Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-14
WILSON ACCEDES TO CARRANzA'S
PROPOSITION Of UNITED ACTION;
SENATORSSEE GRAVITYOF CRISIS

cavalry and artillery has been Assem-.
bled, and is said to be ready to cross
az moments notice
Nation Must Get Ready.
in the senate, yesterday, the Mexi-
can situation excluded everything else.
Senator Borah, in an impassioned adj
dress. urged the senate to forget ey-
erything else and concentrate upon
the work Of getting the nation into a
state of preparedness.
No one knows what the consequent
ces Of this move against villa may
be-" said the senator 1T is quite pos
sible that we may find our expecta.
tions are far short of the actualities
time may bring US, and now is the
opportunity to make preparation
such preparation as should have been
made Icng, long ago.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon de-
clared he believes there are not
enough men and supplies to handle the
task We have undertaken.
May Have to Fight Whole Of Mexico,
= should not be at all surprised
he said. III We come soon to find our
selves fighting the whole of a united
Mexico. believe that It would take
but little TO swing the entire republic
in line for Villa. who Is certain to
pose as prosecuted hero in the eyes
OF many OF his fellow countrymen
Should such situation arise we are
going to find that we have neither the
men nor the munitions to do the work
that will devolye upon us.
Gen. Pershing VIII Command.
From Cen Funston at San Anto-
MO, Texas, came the announcement
that there are enough soldiers gather
ed now under his command to begin
the pursuit of villa at once. but that
bis plans for furnishing sufficient
Decking for the expedition are not yet
completed. and may not be for several
days. He declined to make any esti-
mate OF the length of time il will take
before the columns can start
When | have completed my ar
arrangements there will not be more
than six or eight regiments left in
the whole Of the country save those
scattered along the border he said.
Pershin0 Field Officer.
He also announced that Gen. John
J. Pershing will take personal com
mand Of The columns In the field, and
added that the final disposition Of the
forces VIII be left to the commands Of
that officer 4 Is now estimated tliiIt
more than 1900 men, with As noun.
tain guns and field batteries have been
concentrated between Douglas, A:iy,
and ID Paso, Tex.
Reports from Columbus, unconfirm-
ed here. declare that the sronis here
are getting ready to leave Thursday
or Friday morning. Il is reported that
the column which is based upon the
raided town, Is fully equipped with a
supply train OF 10S motor trucks In
the hands of civilian drivers In all
there are $500 men at Columbus This
column VIII be equipped with aero.
planes supplied with wireless appa-
ratus. These viii act rs scouts, trail.
ing the fleeing robbers to their hiding
places in the mountains.
Generals Plan Moves.
Gen. pershiug, who will command
the expeditionary force. yesterday had
lengthy conference with Gen. Ca
Fira, the Carranza commander OF the
garrison at Juarez, across the Rio
Grande from FL Paso After the COM
ference Gen. Pershing returned to d.
vision headquarters at FL Paso, and
declared that most satisfactory ar
engagements have been reached with
the Carranza forces.