Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-20
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 The only messages received, the substance of which was made public. were of a reassuring nature. A con sular dispatch said General Pershing's desire to change the location of his most advanced base near Parral had met with no opposition by the Car ranza authorities. General Pershing is understood to have desired to es- tablish his new base at such point that communication with the road would be less difficult.
 State Department officials pointed out that while the site of this new base was not revealed. it was to be nearer than the old one to Parral, the town where the Americans were fired upon last Wednesday by Carranza soldiers or civilians. General Gutter reg, CarranZa commander of the dis trict, was said to have sanctioned the charge.
 State Department reports from Chihuahua told of the movement of Carranza troops from that section to- ward Parral. No explanation was given. It was pointed out here, how ever. that these forces were under the direction of General Gutierrez, whose friendliness to the American has been consistent.
 There was no change during the day. in the diplomatic situation. No additional communication from Mexico City reached the border from Special Agent Rodgers or through Eliseo Arre6ondo.
 Arredondo denied published reports that he had received instructions from General Carranza to present a new demand for withdrawal of the troops or to press for an early reply to the note he presented last week. He called on Secretary Lansing during the day to call attention to reported activities of Antonio Villareal in American border towns toward foster ing a new revolutionary movement in Mexico.
 Arredondo told the secretary Villa real was in hiding in Laredo, Tex. and that he was endeavoring to or ganize an expedition for duty in Mex ico Lansing directed that the atten- ton of the department of justice be called to the matter. An indication of the intention of the War Department to retain the present forces on the ! border indefinitely. regardless of whether the expedition into Mexico is recalled. came in call of Major Gen eral Leonard Wood. commanding the Department of the East, on secretary Dol hD In come, in order that Secretary Baker might be informed as to what effect upon the summer training camps movement in his department the con tinued absence of the forces now on the border would have.
 He said plan had been worked out under which the camps could be held as outlined by employing coast artillery troops to some extent in the training work. General Wood expects to have from 10000 to 15.000 men un. der arms for training purposes during the year and Secretary Baker mani fested deep interest in this movement. Reports from General Funston today intimated that the aviators with Gen eral Pershing were badly in need of new machines Only three of the original equipment with the troops remain and those are sair 10 be in such condition that they cannot be used for more than single long flight each before undergoing thorough overhauling
 Four tiplanes will be delivered next weey. The Mexican embassy gave out dispatch from Mexico City stating that General Domingo Arrieta had reported to the war office. thus disappearing reports that he was not loyal to the de facto government In connection with the reported death of Villa the message said:
 General ObregOn has wired for the prompt and confirmatory report re garding Villas death from the search party. consisting of two Mexicans and American officers. who are returning from the examination of the bandits reported grave. The minister of war expresses full confidence in the aged man and woman who claim they have nursed Villa in his dying hours and to have buried him"
 Neither the State nor the War De partment had any additional reports regarding Villas death nor anything 70 show who the American officer mentioned in the embassy's dispatch might be. The report of Villas death seemed close incident in both de partments. It never has been proven directly to the War Department and State Department messages from Chi huahua have characterized the story