The Yale expositor., 1916-03-16


have food stores and munitions secret
ed there. To reach this place, Gavira
said he would merely have to follow
up the bed of the Santa Maria river,
which he is said to have now reached.
Has Sufficient Force
San Antonio, Tex.-A sufficient
force is now gathered at the MsS!SsSSn
border under the command of Brisa.
der General John J, Pefshfng to be-
gin the pursuit of Francisco Villa, it
,,as announced Monday night by Ma
Tor General Frederick Funston. The
general said that only the completion
of plans for backing up the expedi-
tionary force now was needed. He
was non.committal, however, as to che
time necessary to accomplish this.
Late Monday night General Funston
said the expedition would not get un-
der way Tuesday morning. He char
acterized all rumors that troops al
ready were in Mexico as absolute
| falsehoods." Reiterating previous
statements, he said it would be useless
I to send anything but strong, well
prepared force into Mexico.
That the force will be strong one
was indicated by a statement Of the
general, that when the expedition was
organized there would be only six or
eight regiments other than those on
the border, left in the United States.
This did not take into account troops
in the canal zone and the Philippines.
Outside of mentioning two or three
scattered movements the general re-
refused to give any definite idea Of
the size Of the expedition.
He said the Twenty-third infantary,
stationed Mt Galveston, was expected
to leave for the west, that part Of the
First cavalry had left San Francisco
for the east and would pick up the
rest Of the detail at San Diego; and
that the Second squadron of the
Twelfth cavalry at Fort Robinson,
Neb., had been ordered to start, but
was being delayed by lack of rolling
stock.
To General Pershing will be left the
final disposition of the expeditionary
force. Orders will be issued for the
| forward movement by General Funs-
ton at Fort Sam Houston, but the hour
when they will be executed will be de-
cided by the general in the field.
Two hundred horses also are to be
purchased at once to complete the
cavalry quota of mounts. These will
be dispatched to the border as fast
as they are obtained.
Use of National Guard
Washington. Attorney General
/ Gregory, in a ruling made some
months ago, when a similar question
was raised held that National
/ Cuardsmen cannot be used for ser
vice on foreign territory without first
enlisting in the United States army,
either as volunteers or regulars.
The circumstances OF the presen'
affair, it is maintained at the depart
ment of justice, do not in any way
alter the situation in so far as the
/ National Guardsmen are concerned.
This much is conceded: Had New
Mexico National Guardsmen been at
Columbus when Villa made his raid
they might not only have resisted
/ him, but they might also have fol
lowed the hot trail in pursuit Of
him.
"A National Guardsman is not a
! soldier of the United States. He
therefore can have no military bust
ness on foreign soil A National
Guardsman in Mexico, save on hot
trail would have no more status
than would one OF Villas brigands
in tho United States" department
/ heads rule.
= The Guard can, however, they say.
! be sent to the border to patrol and
wait for an opportunity for hot
pursuit"
Beginning Of Intervention
/ Washington - The conviction is
growing in official circles that the
American expedition into Mexico to
capture Francisco Villa means the be-
ginning Of Intervention.
/ Reports of a decidedly disturbing
character concerning the attitude OF
the Carranza government are begin
ming to arrive.
Throughout these reports the
threat appears that within "a hours
after the expedition has gotten well
under way all Mexico will be in arms
against the United States.
What attitude Carranza personally
assumes appears from these reports
TO be negligible.
With his government already tot
tering, Il is declared that any prom
isos of non-interference or eo-opera-
zion which he may make are unlikely
to bind mis- followers. Rumors of
plots among these followers to over
throw him have been reaching the