The Washington herald., 1916-03-23

official confirmation was received at the
War Department last night of the de-
lection OF Governor Herrera, of Chi
huahua with 1000 troops to the cause OF
Gen Villa 1t came I'm a dispatch from
Maj. Gen. Bell at I'll Paso. In the alb
sence of authority from Secretary Baker
who was not at the Department last
night. the dispatch wss not given out.
The news caused strong apprehension In
army circles here. There is fear ex-
pressed that the action of Herrera, who
was formerly on Villas staff Of generals,
will be followed by similar detection on
the part OF other sympathizers.
OF immediate concern to army officers
is the danger which will at once threaten
Pershing's lines of communica ton. II is
expected that as a result of the news
additional troops will be sent to the
border within the next t~enty-four hours.
so that infantry can be sent to the
support of Gen. Pershing
o,1Oo Troops OvaiInbIe.
At the present time there are available
NaSiSSiNt vi Ltiu and engineers,
just 51o5 troops of the mobile force OF
the United States army in this country
that are not now on the border. They
are the Second Cavalry at Fort Etha n
Allen. Va; the Third Infantry at MadI-
son Barracks. WATERFOWL, y. Y, and
Fort Ontario, near Oswego. n. Y; the
Thrtieth Infantry at PIattsburg, n. Y;
the Twenty-first Infantry at Vancouver.
Wash; one battalion each of the Four
teenth Infantry at Seattle, Spokane and
Alaska; one troop of the Thirteenth Cav
airy at Fort Riley, Kan. and two COM
panies OF the Nineteenth Infantry a.
Fort Sill. Okla.
Also available of the mobile army are
the Porto Rican Regiment, a native or
ganization. which, army officers say,
would be invaluable in Mexico; the Fifth
Field Artillery at Fort Sill, excepting
Battery A, which is at Fort Bliss: one
battalion OF the Third Field Artillery at
Fort Myer, Va. the other battalion and
headquarters being at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex, and one battalion of engineers at
Washington, D. c., barracks, a total of
3,1o7.
U. $. Autcists Missing.
oficials of the War Department added
last night that If necessary the 1900
Coast Artillery troops in the United
States could be drawn on, making a total
additional regular army force of q, 2l2
1t is also suggested as probable that the
War Department would avail itself with
out delay of the offers to serve from the
crack National Guard cavalry regiments
of New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Arizona. and New Mexico, a total
of approximately 5000 men.
An unoficisl report unconfrmed at the
War Department, received last night,
states that more than twenty American
motor trucks, minus their drivers, have
been found south of the border on the
general lines of communication with Gen.
Pershing's force.
One report received last night from the
Carranza foreign Office was to the effect
that "the necessary orders have been is
SUED 10 push WIN Nisoi 1hS SstRhpaieh
against the Indians in the Yaqui Valley"
This was said at the War Department
to be the first intimation that the Indians
are again on the warpath. The depart
ment has known for some time that 5000
of the Indians were armed, and so re-
ported to the State Department. The
Navy Department was also informed and
orders were sent to Rear Admiral Win
slow to hold ships and marines in readi-
ness at San Diego. ..-.