Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-24

soldiers of the artillery. hospital
 units and field wireless outfits that
 had preceded the escort. were en- 1 camped at the sides of the granite butte fronting the canyon in which
 the famous Apache warrior made his l final stand and surrendered to Ameri- | can troops more than thirty years ago. This fact recalled to many of | the officers, some of the older of whom pursued the Apache into Mexi- | co, that bandit hunting in a foreign : country. was no new thing to the United States.
 i Here, encamped on the hills. were observed for the first time the other units of the flying column. the artil- ! lery and other organizations. Some | of them had previously marched from Fort Huachuca, Arizona. and other distant points, and such was their theory thrown about their movements ' that even the officers did not know of their coming. In fact. the officers Of the organizations themselves moved more or less in the dark. Their or | ders directed them to proceed to cer- tain point where other ordrs would be found. They proceeded thus by stages, not knowing where the next would take them and the appearance of Gen. Pershing first at Hachita and then at Culbertson's plainly surprised the soldiers and some of their officers. At Carrizo, the first meal in Mexico was eaten. It consisted of army ba- con, part of the five days rations is- sued to the men, hard tack which the taste is like the malthois of the Jew ish religious feasts, and unsweetened coffee. Officers and men fared alike.
 General Pershing allowed the com mand to rest until noon. The order then was to make all speed to reach the big OjitOs Ranch, formerly the property of brother of Admiral Lord ! Charles Beresford, of Great Britain. at night-fall
 Ojitos is sixty miles from the bor ! der. At D. m. camp was being made by the American troops beside irriga- tiOn ditches through which flowed the ! first running water they had seen in Mexico. Here also were seen, the first MeXicans, other than two who were ' observed a few miles north of 1jitos | silhOuetted against the sky on a Iaoun- tain top. These two were at first thought to be spies. but scouts re ported them to be ranchers living in the valley. The Oiitos MeAicany reaped a golden harvest among the hungry soldiers.
 i Frijoles, tortillas and chili TIT D were in great demand and in co ltrsst ] doubled and trebled prices on bread and every other edible. their prices were what you like to give" The senoTas of the ranch household cook | ed half the night. their daughters de ! livered or served the food. and the husbands and fathers gathered the money.
 At Ojitos the intelligence depart ment of the flying column received it's first definite word concernine
 Villa. They reported that Villa had passed two days after the Columbus massacre with an escort of only ten
 men. They also stated that reports
 had been received at the ranch that ] Villa had killed five MeXicans at Q tCorralitos, an American ranch to the south, because they were working for the hated "grineoes."
 Although the march of sixty miles had retired some tender feet to the ambulances. and made partial wrecks oi the softer men among the officers
 and soldiers, the column was again Tn the saddle shortyl after daylight.
 The line of march took the trails through the mountains from here on. and those who forgot 10 feel canteens
 suffered, for the day was torrid. the
 dust thick and the road hard. The
 going was up and down hill. crowned
 by precipices and skirted by ravines and declivities. Nal Pais." broken fragments of porous lava. confirmed most of the way
 'Trot ten minutes and walk ten"
 was the marching order. And a cav airy tTOt to anyone unaccustomed to the jarring and jolting is anything but easy.
 General Pershing. tall and slender. has grown grayer since the fire at the
 Presidio of San Francisco. which
 bereaved him of wife and four daught-
 CTS. already had become known to the 4Aith o' tllt blu il-iu anu tll luIOuEn- out the march comment was made through the ranks on his tendency to
 speed up to the utmost limit.
 "The old man U'ust expect to get Villa tonight" said one tired recruit.
 No" replied an equally saddle weary comrade "he is on the way 10 Mexico City and We will get there to- morrow"
 The recruit. young and apparently little acOuainted with the geOgraphv and the vast distances iD Mexico. took the statement at face value and said. "hcnest?"
 Every soldier had something to sav 'NoUt Villa and evervnne nronnunc~d the name. not "Vee-ya" but as ft is sDer'ed in Enelish. Many expressed inc hone that the bandit leader would soon have the misfortune to got in front Of his riilo or aruv automatic niStol Not ono bod dorbt hrt that tho object of Inc expedition would he rrorn''v 4ccounlished.
 "Tf dot Villa gets anywhere near me. ~0"d-0i"ht" was tre awbiguous re- -'arl, of 9 negro cava1rv~an. one who