Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-22
REPORT FROM GEN. SCOTT
DUE HERE BEFORE NIGHT
Conferring at San Antonio on All
Phases of the Mexican
Campaign.
CARRANzA MAssING FORCES
Instructions Go Forward to Gen.
Pershing to Be Prepared to Re-
sist Aggression From Any
Quarter.

SAN AN IONIC. lex, April
22-Secretary of War Baker
should be in receipt of report
before night by Mai. Gen. Hugh
l.. Scott. chief of staff of the
army, that may assist the admin
istration in deciding whether to
withdraw the American troops or
send them farther into Mexico.
Overnight dispatches from the
front indicated no renewed often
sive activity. The pursuit of the
bandit chieftain remained practi-
cally at standstill, and the i'm
preston is gaining strength AT
departmental headquarters that
the troops will be withdrawn.
Pershing Ready to Fight.
Gems. Scott and Funston today will
review in detail the history of the
punitive expeditions operations since
entering Mexico, almost six weeks ago.
Gen. Funston has received reports
showing movements of Carranza troops
In the district penetrated by Gen.
Pershng, and others have been sent to
Gen. Pershing. authorizing him to pre-
pare for any aggressive. Carranza Of
ficials have given plausible reasons for
moving the forces of Gen. Arnuifo
Gomez eastward from Sonora. the
troops of Gen. Luis Herrera south from
Chihuahua to Parral and a considerable
force toward Casas Grandes. but should
the war office at Mexico City decide
later to use these forces to prevent fur
ther American military operations Gen.
Pershing will be prepared for any sit.
uation.
Review Of the Campaign.
Until late last night Gems. Scott and
Funston discussed the developments of
the pursuit of Villa that began with
promised cooperation by Carranza
troops and ended or practically ended
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Santa Cruz by Carranza official that
he must not advance south of that
point.
1t is understood that the establish
ment of other bases and new lines of
communication were talked of. but the
details of the fighting at Parral and
the abrupt halt in operations that came
as result were discussed at length.
Gen. Pershins's reports. which are
said to contain recommendations that
radical changes be authorized. probably
will be gone over carefully today.
High army officials here remained al
most Indifferent to the suggestions that
the manifest hostility of Carran1a's
Of Felix Diaz. or those of any other as
piring enemy of the de facto govern
ment. Department of Justice agents
have failed to discover any tangible
evidence that DiaZ is making headway
along the frontier. and all reports to
army headquarters indicate that thk
officers of Carranza sarriSons who are
showing marked an antagonism to-
ward the Americans are wholly loyal
to the first chief.
Troops Ready to Move.
Ell PASO. Tex. April 22-Brig Cen.
Pershing has made such disposition of
his forces that the American punitive
expedition is equally ready today to
proceed quickly in pursuit of Villa or
withdraw from Mexico when the fu-
ture course of operations is determined
by the administration at Washington.
The troops can be retired from Mexico
in ten days, according to army officers
at Fort Bliss.
CarranZa officials at Juarez reported
the situation generally quiet through
out upper Mexico and said every prep
aration has been made to suppress any
that might arise. The Parral
district is being filled with Carranza
troops and guards have been thrown
about mining properties.
Carranza Troops Moving.
A troop train left Juarez today with
several hundred members of the Juarez
garrison on board who have been or
dered to casas Grandes According to
Mexican officials, these troops are not
intended as reinforcement of the Casas
l;ra ndes garrison. but will replace the
soldiers now there. who will be sent
to MADEIRA
is expected to make to the War De-
partment today from San Antonio and
on which a decision will be reached as
10 whether or not the eXpeditionary
force shall be Withdrawn from Mexico,
there was a iuli even in the ranks OF
Inc alarmists on the border
Villa has become a minor figure in
he situation as far as Ell Paso is con-
Those who do not believe he
IS dead are willing to admit that his
prestige is gone and that he has
.eased to be a factor in Mexican af-
fairs ....
Fail to Identify Body.
A wireless dispatch from Gen. Per.
,hings headquarters says that Ameri.a
IAN military authorities detailed to in-