Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-23
ALL STATE MILITIA
CAL[EDF0R MEXICO
100000 MILiTlAMEN EXPECTED
TO RESPOND TO WILSON'S
CALL FOR SERVICE.
WILL NOT CROSS THE LINE
War Vessels Go South-Tenslon In
reasing-carranza's Note and
Trevino's Threat Bring Crisis
Men viii Mobilize.

Washington. June 19.-Virtually the
entire mobile strength of the national
guard of all states and the District of
Columbia was ordered mustered into
the federal service Sunday by Presi-
dent Wilson. About 100000 men are
expected to respond to the, call. They
will be modified Immediately for
such service on the Mexican border
as may be assigned to them.
General Frederick Funston, COM
manding the border forces. will des-
ignate the time and place for move
ment of guardsmen to the information
al line as the occasion shall require.
Border Guard Only.
In announcing the orders Secretary
Baker said the state forces would be
employed only to guard the border
and that no additional troop move
ments into Mexico were contemplate
ed except in pursuit of raiders.
simultaneously with the national
guard call Secretary Daniels of I'll g
navy department ordered additional
war vessels to Mexican waters on both
coasts to safeguard American lives.
At the war, navy and state depar.-
ments it was stated that no new ad-
vices as to the situation in Mexico
had come to precipitate the new or
,ders
Tension increasing.
Within the last two weeks, how
ever, tension has been increasing
steadily. The crisis presented by
Gen. Carranza's note demanding the
recall of General Pershing's expedi-
tionary force has been followed by a
virtual ultimatum served on the Am.
erican officer by Gen. Trevino, the
Mexican commander in Chihuahua
To this was added yesterday the pos
sibility that American and Mexican
troops had clashed across the Dor
der from San Benito, Texas.
Administration officials made no at
tempt to conceal their relief over the
safe return of Major Anderson's cav
airy squadron Sunday to the Amer
lean side of the border. The troop
ers crossed in pursuit of bandits in
the face of limitations that they
would be attacked if they did so
Gen. Funston himself reported thai
he anticipated fighting, presumably
with Carranza troops.
Can Not Cross Line.
Mobilization of the national guards
men to support General Funston!
line will pave the way for releasing
some 10000 men for immediate ser
vice in Mexico in the event of opel
hostilities with the Carranza govern
ment. The guardsmen themselves
could not be used beyond the lin,
without authority of congress an,
until they had volunteered for tina
duty, as they are called out unde
the old militia law. The new Law
which would make them available 70
any duty under the federal govern
ment, goes into effect July l.
The entire mobile regular army il
the United States, several provisional
regiments of regular coast artiller,
serving as infantry, and the nationa
guard of Texas, New Mexico and Ar
iona now are on the border or il
Mexico. Definite figures have neve
been made public, but it Is under
stood Gen. Funston has about 1000
regulars and probably 5000 or NOR
guardsmen, of whom 10000 regular
are with Gen. Pershing or scattere
along his line of communications fror
Namiquipa, Mexico, to Columbus, n
M
AlI-Day Conference.
kilograms calling for the militi
were sent to the governors of all tn
states except the three whose guards
men already have been mustered il
after an all-day conference of tn
war department, attended by Secr'
tary Baker, Major General Scott, chic
of staff; Major General Bliss, chief {
the mobile army, and Brigadier Gel
eral Mills, chief of the militia div
sion, general staff. Brigadier Gel
eral McCombs. president Of the arm
war college, also was consulted.