Arizona republican., 1916-05-09
All Available Troops Are Being Rushed Into Big Bend Country, But These Confine Operations to River Scouting
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Private Roscoe Tyree and o. G. Compton Arrive At Marathon Aboard Motor Car from Glenn Springs With Sergeant Smyth
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 MARATHON, Tex, May 8.-Private Roscoe Tyree and o. G. Compton ar rived here late this afternoon in com pany with Sergeant Smyth. They were brought here on motor car from Glenn Springs.
 Anxiety had been felt for these two men as Tyree disappeared after the fight between the bandits and the pa trol at Glenn Springs and Compton had been reported taken into Mexico by the marauders. It is believed now that the man reported kidnapped with John Demeers, from below BoquiIlas was named Coy.
 swung southward this afternoon into the Big Bend country moving on to Glenn Springs, where three soldiers lost their lives and little boy was shot to death in the raid by viIista bandits Friday night. The one hundred and more cavaIrymen belonged to troops A and B of the Eighth cavalry under the command of Major George T. Lang horne. Two troops of the Fourteenth cavalry commanded by Colonel F. w. Sbley from Fort Clark go forward to- morrow A strict censorship is en- forced to screen the troop movements in the field in the field campaign in whatever form it takes either in the pursuit of the Villista brigands or in the protection of border from further attacks.
 ! Captain Caspar Cole, with twenty three men of troop A is now scouting the river country where the bandits recrossed the Rio Grande in their flight after the attacks on Glenn Springs and Boquillas. His observations and re- ports of the bandit movements are to be sent to Major General Funston that plan of future action may be deve oped. Many unconfirmed reports are current tonight at Boquillas that bod ies of bandits are operating in numbers on the Mexican side.
 The number of caValrymen under present orders to proceed toward the river, indicates that no effort will be made to pursue the bandits into Mexico unless they are observed near the bor- der. In that event chase into Mexi- can territory may be attempted that might carry the American forces fifty or more miles into Coahuila. Lack of transportation and properly defended lines of communication preclude any extended pursuit into Mexico and mil itary men here do not think another punitive expedition possible because of ; the lack of cavaIrymen. The last body of Villiastas re crossed the Rio Grande
 Saturday morning and they are now
 probably nearly forty miles south of 7 the river.
 Tt would take a brigade of at least } three thousand men to form an expe- } dition into Mexico to effectively cope with the situation,' said an army off : cer here today just before the troops
 moved toward Glenn Springs. "The
 four troops of cavalry that are going
 in can do little more than offer pro-
 lection to the border and there are nc
 more troops of cavalrymen that we car
 draw upon.
 There is now I believe a regimen
 of cavalry, the Second, at Fort Ethar
 Allen. Vermont, but that is the onl,
 cavalry available. All other cavalry
 troops are on duty at other point.
 along the border and in the main ex- | petition in Chihuahua. We simply hay, e not. the men for another punitive ex y petition.
 z You can't chase mounted bandit a with infantrymen, they cant be use, t for the purpose. If we see any Villista d near the river, l imagine we will ge e orders to go after them, but I don = know positively. But l do know w
 can't go far after them with but fou l. troops of cavalry"
 r It was learned here today that afte l. the raid on Glenn Springs the bandit d split their forces into two bodies. on
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