Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-04-21
1900 MORE TROOPS
RUSHED TO MEXICO
General Funston Sends Men to
Aid Pershing.
VILLA HUNT AT sTANDsTILL
Attack on American CavaIrymen al
ParraI and III Feeling Against
Soldiers Responsible for Delay
-Mexicans Seized SuppIies2

San Antonio, Tex, April 19.-Gen-
eral Funston issued orders that Will
place at the disposal of General Perish
ing 1900 more troops. He has or
dered to proceed to Columbus, N. M,
the Sixth cavalry from the Browns
vile district, the Seventeenth infantry
from Eagle Pass, the First battalion
of the Twenty-fourth infantry from
Eagle Pass, and Troop L from the
Tenth cavalry, Fort Apache.
General Funston's action follows
receipt of a report from General
Pershing in which the expedition COM
mander is believed to have made rec
concentrations that more effective IA
cilities for the pursuit of Villa be au-
thorized.
U. S. Forage Seized.
General Funston sent messages ask
ing that a report be made to him at
once on the unofficial rumor that
trainload of forage shipped from
Juarez to Chihuahua and intended for
the American troops had been seized
by the Carranza authorities.
The arrival of some of the supplies
sent to Chihuahua has been reported,
but no advices that they have reached
the army have been received.
Villas Death Unconfirmed.
General Funston is still waiting for
confirmation of the story that Villa
is dead
General Bell reporting from 81
Paso to General Funston, gave it as
his opinion after as thorough an in
vestigation as he could make that the
report of Villas death had been man.
ufactured in JuareZ.
Consul Letcher, who reports he has
been in communication with Cusi-
huirachic, also has failed to verify
the rumor.
Villa Chase at Standstll.
Camp of General Pershing at the
Front, by motor and wireless to Co
Iumbus, n NJ, April 19.-The Amerl-
can pursuit of Villa is at stand
still because of the unprovoked at
tack upon American cavalrymen by
the insubordinate soldiers of the Car
rama garrison at Parral.
At General Pershing's headquarters
there seemed no prospect of the re-
sumption of the chase, while there
were numerous indications that a
continuation of the pursuit would
meet with armed resistance.
Americans Fired On.
A small party of American officers
was fired upon near here Sunday night,
but none of the Americans were
wounded. This coming on the heels
of other reports of sniping is RESPONSE.
BILE for the belief that the expedition.
airy command is confronted with a
serious problem.
Reports reaching here from Carranza
sources said that constituencies
force engaged Villa command under
General Larangas, within few miles
of this camp two nights ago, two Car
rama soldiers and one Villa bandit be
ing killed.
1t was detachment of General Lar
angas' force that attacked General
Pershings escort train near here last
Tuesday night
FL Paso. Tex, April 19.-There have
been no further reports of clashes be.
tween the American troops and civil.
ians since the Parral affair, and dis.
patches to General Gavira, military
commander at Juarez, state that the
Carranza officials have the situation
we'll in hand, though they admit that
the presence of the American troops is
a source of constant irritation to the
populace.