsco Arredondo, Carranza's per- sonal representative at Washington, who is en route to Mexico is also ex- pected to go into the border troubles on his own account. It is said in Mat amoros that he will meet Gen. Carran- ga at Monterey.
 The Twenty eighth infantry, which was ordered from the Texas State Fair at Dallas to the Texas border country, was due to reach Tarlingen tonight. Monday companies of the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-eighth in fantry will be distributed along the Rio Grande in company and half strength from Villnueva, four miles up the river from Brownsville, to La Grulla, near the Starr Hidalgo coun- ty line.
 Co.'s. A. ?. Blockson of the Third Icavalry, commanding the Brownsville patrol district; R. L. Bullard of the Fourth infantry, F. H. Hummer of the Twenty-eighth infantry and Joseph Gaston of the sixth cavalry held a conference tonight in Harlingen, dis cussing plans for additional protection to the border from Mexican bandit raids. With the arrival of the Twen- ty-eighth infantry there will be 5000 soldiers in the Texas lower border country. This includes three com plete regiments of infantry, two of cavalry and three batteries of artil- lery, besides an aviation detachment.
 Mistaken for Bandits
 American soldiers late today near 'ly fired on a party of 20 American young men and women who were rid ing horses in the vicinity of Combes Station, about 33 miles north of here, mistaking them for bandits. An of fieer in command of the infantry de- tachment near Combes received re- port that a party of 25 or 30 bandits was about to attack Combes.
 He rushed in an automobile to Harlingen at a 90-mile speed for re- endorsements. When the infantry company arrived in automobiles 20 minutes later they reached within 200 them to be American girls and boys having a qualification" in Mexican fashion. All rode horses and were