The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
Huerta Must Declare
 War; Wilson Won't
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6Continued From First Page.) I Inert which has been variously inter I preted While apparently considered f in some quarters as tantamount 10 an I l1ltimaturn for American withdrawal. I the constitutionalists' representatives
 point to it as friendly in Character. I Precautions were taken. however, by the administration when it ordered Ethe restoration of the prohibition I against the shipment Of arms into 1 Mexico The president treasured Car l ranza that he has no designs against | Mexico but that he considers 1t nec- I essary to demand full reparation from I Huerta for indignities committed
 against the United States. lie TOT lowed up the statement by ordering the troops to Vera Cruz and to assist l in forcing the demands and moved other troops to the interna tional bor- l der as 9 precaution against possfpie disorders and for any other eventual 1 ities Tn addition to the movement of l land troops, the naval strength of the l United States in Mexican waters Is to be increased by a special service l squadron.
 GUNBOAT SENT TO ENSENADA. Considerable, uneasiness continued l to be felt here over rumors of anti I American demonstrations in Mexico l City where there are still many Unit ed States citizens and then more ded- nite reports of similar troubles at Ensenada on the west coast of Mex 1 ico where it was reported last night ] that the American consulate had been I attacked.
 Steps were immediately taken to. l afford relief in the latter case by the dispatch Of a gunboat from San Die 20 Word of it's arrival at Ensenada7 l was hourly expected s The tenSeness of the situation be- tween the United States and Mexico was heightened by the outward evil 1 dences seen in the severing Of all for. mai connection between the two coun-= l tries by almost the sim nultaneous de- parture from Washington of Mexican Charge Algars and from Mexico City I of American Charge OShaughnessy.- l Considerable significance is seen in l the selection of Brazil to look after \ American interests in Mexico in the | absence of American representatives,. l Where Brazil is not represented, American interests will be cared for I by France.
 Scenes Of activity were in evidence l early today at the various depart ments of the government immediately concerned with the Mexican situa- I ton. In the meantime, members of Congress are giving the closest atten- 1 tion to developments and it Is consid-s cred not improbable that action bear ing upon the situation may be taken l by Congress.
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 The Senate today without debate
 passed the volunteer army Dill as
 agreed to by the conferees of the
 House and Senate.
 The volunteer army bill was design
 ed to cure defects in existing law re- llating to volunteer forces and it is
 relied upon to put these forces upon
 a war time footing almost similar to the regular army. Except for the
 fact that the lvolunteer army would be disbanded immediately by presi-
 dentiaI action at the close of hostile l ties which led to its organization, there would be little difference be-
 tween it and the regular standing
 army.
 The volunteer army, under the terms I of the bill, is to be raised when war
 exists or while war is imminent. :.
 but only after Congress has given the
 President authority. The President
 would call for volunteers by proclam-
 ation and make the necessary regu1a. tions for receiving them into service.
 Enlist rnents would be apportioned
 among the states according to popu- l lation.
 1 PRESIDENT NAMES OFFICERS The President appoints the officers | instead of governors. of states and he has absolute authority to organize
 br1gades and divisions without regard
 to state lines, a provision expected to I lead to a rapid absorption of the vol
 unteers into the regular forces. The
 enlistment period is four years as
 in the regular army
 Officers are to be appointed not for
 particular organizations but subject to proper assignment by the war de- partment but no officers above the rank of colenel will be named and only one staff officer will be appointed for each 200 enlisted men.
 Tn making appointments, the Presi-
 dent is required to give preference to
 men with honorable discharges from the regular army or militia, to grad
 uates of military schools and may accept the recommendations of gover- nors.
 The President also is given full au- thority for the organization of coast
 defenses, machine gun attachments
 and all other "adjunets that may be
 necessary in the prosecution of war" By tomorrow Admiral Badger will have $500 marines and bluejackets
 ashore at Vera Cruz, sufficient, he said, to repulse any attack that may be made by the Mexican forces under
 General Maas now at soledad ss
 miles away. The transports con-
 veyed by the first torpedo boat divis- ion were expected to get away late today or tonight.
 The whereabouts of Nelson ONShaughnessy, the American charge who last night informed the state de- partment that he was leaving, Mexico City with his passports, is now matter of some speculation. He had announced his intention of going to Vera Cruz by railroad, but private despatches today reported him on his way to Manzani11o on the Pacific coast The department was unable to secure any information later than MT. O'shaughnessy's announced intention
 of leaving by way of Vera Cruz.
 The situation on the northern bor- der of Mexico was carefully studied by the war department
 secrtary Daniels Of the navy de- partment said that no attack on