The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-13
WILL BE ONE
OF THE EXPEDITIONARY
COLUMNS BASES


telegraph operator who secured n
wire to send the alarm uf the at
tnCk. issued a statement Last night
saying that during the nEhting ~h"
saw stnnding near TIA" window OF nor
home "a Mexican. dressed IN what
seemed to be "a generals uniform,
whom she was c%crt'in from dcscrip-
tons was villa himself
Reports were rocciNcd here today
that Brlgadier General John j Per
shlng Will command the expedition
a., force Grum this point into Mexico
ia person Lieutenant colonel u. G.
Cabcll 90 the Tenth cavalry, who 10
Nns expected viii uc assigned g. duiy
a. aIiutant general OF the force 40
rived today from Douglas aud began
preparation Tor the arrival of Gem
era, pershing
Buildings are being erected for us"
as stan headquarters,
TIL. fore. OF General Pablo Bcr-
tam. commanding the 'atranza gar
risou at Palomas, on the Mexican
side OF the border south eft mere. was
Increased toda, by the arrival OF 500
men. bringing his forces Ia "A total ot
2OOG By tonight ui tomorrow. u ~
expected the American garrison here
Of II 900 men vii bee Augmented by
the arrival of two regiments Of In
nntry. "A signal company a hospital
detachment and ON mountain atttl-
ltry from Fort BLISS at III Paso, ana
a battery ~ the sixth field artillery
from Nogalcs. NrII Two s~puadrons
OF the Twelfth cavalry rom Fort
Robinson. Nebraska, are expected
later Al save The cavalry from Fort
Robinson. which ~ to SO on station
here. are to be- available for eSpedi-
iionary purposes.
Reports were received here also
that a squadron OF the Tenth cavalry
ana a second battery OF tn. sixth Held
artillery ~ on i's way east from
Douglas. Ar,g. probably bound f"r
columbus.
II MS reported too that all avail.
able fotccs 1T the seventh cavalry
500 men. are IN IN" field IN tn" Al
amo-IIuccu district. betwceu Nogal"S
and Henson. In southern Arizona,
The battery of mountain artillery
from Fort Bliss is equipped with
twelve mountain uus especially de
-igrrd tor the character Of fighting
which the punitive expedition is oN-
u.Dt-d 90 WAGE Two troops uf IA"
Thirteenth ChNalr, T. ana H. winch
have been ON patrol duty "a Her
munas. twenty miles west Of her"
also. have returned To- camp ptepar-
utnry To- the disput,htnH ot an cNp"-
ditiuu Troop - which had been 40
INK duty AZ Bord"r Gato, tWo n
one. half miles south also was ''-
turned being replaced hy = company
of infantry.
In striking contrast to the excite
mcut ~ the last few days preparation
tor the departure of the expedition
progressed today with regularity and
calm
Francisco Nilla, with but a small
body Of men. Il rs reported here, Is
leeing farther from the United
states border daily and into tn"
mountains which parallel the hordcrS
OF chihuahua. and sonora, toward
Guerrero. where has DAYS ~ an out
law began aud where to almost every
neon. "panchu" villa rs a hero. Army
men here point out mat one" back
in the mountains umoug his friends.
the pursuit of villa IL apt To rescmhl"
a game of hide ana seek. Some "
GERS believe tina the pursuit may be
Il matter ui months,
hnttsry OF the sixth field artil-
iory consisting If i32 men equipped
with four thrce-inch held suas and
twelve caissious, arrived here today
from N'Aalcs. Aril. Large stores 81