Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-18
] [ [ M ER |S RESCUED;
 RAIDERS
 FLEE
Langhorne Troops Are In Hot Pursuit, Forcing Bandits to Forsake Prisoners Taken in Raid on Texas Town. BATTLE AGAIN
 IS THREATENING Quick Clash, Then Withdraw al for New Expedition Is Plan of Colonel Sibley; He Hasn't Men EnolIoh.
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 SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 1.-Two Mexicans were wounded and taken prisoner by Major Lanshorne in a skirmish a short distance south of Fl Pino, according to a report made to General Funston by Colonel Sibley at Los Alamos, AZ miles south of the border None of the Americans were injured.
 SAN ANTONIO, May 17.-An early withdrawal of the punitive expedition commanded by Colonel Frederick Sib- ley. south of Boquillas was hinted at department headquarters today. The rescue of George Deemer, the Ameri- can stcrekeeper and Monroe Payne, the negro cook. who were carried a. cross the border by the bandits when they raided Glenn Springs and Bo nuillas twelve days ago, was reported tcdav by Colonel Sibley who receiv cd his information from Major Lang horne who reported he was endeavor- ing to overtake the bandits who had eIuded him at Fl Paso. from where he sent the report and where he found heemer aHd Payne.
 Encounter Is Near
 Officers here regarded it as proba- hle that 2 successful encounter with the bandits would bring the eXpedi- ton to an end and not al all impos. sihle that failure to overtake them also would be followed by a recall It was explained at headouarters that the four troops of cavalry and the machine gun company operating un- der Colonel Sibley south of the bor- der was altogether inadeuuate for ex- tended operations and that further pursuit of the bandits was unlikely.
 ViIIaoers Friendly
 Deemer and Payne had been left at Fl Pino by the retreaeting bandits with instructions to. the residents that they he killed if an attempt to rescue them was made. The residents of the protesting their friendliness to the Americans when they entered the town yesterday morning.
 Many Mexican Troops
 Reports from General Pershing were characterized as routine. Infor nation from Mexico indicated that the troop movement toward the bor der had assumed such ma magnitude as to indicate that before many days the number of Carranza troops in north ern Mexico, would be even greater than that General Obregon said he would send
 Texans To Border
 Two regimeats Of Texas National Guard under direction of Brigadier General Iohn A. Hulen of the state trooDs will he the first force of irreg- ulars to 20 10 the border stations
 Thev were included today in the al- lotment made by Major General Fred erick Funston. in his plan of a reor @anizad horder natrol They will be in the Brownsville district. extending from the Gulf coast to Arrova Fl Ti- orc. near Ron'a. General James Par ker will command that district. re- ror'irg to him being Colonel A. P. Blockson with the Third Cavalry. Col onel R L. PuIlard 26th Infantry and Colonel F. H Drummer, 2sth Infantry
 Tn that district there will be within five dave more than five thousand men. Prieadier General William A.  Mann was given command of the La redo district from the western limit of the Brownsville 10 Blocker's ranch fo Laredo and Eagle Pass. The Eagle Pass district from Blocker's Ranch to a point near Del Rio will be com r-anded by General w. A. Green.
 Six companies of the Nineteenth and six comDanies of coast artillery will be used in that district for the bridges and towns west of Del Rio along the Southern Pacific Railroad.
 Three compsnies of coast artillery, the 77th, 74th and 145th. left here to- day for that district.
 Bad weather delayed again today the mastering into the regular estab- lishment the militia although enough progress was made 10 make it appar- ent that the work would be completed tomorrow.