Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-26
Failure to Grant Permis-
sion to Use Roads Wor-
ries Officers.
SUPPLIES NEEDED TOO
Provisions Sent to FL PasO
in Hopes Mexican Line
May BE Utilized.

q AN NTONIO, March 25.-Car-
movement into Mexico over the
Northwestern railway of supplies for
the American troops, has created an
impatience at army headquarters that
today was hardly disguised. The quar-
termaster department has proceeded
on the assumption that finally Car
rama will authorize the use of the
railroad and has sent To FL Paso "A
quantity of stores for Immediate
shipment. Officers here did not credit
the unofficial report that General AL
Varo Obregon. CarranZa's secretary Of
war, had said that no permission for
the use of the line would be given.
Failure to send supplies through
Juarez over the railroad into the
country where the troops now are OPP
Grating would not stop the campaign.
bu; it was admitted that it would ma
te rally retard General Pershing's ac-
| tiVites. Already there has been so
much change in the positions Of the
mobile force dispatched from CasaS
Grandes that the logical railroad to
| use for getting supplies to a part of
them would be the National which
goes straight from JuareZ to Chihua-
hua, instead of making the wide
/ SNlfe 10 tDt west InHl Ine NOTtH-
western does. The Northwestern is
the logical line for supplying troops
near Casas Grandes but since many
of them now are more than hun
| dred miles further south, General
Funston believes that time could be
saved bv routing the stores over tho
| National especially since many re-
pairs would have to be made on the
| Northwestern south of Casas Grandes.
Report by Owncr,nips.
| Whether General Funston requests
the government to get permission to
use the National. however, will de-
! pend upon the answer to the request
already made. he said. He admitted
the desirability Of using the direct
route, but recognized also the mad
visibility OF comrounding his request.
The utilization of the flying corps
| for transmission of reports from the
| field was regarded at headquarters
with keen satisfaction, The wireless
| has not been a success and in the alb
scnce OF telegraph wires General Per-
shing has been unable to render de-
tailed reports and for days at a time
no report of any character.
Cncasness occasioned by the lack
OF news from cavalry columns was
evident today at General Funstons
headquarters, although he displayed
an optimistic confidence in General
Fershing's campaign methods. His
longing for more news, however, was
unconcealed. Monday General Per-
shing reported the dispatch Of three
cavalry columns southwark from
Casas Grandes. Friday he reported
that two of them were in the vicinity
Of Namaquipa. That is the net
amount OF official information that
has reached headquarters, UDoffi-
cially stories of fight near Mama
quipa and of another impending al
FL Oso, near there, have been re-
ceived.
! More Troops Coming.
The greater part of the Fifth cav
airy should have reached Columbus
by Monday and soon afterward the
Twenty-fourth infantry is expected
These two bodies with the exception
OF one battalion will be sent forward
Immediately and will be used by Gen.
eral Pershing in strengthening hil
lines of communication,