Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-04-08

Ell PASO. April 5--4yilla is wound
ed and unable to ride horse. Gener-
al Gutierrez, commander of Chihua-
liua. declared in his reports to Car
rama Consul Garvia at Juarez. He
said he got his information from men
who saT the bandit leader while held
as prisoners by Villa and from whom
they escaped The carranzistas had
been imprisoned by the Villistas vii
Ia was located at Camargo, but was
continuing his retreat with a small
force toward Parral
Want Better Facilities.
WASHINGTON April 5.--To meet
the serious shortage of tfansporta-
ton facilities the request has been
made for four additional companies,
100 auto trucks and two tank tracks
for carrying gasoline. This is believ-
ee TO indicate the administration
probable solution of the entire trans
portation difficulties, which were
brought about by the army's inabil-I
ity to use the Mexican Northwestern
railroad Immediately. 1t is consider
ed probable that owing to the inferior
equipment, that the road auto trucks
will have to be used anyhow. Advices
officially confirmed the report OF the
rout of small band of the Willis
tas by scouting parties of the tenth
cavalry. Thirty villistas were kill
ed While this created satisfaction, il
seemed to confirm the belief that
villa himself eluded his pursuers.
Cavalry Fights Bandits.
SAN GERONIMO Chihuahua, April
(via aeroplane to Colonia Dublan
and by wireless to Columbia. ~ M
Two hundred American cavalrymen
under Col w G. Brown, Tenth Cav
airy, defeated an equal force OF villa
followers in a second engagement
of the campaign of Aguascalientes,
thirty miles north of Guerrero on
April l.
This report was brought to Gen.
Pershing by two Mexican ranchmen,
who said that the Mexican forces lost
thirty men and forty horses, while
the Americans suffered no casualties.
Long on the Trail.
For hours the American cavalry
men had followed Manuel Lopez one
Of Villas lieutenants, and his bandits
through winding canons and almost
impossible trails of the mountains.
Evidently believing that they had
eluded their pursuers, the bandits re-
Taxed their vigilance and before they
realized it, they were confronted by
the troops of the Tenth Cavalry, Gen.
Pershing's old regiment, which had
been stationed near the town to in
tercept stray bands attempting to
make their escape.
Only the most meagre details OF
the ensuing engagements were
brought by the ranchmen, but IN
many respects it resembled that OF
week ago at Guerrero. Immediately
the bandits began a disorganizated
flight from their camps, some selling
their ponies and others trying to-
make their escape afoot. They went
singly and in small parties all firing
at the American troops as they fled.
None took time to aim. the ranchmen
said, and as a result none of the bull
let's found a mark.
The ranchmen told Gen. Pershing
that the Villa followers fled in scat
tering bands of three to five men be-
lore the negro cavalry.
Largest of Bands.
Reports indicated that the band en-
countered was the largest detach-
ment of the force defeated and scat
tered at Guerrero a week ago yester-
day by Col. Dodd's command These
troops were said to have been in the
vicinity of Bachineva Pass for sew
eral days.
The American scouts reported TO
Gen. Pershing they had been fired en-
by Villa outposts last Friday near
Baehineva and that they had returned
the fire. Two troops of cavalry sent
TO the town to intercept the bandits
reached there after the command bad
fed