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GENERAL] MAJ. GENERAL FUNSTON, COMMANDS EXPI TROOPS TOG RESET VILLA MASSACR THE AYEXGIXG EXPEDITION T START AT OXCE. Entrance Into Mexico Xot Meant : Invasion in Any Sense. Washington, March 10.?America troops were ordered across the Mex can border today by President Wi son to take Francisco Villa and h Kon/IItr. Hoo ^ nr fl Hvo UaU UilO u^uu vy* wu v. Indications late tonight were thj the carrying out of President Wi son's order that American troops r enter Mexico to capture or kill Vil i ' * and his bandits would be left to tl man on the ground, Major Gen. Fre* erick Funston. After a late confe ence with the president Secreta] Baker announced that no invasion ? Mexico in force was contemplate< that the troops would be sent to di Hh perse or capture the raiders at would be withdrawn immediate when their work was done or whe the de facto government was able i I w insure peace along the border. Officers of the general staff bega mm at once the preparation of instru M tions for Gen. Funston in accordam w with this announcement. Their pu * | port was not revealed. Earlier in tl day Gen. Funston had suggested thi the plans for troop movements acroi i the border be kept secret. He d sired to add the element of surpri! in avenging the murder of Americai at Columbus. Gen. Funston also urj ed that cavalry be sent to replace tl mounted force he might withdra from border patrol duty to form tl expeditionary * column - or column Steps to comply with this reque: were taken at the war department. Whatever additional troops may t needed will be ordered promptly 1 the border. Officials of the depar > ment and Secretary Baker himse worked Into the night on details < possible troop movements, suppli< and the like. Machinery Set in Motion. The secretary's call at the whil house followed a busy day at the wj department. The machinery of tt general 6taff was set in motion in f mediately after President Wilson B decision to hunt down the raiders wj B announced at the close of the cabin< W meeting. Little detailed informatic as to the immediate situation on tt Mexican side of the border is avai able here. Such matters are und( r the jurisdiction of Gen. Funston, wh has his own intelligence officers. Tt commission quickly reached the coi elusion, it is understood, that Ge Funston must be left unhampered t work out the problem of pursuing tt bandits with whatever force he thint tiopoesarv and at the same time t , 11 ^ secure American border towns an ranches against repetitions of th Columbus raid. ' It begins with President Wilson declaration that it is entirely in ai of the Carranza government and witl out thought of aggression. Th: statement, prepared by the presider himself, was given out at the whil house: "An adequate force will be sent i once in pursuit of Villa with the sir gle object of capturing him and pu ting a 6top to his forays. "This can be done and will be don in entirely friendly aid of the cor stituted authorities in Mexico an J with scrupulous respect for the soi ereignty of that republic." ^ President Wilson's decision to d( part from the policy of watchful wail ing, hastened by the Columbus maj r sacre yesterday, was announced U day after it had been unanimousl approved by the cabinet and adminis tration leaders in congress. Th president's position was explained fu ly to the latter, who agreed that h should not be embarrassed at thi time by discussions of a minority which might arouse trouble in Mex ^ co. After a brief cabinet meeting, a * which the president was described a being as determined to eliminate Vi la as he was to eliminate Huert? Secretary Baker hurried to the wa department and as his first act in o fice sent orders to the border. The committee also assemble facts and figures in relation to a po: ^ sible decision to sweep the whole c % FUNSTON Of TAKE r 1 nTiiDCD AC AriiiMAinn tmiuiVLn ur nuuninLuu EDITION TO INVADE. OJNTO MEXICO E EXPEDITION WILL MOVE SOON. _ Funston Issues Statement to Cain O Impatience of Americans. San Antonio, Texas, March 12.? "We do not ourselves know jus 18 when the expedition that will searcl for Francisco Villa will start int< Mexico, although, of course, it wil be soon. "It will go forward just as soon ai in sufficient number of men with at l" adequate commissary can be organ ized. It will not be held back, how 1S ever, until all the troops now orderet *r\ + tinrHor liavck arrivprl " IV WVi UVl f V V?A * A > vv?. at ^ This was the statement today o Major Gen. Frederick Funston whil( p. he was outlining at Fort Sam Hous la ton, Southern department headqqar ie ters, as closely as military expedi ency would permit, the campaigi r?that will be directed against Villa ^ He added: ''There is 110 use going at thii ' thing half-cocked. The task ahea< g, of us will be a long and arduou: id one. ly It became known today that tin in border situation elsewhere than a Columbus, N. M., has hindered thi rapid concentration of the punitiv< expedition. Great excitement has been noted ce it is authoritatively stated, in thi Carranza garrisons at Nogales, op posite the Arizona border town o that name, and at Piedras Negras ss which fronts Eagle Pass, Texas Q? This uneasiness has has extended t< se the large Mexican population on th< American side. gTroops now stationed in the bor ie der towns are sufficient to cope witl w / any situation which might arise Gen. Funston said. However, as i s. . is his intention to use these troopi st in the search for Villa, and as the: eannnt he moved until other detach tQ ments arrive to succeed them in thi t_ border patrol, complete organizatioi If of the military expedition has beei ^ held up. ag Army circles feel bound to respec the fear of residents in Americai border towns that, notwithstanding assurance from Gen. Carranza's rep r P resentatives, uprisings may follov ir the actual invasion of Mexico b: le American soldiers. It is felt tha the welfare of the border cannot b< 7g sacrificed to the doubtful success o ^ a hasty and therefore unpreparec pursuit of the fugitive Villa, in ie CARRAXZA \MLL NOT CONSENT 1 Jri For Troops to Cross Border Unless LO Given Same Right. te 1_ Mexico City, March 12.?Gen. Car in ranza tonight issued a manifesto t( :o the nation declaring that, under nc le circumstances, would the Mexicar :s government grant the right to th( 0 United States to violate Mexican ter ^ ritory by sending in an armed forct ie in pursuit of Villa without consern and the recriprocal privilege bein^ s first obtained and admitted. Wore u was sent to the confidential agent oi l~ the Mexican government in WashingIS ton to make immediately representations to this effect. 'e Gen. Carranza says in his manifesto: "I am sure that I interpret in this 1_ matter the national sentiment, and that the Mexican people will complj in a dignified manner with their due ty, be the sacrifices what they may 1_ to sustain their rights and sovereignj ty if, unfortunately, these drag us inr"J to a war?a war which the United States can never justify, we will not be responsible for the disastrous consequences. Upon the heads of 3~! the traitorous Mexicans who, within )_i and without this country, have labor j ed to produce this result, will fall the 5~j inexorable justice of the people." .e j I-jthe Northern Mexico with a military e drag net to catch the bandits. Such is a plan, it was said, while certain tc ir, end the disturbed conditions along i- the border, would involve the use of it! troops by the tens of thousands inis! stead of regiments. Figures as to I-jthe force the committee thought i. necessary for operations of this char i - -a T ? ^ A i o ir | acter were not reveaieu. iimiicuiaicf-1 ly after they were submitted to Secretary Baker, however, the latter d arranged his conference with Presi3-1 dent Wilson and laid the whole situa>t|tion before the commander-in-chief. VILLADEAD ' SIXTEEN AMERICANS SLAIN! F BY MEXICAN OUTLAWS IX NEW MEXICO TOWN. | Bandits Were Led by Gen. Francisco fi | Villa, Who Escaped Into j n Mexico. ! *l j ei j a: . Columbus, X. M., March 9.?Fran-'g cisco Villa, outlawed Mexican bandit, ^ raided United States territory today. p i With 500 men he attacked Columbus,; X. M., killed at least sixteen Ameri-'^ cans and fired many buildings before - he was driven back across the inter- q t national border. j . 1 Xot less than 250 troopers of the i O' d 13th United States cavalry followed q 1 the Villa bandits into Mexico. Re-i u ports late today to Col. Slocum, com-j g 5 manding American troops here, stat-j y i ed that Villa had made a stand five p - miles south of the border, where spir-j ^ - ited fighting was in progress. In this! 1 engagement a private was killed and ^ Capt. George Williams, adjutant of v f the 13th cavalry, was wounded. !g 2 The small detachment of troopers p - under Major Frank Tomkins and El- i - mer Lindsley, fighting dismounted, . - made a determined stand against the; j i 3 T':l 1 _ .i.1 1. J _ _ 1 reneweu vina anacK, anu ai last re- n ports were holding their ground. j Raid Proved Costly. P s The raid on American territory; * proved costly to the bandit chieftain. ^ s The bodies of eighteen bandits, in-'r ! eluding Pablo Lopez, second in com-! n 3 mand, had been gathered and burned n * before noon and troopers reported an j u e undetermined number of dead still j ^ e lying in the brush. Led to the attack j n under the slogan "Death to the Amer-j ^ ? cans," Villa's followers fought with1 5 desperation. Just before dawn they j ^ " crept along ditches skirting the Unit-| f ed States cavalry camp and rushed i( ' the sleeping men, firing heavily. j The first volley brought American! 3 troopers into almost instant action. n 3 While a portion of the raiders engag-! ^ ed the cavalrymen others began ap-J h " plying the torch and shooting Ameri-j 1 can civilians who ventured from the I l . ? buildings. Lights in homes and pub- j v t lie buildings immediately became tar-j ^ 3 gets for snipers posted at Villa's di-l P rection. Other bandits creepjpg close I ^ " to American homes enticed a num-1 d 2 ber of civilians into the open with' n 1 English-spoken invitations. A num- j J 1 ber of fatalities are attributed to this j11 ruse. !S1 fc Stores Looted. | f< 1 Stores were looted, oil was poured j * upon frame structures and the match! t( applied by still other bandits. The j ^ ' postoffice was raided, but the looters 11< P got only one small registered pack-;ii t age. j b * Many civilians barricaded them-IP f selves in their homes and fired at the i ^ 1 Mexicans as they darted through the streets. The fighting in the town ^ ended almost as suddenly as it began.! ii * Less than two hours after the first i ri shot was heard Villa's buglers fcound- h 5 ed the retreat and the raiders began: n a disorderly flight, closely followed; a by American troopers. Mrs. Maud Hawk Wright, an Amer} ican woman who said she was held i ir captive by Villa for nine days, and 1^ 1 was liberated during today's fight-; A ' ing, declared that Villa announced on j M March 1 his intention to attack Co-,rr lumbus. Villa then proceeded north 1 h under forced marches, she said. j 1 ' I it I Scant Supplies. f Villa's men, with scant supplies, i . suffered severely, Mrs. Wright said, j . I .A . and many dropped from their horses on the march to Boca Grande. Villa, < ' a . she declared, ruled them by fear, and his officers with the flats of their I ' ; swords beat the soldiers into anima-; ! Ct I tion sufficiently to reach that point, i . r where they rested and prepared for; 4.1, ' 111 . the raid. . Tuesday, Mrs. Wright related, Vil-j . la bandits attacked employees of the i . I in . Palomas Cattle company engaged in j " [ rounding up cattle and killed four ^ Americans. I * | Q( Mrs. Wright said her husband, Ed-: i st f ward John Wright, formerly, from! , Houston, Texas, and Frank Harden,- ' 1 ot . a youth, employed at the La Borga ^ ; mill, were taken from the Wright j Ranch March 1 and presumably kill-' _ i tt ed. When she was taken prisoner | | ' and forced to ride away with a de-; i i r tachment of Villa's men under Col. 1 Nicholas Servantes, she said a bandit, ; ordered her to give her baby to a Mexican family. rn 1.1 n-i" ^ 1 OA ^ I lOiu mil?i ntun. til ?I Mrs. Wright was cared for today i sc : at the home of Mrs. Sloeum, wife of i m I Col. Slocum. There she told the , i tli i story of her capture and experiences I from the time she was taken from the ^ ' ranch at Colonia Hernandez, west of w Pearson, where the de facto Mexican government was reported to have J maintained a heavy garrison for the | i 1 w IHi 1 f An niiuri I UK ALIVE. J S. C. YOUTH FIRST TO FALL. j! reel A. Griffin Was a Xative South jj Carolinian. Easlev, .March 11.?Fred A. Grif- || n, the first American killed in the | rid by Villa's bandit force on Colmbus, X. M., was a native of Pickas county. He was 23 years old nd had been in the army for about ve years. He came of one of the II est known families of this county, [e was a private in Troop K, Thir;enth United States cavalry, staoned at Columbus. I Mr. Griffin was a son of Ambrose riffin, a well known farmer of Pickns county, living near the county I sat. Young Griffin's grandfather, | apt. Griffin, is one of the county's est known citizens. Fred Grifhn "pi ad been in the army for about five I 4 no rc o. lie iicto mau> lciauvco 111 ^ ickens, the family being well nown throughout the county. 4 Fred Griffin was one of the first * .mericans to feel the fire of the in- 4 ading Mexicans. He was on sentry 4 uty when Villa's bandits launched ^ lieir charge and he at once gave the larm by firing into the body of Mex;ans. His rifle spoke death for at * gast two Mexicans before he was 4 mortally wounded. 4 rotection of Americans. ^ Up to yesterday, she said, Villa * 'ore civilian's clothing, a queer little 4 ound straw hat, and rode a small 4 lule. but just before the fight this ^ lorning he donned a trim military ^ niform and mounted one of three andsome sorrel chargers which had * ot been used, during the long march. 4 Irs. Wright said Villa led nearly fif- 4 gen hundred men upon the sleeping ^ Lmerican town, at which were quargred less than three hundred Amer;an troopers. * She said that some of the men relined to guard her during the march orth told her that Villa had three liousand men and six thousand orses. Force Appeared Big. "It appeared to me as if he had (vice that many men and horses," he added. Just before she and her husband rere taken prisoners with the Hayen boy, Mrs. Wright said, the Villa len told her they had raided Colonia aurez, and American Mormon settlelent, west of Pearson, looted all the tores and had killed some of the No. ^reigners. 9 4 "Servantes, with twelve men, came d the ranch the night of March 1," 25 [rs. Wright said. "They pretended > be Carranza soldiers and asked me ' I had any food to sell. My hus- 18 and and Frank Hayden were at earson buying supplies. I told them 35 re had only enough flour and meat 22 Dr our family and the family of a lexican employee. I was cooking, ^ ^ 1 expectation of my husband's arival home, and Servantes asked if e might buy food for some of his ^ len. I told him I would give him and nd his men something to eat. Husband Came Up. Is "It wTas just about dark then and * 1 - 1 : ? - ?. A ?. il* A lv nusoana came nuu me vaiu nun svo pack mules, which he unloaded, s soon as that was done some of the [exicans caught and saddled the anilals. My husband came into the ouse and said: "That looks bad." = said we would have to put up with ! ; and do the best we could. Servan- I i ;s became impatient and demanded I ) see our stores of flour and meal. I s soon as I opened the store room I e ordered some of his men to take I 11 our supplies. Then they called I ly husband outside and tied his I ands behind his back. My husband I illed to Hayden and he also was I ed. Then I went with my baby in I iy arms to Servantes and told him I e had eaten our food and taken all B nr flour and meal, leaving us noth- B If and that T did not think it was I ist to make a prisoner of my husind. Meanwhile the soldiers, evisntly at Servantes's order, began ripping the house of everything, hey took thirteen horses and every ;her animal on the ranch. I proisted again and Servantes said he ould order the flour returned, but le man to whom he gave the order sver moved. "My husband was taken out to the ite of the ranch yard and tied there ith Hayden. A Mexican soldier or?red my husband not to talk. I tid to my husband:- "I am sure ley intend to kill you." The j Idler told me to shut up and j 1 1 1 J ^ ^ rrli ? | | y nusuanu sain ut* uiuugm c> ci - j jn ling would be all right if I 9 ) ent into the house. He said it was i 9| io cold for the baby outside. So T j ent into the house, but soon after- jTyti ard a soldier came in and said my Iflt t (Continued on page 6, column 1.) j ai 1 v. % #GLENDA MINERA SPRING! U BAMBERG, S. < .... For Sale HERXDOXS GROCERY STORE A Ehrhardt Ba * CAPITAL AND SURF We solicit your patronage an lute protection for your fun< Our motto is safety fi t every accommodation c safe, sound banking, our bank a safe and place to deposit your * savings. AVe pay 4 pei compounded quarterly t posits. r f J. L. 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