The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-03-12

I" Two "I|"| "|I"N"I" |"W NA
terleIncd Tho camp and cIl|inns o.
Columbus n0mc thirty days afo BY
lhoIf afr stunts have returned lo|
this eide Of the border.
They were Litulenanla Usher and
WOLFE and AFTER leaylrf celumhue
made q forced landing ~ miles
south Of there February 8 arrived
IN Douglas shortly before noon %
day, havIne come from Nacofarl b.
rail. They left BY alrplano A. i.3n'
o'clock this afternoon Tor ~ paso
10 rcpntf 70 their comman0Inf Of
ncer. They are members Of Wight
ID. Twelfth Aero squadron. aa-
toned Al Fort Bliss.
IN accordance with orders from
their commanding officer. Inc two
nylalors left Douglas under cs-
cort, which u assumed 70 mean
that thcy have been placed under
arrest pending NJ Investigation Of
their landing on Mexican soil. Thny
were accompanied 10 N paso by
two members OF Flight A. Twelfth
Aero Squadron. stationed Al Camp
jones' and made The trip In two
planes.
The tuo asiaiors said they had
nothing 10 add 10 their previous
statements ne 10 how they came 70
be more than 100 miles south OF tha
international boundary line, and re-
iteraled previous statements that
thcy had lost their way IN The
clouds after their compass failed 10
work, causing them 10 luse All
sense Of direction They said when
they flew over Nac0rafi they re-
allied then they were In Mexico.
The landing was necessary because
they had run out Of gasoline.
Landed IN Canyon.
AZ the time they lost their WAY
the two aviatOrs were en- route ~
Douglas from Columbus, n. A.
where they had been sent a few
days previous from N paso. Ap-
parcntly they crossed into Mexico
some distance east Of Douglas
They were on regular border pa
troll duty.
The aviators said their airpIan,
IL still nj The spot where they land
ed IN n canyon ~ miles south o.
Nacofari.
They said the lower wing h
slightly damaged but with that az.
ception The plane Is intact Whei
The machine y released hy the Mex
lean government II will be iakei
apart by two former American air
mon now employed Al Nacolari an,
: shipped 10 this country by rail.
Lieutenants Usher and Wolf
h were released nine days ago an'
have remained since then at Marco.
8 rari waiting for their plane 70 b.
released Yesterday taey were OF.
dered 10 come out without IN
plane.
During their stay al NacorEar
they made their home A. q Nacozar
hotel and until their release min
days ago were constantly, thourI
not closely. under guard. They sal
they were treated kindly by N
= Mexican officials aud received es
pecially fine treatment from IN
numerous American residents q
I Nacozari.
MI Avlniors May Face Court Martial.
Whether First Lieutenant q.
Usher and Second Lieutenant l.. N
Wolfe, American aviaiors nov o
y their way 10 VI pnso from DouglaI
y Arizona. after an enforced stay q
over one month IN Mexico, will b
tried by court martial depends upo
the result Of a preliminary invesii
\ CATION 10 be held regarding ihel
ease, Colonel Francis W. Glove
Y chief Of stan 70 Major General Rob
crt l.. HOWE. commanding office
OF The NJ pnso military dislric
said today.
we shall give tho young men
chance 10 explain their presence !
- Mexico, before taking further %
tion.H Colonel Glover said. "A coul
\, martial may or may not result frol
the preliminary Inquiry"
ri The Two moa are 'urdcr escort
= pending further action by their 81
periors.