Aircraft In Mexican War.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 8, 1913:
State Troops Expect Aeroplanes to Aid Them at Guaymas.
    NOGALES, Ariz., May 7.— In the expectation of assistance from aeroplanes, State troops are gathering to-night before Guaymas in greater numbers than ever. A train arrived from the Cananea district with 400 men, artillery, and rifle ammunition. The men of the rebel lines below Ortiz are making ready for an advance. The effect of the military flying machines is expected to offset the usefulness of the Mexican gunboat Guerrero, which lies in Guaymas harbor, ready to assist the Federal garrison. Passengers arriving here to-night reported that the Federal advance was only a few miles north of Empalme.
    Major Fleming of the United States border patrol sent out to-night a detachment of cavalry along the line to west on a report that an effort was being made to smuggle over an aeroplane by wagon. The aeroplane expedition is reported to be arranged by a promoter with the assistance of a Los Angeles aviator. The guaranteed pay for the aerial expedition is said to be $45,000.
    A flying machine disappeared in transit between Tucson, Ariz., and this point, where its passage into Mexico was denied. Still another flying machine was reported smuggled over the border, arriving safely at Ortiz. The missing aeroplane was shipped from Los Angeles, arriving last night at a desert station twenty miles south of Tucson, where it was delivered to unidentified persons and taken away in a wagon.