Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-06-23
ALL STATE MILITIA
CALLEDF FOR MEXICO
100000 MlLITIAM EXPECTED
TO RESPOND TO WILSON'S
CALL FOR SERVICE.
WILL NOT CROSS THE LINE
War Vessels Go South-Tension In
creasing-Carranza's Note and
Trevino's Threat Bring Crisis
Men Will Mobilize.

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 mobilized 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 internation-
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 contemplat-
ed except in pursuit of raiders.
simultaneously with the national
guard call Secretary Daniels Of tie
navy department ordered additional
war vessels to Mexican waters on both
coasts to safeguard American lives.
At the war, navy and state depart
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
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 bor-
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
ican side of the border. The troop
ers crossed in pursuit of bandits in
the face of intimations that they
would be attacked if they did so.
Gen.. Funston himself reported that
he anticipated fighting, presumably
with Carranza trOOnS
Can Not Cross Line.
Mobilization of the national guards
men to support General Funston's
line will pave the way for releasing
some 10000 men for immediate SER
vice in Mexico in the event of open
hostilities with the Carranza govern
ment. The guardsmen themselves
could not be used beyond the line
without authority of congress and
until they had volunteered for that
duty, as they are called out under
the old militia law. The new law
which would make them available for
any duty under the federal govern
ment, goes into effect July 1.
Iu0 0uIlr0 uODllo Regular dru1y Ill
the United States, several provisional
regiments of regular coast artillery
serving as infantry, and the national
guard of Texas, New Mexico and Ari-
zona now are on the border or in
Mexico. Definite figures have never
been made public, but it is under
stood Gen. Funston has about 10000
regulars and probably 5000 or more
guardsmen, of whom 10000 regulars
are with Gen. Pershing or scattered
along his line of communications from
Namiquipa, Mexico, to Columbus, N.
M.
AII-Day Conference.
kilograms calling for the militia
were sent to the governors of all the
states except the three whose guards
men already have been mustered in.
after an all-day conference of the
war department, attended by Secre-
tary Baker, Major General Scott, chief
Of staff; Major General Bliss, chief of