New Britain herald., 1916-03-13
CARRANZA TROOPS WILL
 BE PERMITTED TO CROSS
 BOUNDARY LINE INTO u
Funston Continued Preparation for Launc Expedition Without Regard to Feelings
 Constitutionalist Chief or His Army
PRESIDENT FAVORS PERMITTING
 MEXICAN SOLDIERS ON U. $.


 Quantities of Munitions Being Pre-
 pared For March Across Line
 Cannon Found Pointed At American
 Territory-ViIIa Generals and Sym
 pathizcrs Taken Into Custody.
 El Paso, March 13.-Daylight today revealed the beginnings Of the eXpe- ditionary force which the United States army is gathering along the border west of here for the pursuit of Francisco Villa. Six mountain guns unloaded during the night, were in readiness at Columbus, N. NJ, the scene of Villas raid and the first armed camp to develon cvidepc ces that it has been selected as one of inc starting points for a pursuit column. Fifty-seVen carloads of battery mules and transport animals. also arrivals of the night, gave evidence that more guns were coming. Eleven hundred men were in the Columbus camp this morning. Along two hundred miles of the border west of here troop trains were reported passing various points during the night. the result of orders released Friday by the war depart ment What points except Columbus might be used to assemble pursuit col umns were not developed, but consid- erable activity was noted on the Arlz- ona border near Nogaies, and also in the vicinity of a small Mexican settle
 ment called San Bernardine. In that 1 region several troops of cavalry wore l reported in readiness for action. A
 column entering Mexico from one Of l these Arizona border points would 1 have fairly direct route to the noun | tain passesinr-Sosaea'a,-th through which l apprehension has been experessed that 1 Villa might escape from the Chihua- l hua territory into which he has re- | treated.
 Cannon Face American Line. Nogales reported that few cannon l had been discovered in the Mexican 1 hills facing the American boundary 1 near there, but elsewhere along the | line where the American troops were gathering no signs of dicquieting ac- tiVity along the Mexican side were re- ported. Reports here that army off cers at Columbus were puzzled at the attitude of Carranza troops a few miles across the boundary were flat ly denied upon investigation. The ar my information was that 200 Carranza troops had gathered at Palomas, about twelve miles across the line from Columbus, and that. tho conduct of these troops were exemplary. These Palomas troops were part Of a great ring which Carranza officers at Mata- moras say are drawing about the des- ert and mountain refugees of Villa The northern sector of this ring ap- years to be gathering in a position to make it rest between Villa and the as- sembling American columns on the American side of the border. Reliable information has been received from American sources that the western side of the ring has been much strengthened, especially in the direc- ton of the five hundred American Mormon colonists near Casas Grandes, about 175 miles south of the border, where Villas maneuvers have raised the fear that he intended to attack the Americans.
 The Carranza authorities have not reported any movement of their ring ,, to draw inward to enclose Villa. but have pointed out that the lack of rail- road facilities hampers them in more | speedy action. Reports about N'lla's ] activity, were hay but Corralitos. | within striking distance of the rail- | road by which the Mormons might re- l turn to the United States remained i the last point from which he had been l definitely reported.
 Prominent Villa Men Arrested.
 Aiding the military. otncr branches of the government service were active throughout the night on ramifications 1 of Francisco Villas tral. The drag 1 for Villa sympathizcrs in Fl Paso last night resulted in the arrest of four generals one generals-Secretary, a physician. and an American. The generals. all former Villa command CTS were Manuel Medinaveitia, once | chief of staff: Julio Fabcla, Samuel Rodriguez and Juan Rodriguez. The American gave his name to the police as F.. A. Talbot The pnysictan, pr. Villareal, was formerly an active Nil- la worker General Medinaveitia was the man whom Villa sent to Juarez to execute General Tomas Ornclas, Juarez commander whom Villa sus- pected of treachery. Ornelas escaped but a short time ago. Villa caught him on a railroad in Mexico and fulfilled his own orders.
 The uneasiness which prevailed at Deming, x. M., after the Columbus raid. has been relieved by the arrival 1 there of two companies of the TWen- ticth United States infantry from Fort Bliss.
 Mrs G. F.. Parks of Columbus, the ,
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