Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-24

doing sixty-eight By : o'clock Fri
| day night camp was made beside an
irrigation plant.
The last ten miles WIS almost tor
ture, 1t was hot High winds swirled
the clouds of dust kicked up by the
horses into the Ieyes and mouths of
the men. Water at "a dollar swat
low could not bc bought anywhere
along the line. Every canteen had
been emptied many tongues We're
swollen. Eyes, moths and nostrils
We're merely blackened orifices i'm
every face, but there was no com
! plant.
God. / wish I mad drink my
mouth X fun of mud. was the near
est 70 complaint mat was heard.
Twenty miles northwest of here,
where the table lands grow narrow,
outguards were thrown out on the
TANKS and two troops Of cavalry sent
IN pursuit Of some horsemen reported
! to General Pershing as having been
seen lurking in canyon The horse
men turned out to he riderless
range horses.
Pass Through Narrow Canyon
The hardest part of The march was
through the pass last west of here
VI fA7 I W. " f'ilA 'AtbA"F NO
defile Is so narrow that the column
had to move for several miles in sim
gle file, The horses now climbing
rocky steppes, and now slipping with
stiftened forelegs down into rayines
at the bottom of which ran tiny
streams of alkaline water, tinted by
the copper-impregnated rocks.
Officers experienced difficulty in
preventing the famished men and
their mounts from drinking the pos
onous water. Discipline prevailed
however and there WAS not ease Of
illness for the medical officers and
their staffs. Up to today the hospital
corps have had only two cases to
handle, one Of them a soldier acct
dentally shot at Calrizo2o and who
later died, and Lieut. r. 5. Bowen,
the aviator officer injured Monday
when his biplane was caught by a
Whirling wind. turned mp ON its nose
and plunged to The ground.
From the irrgation plant. the
troops, after might of refreshing
sleep despite the almost freezing tenn
peTature. We're moved Saturday To
the Casas Grandes river which skirts
the Mormon colony Of Dnblan.
hctual Pursuit Begins.
General Pershng and Colonel
George A. Dodd. commanding the
second cavalry brigade established
headquarters on the right bank of
the river and held them there for
day The commanding general al
lowed the tired troops Of the FLYING
column a full day If rest. but at
o'clock sunday morning the actual
pursuit Of villa and his diminished
band of brigands was Begun Regi-
ments OF cavalry were moved south
ward with orders to 80 after the ban
dit leader as quickly as possible and
remain on his trail until he is caught
or killed As fast as new troops
reached headquarters reinforcements
were dispatched to the southwark to
carry out The plan of campaign Part
of these troops left yesterday and
last night
Colonel Dodd. although Ga years
cid, and a leader IN the remarkable
march OF the flyine column from the
border abandoned the comparative
comforts Of the camp aud took the
field with these troops yesterday
afternoon Wagon trains which ar
rived AT the same time brought the
first tents to be erected in camp
Previously the cotton woods fringne
the river provided the only shelter
from tho ardent sun.
Nights Are Irigid
During The nights, always frigid IN
this altitude of 5000 feet, the shiE-
erng men supplemented meaefc
equipments of blankets with hay piled
beneath and on top of them. High
winds have prevailed almost contin-
uously There are wild duck and
cotton tail rabbits To be had for the
shooting The coyotes attracted in
thrcnBs 10y the proximity of the camp
with its assemblage OF transport ami
mails. make the nights noisy with
their cries and provide interest for
the outposts hidden in the tall vol
unteer wheat and bunch grass coy
erng the valley in the vicinity OF
the river
one Of General Pershing's first acts
on arriving at the camp was 90 make
inquiry concerning the Mormon fami-
lies Of the colonies Dublan and QUAR-
ez. who refused to abandon their
homes and property when the United
States government issued its last
warning to get out of Mexico, follow
ing the massacre Of the Watson party
of mining men al Santa Nsabel last
January
It had been reported that Villa in
his retreat southwark had raided the
colonies. robbed the homes of the
colonists and killed a number Bishop
a r. can, IN charge of Colonia Dun
Ian. confirmed reports Of extensive
looting but said no lives had been
lost In the old. battered, shot
marked Mormon church of the colony
a praise service. was held last SUNDAY.
"A special providence guarded us.
said Bishop Cali The bishop said
thar since villa retreat from sonora,
after his defeat at Aqua Prieta last
November. the Mormon residents in
the Vicinity Of Casas Grandos had
been subjected TO all sorts of mpo-
sitions Fer twenty five days subse-
Qnent to December 26, $500 men had
been Quartered on them, the colony
of Dublan contains substantial brick
houses for more than 100 families.
Large roomy dwellings,. they are in
marked contrast To the Mexican town
Of NueNa Casas Grandes. Most of
the oolonists have been here since It's
establishments more than thirty years
ago.
Occupied by McNicans.
When the last warning of the Unit
ed States government to get out of
MexicosNvas given all but twenty-five
families left. The homes OF the alb
sentees were occupied promptly by
Mexican families and held by them
/ until Villas last trip through The
bandit leader, still raging, ordered
them to get out He told them ne
had killed a number Of Mexicans at
Corrahtos because they were working
for Americans and he warned them