Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-18
PERM ANENT BASE IS BEING
ESTABLISHED AT COLUMBUS;
HUNDREDS OF TROOPS NIKE
BEING MOBILIXED HERE.
MORE MEN ARE SENT
ACROSS THE BORDER
SHOT THAT KILLED COLONEL
LOPEZ WAS FIRED At DIS
TVNCE OF 100 YARDS; PET
HORSES AND THEN KILL THEM.

- OLI'M 'MBUS, n. NJ, March L.
~ ,By messenger to FL paso. Two
detachments of cavalry left the eX-
peditionary main base here today
striking in n westerly direction.
Whether they were intended to rem
fore the punitive expedition columns
In Mexico was not known. one report
indicated that they were going out to
help protect the line of communication
of that portion of the expedition
under Col George Dodd, which three
day ago circled to the westward
fifty miles from here and entered
Mexico about the same time as the
main column which went directly
south from here.
Troop trains over night swclled the
Columbus camp to what is said to be
nearly the size of the original cX-
pedition. Heavy construction work
of many varieties was under way to-
| day and new city was rising to be-
, come the home of the large pcrman-
| ent base which will be established
here.
| No Snipcrs Evident
| The report that several men on
outpost duty with the expedition had
been wounded by snipers has not beer
| confirmed here. 1t is significant tina
the soldiers about camp who come in
to communication with the returnlni
relays of transport drivers, receive IN
formation which leads them TO be
iieve that the march has been quie
thus far.
| Except for this occasional GOSSIP
and the secret dispatches coming II
over the wire. the men of the cXpcdi
ton out somewhere in northern chi
huahuL are completely out of com
munication of any sort with even theil
comrades at this base.
The body of First Lieut.. Edward NJ
Zell of the Eleventh cavalry, wh'
killed himself here yesterday, was to
day shipped to Baltimore for burial
One of the chaplains who was on in
innate terms with Zell said that HI
had worried for fear his troop wa
not up to standard discipline. Lieuten
ant Zell's troop was said by brothe
officers to be among the best.
$4,000 for villa.
Reliable reports here indicate tha
some of the large ranchng and cattl
interests on the Mexican side of th
border here have offered a reward o
$50, 900 for villa dead or alive. OF
ficers here said they had reason L
believe that news of this immense re
, ward had caused some commotiol
among the poems who have heard o
ii in northern Mexico.
Life at this military base was ami
: mated and picturesque today. Th
; roar of aeroplanes overhead wa
matched by the rumble Of poundin
hoofs as mountain batteries and cav
!, airy troops sped over the hard rock
soil of nearby hills on practice marche
designed to give the last touches o
physical condition to the organiZa
tions.
, lizard Luck, Old Boy
, The troopers respect for "A hors
was shown here today when it becam
necessary to kill more than fortS
wounded worthless mounts which ha
n been captured from the Nillstas. Tn
rifle squad put these animals out n
their misery. but before that the cav
alrymeu led the cmaciated beasts I
the American stables, petted then
= commiserated with them on thcl
,, "hard luck. old boy" and gave theI
e a final satisfying feed before thei
@ deaths.
y From the appearance these animal
I had been ridden mcrcilessly by tn
Il villa band, Their hides had been wor
e through in some places,
a It was learned today that the she
r, which killed Colonel Lopez, villa
t. first chief, during the raid was fire
# by an American trooper at 1,20
It yards. Lopez fell at the first sho
e Much pf the other shooting durin
Il that fight was done at distances {
|. six hundred to eight hundred yart
! and displayed remarkably ZOO
1t craftsmanship, according to Amer
e can officers.