The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-11

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Juarez was to be captured and held
for Felix Diaz.
Gavira announced that fourteen
yesterday.
carranxista Cooperation.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April IL
Once driven against the wall of Car
ranzistas toward which Villa is re-
ported, heading, the bandit will en-
counter fierce opposition, Major Gen.
erel Funston believed today, Increas-
ing Indications Of cooperation height
ened FunstOn's hopes of a decisive
clash with Villa herded into the fray
by the dashing American column 8.
Funston regarded the frequent men,
ton of Carranzista's friendliness in
official and unofficial dispatches. as an
encouraging indication.
General Pershing. Colonel Dcdd and
Consul Letcher at Chihuahua, all have
emphasized the friendly attitude of
the defacto governments officials and
troops.
Funston said no important news had
been received for twenty-four hours.
Routine information, he said, came
over Mexican telegraph lines. The
major general himself was as much at
sea as civilians here as to troop move
ments. The latest official message was
from General Bell, at Fl Paso, stating
he had received word that General
Gutierrez was displaying a friendly
interest in the American activities.
rBy Carl D. Groat, United Press Stair
Correspondent
10000 Troops Engaged.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Thirty
thousand troops are now engaged IN
Mexican service, leaving only two
thousand stationed throughout the re-
mainder of the country, it was learned
officially today.
About $4,000 troops are in Mexico.
The largest part of this force Is
guarding General Pershing's lines of
communication. About 1880 are on
border patrol. The two thousand are
scattered in little groups at Spokane,
Van Couver Barracks, San Diego, AL
| aska, Kansas, the lake district and the
northeast.
The war department has referred
to the white house inquiries as to the
advisability of drawing from the state
militias any additional forces that
may be needed. Some means must be
found Of maintaining the border pa
troll The recruits gathered in the
past few weeks will not be fit for &C
tive service until they have had at
least three months training.
| General Pershing was asked today
to furnish further details Of his con-
| ferences with Generals Herrera and
Gutierrez, which he previously re-
ported satisfactory.
Duplication OF Dodd's dash which
routed Villas ragged band at Guerrero
will be necessary il the bandit chief
! is to be overtaken by American pur
suers, army men said today. But.
they felt, the man hunters will BE-
equal to the task. All reports agree
! Villa is day or more ahead of Cen
eral Pershing's riders. To overtake
him will be tremendous task, but
authorities suggest the trail is still
warm and they still predict that dis
patches within the next few days will
bear tidings of success.
| The line of communications be-
tween Columbus and the heart of
Mexico offers a problem for admins
trative men, but the opening of the
| Northwestern railway to private sup
piles for the army has relieved anSd-
| ETY. materially.
Dispatch of the Twenty-fourth (col-
ored regiment to Columbus, has
solved in part the question OF protect