The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-11-10

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squudrons of the Fifth left Columbus
ON March 20 and were Joined by tn,
third squadron April 10 nt the Nor
mon lakes, near Dublan. The first de
tachment OF the Eleventh entered
MeTlCo March II via Columbus.
The marches of the Fifth may be
summarized as follows :--Namlqulpa
April 10; San Geronimo, April %
Lake ItHscute, April n; san Antonio
May 3. About the time Of the Scott
Obregon conference the regiment was
given district, with Sateyo as head
quarters, which It was ordered tC
search mtenslvely for bandits. Each
cavalry regiment was allotted a simi
lar sector Of southern chihuahua, The
beating of the brush for NillistaS, how
ever was never fully done, The Fif,a
on May 10, was made part of II pro
vislonal cavalry brigade to cover the
| Withdrawal of the expedition north
ward ut IA time when 1900 Carran
Zislas were reported to be within sc
miles OF the Americans. Since Car
rial It has been encuuped at III Vale
The seventh. after completing it,
! dash To Culunia Dublun with General
Pershing's column, proceeded post
haste To san Miguel, whore Villa was
reported Poor guides caused delay
and he bandit escaped. II then start,
ed toward Guerrero. That town was
reached by forced marches - days
out from the border, with Il daily aver
age Of 32la miles. The longest days
march was on March II, when IS
miles We're covered. The route chart
shows that the regiment and detach-
mCnts on recOnnoissunces covered D.
500 miles.
Mention is made that during Col
onel Dodds historic ride his men many
times had only parChcd corn to eat.
Nearly three hundred miles was made
in single file, the troopers leading
their mounts, and number Of them
leaving stained footprints on the rocky
trail, for their shoes had worn out.
Officers and men lent their own money
to buy food and forage but 1t was not
until the end of April that clothing
could he obtained. BY that time the
men were in Il pi'iublc state. Two
fights stand to the record Of the Sew
euth-Guerrero and Tomanche.
The Thirteenth which arrived at Co
lonia Duban on March Il, furnished
the two picked troops which Major
TOmpkins commanded i'm his dash af-
ter villa and which were halted nj
Guerrero. The itinerary Of the re
mainder Of the regiment embraced FL
Vale, Las Cruces Na.Iu .ipa, San
Geronimo, Lake Itascare ana II REuio.
where it made is headquarters May (
to seek bandits in the district to which
it had been assigned II was cGnren-
tratcd mt san Antonio ou May 10 and
later went into permanent camp at
COlonia Dub!a".
StCry Of Hard Luck.
The history OF the Tenth cavalry is
a record Of haro marching and hard
luck. Short tive troops when it was
made part Of the column that entered
Mexico from Cvibcrson's ranch, il was
divided on "~7chiug Colonia Dublan.
The first sGJadron, sent south on tIH
Mexican northwestern, lost Il npB.jer
Of men b. injuries when their ram-
shackle t.,.in was wrecked. The third
squadron participated IL the vain
march 10 San Miguel. II was joined
March u by the first, and both reached
Namiquipa Murah -. With the first
squadron at san Diego del Monte, the
second engaged in its first clash with
the enemy at Aguascaliemtes on April
!. Three of the 80 VillistaS We're
killed. On April 3 this squadron
reached San Antonio, and on april q
it was mt Cusi. Ordered on April 10
toward Parral as Il thanking force, ii
arrived ut point 20 miles from that
city just In time to re-enforce Major
Tompkins' squadron, which had re-
treated from that city. The regiment
was concentrated during the retire
mpnt and camped ut ColOnia Dublan
on May 10.
The regiment on May lost its COM
mander when Colonel Brown, ill, left
for home. Brief mention only is made
Of the hardships the only negro cav
airy in the expedition endured. 1t re-
ceived no clothes until May IL. The
horses began to suffer early in the
campaign from lack of forage and on
March % they were further disabled
when their shoes began to wear out.
The first supply Of coffee, hard bread
and bacon received since March Is
was furnished the men on April 20.
During that time the command sub
sided almost entirely on beef killed
on the range and corn ground in small
hand mills. No details are given con-
cerning the scouting expeditions in
which Troop G, from Ojo Federico,
and Troop X, from Dublan, were en-
gagged when cut up at Carrizal.