Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-06

heved the firing was ~klrmi~h between .
the Nillistas have troops stationed Ia all
The advance guard of the Villa rem
forcements Of 81 men. one 3-inch ticld
cannon and a sufficient number Of hIe ar
tillery mules to handle a battery of artll-
lery. reached Las Rucia> this morning
and ii j. expected that the balance of the
53i men will arrive al the camp during
this afternoon and tonight. They were
seen filing past point opposite the San
Benito pumping plant. eighteen miles M
the Rio Graude, during last night
The situation IN both camps all ot today
was exceedingly quiet, with general eX-
pectancy that the battle before Matamoro-
will be resumed al any minute. Both
armies have been preparing constantly Tor
what indications point 10 being the ~everc~t
battle vet Witnessed in the northeastern
part of Mexico. All of last night the troops
in Matamoro~ were kept constantly IN the
trenches, and there was much shooting
throughout the night. This ~hnnlIng. II
has been explained. i merely "a keep the
men awake. warn amy force approaching IN
the darkness that the men are on guard.
and perhaps Just to give the men some
thing 10 do
The United States military auihoriiic-
are frightening up ON the neutrality law.
and orders have been issued 10 all MeNi
cans connected with either the Villa ~
the Carranza armies that they can not
make the American soil ~iampln"
ground, that they must either remain on
this side or on the Mexican side. Last
week the order was not - stringent hay
ing referred only ia uniformed men. llus
ever. il ha- now been extended IT, ,ll.
Even the secretary TO one Of the prom-hcnt
officer, on the Mexican side Wa forced to
return to Mexico when hc started for
Brownsville On business mission.
The contiiutional~t munnplanc which
reached Brownsville sunday night j. still
in the Gulf Coast Line railroad yards. and
il J. not known a. yet when i will H. an
loaded This will b. done upon the ~
der of General v. T. Natarraic. the com
TIN, machine i declared to be "cinchcd.
the contitutionaliSt. having already paid
D3, 300 on the machine There n ~
operator al hand. but il J. understood that
a man Ia set up the machine and test il
j. expected to reach here shortly.
The Villa blplane i still at La fucia-
- tar a. known. and ha- not set been u-rd
lie tttFt utlt
entrenchments m Matamoro-. The ma
chime j. full repaired and ready for IN
slant use.
Ne further deaths have occurred "a the
hospital authorities have communicated
ticnl> are III bad way and are not cN-
pected to live. II wa officially announced
AZ the main hospital in the Bc~tciro build
ing today that ont nf 3lO wounded nrein-
ally ~ the hospitals there Irr now Ia.
who will he discharged and returned ~
the Mexican side a. ta-i - they recover.
total Of p have already been released
and returned to the Mexican side. and
seven have died.
NJ instructions have vet been received
n tn the disposition al the body ot Lieu
tenant Colonel Molina. Who died SUNDAY
and whose body wa embalmed. The
hospital authorize have communication
with Consul General Philip II. Hanna AZ
Monterrey who ha~ heen asked to locate
the dead mans relatives.
The permission granted IT, the Villa
forces "a transport feed and -upphr- III
the la~ Rucia~ crossing WA lnNinlN re-\
ceivcd by the commanders there. and
practically all the great amount ot feed
and forage that wa held NJ on the Amer
can side ha~ heen transported ~ the MeN-
lean side The tlathoai constructed for
u~e at the crossing wa launched last
night Immediately upon the receipt of the
PERMISSION.