File No. 812.00/17394
Collector Cobb to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
El Paso,
March 10, 1916, 11 a.m.
Deputy, Columbus, phones that best information obtainable is that Villa had about 400 men in Columbus attack. This is supplemented by statements by Villa captives brought north that Villa had large force, some say 2000, in reserve, which he has probably rejoined.
Cobb