Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-08
NEW AEROPLANES
FOR WAR ZONE
First Aero Squadron and Their
Patient Work Despite Dis
couragement.
ALL HANDS WORKING HARD.
Great Indignation at Attempt to Save
From Hanging May l9 Of 7
Villistas.
Special to the Evening Capital, by Jean
Cabell O'Neill. I'll PaSO. Texas.

Notwithstanding his own wounds
and worries, Major Frank Tompkins.
/ commanding the columns of the Thir-
teenth Cavalry, has not fogotten to
recommend for his conspicuous brave
ry at the recent Barrel encounter with
MeXicans, Lieut.. James Ord, of the
Sixth Infantry.
This latter officer was Interpreter for
Major Tompkins, riding by his side
when the mob opened fire, one of the
soldiers being wounded, fell from his
horse and Lieutenant Ord rescued him.
bearing him to safety. For this cool
courage the first Congressional medal
OF the punitive expedition will be be-
slowed upon him.
Columbus is very busy with long
strings of cars loaded with horses, with
field guns and ammunition coming in
as | left last night for Juarez. Major
Sample had retired early, having been
out of bed the whole of the previous
night 1t is reported that neither of
the Generals in the private car at FL
Paso slept, and certain it is that the
Major in command of the Columbus
base, did noe.
When. at 1890 o'clock the Major
came toiling into the box car wire sta
tion with answers TO the dispatches
that had pulled him out of his tent. he
had smile for your correspondent, but
told the wire chief to stay on guard
himself the entire night at the key
Every one is working so hard, but all
are so cheerful about it, which seems
to be the gold refiningprocess of Amer
lean warfare in all generations.
New aeroplanes have arrived at the
aviation field, and we who so appreci-
ate the officers of the First Aero Squad
ron and their patient work in the face
of all sorts of discouragements, are re
jOicing to hear that the horsepower OF
the new arrivals is double the danger
GUS machines with which all the air
work has ben done so far during this
campaign.
There is great indignation and great
surprise at the attempt to save the
seven Villistas who are sentenced for
execution by hanging on May 10. The
Columbus people say these men were
known in Columbus before the raid
and al the pretense that they were in
nocent of the destination or plans of
Villa is worse than folly.
The trial was unhurried and even
though the graves of the Columbus vic
Tins of the raid are too new to yet be
sodde, none of the townsmen infuenc-
ed press or people against the captured
Nillistas in any way. Now from El
Paso rises a party. Buel r. Wood. of
Carrizozo. n. NJ. to plead that the trial
was not technically correct, and he
being an alleged New Mexican. the Co
lumbus people are grieving nightly.
Many of the citizens of this town
which had suffered so cruelty are
tempted to wonder at the trustful atti-
tude of the United States in letting
so many MeXicans remain in Colum-
bus for there is nothing done in the
base camp that is not entirely practical
for the MeXicans to tell where it will
do the most harm. The press censor
ship is rigid for the writer's are on
their honor to send nothing out that
does not so through official hands. but
the MeXicans are numerous at the
camp. Why not censor them?