The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-10
NOTHING HEARD AT
Ell. PASC FROM FRONT
American and Mexican Omrials IN
Dark IN villa Hunt.

FL PAso. April ?.-While Gen. Iersh-
ne and the newspaper correspondents
with his expedition IN Mexico remained
-ilen, to-day regarding the progress Of
the chase after Villa the border specu.
lated on whether the American troops
are coming out before villa is caught
" not. what they are going TO do about
getting supplies. and II they stay In
and get supplies what Carranza and his
soldiers are going TO do about the con-
'inued occupation OF Mexico by Aneri-
can forces.
The whereabouts NJ villa is unknown
on the border tonight Neither Gen.
Bell. commanding the American border
patrol Andres Garcia. carranza Con-
sui George Caro;hers. state Department
representative. nor Gen. Gabriel Gav!ra.
the Juarez commander, has heard any
thing for several days. Statements that
villa has passed Parral n - head
ire south are purei, speculative.
One OF the reports to-day had Villa
IN the h~eadwa,err cf Nasas River,
headed for Torreon. Not one of the
official sources OF news could confirm
II, however.
No move was made to switch the
supply base from Columbus TO Preside
So far a. is known. On the contrary.
when twenty-sevcn new trucks arrived
here to-day for the transportation ser
vice OF the army they were hurried
through to Columbus and will he sent
into Mexico ~ once with loads Of food
and supplies for the soldiers.
Clothing GoinE In.
The supplies Ibis time will consis,
Of badly needed clothing. as many of
the soldiers In the advance after villa
have worn their clothing to rags. n ar.
IN need OF everything the body requires
20 cover its nakedness.
Thirteen carloads Of supplies for the
American army. principally forage for
the horses ana mules. are in the Juarex
railroad yards tonight for shipmen,
south over the Mexico Northwestern
Railroad tomorrow, They are being sent
down by private enterprise. The army
has not as Yet shipped or offered to
ship any supplies by rail into Mexico.
Gen. Pershing's staff, which has re-
malhed In camp near Colonia Dublan
since his departure for the front, has
moved south-jusi where II Is not known.
hut the move Was made yesterday. 1t
Is believed they hav. gone to Santo
Tomas or San Antonio. which are di-
rectly west OF chihuahua. II was an
nounced last night that Gen. Pershing
had established new bases for the col
'''''' NtN' w Nv 10 tUt
south.
To the disappointment OF the Inter
v~entionalists." who cooked ur n good
story last night about {. 900 Carranza
troops hurrying TO Juarez with Gen. p.
Hernandez In command to relieve Gen.
Giavira and the Juarez garrison. the
event failed to materiaiize to-day.
Gen. ,;avira remains In Iuarez In COM
mand Of the garrison and asserted TO-
day that he had no intention OF leaving
and that Gen, Hernandez il not coming
to the border to succeed him and has no
such command as 5000 troops.
Not NsssiWE TroOps.
The story IL another OF the fabrica-
'ions cooked m 10 hurt Gen. Carranza
In the eyes Of Americans" said Gen.
Gavira to-day. THE First chief IN not
making any effort to congregate large
commands Of troops on the American
border and YOU viii not sec any large
sent there. not under present
anyhow"
Regarding the ConstitutionaIlsts' ac-
tion in forcing Mexican farmers who
have been selling corn To the American
troops to deliver their corn to the Car
rama forces. a 'iavira said
Our troops need corn as well as the
american FORCES III u people have
corn to sell they should he compelled
FIRST TO sell to their " troops. II the
condition obtained In the United
States your country would take first call
the grain for It's army.
81 do not know that any such thing
has been done by our people. but II II
has that Is the explanation. II Is not
to hamper the American army or punish
our people for selling to the American
forces"
The MeSirars have been getting
American gold for supplies furnished the
United States forces. For the corn they