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of the Americans. Since Carrizal it
has been encamped at Ell Vale.
The Seventh, after completing its
dash to Colonia Dublan with General
Pershing's column, proceeded posthaste
to San Miguel, where Villa was re-
ported.
Poor guides caused delay and the
bandit escaped. It then started to-
ward Guerrero This town was
reached by forced marches twelve DAYS
out from the border, with a daily aver
age of 80 IL miles. The longest days
| march was on the detachments on re-
connaisances covering $500 miles.
Mention is made that, during Dodd's
historic ride, his men many times had
| only parched corn to eat. Nearly 300
miles was made in single file, the
troopers leading their mounts and a
number of them leaving bloody foot
prints on the rocky trail, for their
shoes had worn out. Officers and men
lent their own money to buy food and
forage, but it was not until the end of
April that clothing could be secured.
| BY that time the men were in q pitt
able state. Two fights stand to the
credit of the Seventh-Guerrero and
Tomache.
The Thirteenth which arrived at
Colonia Dublan on March II, fur
nished the two picked troops which
| Major Tompkins commanded in his
dash after Villa and which were halted
at Guerrero. The itinerary of the re-
mainder of the regiment embraced Ell
Vale, Las Cruces, Namiquipa, San
Geronimo, Lake Itascate and FL Rubio,
where it made its headquarters Nav |
to hunt bandits in the district to which
it had been assigned. 1t was concen-
trated at San Antonio ON May 10 and
later went into permanent camp at
Colonia Dublan.
The history of the Tenth cavalry is
record of hard marching and hard
luck. Short two troops when it was
part Of the column that entered Mex
leo from Culberson s ranch, it was
divided on reaching Colonia Dublan.
The first squadron, sent south on the
Mexican northwestern, lost a number
of men by injuries when their ram
shackle train was wrecked. The third
squadron participated in the vain march
to San Miguel 1t was joined March
81 by the first and both reached Mani
quipa March %. With the first squad
ron at San Diego del Monte, the see
ond engaged in its first clash with the
enemy at Aqua Galiente on April /
! Three of the fifty Villistas routed were
, killed. On April 3 this squadron
reached San Antonio and on April &
it was at Cusi. Ordered on April 10
, toward Parral as a thanking force, il
arrived at a point twenty miles from
that city just in time to reach Major
T0mpkins squadron, which had retreated
from that city. The regiment was con
centrated during the retirement and
camped at Colonia Dublan on May 10
? The regiment, on MAY 5, lost Its
commander when Colonel Brown, i'll
left for home Brief mention only is
T made of the hardships the only negro
cavalry III the expedition endured II
: received no clothes until MAY Is. The
: horses began to suffer early in the cam
paign from lack of forage and on
March % they were further disabled
: when their shoes began to wear out
The first supply of coffee, hard breaC
I and bacon received since March /,
was furnished the men on April 20
During that time the command sub
+, sisted almost entirely on beef killed
on the range and corn ground in small
hand mills. No details are given con
corning the scouting expeditions il
which troup C from Oio Federico, ant
Troop X from Dublan, were cut up al
: Carrizal.
T The narrative of the Eleventh. the
most detailed of the FIVE submitted, con
{ tains extracts from the war diaries of tht
: commanding officers and furnishes val
liable sidelghts on The campaign a.
: viewed during its critical period Ar
irving at Colonia Dublan on March %
the regiment was split, four picked
s troops under Major Howe moving
!, south on Villa S trail, reaching Mani
! quipa on March 81. Four others, I'm
. der Lieutenant Colonel H. T. Allen
a who later became colonel of the Thir
teenth, left March 80 for Namiquip,
f with verbal instructions in regard t
) the pursuit of the outlaw leader. Col
: onel Allen at San Antonio on Apri
: 8, was ordered to follow Pablo Lopez :
n trail.
4 Major Towze, unable to pick ur
!, Villas trail i'll the Sierra Puras, in
f to which range he had fled, skirte,
the mountains, hoping to capture tn
bandit when he emerged On Apr
e 10, according to his diary. his "'horse
I were thin and footsore, his men ragged
i and no food or grain was to be had il
: the country" Accordingly he deeid
e ed to make for the Parral country an,
{ arrived at Santa Cruz de Herrera abou
s the time the expedition was halted
o He had marched 69l miles through
h some of the most difficult mountain
r in northwestern Mexico.
e Colonel Allen, meanwhile, had beer
: making marching history. Ordered OF
c April II toward Parral, he led his men
f after sixteen consecutive days of trav
r cling, on a march that lasted the da,
/ of April IA and the night of the 14tl
s and 18th.