Arrival of Colonel Frederick W. Sibley and three troops of the Fourteenth Cavalry.
Earlier in the day, advance scouts of Major Langhorne's squadron met with several Mexican cowboys, and from information secured from them learned that the bandits were concentrated about fifty miles southward and numbered over 600. Upon receipt of this news, Major Langhorne sent a courier to advise Colonel Sibley, commander of the expedition. From an authoritative source, it was learned that Colonel Sibley decided to cross with the Fourteenth Cavalry, leaving a small garrison at Boquillas, the subhase, and push on with all speed, in the hope that Major Langhorne would not attack until he arrived.
Before fording the Rio Grande, Colonel Sibley is said to have telegraphed General Funston, now at San Antonio, asking for more troops for the expedition.
Captain Chambers, base quartermaster here, is rushing food, forage, and gasoline to the columns as fast as they arrive. On Monday, another section of automobile trucks will reach here from the north, and will be put into commission between Marathon and Langborne's troops immediately.
NOTHING TO SHIP OUT IN VIA WESTERN COAST
COLUMBUS, N.M., May 15. Detachments of cavalry patrolling the New Mexico border tonight reported to Colonel Sickle, commanding the patrol, that investigations disclosed nothing to support the rumor, reported today from field headquarters, that Villa  was hiding in the mountains of Northern Chihuahua.
Military men here, however, were inclined to place some credence in the rumor, which said that Villa had concentrated 1,100 men about thirty miles south of Hachita, N.M., and about forty miles northwest of Ascencion, Chihuahua. 