Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

take the places of the regular regi-
ments which are ordered into hostile
territory, and if the first army of inva-
sion from the north or by way Of Tam
pico or Vera Cruz is not judged to be
strong enough for the initial service,
guardsmen regiments will be added at
once to the divisions Of regulars and
their war service will begin instantly.
Trainloads Of supplies already are
on their way to Texas. The quarter
master corps has been forehanded in
its preparations. The guardsmen al
ready are equipped, but If it shall be-
come necessary to send with the state
troops volunteer regiments otherwise
raised they will find in their Texas
camps everything that Is needed to fit
them out for war service.
$4,000 Volunteers to CoIors.
The first call for volunteers will be
limited to $4,000 men. With Mexico
united, army men believe other calls
will come until the volunteer forces
shall number 100000 men.
The administration must think not
only on the winning of first battles,
the capture Of the Mexican capital
and Of the other great towns and the
various strategic points, but it must
think of subsequent banditti warfare
and on the far greater problem of COM
pIete occupation of a great territory
until pacifcation can be completed at
some time in the years to come.
No one in Washington outside of ad-
ministration circles talks peace today.
Tramp on Stars and Stripes.
Advices received in Washington say
that q refugee train from the city of
Mexico arrived in Vera Cruz bring
ing the report that mobs in the streets
Of Mexico City were trampling under
foot the stars and stripes and were
threatening American pedestrians
when the refugee train, engaged under
the auspices of the British and Ger
man legions, left for Vera Cruz carry
ing some 500 fugitives Of various ma
tionaIities.
The position of these American citi-
zens left in the federal capital was
regarded as critical.
Students Start Rioting.
Immediately after the news of the
landing Of American blue jackets and
marines at Vera Cruz was made
known in the federal capital by extra
editions of the local newspapers,
crowds of students and government Of
fee employees began to gather.
By dusk a mob had assembled in
front of the American club, where
they smashed windows and howled in
suits and threats at the American cit
liens inside, all of whom they threat
ened to aSsasSinate.
Until two o'clock in the morning
bands of excited Mexicans marched
through the streets singing the Mexi-
can national anthem and shouting:
Death for the Americans!"
Villa Remains Friendly.
One Of the encouraging features of
the situation was the apparent friend
illness manifested toward the United
States by General Villa, military
leader Of the constitutionaIists in an
interview with American Consul Car
others at Juarez, and it was believed
that his attitude might have consId-
cradle influence on General Carranza.
Albuquerque, N. M, April 25.-The
Santa Fe railroad Office here has a re-
port that Villa has jailed Carranza.
FederaIs Burn Border Town.
Laredo, Tex, April 25.-With a fire
raging in all parts of the city as a re-
suit of the torch being applied by the
Mexican federal soldiers when they
evacuated the town, Nuevo Laredo
was practically reduced to ashes. All
the principal buildings of the town
were destroyed, including shops, sta
ton and roundhouse of the National
Lines of Mexico, the customs house,
the United States consulate be-
ing dynamited f1rst-the municipal
building, the opera house, the bar
racks and many other buildings. Just
as the torch was applied the federaIs
evacuated the town.
Fire on U. S. Troops From Train.
AS the train pulled out the Mexican
soldiers fired a volley at the United
States soldiers patroIling the river on
the American banks and the fire was
returned.
Later a party of Mexicans appeared
near the river bank and opened fire
on the same guards and the Ameri-
cans killed several of the Mexicans.
No Americans were killed or wound
ed. The fight lasted but few min
utes.
Fearing treachery on the part of
the Mexicans, a battery of artillery
was stationed near the river bank
while United States cavalry and in
fantry did patrol and guard duty at
/ the bridges and along the river.
Dynamiters Shot by Y. S. Troops.
This city is under a strong military
| guard. while soldiers line the river
banks and guard the two bridges.
When two Mexicans attempted to dy'
Mantle the international and railroad
bridges on the Mexican side during
| the fire they were shot down by Amer
| lean sharpshooters.
| A. Zuniga, city clerk of Nuevc
Laredo, who was among the refugees
to this city, stated that the loss il
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