The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-05-19

solemn duty of the United States to
enter Mexico and assume control Of
that unfortunate country and give the
Mexican people that stability Of gov.
eminent which they are now unable
and helpless to stablish-whether it
takes ten or fifty years to do 1t. To do
less will be to shirk our responsible.
ties to our national honor and our duty
to the Mexican people.
James E. Ferguson, Governor"
Villa bandits, some seventy in mum.
Der, fOrded the Rio Grande Friday
night and. sweeping fifteen miles on
American territory, raided the little
settlement Of Glen Springs and at
tackled detachment Of American cav
airy, consisting of nine men OF Troop
A Of the Fourteenth Cavalry.
Three troopers and little 10-year-
old boy we're killed, two cavalrymen
were wounded and another is missing.
He is believed to be prisoner Of the
bandits, who are now fleeing south
ward into Coahuila, Mexico.
Two American citizens, ]. Deemer
and man named Compton, according
to reports, were carried across the
Rio Grande. A posse Of fifty citizens
of Marathon went in pursuit of the
Villistas.
The dead troopers are william Co
hen. New York City; Stephen ]. Co
lock, New York City, and Lawrence
K. Rogers. Danville, KY. The missing
trooper Is Roscoe Tyree. The little
boy is the son Of Compton. He was
deaf and dumb and the bandits are
thought to have killed him in rage be-
cause he could not answer their ques-
ton.
The Mexicans appeared suddenly
on the top of a hill beneath which
Glenn Springs nestled. The figures of
the bandits were silhouetted against
the sky line. Noting their numbers,
Private Brick, on outpost duty, emp
tied his revolver to rouse the camp
and then dashed back to the tent. Ser
geant Smyth and Private Croskem
jumped to the fly of the tent. OBJ
serving numbers of Mexicans at hand
they ran to an adobe hut, where the
six other cavalrymen were preparing
to make their defense. The door Of
the house, which had only one window,
was barred and Sergeant Smyth, see
ing his men were outnumbered by 10
to 1, gave orders to shoot carefully
and not waste the ammunition.
A full squadron of 23O men Of the
Eleventh Cavalry surprised and rout-
ed force of Villa bandits at Ojo
Azules, seventeen miles south of Gust
huiriachic, early Saturday. BY actual
count, forty-two Mexicans were killed
and number wounded, but there were
no American casualties.
The American command, under
Major Robert L. Howe, had been
pursuing the Villa bandits under Gen.
erals Cruz Dominguez and Julio AGO
sta for several days, when they en-
countered them encamped in the hud-
died abode houses of Ojo Azules. The
Mexicans we're completely surprised,
and sprang from their pallets half
clothed After firing few wild shots
they fled, each man shifting for him
self. Some Of them were able to
seize their horses, already jaded from
a hard days ride previously, but others
made their way into the hills afoot.
In Major How2e's report he said the
rout had been absolute, and that he
was still pursuing the scattered rem
nant Of the band.
Reports came from Juarez that not
withstanding the slackening in the
negotiations during the past few days,
the tentative agreement will be in
doTsed in the end.
General Pershing is said to have re-
celved orders to lessen materially his
line Of communication and to draw
in all scattered detachments in Mex.
leo.
General Jacinto Trevino, adviser Of
General obregon and commander of
the military district Of Northeast Mex
leo, has decided to return to his head.
quarters in Torreon.
First Chief Carranza sent message
to General obregon Sunday informing
him. the Mexican minister of war,
that he had found the agreement with
the United States satisfactory with
! the exception Of q few minor points.