El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-11
tS.5B5 Troops on Border.

+ba+ American troops are not to be
Withdrawn for the present.
IL "a, Troops on Border.
Official estimates of the number Of
+roons i'm Mexico and on the border
o,,ojlab1e for an emergency were given
a. tbe war department Gen. Scott, chief
Of staff announced that 1866 troeps
now constitute the border patrol
cen Pershing has about 10000 men
in Mexico including these holding his
line of communications.
How greatly the mobile army has
been drawn upon for the Mexican ex-
nedition and border service. was also
disclosed by Gen. Scott He estimated
mar only few thousand troops re-
main in the United States not engaged
on the border.
List Of Troops in L. :.
The only troops remaining at army
nosts are the second cavalry, divided
between Fort Myer Va, and Fort
Ftban Allen, Vermont; the third and
19th infantry along the great lakes; the
i4tb infantry, divided between Fort
Wright. Alaska, and Fort Lawton, Okla. /:
tbe DIST infantry divided between San
Diego. calf, and Vancouver, Wash,
with one battalion at Calexico and one
troop of the 18th cavalry at Fort Riley,
Kans., service school.
The department asked for details Of
r
Herrera and Gutierrez.
No Cooperation, Says Fall.
Senator Fall, of New Mexico, who at
the request Of Republican senator's,
went to the border Immediately after
villas raid on Columbus to investigate
general conditions there. declared I'm
letter received Monday by senator CAL
linger, the minority leader, that Car
rama troops were not cooperating with
the American expedition in any way or
making any attempt to capture Villa.
He complained that border patrol was
not being maintained in adequate force.
and said an unguarded gap of nine
miles had made the Columbus raid pos
sible
The letter was written in FL Paso,
April 4. It quoted an unnamed author
ity as saying that unless more salts
factory use of the Mexican railways
were made possible within two weeks.
the American troops must withdraw,
and said reliable Information had
reached the senator that villa had not
been wounded.
Alleges Refusal TO Attack.
THE Mexicans." said the letters,
have made no attempt TO attack Villa
at all, and have not in any way, been
cooperating with our forces or attempt
ing TO check Villas retreat or TO assist
in his capture
ION his retreat. Villas first camp was
within five miles OF 200 Carranza sol
diers to whom Ramon Reyes reported
and whom he pleaded with to accom-
pany him to attack villas 500 men. The
Carranza force refused"
Describing in detail the Columbus
raid from Information gathered from
Columbus officials. senator Fall said
the bandits had made their way into
the heart of the town. looted two stores
and set fire to several buildings before
oil = 80
machine gun placed within 20 feet of
the American hospital, he said the
Nexicans then fought with the citizens
Of the town for another so minutes be-
fore the troopers, stationed behind the
hospital, appeared.
Troop Concentration Exaggerated.
The letter emphasized the possibilities
of the Mexican trenches constructed
facing the border at Juarez and other
border towns. He said stories OF con-
centration Of Carranza troops along the
border had been exaggerated, but that
he was reliably informed that the Car
rama commanders could put 5000 men
into Aqua Prieta within four hours and
that probably all the Carranza troops
in the state Of Chihuahua were sta
toned along the Mexican Central rail-
way within 10 hours Of Juarez.
However, I have absolutely no fear
OF an attack from Mexicans" said sem
ator Fall. under any circumstances ex-
cept through Indian tactics such as pur-
sued by villa at Columbus or where the
Mexicans are in overwhelming num-
bers."
Holes in Border Patrol.
The senator said that at the time he
wrote there was no border patrol west
Of Douglas and had been none between
Gibson ranch and Hachita, 80 miles to
the east He declared Villa sym
were Overrunning virtually all
of northern Mexico and that villa easily
could capture Chihuahua, where the
garrison was friendly to him.
In the ToTreOn. Parral and Santa
Rosalia districts said the leader,
villa has many friends. and one Of his
leaders, Canuto Reyes is sara 10 nave
1900 armed men constantly cutting COM
aud threatening the gar
rison at Torreon-'
The districts mentioned are among
those in which American troops now
are operating.
..ETeXicans of the Casas Grandes,
Santa Maria and Guerrero valleys are
welcoming our soldiers and deal with
them on the most friendly terms, ne
wrote. The only opposition which they
are meeting at all among the population
lis because of the understanding thar
we are assisting Carrauza."
state department dispatches are sum
married. in the following official state
ment:
'TeIegraphic adyices dated April 10
from Juarez state that conditions con-
tinue to improves in that district and
that there are no disquieting symptoms
on the border.
telerraphic advices dated the 10th
from Chihuahua stating that there is