The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31
Three Thousand United States Troops Entrenched Within Few Feet of BOr- der Ready for Action
VILLA TROOPS ARE
 THREATENING AGUA PRIETA GARRISON
Every Precaution Taken to Prevent Firing Into Doug las Should Fight Develop. Villa Has 1S,OO0 Men

Douglas. Arz october 3o,-Three thou- sand men of the Sixth United States in fantry brigade entrenched today within a few feet of the Mexican boundary, ready garrison of Agua Prieta. Sonora, by the Villa army, expected Sunday or Monday, should result in shooting into American territory.
 Brig. Thomas r. Davis, commander, said he would take every precaution to prevent any firing into Douglas
 T do not propose to see an American town shot up.'' he said
 General Davis issued instructions to res idents on the American side to keep with in doors. get behind adobe walls and not to trust to wooden barriers to keep out bullets.
 yilla's advance guard, under Col. Thomas Franco, reached Can Bernardo, 20 miles east on the border, today. Colo mel Franco gave the first definite infor- nation that General Villa was with the army He said Villa would arrive at San Bernardino tomorrow, indicating that a battle if battle there is to me, will occur Monday.
 Gen P. lslias Gales, commanding at Agua Prieta, also received reinforce ments today. The first of nine trains bearing troops and equipment from Lare- do, Tex, arrived. 1t bore field guns, ann munition and all sorts of vehicles. Other trains were expected tonight and tomor- row.
 Colonel Franco declared Villa felt friendly toward Americans and desired to avoid trouble.
 Villa, Franco added, had lSooo men and 314-ineh field guns. Previous reports credited Villa with 1000 men and 2S guns.
 Further information concerning the Villa forces was given by Juan Mendoza. lb- year-old boy wounded in skirmlsh al Cebuiloa yesterday and brought to the Carranza hospital at Agua Prieta.
 We have had no beans pr four since We left Casas Grandes,' the boy said. our food has been just plain COW
 The boy said the Villa mon were tired and hungry; nevertheless he was certain Villa would take Agua Prieta
 The movement of the American troops from the camp two miles east of Douglas to points along the border began this aft ernoon.
 The Twenty second infantry went a sta ton directly south, a few yards from the barbed wire fence along the interna- tional boundary. The Eighteenth took 8 position west of the Twenty-second while the Eleventh infantry was assigned toa a position directly facing Agua Prieta The Twentieth infantry and part of the [ Seventh were held in reserve at the canyr. 1 The entire forces began entrenching and tLeir work provided emplacements fol about 30 machine guns.
 As the Eleventh infantry swung down the road running from the American town to Agua Prieta practically the entire gar rison and population of the Mexican town crowded against the barbed wire barrier to watch as American pickes and shovels went into action.
 The American trenches begin at a point a few feet west of the United States GUS tom house and within less than 20 ylrds of the Carranza trenches at the rear oi Agua Prieta.
 Mexicans working in these trenches Cropped their picks and shovels and joined
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