Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-06-20
ranks Return to United States
Soil After Utter Rout
of Villa.
TAKE 100 HORSES IN DASH
General cabelI Assures the Mexican
Federal Commander at Juarez
There Was No Idea Of VIolat-
ing Mexican Sovereignty.

El Pas0, Tex. June 1S.-All Amerf-
can troops which crossed to the Mexi-
can side at eleven o'clock Sunday
night have returned to the American
side, report received ut military
headquarters stated.
The cavalry brigade and artillery
crossed near Ysleta, Tex, II miles
southeast of here.
The infantry troops started with
drawing from Juarez to El Paso in
obedience to orders by Maj. Gen. De
Rosey G. Cabell, commander of the
Southern department. who arrived
from San Antonio and crossed the In
ternational bridge for conference
with Gen. Francisco Gonzales. SUI
preme commander of the Juarez
troops, after comforting with Brig.
Gen. James B. Erwin, commander of
the El Paso border district and the
expedltionary force which crossed into
Mexico.
AT the conference with General Con
zaIes, General Cabell agreed TO with
draw the American troops as soon as
they could get them together.
General Gonzales then asked the
American border commander il he
could not have the infantry withdrawn
by 1890 a, m, which request was
granted.
General Gonzales also requested
General Cabell TO make 1t known
through the press TO the. people of the
United States that he, General Con
zales, had not requested assistance
from the United States in handling
the situation.
II told General Gonzales that there
was no idea Of Invading Mexican SOW
ereignty and that the infantry would
withdraw as soon as possible" Cen
eral Cabell announced, following the
interview.
At 10 as a. m. the Twenty-fourth
infantry started mavching across the
international bridge from Juarez and
by eleven O'Clock the entire command
was back on American soil, after hay-
ing spent exactly eleven hours on Mex
lean soil.
American cavalry forces returned
from Mexico with 100 villa cavalry
horses and nine prisoners. The COM
manding officers reported four villa
followers were killed when the adobe
headquarters was charged.
Mayor Charles Davis issued state
ment saying he regretted the expedi-
tion TO Juarez Sunday night because
&C the bad effect 1t would have upon
the situation in Mexico, where Ameri-
cans owned large interests In districts
frequented by villa.
FL Paso, Tex, June 17.--American
.roops and Mexican rebels under
villa fought a general engagement at
the race track to the south of Juarez
shortly after two o'clock Monday
morning. The Americans were vic
torious Villas rebels were driven
from the race track by the American
rifle and machne-gun fire. Many pris-
oners were taken by the American cav
airy, which surrounded the rebels on
the east and southeast, according to
an official announcement issued by the
army headquarters here.
At 2 :05 In the morning Colonel Fad.
sells troops opened the general en-
gagement with artillery fire against
the villlstas in the old federal
trenches to the east and southeast of
Juarez.
One American soldier is known to
have been killed thus far In the fight
ing. He was a gunner in the Eighty
second artillery He was struck by
bullet sent by Mexican sniper.
1t was shortly utter this that the
American artillery opened.
The decision of the Americans TO
take part in the fighting was the re-
suit Of the killing of man and a
woman in Fl Paso by shots from the.
rebel forces. who for several days.
have been attempting to capture.
Juarez from the Carranzistas.
other shots have fallen into Ell
Pas0 aud the American army officers
decided 10 move into Mexican soil to,
stop it.