The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-03-13
PLAN TO RECALL
BORDER SOLDIERS
Change in Policy With Regard to.
Mexico Revealed.
SEEK TO PREVENT CLASHES
Secretary Garrison Wires General
Bliss Asking n II 10 Possible to
Withdraw Troops and Pre-
vent Serious Trouble.

Washington, March 11.-That an en-
tire change of the military policy Of
the government with regard to Mexico
is to be inaugurated was revealed
when Secretary of War Garrison took
steps looking toward the withdrawal
Of the United States troops now posted
along the border
Mr.. Garrison announced that he had
telegraphed to Gen. Tasker H. Bliss
asking II it is possible to withdraw the
troops a SUFFICIENT distance from the
border so as to make impossible clashes
between them and Mexican guerillas
or regulars.
Danger 10 Becoming Serious.
The secretary justified this action by
the assertion that the danger OF Uni
ted States troops becoming embroiled
in TRANSFORMER disturbances is great so
long as they are close to the border
and that such embroglios might easily
lead to serious trouble. The secretary
adds that he intends to keep enough
troops near the Mexican border to en-
force the neutrality laws. He is not
yet ready for the complete removal Of
the army OF observation" as the two
divisions now in Galveston or on the
border are termed
The distinct idea however, which
peIvades a great many of the admins.
tration officials is that the Huerta gov
eminent is making such progress as to
warrant early recognition and that the
troops and ships may soon be dis
pensed with. In fact, 1t is reported
that the division at Galveston will be
sent back to their various posts within
few days and that the four army
transports which were held In readi-
ness at Galveston will be sent back to
their station at Norfolk
Sonora State Army Victorious.
Douglas, Ariz., March 1l.-State
troops and recruits of Sonora, rallying
to the call of the state government to
GUST all of Huerta's federal soldiers
from the border state, have scored
their first victory in wrestling Naco-
zari, an important mining town below
this point. from the federal garrison.
The defeated federals not killed or
captured have arrived on special train
at Aqua Prieta, opposite Douglas,
their commander fatally wounded and
twenty others hurt
The capture of Nacozari opens the
road, 1t is believed, to Aqua Prieta,
and If the latter town is taken the in
surgent state troops can march west
ward along the border, encouptering
only small garrisons at Nogales, Naco
and other small towns.
Huerta Soldiers Trapped.
The Huerta soldiers during the night
left their position, only to be trapped
by the state troops, who demanded
their arms. Upon their refusal, an
hours fight ensued. The state troops
secured eighty rifles and one machine
gun, abandoned by the federals, who
are fleeing toward Aqua Prieta.
From various points along the Ari-
IONA border come reports Of other
movements of state troops against
border and inland towns held by small
federal garrisons. Nine hundred con-
stitutionalists began moving against
Nogales, Sonora, opposite the Arizona
town of the same name, and 1t Is re-
ported that struggle is in progress
at Ell Tigre, an American mining town
northeast of Nacozari.