The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
MANY BIG GUNS
 MISSED AT ELPASO Artillery Brigade Is Being Formed at This Point UNDERTAKERS SENT Will Bring Back Bodies of Soldiers Killed at Carrizal-Pershing Is
 We'll Supplied With Food
 and Forage, Is Report
UNDERTAKERS SENT

Fl Paso, Tex, July 3.-El Paso is to become the station of a skeleton brigade of field artillery under Col. Granger Adams of the Fifth Field artillery, it was learned here tonight. Organizations to make up the brigade are the Fifth United States artillery, the First Massa- chusetts, both of which regiments are here, and batteries from Connecticut and Rhode Island, which are expected to ar rive shortly.
 The concentration, according to military men, will make Fl Paso the largest artil- lery station in the United States.
 Immediately on detraining today the Massachusetts regiment, consisting of 1000 men and IS guns, began mounting their cannon on the mesa behind the city along side of the regular artillery, the noses of the guns pointing toward Mexico The first squadron of the First Massachusetts went into camp.
 With practically all of the guard or ganizations here work was begun to get the men into shape for field service. At military headquarters it was learned that cavalry also detrained here today and the distribution of some of the infantry and cavalry at border points in the El Paso military district will begin in a day or so
 Numbers of troop trains passed through Fl Paso today and tonight bound for points west, while the backward move ment of the empty trains which had car ried guardsmen to the frontier also was begun. Railway officials asserted the problem of restoring to normal traffic lines which have been congested by troop travel is rapidly nearing solution. GOING FOR BODIES OF SOLDIERS
 General Francisco Gonzales, command ing the Juarez garrison, announced to- night that a special train would leave tomorrow for Villa Ahumada, carrying the Fl Paso undertakers designated by General Bell to bring the bodies of the American soldiers who fell at Carrizal to the United States for burial. The Amer- cans will travel under an escort of Car ranza soldiers and under the personal guarantee of the de facto Mexican gov ernment.
 While military preparations continued under pressure today, reports, apparent.y without foundation, spread that General Pershing's expeditionary force in Mexico was to be withdrawn. Official confirma- ton of these reports could not be ob- tained. They are believed to have had their inception in the recent northward progress of the southernmoSt American attachments from San Geronimo and Namiquipa toward Fl Valle and have re- ceived impetus in today's announcement that General Pershing would take com mand of the newly created New Mexico department with headquarters at Ell Paso. The later statement that the order creat- ing the department had been suspended until it could be determined whether Gen. eral Pershing could assume his new duties did not serve to dissipate speculation.
 All reports have shown that the present disposition of Mexican troops has been with the seeming intention of envelopinS the expeditionary force. In the meantime, the shipment of supplies to the Colonih Dublan base from Columbus goes on. General Pershing is estimated to be equipped with two months food and forage.