The Little River news., 1916-04-22
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 TO MEXICO
Additional F0rce of 2,3OO Under Ord. CTS to Reinforce Expedition.
 Feel Certain Villa Lives.

San Antonio. Tex, April 19.-Gener- al Funston is sending to General Per shinG 2,300 additional troops and 1t is disposal of General Pershing If t.c campaign against Villa is continued. . The troops ordered to Pcrshings base q. Columbus are now on duty along border. What troops will relieve tlel-. and where they will come from $ un- announced. It may be that the filing may be left to Texas. which may send the militia.
 The troops selected for General Ter shing are the Sixth Cavalry, tie Sev- enteenth Infantry, Troop l.. of tie Tenth Cavalry, and one battalion 0, the Twenty-fourtth Infantry
 In addition to these troops General Pershing now has in his base guard at Columbus 500 men, but the necessity e. maintaining at least that many there is recognized.
 .1enecal Pershing requested nor
 ~cops scme time ago, but Genera; Funston hesitated to order them be- cause faced with the danger of weakening garrisoned and patrolled points along the border.
 Little Chance tO Get Villa.
 Staff officers here were cc,1vinced S hot taken before he got beyond points within |, short distance of Satevo the chances Gt getting him were remote. That point has been reached and Villa remains at l2~ge-or dead-and to that situation is added an undisguised hostility os various Carranza organiz- ; makes doubly necessary the strength ening of General Pershings force. But even with more troops the pur- suit tf Villa will be slow and tedious 'ol, if his trail is eX ended south of tle state Of Chihuahua, in the opinion oe army officers, who say that the trails | cult tEc operation of military supply trucks. An advantage could be gain cd by the use of a shorter route either i through Ijinaga or Fabens, but this plan. it was reported from Washing ton. would be unacceptable and the remaining plan, and with the military men regarded as the only logical plan, the use of the railroad south from Fl Paso appears out of the question be- cause of CarranZa S refusal to permit it and the reluctance of the adminis- i tratiOn to authorize it's seizure.
 Menaeed by Carranzistas.
 Additional troops are being sent to General Pershing, as much for the , protection of these already in Mexico along the line of communications as to strengthening the mooile forces whipping the region south of Satevo. Marked hostility has been displayed along the line of communications by Villas men and indications have been 1 numerous that not all the Carranza element, both military and civil, is | friendly.
 General Pershing explained this | phase of the situation in a report t.. t, General Funston asking more effec- tive facilities fer the pursuit of Villa. i The drive of the three cavalry col unns to Parral and it's environs es- taDllshed the fact that there is no chance of obtaining provisions in that region f-'d that every fierce sent for ward nll st depend wholly on the qlarterrr asters with the main column for supplies They were reported to have fallen back to Satevo, but whether they have started out again to beat the trails in the district be- y ,nd. has not been told.
 The story of the discovery of Villas body is being repeated, but by most officers in manner not serious. Gen. eral ?ell's expression of his opinion that the story was manufactured in Juarez practically convinces officers