File No. 812.00/17450
General Pershing to General Funston
Slocum reports by telephone and asks me to repeat that Villa himself led charge through camp with force estimated at 500 to 1000. Eleven Mexicans killed in camp and 23 killed altogether so far. Four enlisted men killed and one officer, and seven men wounded. Prisoners state Villa very bitter, vowing death to all Americans. Villa retreated into the hills southeast. Slocum sent five troops in pursuit, with orders not to go more than two miles beyond the border. Slocum thinks he has enough to handle situation and recommends that cavalry be sent if any number of troops are to go after Villa.