The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-05-25
CARRANzA SENDS
$4,000 TO BORDER
Mexican Government Already
Moving Troops
AUTOS PROVE EFFICIENCY WHEN
USED TO CAPTURE OFFICERS.
Col. Tulis Cardenas and Two Lieuten-
ants Killed by American Officers
When He Attempts Escape

Washington, May 23.-The Carran-
"a government has ordered 10000
troops into the region south of the
border to exterminate bandits, accord
ing to information received today at
the state department. The new troop
movements are already in progress
through Chihuahua, the departments
advices state.
Officials here were inclined today
to anticipate a further delay by Gen.
Carranza in dispatching his new note
regarding the border situation. Of
fetal announcement that Col. Sibley's
expedition had returned was expected
to lead to alterations in the commun-
ication as demonstrating the purpose
of the United States government to
be only the policing of the border
region.
Mastering of the Arizona and New
Mexico guardsmen is being delayed,
Gen. Funston reports, until the skele-
ton companies can be recruited to the
required standard.
Secy. Baker has not decided what
action shall be taken regarding the
to enroll in the federal service Judge
Advocate General Crowder has sub
mitted an opinion to Gen. Scott, chief
of staff outlining the war depart
ment's authority to courtmartial the
recalcitrants. His only recommends
ton, however, was that if the court
martial were ordered a majority of
the members of each court be militia
officers, not regulars.
Automobiles were put to a new mil
itary use in the Villa campaign on
May IA when the bandit leader, Col.
Julio Cardenas was killed with two
of his lieutenants.
Three touring cars from Gen. ]. j.
Pershing's camp started about mid
day for Rancho San Miguel de Rubio,
short run across the mountains, the
residence of the Cardenas family and
the scene of some pot shooting occa-
sionally, at American troops. Carde-
mas family, all women and children,
had remained unmolested nOtwith-
standing positive information to the
American staff that the bandit fire.
quently used his ranch for a rem
devious.
Until this Sundays automobile raid,
it has been customary to employ cav
airy on night rides after bandits on
ranches The cavalry would sur
round the ranch just before going on
these searches.
The automobiles, with an order to
buy corn as the ostensible purpose
made a fast run over mountain foot
hills to the ranch. Lieut.. George S.
Patton, Jr., of San Francisco, a mem
Der of Gen. Pershing's staff COM
manded the machines. Within a mile
of the ranch the car topped a hill
from which for the first time they
were visible to the occupants of the
ranch and from which the automo-
biles made dash toward their objec-
tive, which would have been impOssi-
BILE for cavalry. Running near 60
miles an hour they were within less
than 200 yards of the buildings be-
fore their presence was discovered.
A Mexican working in the yard
gave the warning, but it was too late.
BY the time Cardenas and his two
men could get on their horses and
dash for the ranch gate, the Ameri-
cans had surrounded the place.
/, Cardenas was the first man to
emerge from shelter. He and Lieut.
Patton engaged in pistol duel in
which a shot from Patton's weapon
broke the bandits arm and drove him
= back into the ranch house, later to
be finished by the American soldiers
, when he tried to escape.