El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-07
AMERICANS CD
BACK To MEXICO
North Western Train Car
ries Returning Refugees;
Supplies Shipped.

the Casas Grandes and Pearson dis
tricts. 1t was a combination train
carrying both passengers and freight
The number Of passengers was un-
usually large and included many
Americans Officials OF the Mexico
North Western say that with the pres
ence in the Casas GrRndes district of
American troops, and an attendant
feeling Of security practically all the
persons who came to the border after
the Columbus massacre are returning
to the interior.
The quartermasters' depot here CON
tinues to send large quantities Of sup
plies to the front by way of Columbus.
were not considered of as much signifi-
canoe as the manner IN which the coup
was executed.
scouts Make VuIistas Flee.
Ever since the Vnlistas retreated
from Guerrero, the preseitce of Wills
tas in some fierce between Guerrero and
Bachiniba- 50 miles northeast Of Guer-
zero had been known. IL also was evil
dent from the reports to headquarters
that these Villistas under Manuel Lo-
neg. were inclined to rely for safety on
their intimate knowledge Of the noun
tain masses. That they were relying on
nothing else than their speed in max
ing for difficult passes was indicated
last Friday. March 81, when two Ameri-
can scouts inadvertently frightened the
entire band, estimated at about 200, out
of the town of Bachiniba.
Fear sLOs AmericanOs."
The scouts got into a blOOdless duel
with two Villista outpOsts at Bachiuiba.
The sound of the firing aroused the VIZ
listas who at that time were camped IN
the plaza of the town They Scrambled
for their horses with shouts Of: Los
They rode out Of the mountains in
hurry. Saturday and Sunday two sep
arate columns of caValrymen were on
the trails which this band had taken.
In spite of fast riding, or rather tast
walking for it is by walking and lead
ing their horses most Of the way. that
the cavalry gets around and sometimes
directly over the mountain tops, neither
of these troops was in position to eaten
the Villistas.
Then brown Caught Them.
Apparently that is what the bandits
had expected, but they recSoned again,
as at their first defeat at Guerrero,
without counting on the unexpected
striking power of the American caNal-
/ lymen. The Americans were not relyln5
upon merely two columns Of troops TO
box the Villstas. Below Bachlnina-
where either the Villistas did not know
~ their presence, or where they consld.
cred them too far away 70 De a InehacSS'
were 200 negro cavalrymeh unuei -
W c Brown. These negroes nave Ihe
reputation Of being among the best
trailers in the army. They caught the
I ViIlistas after the bandits had ridden
only few hours out Of Bachiniba-
Like Dodd's fight at Guerrero 1t was
n case Of quick work for a few moments
with rifles and then chase. me
Americans did not stop to report Wha,t
they had done but stayed Oh the trdll,
SO that tonight two days aLtet Il.e
fiqht no details have reached head
o1Iarters camp. other than the bare re.
eort of "a s}cirnish and the story OF
/ two Mexican ranchmen giving the To-
cation Of the encounter ana Nllllsta
I losses
( The news Of the encounter caused no
surprise or special elation in this camp
I I'VE expect to get them was the
usual comment Of the officers When
asked whether they were surprised az
striking the hiding Nillistas SO sooH
again.