The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-10-07
BANDIT LEADER
RECRUITING ON
MEXICAN SIDE
UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICERS
ARE INFORMED OF PLANS BE.
ING MADE FOR ANOTHER RAID
INTO TEXAS.

Brownsville, Tex, Oct. 5--1nforma.
ton that Luis de la Rosa, the TEXAS
bandit leader, appeared openly Sun
day morning in the streets of Rey
nosa, Mexico, recruiting as he said
for another raid into Texas, was eiv
en- to American army officers here
today 1t came from persons in Rey.
nosa whose reports have hithelto
proven trustworthy.
Reynosa is about seventy miles up
the Rio Grande from here De Ia
Rosa bought some supplies there. He
boasted of what his men could do
lie was not molested by the Carranza
authorities, but this fact was not re.
gaded as indicating that recent prom
isos of cooperation by Carranza au
thorities would not be carried out
because on Sunday Reynosa was still
under the jurisdiction of an army Of
iicer who had been stationed there
by the old regime and whose friend
liness toward Americans has been
under suspicion for some time. This
officer left Reynosa Sunday A new
command of CarranZa troops arrived
there yesterday and these new troops
are looked to on the American side
for more effective work.
MeXicans residing about Reynos-
claim it is well known there that De
la Rosa has a regularly establiehed
camp some distance down the river
from Reynosa with 100 to $50 men
eand Numbers Seventy-Five.
Official statements from General
p. Nafarrate, Carranza commando;
at Matamoros, shortly before he was
ordered transferred from Matamoros,
agreed very cloesly with the Rey
nosa reports today about this De IA
Rosa camp. General Nafarrate said
that De la ROsa's men were scatter
ed in the brush, while reports to him
estimated their number at about sew
enty-hve.
Extra guards were stationed last
night and today at the Mexican ends
o. the international bridge here and
at the Mexican ferry to Brownsville
No MeXicans attempted to cross
the Rio Grande last night and attack
the American settlement at Capote,
some distance above here, as expect
ed Army officers were inclined to be-
lieve that the Mexican who swan the
river yesterday to bring warning thar
the bandits contemplated such at.
tack was merely using it as an eX
cuse to cross the river. All cross
ings of any sort are being prohibited
except at the two regular ports Of
entry, Brownsville and Hdalgo.
Armed Bands on Mexican Side.
In the absence of any>word from
Carranza military authorities at Mat
amoros as to what they would do
with the colony of TeXas-MeXicln
bandits who have fled into the Mata.
moros military district, army Officers
on patrol duty along the 1OO-miie
zCnn opposite the region where the
bandits have been crossing the river,
reported that they had seen move
ments of armed men who appeared .
be regular Mexican soldiers, at ser.
eral points. This indicated activity
in policing the territory in which ban.
dts have been living. The river being
out Of its banks, and mile or more
wide in some places, rendered ac'
curate observations of the Mexican
bank difficult Colonel \. p. Block
som at Fort Brown in charge of .tho
cavalry patrol on the river has not
relaxed the careful preparations TO
repel an invasion which were COM
peleted last week Nevertheless
there is belief among the army o.
fcers that from now on effective 60
operation may be expected from the
Mexican side of the river. II was an
nounced in Matamoros today that
Brigadier General +. p. Nafarrate,
retiring commander at Matamoros,