The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-06-29
Clash of Armed Forces Not
Confirmed-Trevino Occupies
Towns Vacated BY U. S.
Troops and Threatens an At
tack.
BATTLE LINES DRAWN
American Expeditionary COL
umn Fit For Battle and Pre-
pared to Strike at Strategic
Railway Lines-Motor Trucks
to Move Infantry.

Columbus, N. NJ, June ga
report was in circulation here to-
day that another clash of Ameri-
can and Carranza troops had oc-
CURED in the vicinity of Villa
Ahumada, but army officers here
have not confirmed it.
Chihuahua, Mexico, June &c.
On the heels of the American
evacuation of San Geronimo and
Bachinaba, General Jacinto Ire
vino has occupied these points
with his troops, giving strict or
ders that any attempt of General
Pershings' men to return south
must be forcibly prevented.
FL Paso. Tex. June 27.-Gen. John
]. Pershing's erstwhile punitive expe-
dictionary force in Mexico is ready for
action. II action Is necessary.
Today, according to the best infor-
nation here, his southernmost outpost
Is in the vicinity of Ell Vale, less than
so miles from Colonia Dublan, the main
base. It is believed that from Ell Vale
O large and mobile force may be point
ed eastward In strategic position to-
ward the Mexican Central railroad.
In the neighborhood Of $4,000 men,
In splendid fighting trim, compose Gem
eral Pershings army. Reports from the
front indicate the highest morale
among the men.
Equipment has been put In the best
OF condition. Horses and mules have
been tested until only the fit and strong
with the necessary supplies for an ad-
vance and are lined up ready to Dc
started. /
Every Man IL Fit. !
There Is not a single wounded or In
capacitated man in the force. All have
been sent to the base hospital at Coz
lumbus.
In the meantime every empty truck
which remained at Columbus has been
sent to the front to aid in the speedy
transportation Of infantry.
Speculation on the border today dealt
with the possibility that some action
by the Mexicans may precipitate hos
tilities before the exchanges between
Washington and Mexico City are con-
cluded.
With the lines of the Americans and
Mexicans paralleling for at least 150
miles, the rash action of some subor-
dinate commander, It Is considered
here, might at any time embroil the
main commands. Tension grows with
each hour. Fear that events might be
thus FASTENED prompted border COM
manders to redouble their vigilance. At
all points the soldiers were ready to
spring into action al moments notice.
Troop dispositions were made with q.
view to meeting sudden and unexpected
emergencies.
Prepare For Guards.
Five thousand national guards arc
expected to come to FL Paso, 1t was
said today. and many Of them may get
here by the end Of the week. !
From Columbus It Is reported that
preparations are being made to take
care Of 10000 guardsmen.
Andres Garcia, the Mexican consult
at FL Paso, today declared himself still
optimistic that trouble will be averted.
Il do not see that there need be war,
from any interpretation of President
Wilson's last note" he declared. These
IT prisoners ought not offer an obsta-i
Gle. We have received no information
from the de facto authorities as to the
questions on hand, and the whole mat
ter Is up to General Carranza."
Villa Backs Carranza. =
Seven Americans attached to the A.
varado Mining g. Milling company and
the Compania Agriccla are expected to
reach Juarez late today from Chihua-i
hua, leaving practically no Americans
in that state.
Information reached here today from
apparently reliable sources that Fran
cisco villa, until recently at Santa Ro-
salia, had reached an agreement with
the de facto government and that this
was being used to induce his followers
70 NJ tna fOrcna
NO WORD OF BATTLE.
Ell Paso, Tex, June 26.-Mexican Of
f1cials In Ell Paso and Juarez said to-
day they had heard nothing Of any
fighting at Villa Ahumda or any other
point.