Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-04
GENERAL LOPEZ
ON BORDER; MAY
TAKE COMMAND
GEN. NAFARRATE MAY LEAVE IN
EIGHT DAYS FOR VERA CRUZ TO
TAKE NEW COMMAND.
NIGHTLY CHECKER GAME AMONG
BENDS or RIO GRANDE PASSES
WITHOUT ANY FIGHTING.

GentrHl FugenlO Lopez. WHO tentfal
Emlliano Nafarrate announced Saturday.
will take command Of the Carranza troops
on the lower border. succeeding Nafarrate.
arrived in MatamoroS last night from
Torreon. and with him came his body
guard. Troop movements reported today
in the vicinity Of Reyno~a and Rio Bravo
Indicate that Lopez has other troops which
are being scattered among the cuariel~
along the border. General Naiarrate does
not expect to leave Matamoros until next
Sunday or Monday. after the question of
the recognition Of General Carranza has
been settled.
General Lopez brought three. hundred
Of his troops into Matamoros with him.
The nightly checker game among the
bends Of the Rio Grande between American
troops and Mexican bandits on the oppo-
site side Of the river passed without any
fighting mt dawn today. To checkmate n
large gathering of Mexican~ in the region
opposite Donna. artillery was sent 10 the
Donna river front last night. Major Ed
ward Anderson Of the Twelfth cavalry also
sent additional cavalry forces into that
section. Colonel Robert T.. Bullard. in
fantrv commander. ordered Lieutenant
Colonel Charles H. Muir. who j. stationed
at Pharr. 10 be ready with nearly two com
panie~ Of infantry TO 20 into the Donna
region. Colonel 4. T. Block~om nj Fort
Brown. commander Of the cavalry patrol
district. took hand in the game also. dis
posing troops nj other points 10 repel a
raid in ease the Donna demonstration was
ru~e bv the MexicanS.
At TIidaleo. Texas. opposite ReynoSa.
Mexico. il was stated today that there were
no unusual movements IN that vicinitv.
though il had been reported Yesterday that
an attempt would be made to RAID the town
last night Troops were sent to llidalgo.
hui nothing occurred during the night. A
report that immigration and customs Of
ficcrS had left the town for McAllen WAS
not true. One officer went To- zee hi~
family. but returned TO IIidalgo this morn
ing So far ~ known nj lIidalgo there
were no bandits in the country opposite
that town.
The most important troop movements IN
several weeks mt Matamoro~ took two
tranload Of troops up the river from the
city. Army officers in Brownsville had
hoped that these troops were en- route IN
attack the bandits who have made the
Mexican side of the river above Mata-
moro~ their base of attack against the
American side.
Nearly one hundred Tahauntepec Indian
soldiers arrived in Matamoro~ during Sat
urday night and were sent M the river
sunday Taev have the reputation Of be-
ing good brush fighters. and the bandits
have thus far done all their fighting in the
brush. nter~perSed with fighting along the
re~acaS. These Indians are notable water
fighters. especially their women. who APP
peared in Matamoro~ Sunday in mems
coats and trousers marching with the sol
dier-. The women hide in the water mp to
their neck~. shoot and then duck under for
fully minute These are the same wom-
en- who did some fighting during the last
| Villa attack on Matamoros.