The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-14
VILLA CHASE LIKE
WOLF HUNT MILES
G~eronimo's Csptor Urges Con.
stant Pursuit: "Must Wear
Him Down."
"orFER $4,000 REWARD"

N,surNurcN. March i3.-Lieut Den.
Nilsson A. Miles. whose campaign
,s,in.. Geronimo will servo a. . guide
for tire campaign against Villa out.
lined to-day for THE suN the kind a
work which Brig..u en. Pershing's force
will pertorm IN Mexico.
TIL. pursuit Of villa by United States
troops will he like tho pursuit Of wolves
bv relay hunting parties. according to
zen. Niles. and the American troops
.,ou,d he in sufficient force 70 divide
nm INTO ten or more separate detach-
u,ents. zach strong enough to defeat
and effectively pursue villa n his fol.
lowers
Il, viii lie no easy task" said Gen.
Milee. despite t~elegraphy. wireless and
,sr,plsncs. Tho Rocky Mountains and
the sierra Madre Mountains. where We
hunted Geronimo for five months, are
YER similar to the refuge chosen by
vii, and his band. and II should he
r.meuibered that We captured Gcronino
m skeleton Canyon. NOT far from Column
bus. where villa made his last raid.
These mountains are the most precipi-
TONS broken reg,on on the American
continent. narrow valleys with deep
a,rres and canyons and an arid coun-
tn, Nlcr, water is scarce and supplies
mus; he taken along.
Pursuit. Must nc Constant.
4 ven, on the principle that in order
10 g. p,urr she Indian bandits they must
= constantly pursued. divided the
'orr't"r, into districts like a chess
,o,rl. placing in each one "a force suf-
is.e't To encounter the hostiles and
Keep them constantly hunted.
Nv h"u"vor a band Of hostiles vas
si1uf,d q vas immediately pursued by
g., commander Of the square into
which II had roafned willie the COM
riudrr Al the am time notified head
quarters and the commanders Of the ad-
joiuiUg squares The first troops ar
rcd 0l the pursuit until they had driven
~ u stiles into the territory OF adjacent
'roops. who then took up the pursuit.
aud 20 on.
~ these tactics the hostiles were
finally worn down. just AS Villa will be
-crn down. II IT. all very we'll for q
man to hunt enemies ror "A while and
ro'r NIT outragcs and escape to the
mountains. but when he is constantly
united and feels himself the object OF
ur-.leutiess pu suit his nerves break
dvH These tactics broke down Geron-
NJ. They will break down villa and
vii break dow the strongest in the
ond
But to carry out this constant pur-
SUI efficiently IL is necessary to have
plenty ~ fresh roc and to ave estab-
lishsd fully equipped forces in different
sections, FAC strong enough to defeat
villa II he shows fight.
Kept Watch On HtIItops.
W. placed observation troops on The
hgles, mountains to overlook TIE val
tys and keep the different commands
~ constant communication with head
uga-;ors and with Z other. We had
mo ,-'egraph. but ! Instituted the hello
,ripa. bv means Of which We could signal
b, ~. sun from the hill,ops. When
'"'uuimo and his Il saw the flashing
o, the sunligh; they thought l, was
s%,'~its.
81 am very glad 10 see that the United
eI,.s u Mexican Governments are
'oN citing III concert to suppress the
A,l",.nes>. maurading. pillage and MUIR
der thai have been going on along the
N,IicAn harder.
'FAI WV u lou " ~ ut-
dcr.'auding with the British Govern
u,l' M the years Is76-ls1s rega riding
~, sioux Indians under Sitting Bull on
W, Canadian frontier and later with the
McN'siu Government regarding the
n~Aur,udiug bands Of Indians that we're
lHrusomed to commit depredations on
tp'd -l.- ui the frontier. The under
siaulilG with Mexico was that the
'Or.-- Of ,~,th Governments Nould act
'r cfr err aud both Governments were
privileged t. pursue the enemy across
N. hN der until they found another COM
u,uI to t.h" NJ the pursuit.
Would Omrr a.O,OOO Reward.
crossing IN" international border to
.r"nI 'rnIh'" has been one Of the tricks
~ wa, TO- wears. lie used 10 <pal
norsc> he Texas and sell them In Mexico
"t .t'tl th"iu IN Mexico and sell them
ON iiii"d Stai.- territory. lie escaped
% t1. ruse and apparently thought he
could auplv tn. same principle To his
cwpi-u OF pilIase and murder.
! 'hi4k II would lie AN excellent idea
'"r he United states and Mexican Gov
connects to jointly offer a reward Of,
sy $1,000" for villa capture and an
ri1lti"ral reward Of $1,000 for zach NJ
h. bandits in the columbus raid. This
.N- = sl""dily put an end 70 villa and
his hand