The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-24

ing the border. at S:17 Thursday morn ing.
 EVERY MAN MOUNTED
 In this column every man was mount ed and the numbering wagon trains were supplanted by army mules, which made the entire distance under heavy packs with the loss of only three of their num- Der.
 Battery B of the Sixth Field artillery, commanded by Capt. Edgar H. Yule and Lieut. Charles P. George, formed a unit of the flying column. While the cavalry traversed through bad country of the Sierra Madre mountains 5000 to SO00 feet high, the battery, encumbered by ambu- lances and field wireless equipment, trav- eled the valley roads, longer by IS miles Nevertheless, it reached camp only an hour and half behind the cavalry with out the loss of mule or horse and not a sore back among any of the animals Officers declared this exploit would long stand as a record of speed and endur- ance.
 The Thirteenth cavalry, because of it's accomplishment in driving Villas greatly superior numbers out of Columbus, after brief engagement, was given first place in the first column. Muster rolls of the Villa command found here after he passed through going southward eight days ago showed that he made the raid on Colum- bus with 5SS men. Having in anger after his defeat, deserters reported that the chieftain killed five of his officers ano men as towards. Thee were 293 in his command when he retreated through Co., lonia Dublan. The Thirteenth accounted for the rest.
 TOMPKINS LEADS ADVANCE
 Mai Frank Tompbins, who took 5y men of his squadron and drove the bandits Is miles into Mexico after they had crossed the border, commanded the advance guard. The rest of the cav airy under Maj. Elmer Lindsley fol- lowed Then came the mountain and field guns, next the dough boys" ot the infantry regiments and last the wagon trains. field hospital and sani- tary equipment and the field wireless The orders were for every man to travel light Officers and men were rot permitted to carry much more than the clothing and equipment worn upon their persons
 The trains nevertheless were long and heavy. Vast quantities of amnlu : hilton for all types of arms, includ- ing the machine guns of the cavalry and infantry, accounted for most of the weight. Rations were carried for only five days. They were bacon, hard tack and coffee.
 The column stretched out a length of mile and half. From Columbus three miles north of the boundary line only vast cloud of dust, whipped to Ia great height by high wind could be seen and two hours later, when the troops began making camp the men were thickly powdered from head to foot by grayish coatings of pulverized lava.
 PALOMAS ODIFEROUS
 The sense of smell detected Palomas before it's collection of brown sun burned huts of mud and cobblestones came into view. The odors were those ot stock yards abattiors and tannery com bined. Closer there was added that of unwashed humanity and soiled raiment ragged remnants of which lay strewn about with the remains of slaughtered cattle that had furnished feasts for Villa and his men during their brief stop and rations for the Carranza troops who were there both before and after the bandits brief sojourn in the village.
 The American troops camped near a series of lakes formed by the Mimbres river, stream which, ike a number of others in the southwest. disap ppears in it's course through Mexico
 Colonel Slocum halted the column al the border gate south of Columbus until the colors came up. When these had