Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-17
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VII ] ]. A I DEAD
OR ALIVE {
!. S. Troops Are Ordered
L.lio Mexico.
GEN. FuHST0sI III COhh.FE''AA.";JJ }
ITO Capture or Kill" Are in7sructi2n7
to War acknowledgements No-l.
fed, But Permission Not Awaited.

President Wilson orIerel American
troops be sent Cv>r the Mexican "or'
er to capture or kill francisco Viz q
iad his army OF bandits VINO on TlI.s'
uay attacked Columbus, n. NJ, a.
.i!!od seventeen Americans.
Major General Hugh l.. Scott, CHIEF
cf staff of the army, ANNOUNCED ln-.l
the expedition would consist OF Il
!gss than 5000 men, all o. whom
;.vai!able on the border, un@er MAJOR
General Frederick FGnston.
The formal orders for the m We
ment have been issued.
Villa has been reported as having
taken refuge in the mountains OF
chihuahua state, fifteen miles soCtl
CT the border, although an unccn@r n
ed report from Columbus sail lie was
heading back toward that town.
In a report General Funston tolo
the war department he had accu {
information that Villa had 5000 tr>o IS
with him, that CarranZa troops n Vii
las vicinity had fed, and that he ad'
yised against trittering away the tine
of the army guarding small towns am
thus give Villa opportunity to escape
lie advised that the plans Ct the army
for Villas capture be surrounded with
secrecy.
In it's present stage, the presidents
order does not mean armei icte v,n'
ton in Mexico. 1t provides for ru
tive expedition to deal with law cs )
forces over which the Carranza go'-
ernment has no control.
The following statement was issued
at the White House:
can adequate force will be sent at
once in pursuit OF Villa with the single
object of capturing him and putting a
stop to his forays.
"This can be done, AMI will be done,
in entirely friendly aid Of the con
stituted authorities in Mexico an!
with scrupulous respect fer the soy
ereignty OF that republic"
It was said at the White House III
addition that the American govern
ment wants Villa dead or alive AID
that no steps Will be neglected to car
~ out that object.
Secretary of War Baker made the
following announcement:
General Scott was in communica'
ton with General Funston, and l.
vised him Of the action Of the prs
dent. He was instructed to get ready
to send his men into Mexico at once.
"The detailed orders now are being
worked out. While General FGnstol
will have a free hand in disposing OF
the details the general plan Of cam
paign will be worked out by the gen
eral staff.
General Scott is in touch with the
entire Mexican border and there will
be no further outrages against Am,eri'
can life and property. Villa VIII be
taken, dead or alive"
No move will be made by tie navy
for the present. Virtually t0e entire
Atlantic fleet is within two days sal
Of the Mexican coast, an should Car.
ranza's forces be unable TO p',tect
Americans CT other fCrei y sub, ,e2t:
in case of disturbances, th2 "a" VII.
be pressed into ee-y:c2 il2c iate,y
This was stated auth crit t:ve!7 at TIC
navy department.
General Scott cai tie ~,c~ssitg OF
the border than it NV IL; nile t c
American troops are cIe>a i ; in NIX
ice, would nee i Sc u,;lt sCme
troops net now there rnr II p.a.t:Ts
expedition. T>ey Pr aGy WI be
ordered from other nosts. % nl1ns
lave been made 20 "a as + Known
for use q the n2,i-na: < g!
Approximately 200 lie i ans were
Killed in the battle .ra1r$dy, accord
ing to estimates Of arm or,c al.
MsRr-Fra1E Ten. XII, O. tlo T&ir.
teen nthSSva,-y, il ;o~2m;E:i Of the
troops that dsere Via AID his ban
dts across the Tder sci hat VII
las seventv-Gve MEXICAN ga o1nd
On the Mexican side we're e:tAcr burn.
ed CT buried.
General Funst~n tele1ra he, urg
ing utmost Sc Te2J 0. tie army's
plans. The border is hc1cyrombeG
with Mexican SIZES, and It was agreed
that the expedition w5Cll De pushed
to success by keeping villa and his
men ignorant Of It's m,v~ma2ts. l.
is possible that no corragpr Il Tents will
be permitted to. accompany the col
umns. At any rate strict censor
ship will be imposed.
General CarranZa, in tele-ram tt
the state department, expressed regfe'
at the Columbus massacre, bus made
no comment on the proposal o. send
ing American troops to hunt down the
bandits. Eliseo Arredondo, his am
bassador mere, was officially informed
of the American governments action
He only replied that lie W ulI com
municate with his chief. He has pre-
viously expressed the personal or'p
ion that the movement would not D.
opposed.
State department officials decll1e'
to say what their attitude Wo&.1 i
If General Carranza took a hostile D.