Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-24
REVIEW OF AMERICAN TROOPS IFI MEXICO IS
 CREDIT ID COUNTRY
General Pershing and Staff
 Review Every Unit of the
 Troops Under His Com
 mand in the Field.
CBy Review Leased Wire)

l FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE | AMERICAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION
 IN MEXICO, Aug. 2I.-(By aeroplane Co Columbus, \. M., Aug. 23)-Puni- tive preparedness was eXamplihed yes
 terday in a review of the 5000 Amer
 ican troops on station here.
 | The five thousand infantry, cavalry | men and artillerymen. hardened by
 months of active service, and re-
 equipped after their hardships, march
 ed past Brigadier General J. J. Persh- | ing, commander of the eXpeditionary | .orce. in the first grand review held | since the troops crossed the frontier
 March 15. Bronzed by the sun. the | men showed in their very carriage, | heir discipline and their efficiency. Veteran officers, inured by years of l ;eryice . such spectacles, made no l ,nort to restrain words of praise. The ] general himself was deeply stirred. | Long before the shadow cast by | he mountains that loom east of camp,
 had retreated to their canyons, the 5arlcus commands stationed at head 1 quarters had marched over the mes luite dotted mesa, to their stations. Down the front of the serried col mns, General Pershing, pausing oc- .asionally to permit a more extensive examination of equipment, t.1tted lriskly with his staff Circling the 'esiments he returned to the review
 ng post, just as the Twenty-fourth
 infantry began to move.
 Headed by their band. the negro
 nfantrymen marched with matchless precision past the little group of staff officers. their officers hands snapping
 O the salute when they reached the ,eneral's red flag with its single white 1. star
 Following came a regiment of cav dry, horses mincing past well fed and | glossy. Even the mules of the pack . trains danced by. With the appear Ince of the mounted troops the bands i. 'brassy blare" was succeeded by the . thrill notes of the bugle corps. Horses |. 3ricked up their ears and there was slight commotion among the staff officers as they tried to curb the i'm patience of their mounts Troop after . roop Of cavalry filed past, each troop t ar riding with the easy grace ac. ordod popularly only to cowboys; heir alignment perfect.
 The big mules, carrying the mount in batteries and hitched to the wagons, strained ct their traces. ap- )arently as willing and in as good . ondition as they were at the outse, jf the expedition Even to the trained
 ye of officers there was no discern 5le flaw in the condition of the men.
 tock, equipment and ordnance. The roops looked, as indeed they were
 ready for any duty" 10 quote General 2ershins. Five months of arduous 'ervioe under a burning sun. followed y rest, drill and Scod food had welded hem into a fighting machine that, ac- ;Ording to one high officer was ready face an equal or greater number of Jny of the worlds best fighting men.
 The sun had barely routed the gray li.ts that clUns to the nearby mount in when the review began. but be ore it was half finished its rays haG ,urst through the clouds and slintcd
 n the wings of an aeroplane, dartine it the rate of 95 miles an hour from 'olumbus, \. M., circling over the plain, as if in doubt of his reception. The pilot finally volplaned to within
 co feet of the earth and then darted over the mountain column. barely fearing them, coming to rest near he hangers.
 Hardly has this motor ceased drum ming when two others rose from their itauons and, soaring 2lOft, winged heir way over the reviewing ground. : Tipping and soaring aloft. until the ast wagon train had passed in re jew.
 Following the review, regimental of- icers hurried back to camp to pre- are for a general inspection of every department Of the expedition This s expected to take three.Jr four .ays and will include an examination 3f quarters, picket lines, cook tents irainage, equipment ordnance, tran portatiOn, sanitation and communica ion.
 similar reviews and inspections Of rCJps a, other points of the American inc will be held. Officers of the eN- pedition, including General Pershing
 poke enthusiastically Of the condi- ion and morale Of the men revealed n the review, which was witnessed y no Neyicans.