Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-29
Overtlrning of Two Cars
Injuries Several Cavalry
Troopers.
FIND TROUBLE IN
SENDING SUPPLIES
No Uneasiness Felt When
Reports Fail to Come
From Headquarters.

GAN ANTONIO. March 2S.-Con-
~ firmation that General Pershing
already has been using portion OF
the Northwestern railroad for the
transportation of troops was secured
| by General Funston today from what
was said to be an unofficial source.
| This information included a report of
| the overturning of two cars and the
| injurinS of ten troopers of the Tenth
cavalry and several horses. Three of
the men were reported seriously in
| jured.
The accident occurred while the
cars were being taken over shoofly
| that had been built around the Cum
| bre tunnel south of Casas Grandes.
| One of the rails gave way and the
cars rolled down an embankment
1t was not believed at headQuart
ers that General Pershings use of the
| railroad prior to receipt of permission
| from the CarranZa government would
| endanger the negotiations now being
conducted by the state department
| because it was assumed he had gained
| permission of those in charge of op-
Grafton of that section of the line.
Receive No Reports.
No reports from General Pershing
| were received today but his silence
caused no uneasiness at hea dquarters
where the chief concern continued TO
be the problem of getting supplies
| into Mexico without railroad.
| Advices from Washington that the
state department had prepared Il
memorandum urging CarranZa to de-
eide the question of using the rail
road without waiting for the ratifica-
tion of the protoco! revived the hope
I CT
| held at FL Paso may be forwarded to
some field depot more accessible to
the troops now operating almost
three hundred miles from the boun-
| dary line.
Exactly where Colonel Dodd's cav
airy is now or into how many detach-
nents it has been divided was un-
known at General Funston's head
| quarters today. The exact where
manned unrerorted, but this lack of
information created no uneasiness for
| General Pershing still has orders to
work ont his own problems. Fun
realization of the danger into which
| some of the advanced detaChments
must be moving was acknowledged.
Villas known ability as director of
ambuscades has aroused frank ex-
| pressions of fear among army officers
lean troops in a mountain trap.
Capture is Far Off.
| Openly expressed pessimism as TO
an early capture of Villa now is fire.
| auently heard. Unless checked by
the forces of the de facto government,
or unless he himself decides to turn
and fight, there appeared no reason
today why the chase should cease
until villa had led the Americans
through twisting mountain trails and
over waterless wastes for another
three hundred miles and more.
More auto trucks have been asked
for by General Funston and when
they are placed in service there will
be a few more than three hundred
along the different lines of cOmmuni-
cation. This increased number OF
auto trucks will not solve the prob
lem of distributing supplies to the ad-
vanced troops, however, since large
part of the troops are operating far
away from trails over which the cars
can be run.
Want More Lines.
The shifting lines of the chase Villa
Is leading the pursuing Americans
has made more apparent the desira-
bility of getting permission to use the
JuareZ- chihuahua line of the National
as we'll as the Northwestern railway,
but General Funston has refrained
from making any representations on
the subject, preferring not to inter-
ject a possible embarrassing feature
in the negotiations already under way
for the other line.
1t was pointed out that supplies
routed through Chihuahua cohld be
delivered to the advanced troops now
with less loss Of time and that line
Of communication established along
that route could be guarded with
fower troops than one along the more
circuitous mountainous route Of the
Northwestern.
Troops Move Fast.
II either railroad Is used 1t is prob
able that all the troops now extend
ing from Columbus through Casas
Grandes to the positions Of the ad-
vanced cavalry will be moved east
ward along the new route and that
those who then would be necessary to
guard the main limo Of communica-
ton will be moved forward to Join in
the operations against villa. 1t Is an
ticipated that In such q case, however,
u vehement protest will be made by
Americans residing In tho vicinity OF
Casas Grandes who General Per-
shing reported looked upon tho Amer
loan soldiers as their "rescuers !"
Army officers have pointed out, how
ever, that to hold any Of the troops In
those regions merely for the purpose
Of afferdilE Americans protection
would not be In accord with the idea
that the expedition into Mexico II
nothing more than punittv~