Arizona republican., 1916-03-18

i completely out of communication of any sort with even their comrades at : the base.
 1 The body of First Lieutenant Edward
 M Zell of the Eleventh cavalry, who killed himself here yesterday, was to- day shipped to Baltimore for burial. , One of the chaplains. who was on in innate terms with Zell, said that he had ! worried for fear his troop was not up to discipline Lieutenant Zelrs troop , was said by brother officers to be among the best.
 When Lieutenant Zell aliGhted from
 a troop train in Columbus, and had l SaZed for q moment over the grey, i desert like wastes about town, he cX-
 claimed
 Great God, Is this Columbus, New 1 Mexico?"
 His fellow officers paid little atten- l tion to the remark, until q few minutes 1 later they heard q shot and found him
 dead with a wound in the head.
 Reliable reports here indicate that
 some of the large ranching and cat
 tie interests on the Mexican side of l the border here have offered a re
 ward of S5o,0OO for Villa. dead or 1 alive. Officers here today said they 1 had reason to believe that news of
 this immense reward had caused some
 commotion @monE the peOns who 1 have heard of 1t in northern Mexico.
 Life at this military base was ami
 mated and spectaresque today The
 roa: of 9croplanes overhead was 1 matched by the rumble of the pound 1 ing hoofs as mountain batteries and
 cavalry troops sped over the hard
 rocky soil of nearby hills on practice
 marches designed to put the last
 touch of physical condition into the waiting organizations
 Here at least the border has lost all thought of apprehension that the Car
 ranza party in Mexico will cause
 trouble The feeling of security
 seems to be based more on the armys comforting presence. than on any re-
 ports of what is transpirng across
 the border. It is notable, however | that numerous McXicans nave come into the base direct from Mexico, volunteering much apparently useful 1 information about country through which the troops will march These 1 McNiclns say that they believe all | political factions in Mexico, except the 1 Villistas. will welcome the presence 1 of the Americans once peaceful inten- tions are thoroughly realized
 They emphasize that what MoXi-
 cans now desire is peace so long as l their independence is not threatened
 The troopers respect for a horse
 was shown here today when it be- i came necessary to kill more than for l ty wounded and worthless mounts,
 which had been captured from the Villistas. The rifle squad put these 1 animals out of their mserv but be ! fore that the caValrymen led the ema Ciated beasts to the American stables.
 'e.ted them. commissirated with them
 on their "nard luck. old boy" and 1 gave them final satisfying feed be-
 fore their deaths
 1 From their appearance these ani- mals had been ridden mercilesslv hV the Villa band Thcil hides had been worn through in some places II was learned today that the shot
 which killed Colonel Lopez Villas first chief during the raid. was fired | hy an American trooper at twelve | hundred yards. Lopez fell at the first 1 shot. Much of the other shooting i during that fight was done at dis l tances of SIX hundred and eight nun 1 dred yards remarka bly, good marks 1 manship according to the American ! officers.