Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-05-29
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

p. m. yesterday:
| Maximum. S4 degrees, minimum
SO degrees: range, 46 degrees; AT 6
D. IN. yesterday 73 degrees; clear
never go out They are burning waste
all the time.
The cooking establishments and
mess halls are screened perfectly aud
! flies have been exterminated. It Is a
| flyless insectless camp. This l. lit
orally true. There is no place where
flies can breed. They are not here.
Bathing Compulsory.
BY the time the tents were up TWO
long bath houses had been construct
ed and every man in camp, whether
he thinks he needs It or not, takes a
bath every day, The same cleanliness
Is observed with the clothing and the
bedding Of the soldiers, Nothing is al
lowed to grow stale.
Drill IL Rigid.
The national guardsmen are drilled
every day. and then drilled some
more, They are drilled by squad by
company, by battalion, by regiment
They are drilled against the day, ex-
pected by every officer here, when
thoy will be called upon to know what
mixing over the hot sands of Mex
ico means--against the day when
thorough discipline may make the diff
ference between victory and defeat
/ am betraying no confidence when
say that every principal officer
here, both regular and national
guard, believes that the time is COM
ing. and quickly, when war with the
whole of the Mexican people is ney-
liable. Such information as comes
from Pershing's forces in Mexico all
tends in that general direction. The
pacific reports from Washington are
not credited here. when contrasted
with the other sort of reports which
come to the border by every truck
train
Guarlsmen Want to Fight.
However peaceful the guardsmen
may have felt when they left home,
since they came here and fully ac-
quainted themselves with the details
OF the Villa raid. they all want to
fight. probably the Spanish American
guardsmen more than the Anglo
Americans, The evidences of the raid
are too plentiful, the stories of the
woke a general desire for Z greater
measure of vengeance than has been
exacted so far
Mexican losses Heavy.
The number of raiders killed at CO.
lumbus beyond doubt is far greater
than has been reported The first
story placed the number ar twenty
seven, the number of bodies burned
lust outside of Columbus.
Foi some reason, the American Of
ficers have not been willing for the
real facts to be published, possibly
because no prisoners were taken that
night. and no wounded men cap
tured except the seven, now under
sentence of death. picked up some
hours after the fury of the fight had
worn off.
Stories coming out of Mexico say
Villas actual loss, out Of about 500
men who were in or near Columbus,
was 2S7, not including more than
fifty wounded, among them Pablo |
Lopez. now a prisoner at Chihuahua |
who were able to escape.
Known Dead f7S.
According to the best inside fig
ures. 17s villistas we're killed in and !
near Columbus during the nearly ten
mile pursuit by Major Tompkins and
his little force of forty-seven cavalry |
men. The dead counted over the |
field the week following the fight, |
t72. Just last week one |
officer and five Mexican privates !
were found dead, inside the New Mex
leo border. about four miles from /
Columbus. They were concealed from |
view by the mesquite and sage brush. |
The Villistas in their retreat made !
four stands against Major Tompkins, |
and quite a number of dead Mexicans
were found at each of these stands.
When it was seen that such stand |,
was being made, the American troop
ars instantly dismounted and began
off the Villitas with deadly
accuracy.