The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-01
ADVANCE OF
AMERICANS IS
REMARKABLE
LINE OF COMMUNICATION MAIN
TANNED BY SHERMAN HAS
BEEN EXCEEDED
Opened Line to Villas Hiding Place
IN Less Than Two Weeks
Sentiment Changes

BY AEROPLANE TO FIELD
HEADQU ARTERS. COLONIA DUB
Ian. chihuahua. Mexico. March ~.
tBy aeroplsne TO Columbus. y. Nj
March 31-The line OF communica-
tions maintained BY General sherman
IN his march 10 the sea has been ex-
Ceeded already in the line stretched
by tho American troops southwark
into Mexico. This line today exceed
ed 300 miles in length.
American troops. without a railroad.
have opened line directly into Villas
noted hiding places. all in less than
| two weeks. At the head OF this line
are columns guarding avenues which
Villa might try to use for doubling on
his trail
As a result of the hard campaigning
about two dozen of the vanguard
troops have dropped from the ranks
for hospital treatment Meanwhile
the others are said TO have hardened
TO their work as they advanced.
The country over which General
Pershing's march mas been made mas
! been destitute. General Pershing's
commands have not been able to live
off the resources or the territory pass
ed. country not only devastated by
four years Of civil war but also more
primitive and sparsely settled. even
before MeXico's recent revolutions
! than the remote sections OF the United
( States.
Valued Assistance.
Wireless and aeroplanes have assist
/ Cd in maintaining the 300 mile line in
Mexico but the cavalry has outdistanc-
! I'd everything except the aeroplanes.
/ The wireless is pushing forward some
| distance behind the forward columns.
! The aeroplanes are now going through
practically all the way
/ Subsistence in the country and at
/ the same time the attempt 10 make an
| impression upon Mexicans along the
I line OF communications is requiring
! bargaining powers involving shrewd-
ness and geniality. At the camp
I where this dispatch was filed eggs
] were today offered at ten cents a
.dece by Mexican hucksters. Chickens
cost anywhere from fifty cents 10 a
dollar each according to the luck OF
the purchaser One officer paid 81 80
gold for a writing tablet Potatoes
have sold for as high as Si45O a
bushel. one small goat described by
/ a disguised cook as the size Of a
. guinea pig. was Offered here today
for 81
Among these instances 81 eNhorbi-
tant prices. there have been cases OF
/ moderation and real hospitality. Last
I night party OF men coming into camp
after dark finding Irrigation bitches
I'm maze on all sides and roads prac-
! ucally trackless after nightfall. re-
ceiyed not only courteous direct ions
from MeXicans turned out Of bed but
personal guidance from two men who
hurriedly donned their clothes The
party was furnished with - dinner for
five hungry men al the cost OF fifty
cents.
Sentiment Changes
In town which a week ago was
considered notorious for the number
Of Villa sympathiZers. army men re-
port that within very few days there
have appeared real transformations Of
real sentiment for the American army
To one Of these officers Mexican
PRESIDENT said.
Il hope the Americans catch villa
DO not say to anyone that ! have OK.
pressed this sentiment We do not
know here who favors Villa. but I do
not think many persons are for him
u cannot tell this 10 my next door
.uciEhbur though ! suspect this neigh.
hor feels the same rs ] DO. You see,
am NOT sure no does"
Possibly ID, factor Of greatest OBJ.
yiou- moral effect among the people
along tho line Of communication is the
presence Of acroplanes
Many are the questions asked by the
natives. such as.
Have they glasses Mp there To- zee
Us with
"Can they night from mp there"
"t1u fhrt drnU big fire ON Ms 7"