Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-23
SITUATION
N Mexico
VERY CRAVE
Commander of Garrison Forsake
Constitutionalists Cause and
Joins Rebels
WHEREABOUTS OF
EXPEDITION IN DOUBT
Fitting Out All Trains With Am
erican Crews for Service in
Warning Country.

Washington, March 22.-Grave ap-
prehenson of the outcome Of the
American expedition into Mexico in
the pursuit OF Villa was evidenced for
the first time in Washington tonight,
after receipt by the war department
OF a dispatch from General Funston,
saying a, report had reached him that
1000 CarranZa troops at chihuahua,
under General Huis Muerria, had re-
yolted and aligned themselves with
the bandit chief General Funston
did not disclose the source of his in
( formation, and SO far as could be
learned, on confirmation had reached
the state department or the Mexican
embassy. Fear that The report might
he true was not disguised in official
circles, and tonight's developments
We're awaited with intense anxiety.
Other Generals Nav Follow.
IT Iluerria and his troops have join
cd Villa, some officials believe other
CarranZa generals and troops may
quickly follow their example. In such
an event The United States and the
de factO government of Mexico will
find themselves confronted with sit
uation so serious that its possibilities
hardly can be estimated "A large part
of the forces of the de facto govern
ment in northern Mexico formerly
were Villa soldiers and with their Off
GERS have followed the bandit chief.
tan to many hard fought victories.
g Cd. Hardship Story.
Tho crui o. nrv n tkA n ri Q n inc emf.
fered by the American soldiers in
their now famous march across the
Chihuahua desert was told here to-
night by Sargent w. P. Harrison, Of
the 18th Cavalry from Ell Paso. Sar-
gent Harrison told his story propped
up in bed in the hospital, where he
was taken on his arrival here, suffer
ing from dysentery.
No Cheering.
1--WE went in first" he said. "There
was no cheering That stuff is bunk.
Everybody was serious and not much
was said. We all started off at a
brisk trot and at once the dust be-
gan to rise. There wasn't breath
of air, and the dust hung over the
roads like a curtain.
Men Half Blinded.
'"The alkali got into our eyes and
down our throats: it sifted into our
shoes and into our clothes. The sun
bored down into our skulls. We put
wet handkerchiefs in our hats, but it
did not help much. Most of the fol-
lowers rode along with their eyes
shut to keep out of the dust and glare
Many of the men were half-blinded by
noon.
Dust Hurt Eyes.
"My eyes began to itch soon around
the edges. then they felt as big as
You could feel the blood beating back
of your eyeballs. Then the headache
Looked Like Indians.
You should have seen the faces of
the men after an hour or two. The
dust settled on the sweat and then
the sweat would run down, leaving a
little furrow. Some of them looked
like painted Indians.
when we got to Las Palomas we
went right through the streets. There
wasn't soul in the whole town. It
was wierd. We heard some ducks
quacking and saw some goats, but
not human being. At the next
town, Boca Brandes, there were three
poems sitting in the SUM- The rest Of
the place was like a grave. Only you
expect a grave to be silent. but when
town is silent that way, it is funny.
Found Dead Cowboy.
Just outside of Boca Grandes we
found the body of a cowboy, who had
been killed by Villa on his way to
Columbus
The body lay about 20. feet from
The road. They had tortured him and
We did not have time TO bury the
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