El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-26
AIRMEN
REACH BORDER
Capt. Willis and Lieut.. Oar
que Have Thrilling Els
cape From Death.

Columbus. n NJ, April 26.-Capt x.
II Willis and Lieut.. II. A. Dargue'
military aviators, returned here Tues
dow for treatment of their injuries sus-
tanned when the airpiane IL which
tbev we're scouting over the Sierra
Nodres was wrecked VIVID STORY
~ tbeir accident and Of their subse-
quent long hike to the eNpeqIllglIldl
fieId base also reached the DOIuei-
ITba story, emanating from re
liable source told Of f6 hours spent
bv the two aviators haH cIdHeG ~.
their injuries and hardships, nlaIchlH5
over two mountain ranges "u9
through a desolate, Nillsta infested
At s o'clock on the morning Of April
70 the filters rose through a timex ZOE
hank to start on a special scoutlu5
,1ission. According to the story, aIteI
flving through the passes ana Foch
defiles of the Sierra Madres LOT loul
hours, they found themselves III
fronted with a Jagged mountain pear
rising sheer before them. Unable 70
devotion sufficient engine power 70
overcome the cuppy air ana uhaoiS ~
rround they threw their plane Tor
wqrd in the air. time after time as
swimmer attempting TO breast 80
waves. in a vain attempt to CHM
Machine CrumpIes and Falls.
suddenly the propeller stopped re-
yolving and the machine fell cruln-
Hing the planes left wing ana puIy
ing the two filters in the ueprls Oh
the mountain slope 400 Ieet DeIUW,
even the men themselves did NOT
know. But finally they eXtrlcated
themselves and found that their IN
iuries. while painful, were MINOR
Airmen Burn Up Plane.
With but emergency ratons taken
from the wrecked plane and few
swallows of water, the alrmen, aLler
firing their plane started for the !
American camp They walked all that /
day. all that night. and they Waiheu
ali the next day and well into the |
fosrth.
over two mountain ranges they !
climbed. through rock defiles and over /
trails from which Jagged bits OF rock
protruded, knife sharp and runous 70 !
the feet Their water save out, put /
thew found a little alkaline hog wall !
low. and after the scum had Deen re-
moved. they drank their fill and |
pushed forward again.
The sun went down and the stars !
came out and still they pushed on. /
Occasionally the men muttered to each |
other, but mainly they talked little
every effort being reserved Tor the |
dcgged attempt to reach an American !
camp.
Under the heat of the sun their 2
tongues began to blacken and sven |
and their feet ached and throbbed. (
Bits of "hardtack' from the emer- /
gency rations crumpled into fine pow !
der in their mouths from lack Of saliva ]
to dissolve it,
and then Willis and Dargue began !
to have Authorizations said the man /
who brought the story TO Columbus, [
me that out Of the dark fabric of the
mountain came a light. which he be /
lieved was that Of a locomotive. lie Z
said that the ray shifted and vanished !
reappeared and grew bigger and finale i
Iy focused itself on a far Off point. 1
plainly nothing more than star Then I
there were the balloons and the camps 4
Of American soldiers and the buhblinE /
brooks that at times they believed !
surrounded them.
Find Water by Accident
Through the battling mountain /
passes they made their way, always
keeping in mind that they must skirt
Nillista infested villages Finally. :
thirst drove them into the euvirons OF
q town, determined to steal water IT /
possible, If not to fight for lC As
horseman caused them to jump into
clump of cottonwOOds for safety, and
there at their feet ran clear noun
tain spring. alkaline. but drin 6able-
Rest Two Minutes. Push ON.
Again they pushed on, with matt
of two minutes for rest They could
not stop longer for fear that 10 do so
would mean stfffened muscles. and
perhaps victims for the long beaked
Vultures that began TO wheel In Inc
sky above them.
After As hours. through the clear
ing mist. the two filters came upon
the American advanced field base
SPRAYING its length over hill tor.
Here their wounds were treated and
their repOrts-fOr IL was to make re-
ports they were Sent-Wcre delivered
Capt. Willis whose home is i'm Balt-
more. and Lieut. DarEue. who nails
from RidgewOOd, y. J., arrived here
in motor cars. Neither would talk
OF their experiences. Capt. WINS
wore white bandage about his head
and walked with q pronounced ll1up,
but medical officers said his CONDITION
is not serious. With the exception OF
ar injured foot. Lieut. Dargue hau
entirely recovered from his injuries.
New Planes Not Much better.
AviatOrs testing four new planes
here for eXpeditionary service assert
ed that while the new planes have
larger wing spread than the old ma
chimes. they have the same horse
power and consequently are unadapted
to flying in the high attitudes Of
northern Mexico.
shipping All Along Line.
Intermittent shipping continues all
along the American line Of communi-
cation, according to reports of return
ing truckmen.
one man arriving from the front
said bullet was fired at his car three
miles south of the American frontier
while numerous complaints were made
Of sniping in the rock canyon between
El Vale and Las Cruces.
The bodies of nine Nillistas, all APP
parently dead from wounds, were
found recently, it was reported, pr
the crew Of truck train, at an UNI
named point.
VILLISTA GENERAL RELEASED
ON HABEAS CORPUS HEARING
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