Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-13
villa Believed in Mountain'
FastnesSeS Of Durango, if.
Chieftain Is Alive, Is Cred
tied Runor
ADVANCE CAVALRY IS
GETTING NECESSITIES
Shipment Of Forage for Per-
shing'S Horses, From EI
PaSo to Chihuahua, Is Un-
dertaken.
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fUNA
III poso Texas, April 12.-That the
American expeditionary torce has
nenetrated far beyond Parral ana ~
naar if not actually at the Chihuahua-
Durango border line is Indicated III
code dispatches received here TINS art
ernoon hN private concerns with IN
terests in the Parral district
these dispatches said that the
An,erican advanced columns now had
!. temporary base near Parrai ana
,hot toward the end of last week two
comnanies of motor truck trains ma
delivered supplies at this base. ThlS
i the first authentic information that
hos come from the flying columns OF
Colonel Dodd and Brown Tor seVeral
days
In Mountain Fastness.
II seems certain now that villa, II
no still lives. has passed into the
mountain Businesses of Durango and
mat he is in a position to get in touch
with the scattered bandit forces CT
that district. 3.
There are twenty-seven trucks in
each motor company. The delivery
Of ffy-four trucks indicates that the
advanced cavalry has sufficient sup
niles 10 enable it to make long forays
south.
II is not believed here, however
that the forces of Colonel Dodd OF
Colonel Brown have passed the Du-
range line To do so would lenstheh
the line of communication too dan
gerouslv. It is more likely they have
remained in touch with their supplies
at parral This would account TOT
The lack OF information from the
front the past week.
More Supplies for Army.
simultaneously with the news 'ha'
supplies had been sent as far south
as the neighhorhood of Parral came
the Information today that local con-
Germs had presented a trainload OF
supplies to the Mexican Central ran
road for shipment to Chihuahua CITY,
there to be sold to General Pershlns $
troops.
This train, consisting of nine cars,
loaded mostly with hay and oats got
away this afternoon.
News of the safe arrival of the
train at Chihuahua City is anxiously
awaited here by both business men
and the army. 1t is felt that If ship
ments can be made safely to Chihua-
hua City, railway transportation may
be extended even farther south.
Good Auto Train Road.
While nothing Is obtainable regard
ing General Funston's announcement
at San Antonio that the army soon
would make a change that would ef-
feet the line of communications. 1t Is
suggested that there is at least one
route east of FL Paso that would meet
the needs of the army, particularly
il the railroads are not to be fully and
openly used for transportation. This
Is an automobile road that leaves the
border southeast of Fabens, Texas,
following a course some lSu miles
long that ends in chihuahua City.
The army has heard from various
private individuals that this is an ex-
eellent automobile road, far superior
to the Columbus Casas Grandes road.
Reports have been emanating re-
Gently from Preside, Texas, that
200 mile road from the border to Chi
huahua City soon would be utilized by
The army as line of communications.
If new line of communication is
established, il is pointed out here, new
troops might be used in putting II
INTO effect. This would permit the
utllization of the troops along the
present line of communications for the
reinforcing of General Pershing's ad
Vanced columns.