Arizona republican., 1916-03-24
making camp, the men were thickly powdered by grayish coatings.

l yards. abbattoirs and a tannery. Closer there was added to the com bination the odors of unWashed hu- manity and soied raiment, ragged remnants of which lay streWn about, with the remains of slaughtered cat tie that had furnished feasts for Villa and his men during their brief stop at Palomas. and rations for the Car ranza troops, who were there both | before and after the bandits brief l sojourn in the village. The American troops camped near q l series of lakes formed by the Mimbres river a stream which like number of others in the southwest, disappears in it's course through Mexico. Colonel Slocum halted the column at the border gate south of Columbus until the cOlors came up. When these had crossed the boundary into Mexico Major Tompkins, a brother of the noted Lieutenant Colonel "Tommy' Tompkins of the Seventh cavalry, spread his advance guard out. In the form of a wide fan, the riders of the guard galloped southWard. The temper of the Mexicans was still a matter of speculation. There were officers who would not have been surprised to see the entry of the United States forces opposed at the boundary.
 | But there were no Mexicans at the border gate, and none were seen on | the march to Palomas. Only two bodies of armed men were encount- | cred by either of the columns on the march here. As Ascencion, the Al cade, Ramon H. Gomez, had one hun 1 dred CarranZa soldiers and told Co., l lonel Slocum he did not know wheth- | CT to fight or let the American column pass on peaceably.
 After exchange of official visits during which he observed at the 1 American camp the assembly of men | and guns, he decided to accept the | United States army officers state l ment that CarranZa had agreed to the entry of the troops unopposed.
 The other body of troops was en- cOuntereG here Saturday March 1S, Major Elisaldo Reyes, who said he was proceeding to Casas Grandes from Madeira after scouting for Villa, was startled to see American troops in this vicinity. His men referred to them as yellow jackets" He stopped one of the guides of the column and asked to be taken to the American commander to assure him that his force, consisting of 36 men, were not Villa supporters and in turn be as sured that his men would not be fired upon.
 Major Tompkins' advance guards with riders at intervals of twenty yards swept the country between the border and Palomas and stirred uI nothing bur iackrahbits.
 Major James A. Ryan of the Thir teenth cavalry, acting chief of staff to General Pershing. found just two , human beings at Palomas. a crippled Mexican described by the American guides as the most cunning horse thief along the border, and his wife
 Infantry were posted all along tht route from the border to Colonia Dub Ian to guard the line of communica q tions and engineers kept the road in shape for wagon trains and moto | Boca Grande from Palomas March 1e From this point Villa started on hi . Columbus raid. It was near BOc Grande that Villa captured and murd cred Arthur Kinney. round up bos . for the Palomas Land and Cattl . company. and three other American just before the raid.
 | American soldiers found the bat tered and mutilated body of one C tha victims. An officer also pcke up in the abandoned Villa encamp ment an expense notebook of c. I
 Watson, leader of the party of eigh
 teen who were slaughtered bv Will
 lieutenants at Santa Ysabel. Januar 10.
 Men and officers of these column
 were not permitted to drink watt
 that had not been tested. They we1 | forbidden to enter Mexican houses ft
 lear of tyFhus. The result was thf | all are healthy and in good cond | ton. The orders issued by the con
 mandlng general provided also that I
 towns should be occupied. For thf
 reason, the temporary base here WE
 established two miles outside of c,
 lonia Dublan and four miles fro
 Nueva Casas Grandes, where the Ca
 ranza authorities maintain sms
 garrison.
 American officers said they four
 Carranza officers. both civil and mil
 tary, ready to accord hearty cooper;
 tion in the task of hunting down Vi
 la The intelligence department
 the American punitive expeditit
 headed by Major Ryan received mut
 information from CarranZa source
 American colonists near the old tov E or Casas Grandes, southwest of u
 army camp, declared the feelil
 among the MeXicans there was tens
 but there has been no evidence of The American troops brought
 the first silver money some of f
 MeXlcans had seen for years. al
 willingly paid double the prices tn
 prevail at the international bounda
 Tor food and the strong native toba
 co. There was, in fact so little met
 money among either the Mexicans
 the small hand of American mormo
 Who have braved the dangers of F
 ported Villa raids, that many We
 unable to provide change for a silly
 dollar.
 The one Chinese storekeeper fou
 Tn Nueva Casas Grandes was ask
 what he would give for an Americ
 live dollar bill. He opened his ca II drsratr