Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-25
OUR PUNITIVE EXPEDITION
Dash, Humor and Hardships Of
Chase after Villa.
Cavalry Soon Raced Away from supply
Trains and supports-soIdicrs Dis
trustful of Pretended FricUdIi-
ness Of Cnrrnnyistas.


, army in Mexico are beginning to arrive
/ in Washington in sufficient numbers to
| afford connected narrative Of inside
| facts relative to the experiences OF
the American punitive expedition. THESE
documents have not been censored.
| They are bristling with detail of human
interest. The self-sacrifice and dcvo-
ton to duty exhibited by the army un-
der the most adverse circumstances are
| set forth as n mere matter of a days
| work Downright humor pervades every
| letter, and yet, underneath il all iC a
serious strain of observation and d,duc-
! ton which. on the whole, BODIES no
/ good for those who oppose the Amer-
can army, once the leash is loosened.
connected narrative formed from
these documents presents the following.
, When the flying columns of cavalry
Under Coils. Dodd, Howe and Brown
left the border they carried with them
! r-ations for only two or three days.
They We're out of physical touch with
| the main supporting body from Colum-
bus, y. NJ, but were subsequently picked
up by the scouts. supply trains, and
aero squadron from FL Vale south. At
FL Vale, Col. Dodd found a considerable
number Of wounded Villa bandits who
had participated in the Columbus raid,
and these men as fast as possible were
sent back to Columbus
cor Donn ,.rpr, pr-ct,t>c, az
When the first scouts caught up with
the rear guard of the flying column n
I'll Vale they discovered that Col.
Howe and his troops We're at Santa
Anna fifty miles south, and upon ar
rival at that point they found a num-
Der of the command sick several horses
had died of sand collie due to sand
getting mixed with their food. ane
that Col. Dodd had not only left there
Inn, had ,,,,stoi ~, ,.,,,,h ,,.i,,,,,,,, ,r,,,i
Gin. do,,or s,,tfioior. f,1 ~ So
mour,s ~, =, .,.,,,,.. ,,roooo,,a m .,
providarci, s,u, 60 ho .,,, .,,o. D,d1
va, NJ ro,., fo,.,. villa, ,,.,., 80 ,,,.
nl,co and s,ni ,oi,,n ,,.ha,, 1t,
rodi,ior u.,s o,,ti,. a,.orr.,,,.d :, ,.,.
fourd "a ho ,.i,bn,,, .,.,,,,. ,o,i,,. u.i,h
ont salt smear or coffoa and if,.,,,
ON >,ov;o., .or.;,, ~ -, r,
i,c,, ,,,d. ou. -, ol,,, ,, ,.,,o. 49,
meal b,vi,,,, haor oro,rd ,,. -, c,r,
ho,,.ao,, Ola. ro,l,. H., 49, ~ .,o,,
selves
7, v,, -, ,h; ,;. .,. ~, r1,
racai,.od irfo,.i ,, 1 .h,,,
,od 20 .ho ,a,,,o,,,. f;f,,, t,,o ,,u., .i,o
mostly. NJ ,igh+ 70 c.,orr,ro ,.i,,iro ~,
in - r,,rrin, fieh, - y.hich via.
troons yero badiv u.ors,oa md lost f.,
largo ,uu,her - Li,ta, o,1 u,o,n1oa
This ride and fine subseoue,, fi.bt will
stand on, as one of tho brightest OK
motifs Of tho whole exnedition not only
for the results attained. but as an ex-
ample Of fortitude endurance. and de-
voton to duty seldom, if ever. equalled
in the history of the army.
ErropTs m Sr<,, SUPPLIES
While Dodd, Howe, and Brown We're
working their way south unsupported
either by supply trains or troops strenu-
Gus efforts were being made to supply
these deficiencies. Food sent out on
Pach-h'"'eS' '"'h VII" Tue lE"s '"'u'i'"
anu Su'SePuei'''H' i"''e" ~ i.''e' we
"ei''"H io' '"' 'e'HO" 'i''' '''e pa
lu"'es "'e 'S ''"'" 'H '"oS ''"
"eIe was ~ ''t't '"''"S ~ ''f'''
Transportation "N"i''"'e' wiz" we '''"''
'"'' t"e ""' "'l"I '''''". 9."''',S
po"Snt =" n'o'"' tI"'NS ""i'' anu 'e''H
lor "e"NerH |" rance anu "'Ne'' e'
'le'' 10 '"e oorucr'
Immediately 'here was "op'''""''o"
Oh a"'"ii"pIe ur'Nc'S !" ''"nu'e '''eS'
N"'Ns' host vi 'hehl were CIV ma" up
orators OF tl'NNerS' ana their eN-
reriehoeS WIN me he"NE motor TRUCKS
over the rough Mexican mountain trails'
'"e S"it Nd''eES' ""d ''r l'rPuen. pre-
cipltous ru'S at rlHht angles WIN tne
roadway were htIloWnE