The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-31

MEXICO, October is 1(Corfespond
ence Of The Associated Pressl Re9fs
mental narratives Of the ave cavalry
regiments that participated n the hunt
for villa, which have just been brought
up 70 date and submitted to headquar-
tiers, show in detail how near the Amer.
lean troopers came to accomplishing
the full purpose Of their expedition.
They show that just after the Pars
raj fight, ON April IL, less than month
after the expedition had entered Mex
leo, and Immediately prior to the OFT
der to withdraw northward from the
Parral district, the Americans had run
Villa, serely wounded, to earth, and
had cut on every avenue Of his escape
TO the south into Durango.
When Major Frank Tompkins' hun.
dred men. were attacked at Parral, vii
Ia, disabled, had hidden at Santa Cruz.
Maj. r. L. Howe, with his hard riding
squadron Of the Eleventh Cavalry,
close on the bandit q trail, had run BY
his quarry. General Pershing was az
Sateso. directing operations. Col. w.
Q. Brown, with Eve troops Of the Tenth
C1vsiry, Col. H. I. Allen, with two
picked troops Of the Eleventh Cavalry,
Major Tompkihs and Major Howze,
four cavalry columns In all, were be.
tween villa and the haven Of safety
he was seeking in the Sierra Madfes,
ready to beat the brush for him.
Wounded, virtually alone, he apparent
" had little chance TO evade capture
or death. Orders for withdrawal came,
however, after Parral, and the high
water mark Of the expedition passed.
Cavalry Did the Work ",
From the beginning Of the border
trouble II was to the cavalry that fell
the responsibility Of dispensing the
Columbus raiders. That this task was
accomplished Is evidenced by figures
showing that, Of the 485 men who raid
ed Columbus, 400 have been killed,
wounded or captured. Fun credit y
given in the narratives for the coopera-
ton Of other branches Of the service,
notably In establishing advanced bases
and maintaining the line of eommuni,
cation, but the fact remains that It was
the cavalry that drove villa in head.
long, panic stricken fight into Duran
20, 500 miles from the American bord-
or, scattered his band to the four
winds and set new records for marches
under terrific handicaps. It also fought
the four engagements that had an i'm,
portant bearing ON the campaign;
Dood at Guerrero, March %; Tomp-
kins OF Parral, April IL; Dodd at Tom
oche, April 81; and Howe at Ojo
Azules, May 4. II was the victim, too,
in the tragedy Of April 81 at ,Qarrizal.
/ Two Of the 1--WE cavalry regiments now
in Mexico, the Seventh and TeHth, eros
sed the line at Culberson's ranch early
in the morning Of March Is. Their dash
TO Colonia Dublan has been told and re-
told. The Thirteenth, which already
had spent three and a half years on
the border, crossed March Is at Colum.
bus, where IL had been attacked March
. by Villa. Two squadrons Of the Fifth
left Columbus on March 20 and were
Joined by the Third squadron April
10 at the Mormon Lakes, near Dublan
The first detachment of the Eleventh
entered Mexico March ~ via Columbus
Marches Of the Fifth \
The marches Of the Fifth may b,
summarized briefly as follows: Mani
quipa, April 10; San Geronimo, Apri
20; Lake Itascate, April "a; San An
tonic, May B. About the time Of IN,
Scott Obregon conference the regiment
| was given district, with Satevo as head
quarters, which il was ordered to searcI
intensively for bandits. Each cavalr,
regiment was allotted q similar scot 81
Of Southern chihuahua. The beatin,
Of the brush for Villistas, however, wa
never fully carried out The Fifth. OF
May 10, was made part of provisions
cavalry brigade to cover the withdraw
~ Of the expedition northward ut
time when $500 Carranzistas were re
| ported to be within thirty miles Of til,
Americans. Since Carrizal it has beer
encamped at FL Vale. J SAIsi ssa
| 1. The Seventh, after completing II
dash to Colonia Dublan with Genera
Pershing' = column, proceeded posthast
1 to San Miguel, where Villa was reported
Poor guides caused delay, and the band
| IT escaped 1t then started towar,
i guerrero. This town was reached b,
forced marches twelve days out fron
the border, with daily average Of 821
miles. The longest day 3 march was O
March IL, when fifty.eight miles wer
covered, The route chart shows tha
the regiment and detachments ON recon
naissances covered $500 miles. 81
Dodd's Ride Historic 4 4:
Mention is made that during Dodd
historic ride his men many times ha,
only, parehed corn to eat. Nearly 30
miles was made In a single fle, I'll
troopers leading their mounts ana
number of them leaving bloody foo,
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