New Britain herald., 1916-03-31
VILLA FORCES MEET
 SEVENTH CAVALRY
Report Of Battle at San Geronimo
 -Carranza Garrison Beaten
GENERAL FERNANDEZ KILLED
Thirty MeXicans Die From American Bulcts-Several Troopers Wounded Villa Beats Carrapza tr,cr;s,n at Tuerrero-Reported to be Wounded.

|uerrero-Reportedt to be Wounded.
 Ill Paso, Tex, March 31.--Mexican
 Sohsu1 Garcia announced today that
 ue had been informed hy Gen, Gavira
 Carranza commander at Juarez, that
 o latter had received word that the
 AAnerlcan troops had been engaged in
 "".'le With Villas forces.
 l according to General C1avir;ts in- ] toi ihaton Which was supplied in a
 'eleeram from Lieutenant Col. Refr- glo Davila, at Casas G~anGec tho 4i,1,+
 .ooh place yesterday at san Geronimo
 petWeen the Seventh Cavalry and 800
 Villa forces, the latter losing tboir cohlmander. Eladeo Fernandez and l lHiIIy men. The Amerlcanc s,,ffored 1 several wounded
 1 Colohel DaVlla also wired Gen tro
 Vlra, according to Consul Garcia +b.+ | confirmation had been received that 1 Villa mad been wounded in the leg in l Ille last hght with the Car,anza forces 1 ana IS hiding north of Guerrero Villa Gains in Strcnetb. I'll Haso, Texas, March 31.-Fran c1Sco Villa has recruited his forces to
 oi "iludple nuhlbers in his flight be- lure the pursuing columns of Ameri cah cavalry, 1t is reported and if cor nered, will be in a position to give stout resistance
 AdVlces received here today bv Mexlcan officials stated that Villa and HIS men had soundly whipped the Car ranza garrison at Guerrero. under the command of Gen. Cayazos. vhosa forces were said to number only fifty soldiers. Villa, according. to t51e in formation obtained by Mexican con- SUI Garcia, still occupied Guerrero.
 Killed 172 Men.
 Information in the han Is of Maior general Funston at San Antonio and Adoe puDllc last night was that Villa hdo kllled II2 men-every one in the 1uerrefo Sarr1son-and that the ban dlt was now near the head waters of the santa Maria river. Since passine southward of Namiquipa. having tenn porarlly eluded his pursuers, Villa i<, reported to have adopted every means to strengthen his command which earlier in his flight he had scattered in small bands because thc American cavalry were hot on his trail
 Reports that Villa, was headed east ward toward his old headquarters at San Andres were current today If the bandit has turned east or north the American troops may be able to encircle him and cut off a further re-
 
 ez, operating toward the the west with the Carranza toops from Chihuahua, would be in position to confront Will la and force him to give battle.
 Murders Two. Fl Paso, Tex, March 31-A man named Herman Blank enburg and two other foreigners were murdered yes terday at Minaca, Chihuahua, by Francisco Villa and his followers, ac- cording to private but authentic sources here. Details of the killing are lacking.
 To Start Supplies. Washington, Mar. 31.-Gen. Funs- ton has instructions to make the first test today of Gen. Carranza's plan for the commercial use of the Mexican Northwestern Railroad for shipping suppliees to the American troops pur- suing Villa. By entering his first con- signment to the railroad Funston will begin the fair trial that is to be given the de facto governments concessions. l In the meantime the United States | will not press for an extension of the l arrangement, although doubt regard 1 ing it's adequacy is expressed in offic- ial quarters.
 Additional Pay $36,7OO.
 To the expense of the expedition en- tailed by the purchase of eight bi- planes and 2,000 cavalry horses, ar arrangements for which are under way, today was added the extra pay for foreign service to troops actually in Mexico It was the first pay day Cor the American forces since they cros- sed the border Foreign service calls for 20 per cent. additional for en- listed men and 10 per cent. for off, cers. At the quartermaSter generals office it was estimated that the addi- tional pay would amount to about $36,7 TOO monthly.
 General Scott. chief of staff, said official despatches from Major Gene ral Funston indicated that supplies 1 would begin to move into Mexico by | railroad today,or as soon as General Gavira, commanding the de facto government troops at Juarez, has re- ceived instructions from Gen. Carran- ga. General Scott added that no ob- stacle had been raised by Carranzi officials against the use of the roads, t and neither was there any urgent ne cessity for immediate transportation of supplies by railroads.
 When Gen. Carranza receives his the movement will begin, General Scott said. That explains , the situation. (
 Fight At Guerrero.
 The state department got an un- official and unconfirmed report that the Villa fight at Guerrero, in which the bandit chieftain is reported 60 have killed TIP men of Carranza garrison had to do with a revolt ill the garrison in which some 300 men were involved. Some of them are re- ported to have joined Villa.