New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1916, Page 11

BRITAIN NEW, DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916. ' irst Story of How Our Boys Marched on Mexico Associated Press Correspondent Sends Complete Narra- tion of Experiences of American Soldiers on Other Side of the Rio Grande. 24.—The following despatch from an Associated espondent at the front in El1 Paso, Texas., March Fress cor Mexico, is the first complete story of the crossing of the of the punitive expedition sent to avenge the Columbus massacre. border Endurance Tested, Headquarters United States Expedition near Colonia Dublan, Puni- tive Chihuahua, Mexico, March 22, (by wagon train to Columbus March 24.) —Reaching here by a forced march he endurance of and obviously several thou- that demenstrated the American soldier: amazed the Mexica sand United States troops, cavalry infantry and artillery, were scattered today between this point and the northern boundary of ‘the district of Guerrero, intent on the task of cap- turing or killing Francisco Villa in the shortest possible time and ex- terminating ‘the bandit band with wwhich he raided Columbus, N. M., and slaughtered nine civilians on March 4. Troop movements and dispositions, however, it was said, were shrouded in the strictest secrecy by order of the war department. Entry Into Mexico, Tha entry into Mexico occurred at 07 p..m., March 15. At that mo- nient the American colors with the standard of the 13th cavalry, 200 men of which beat off Villa’s raiders de- spite the surprise movements of the Mexican brigands, were carried over the boundary by the color guard. Colonel Herbert J. Slocum, command- *ing the 13th was the first command- ing officer to cross. He was followed by Major James A. Ryan, acting chief of staff to General John J. Pershing, who commands the punitive expedi- tion Heavy Wagon Trains, This was column No. 1 consisting ¢f infantry, artillery and cavalry and Lurdened with heavy wagon trains. Tt moved rather slowly and,camped the first night at Palomas, a filthy village of adobe huts seven miles be- low the boundary, south of Columbus. Column No. 2 entered Mexico from Clulberson’s ranch, fifty-one miles scuth of Hachita, M. General Pershing who had accompanied the first column part of the way to Pa- lomas, Teturned to Columbus the same afternoon, raced to Culberson’s in an automobile, and taking com- "mand of the second or “flying col- umn” drove it more than 110 miles over the desert of Chihuahua in {iventy-two_hdurs ~actual ‘marching bus, three miles north of the hound- ary line only a vast cloud of dust whipped to a great height by a high wind, could be seen and two hours later, when the troops began making camp, the men were thickly powder- ed from head to foot by greyish white coatings of pulverized lava. The sense of smell located Palomas long before its collection of brown sunburned huts of mud and cobble- stones came into vie The odors were those of stockyards abbatoirs and tanneries combined. Closer there was added that of unwashed human- i and raiment, ragged remnants of which lay strewn about with the mains of slaughtered cattle hich furnished feats for Villa and his men during their brief stop and rations for the Carranza troops who were there both before and after the ban- dit chief’s sojourn. Camped Near Lakes. The American troops camped near a series of lakes formed by the Mimbres river, a stream which, like a number of others in the southwest disappears in its course through Mexico. Colonel Slocum halted the column at the border gate south of Colum- bus until the colors came up. When these had crossed the boundary into Mexico Major Tompkins a brother of the noted Lieutenant Colonel “Tommy"” Tompkins of the 7th cav- alry, spread his advance guard out. In the form of a wide fan, the riders of the guard galloped southward. The temper of the Mexicans was still a matter of speculation. There were officers who would not have been surprised to see the entry of the United States forces opposed at the boundary. But there were no Mexi- cans at the border gate and none were seen on the march to Palomas. Only two bodies of armed men were encountered by either of the columns on the march here. Encounters Two Forces. At Ascencion, Ramon H. Gomez, had 100 Carranza soldiers -and told Colonel Slocum he did not know whether to fight or to let the ‘American column peaceably pass cn. After an exchange of official visits during which he observed at the American camp the assembly of en and guns, he decided to accept the United States army officer’s word that Carranza had agreed to the entry of the troops unopposed. the mayor, time. Spi Dot First Route, Official records show that spies gotted the route of the first ¢olumn, but the men of the second had forged iheir way fifty miles into the country pefore a single native was seen; and {o the surpri of the Mexicans reached here Friday night, exactly the forty-two hours after border at 3;17 Thursda In this column every man Wwas mounted and the wagon trains were supplanted by army mules, which hade the entire distance under heavy packs with the loss of only three of number. Record of Speed, Battery B of the Sixth Field Ar- tillery, commanded by Captain Ed- gar H. Yule and Lieutenant Charles P. George, formed a unit of the fly- ing column named, while the cavalry traversed trails through the bad kountry of the Sierra Madre moun- tains six to eight thousand feet high, the battery encumbered by ambu- lences and field wireless equipment traveled the valley roads, longer by eighteen miles. Nevertheless, it reached camp only an hour and a half behind the cavalry without the Mess of a mule or horse and not a sore back among any of the animals. Officers declared this exploit would long stand as a record of speed and cndurance. Muster Rolls Found. The Thirteenth Cavalry, because of its accomplishment in driving Villa's greatly superior numbers out of Co- Jlumbus, after a brief engagement, was Ziven first place in the first column. Muster rolls of the Villa command found here after he passed through going southward, eight days ago, showed that he made the raid on Co- iumbus with 583 men. Dwindling in number after his de- feat, deserters reported that the ban- dit chieftain killed five of his officers and men as cowards. There were 293 in-his command when he retreated tiwough Colonia Dublan, Traveled “Light.” The 13th accounted for the rest. Major Frank Tompkins, who took 59 of his squadron and drove the ban- dits 15 miles into Mexico after they had crossed the border, commanded the advance guard. The rest of the ¢Zyvalry under Major. Elmer Lindsey followed. Then came the mountain angd field guns, next the. “‘dough boys™ of the infantry regiments, and last the wagon trains, field hospital and sanitary equipment and the fleld wireless, The orders were for every man to “travel light.” Officers and men were not permitted to carry much more than the clothing and equipment worn on their persons. The trains nevertheless were long and heavy. Vast quantities of ammunition for all types of arms, including the ma- chine gung of the cavalry and infan- try accounted for most of the weight. Rations were carried for only five days, They were bacon, hardtack and coffee. Tong Column, The column stretched out a length mile and a half. From Colum- their of The other body of troops was en- countered here Saturday, March 18, Major Elizaldo Reyes, who said he was proceeding to Casas Grandes from Madeira after scouting for Villa was startled to see American troops in this vicinitv. His men referred to them as “Yellow-Jackets.” He stop- ped one of the guides of the column and asked to be taken to the Amer- ican commander to assure him that his force consisting of 36 men, were “not Villistas” and in turn wanted to be assured they would not be fired upon. Stirred Jack-Rabbits. Major Tompkin's advance sguard, with riders at intervals of 20 yards, swept the country between *the bor- der and Palomas and stirred nothing but jack-rabbits. Major James A. Ryan of the 13th Cavalry, acting chief of staff to Gen- eral Pershing, found at Palomas just two human beings—a crippled M. ican, described by the American guides as the most cunning horse thief along the border, and his wife. The only other living things were a few stray dogs, which nightly fought the coyotes for the remains of cattle slaughtered by the Carranza garri- son and ‘the Villa troops. Infantry- men were posted all along the route from the border to Colonia Dublan to guard the line of communications, and engineers maintained the road for wagon traing and motor truck ¥ind Cowboy’s. Body. Colonel Slocum’s column Boca Grande from Palomas, March 16. This was the point from which Villa started on his raid on Colum- bus. It was near Boca Grande that Villa captured and murdered Arthur Kinney, a round-up boss for the Pa- lomas Land and Cattle company, and three other Americans just before the raid. American soldiers found the body of one of the victims battered and mutilated and in such a condition that it could not be recognized. An officer also picked up in the aban- doned Villa encampment an expense note book of C. R. Watson leader of the party of eighteen employes of The Custhuirachic Mining company who were slaughtered by Pablo Lopez, a ‘Villa lieutenant, at Santa Ysabel. Forbidden to Drink. Men and officers of these columns were not permitted to drink water that had not been previously tested. They were forbidden to enter Mexi- can houses for fear of typhus. The result was that all are healthy and in good condition. The orders issued by the command- ing general provided also that no towns should be occupied. For that reason the temporary base here was established two miles outside of Colonial Dublan and four miles from Nueva Casas Grandes, where the Car- ranza authorities maintain a small garrison. Carranza Officers Civil. Army officers said they found Car- ranza officers both civil and military ready to accord hearty co-operation in the task of hunting down Villa made [ ana nis bandit band. The information | vollen. TEyes, mouths and nostrils | department of the American punitive | were merely blackened orifices in | cxpedition headed by Major Ryan se- | every face, hut there was no com- | ceived much information from Car- | plaint. ranza sources. American colonists “God, I wish I had a drink, my | mouth is full of mud,” was the near- | est to a complaint that was heard. | Chinamen Willing- near the old town of Casas Grandes, southwest of the army camp declared the feeling among the Mexicans there :{:;:Céeg';el?m there has been no evi- |y, one Chinese storekeeper found i Paid Double Prices, in Nueva Casas Grandes was asked American troops brought in the | What he would give for an American $5 Dbill He opened his cash drawer | first silver money some of the Mexi- : - : : and with an expressive motion of the cans had seen for years and willing- iv paid double the prices that pre- |arms and hands indicated that he vailed at the international boundary | Was willing to exchange for it the for food and the rough, dirty and |bale of Carranza and Villa paper | strong native tobacco. There was, in { money it contained. act, so little metal money among Marching slowly on account of the trains, the head of the first | the mexicans and the small bands of | Wagon e o column did not enter the base camp ed the dangers of reported Villa | here until Monday at noon, after a raids that many were unable to pro- | march of 157 miles from Columbus. vide change for a silver dollar. The machine gun troops of the 13th cafalry, the wagon tramns and other | First Meal in Mexico, In fact the officers of the organiza- tions themselves moved more or less units lost altogether 12 second or flying colu General Pershing’s The n, which under personal mules. com- | knowing where the next orders would in the dark. Their orders directed { them to proceed to certatn points | mand, made the dash from Cumbert- | where other orders would be found, | OIS ranch lost three mules. The | They proceeded thus by stages, mof | Fansport animals of the latter, how- | ever, weére more lightly burdened. | | take them and the appearance of rirst View of Countr General Pershing, first at Hachita General Pershing’s cavalry escort | and then at Culbertson’s plainly sur- | crossed the boundary at 3:17 o'clock | prised the soldiers and some of their | Thursday morning, March 16. It was | cfiicer: ! At Carrizo the first meal in Mexico was eaten, It consisted or army ba- con, part of the five days’ rations i sued to the men, hardtack, which tastes somewhat like the maize of Jewish religious feasts, and unsweet- cned coffee. Officers and men fared alike. a brilliant moonlight night and free ing cold, but the brisk cavalry trot ' kept the men warm. | The sun rising over the mountains | gave the men their nrst view of the country, a dry desert, sun-scorched mesquite and bunch grass dotting a ' level valley floored with red material | eroded from an eminence thrown up | Allowed to Rest. B from volcanic explosions in prehis- | General Fershinf; allowed the com- | toric ages: At 7:30 the flying col- | mand to rest until noon. The order | umn made Carrizo. then was to make all speed to reach Ol i q was e d Historic Site. the big Ojitos ranch, formerly the ! LDy B property of a brother of Admiral Lord | The negro cavalrymen and sol- | Charles Beresford of Great Britain, at | diers of the artillery, hospital unit nl%i};f&ll_‘ A . : the | 2nd field radio outfits that had pre- jitos is sixty miles from the | ... e e e S N Gt (s S g | ceded the escort were encamped on was being made by the American | the sides of a granite putte fronting troops beside irrigation ditches | the canyon in which Geronimo, the fl}x‘UUgh which flowed the'hrst run- | famous Apache warrior, made his ning water they had seen in Mexico. | , i Here also wors soen the fizst Mesi. | 02l stand and surrendered to Amen- | cans, other than the two who were | oD troops more than tnirty years (bserved a few miles north of Ojitos, ; 8% These facts rccalled to many officers, some of the older of whom These two were at first believed to be spies, but scouts reported them to be ranchers living in the valley, Reap Golden Harvest. participated in the Apache camry { with the present expedition into Mex- {ico had set no precedent and that bandit hunting in a foreign country The Ojitos Mexicans reaped a |of independent sovereignity was not golden harvest among the hungry |2 new thing for the United States soldiers. Frijoles, tortillas and chilli | 2TMY- Here on the hillside was observed | sauce were in grea and i @ront domged aud il oor he Arer finie the other unite o | contrast to the Casas Grandes Mexi- cans, who doubled and trebled prices | (1® fVing column, the artillery, the on bread and every other edible, their | 1687 €avalry and other = organiza- | e tions. Some of them had previously what you like to give.” & marched from The senoras of the ranch house- Fort Huachuaca, Ari- holds cooked half the might, their |70D@, and other distant points, and Gaughters delivered or served the food | SUCH Was the secrecy thrown about the husbands and fathers | their movements that even the offi- Gatheredl thelmionoy cers of lesser rank aid not know of Although the march of sixty miles | their coming. h:l(: retired some tender feet to the | — = i ambulances and made partic recks | SNOW SONS of the safter men m:or‘:;t:cl\ SfEZEt: Rl SRS ONS TR AT i 2nd soldiers, the column was again in Winsted, March 24.—Deep snow the saddle shortly after daylight. drifts piled up by the high winds Object Gruelling March. continued to impede traffic on th _The object of the gruelling march | Central New BEngland Railway. An 41’.| v]‘h\ \) s to lf‘:it(‘h "n?onl.i [),l.!h- 1 t bound freight train became It was hot. High winds swirled the | it early today and could not be re- clouds of dust kicked up by the |leased for several hours. As a re- horses into the eyes and mouths of | sult a west bound passenger train the men. Water at a dollar a swal- | Gue to leave here at 7 m., was FROM FROZEN SOUTH i for SHACKLETON BACK Achievemem; (;I .Explorer Being | Withheld From the World Sydney, N. S, W., March 2 Sir H. Shackleton turned from his Antarctic expedition. News of the achievements of the ex- pedition is Withheld for the present. The adventure of Lieut. Trnest Shackleton heading the British trans- Antarctic expedition, had a three-fold | purpose: To navigate Antarc a meridian; to secure for the Br flag the honor of being the first na- | ticnal emblem thus to be taken from ! sea to sea across this south polar realm, and conduct scientific work re- Jating among other phases, to meteo geography, geology and geode- tic survey. 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