Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-10
Cabinet Meeting.

President Wilson and his cabinet
discussed the Mexican situation to.
day, but the president had authoriz-
ed the new troop orders before hts
advisers gathered. General. Scott
and General Funston recommended
early in the day that additional forces
be sent to the border.
Mr.. Baker refused to discuss re.
ports that General Funston had urged
that he be. given a total OF 10000
men to maintain the border guards.
The secretary said that General Per-
! tshing's force in Mexico would " be
lFS.lle q. .uke, care sof 'iiseif IN amy
emergency. IA !. XXI, !. ......., =.
Including the, troops ordered out to-
day there will be nearly 45,OO0 sol.
diers, perhaps $4,000 along the Dor.
der or in Mexico, according to the
best available figures here.
Planned: on This Side.
'ElisiO Arredondo Mexican arnbas.
sador designate, took to the state. de-,
partment today written statement OF
the information upon which he bases
charges that the Glenn Springs raid
was planned and probably carried out
from the American side of the line.
Because Of this, he presented re.
quest that the United States take ad-
ditional precautions on its own side
of the boundary. @
This added to the confusion Of ON.
cials here as to General 5Obregon's
object in delaying proceedings at El
PasO.
Mr.. Arredondo's statement was tel
egraphed to General Funston for his
information in meeting the situation
on the border. 1t asserted that An.
tonic Villareal, a present exile from
Mexico, was responsible for the Glenn
Springs tragedy, and had bought to
incite Mexicans on both sides of the
line to engage in other raids. The
statement told Of two dynamite plots
said to be forming now. General
Funston will direct the mastering in
of the National Guardsmen and also
assign them to such posts as he de-
sires.
Ten companies of coast artillery
stationed at Gulf and AtlaIil,c coast
points were ordered to San Antonio,
Texas, tonight, to serve as infantry
with the border patrol.
Mobilization Points.
It was announced at headquarters
this afternoon that General Funston
had designated Ft. Sam Houston as
the mobilization point for the organ.
lied militia of Texas. He has named
Douglas, as the mobilization point
for the Arizona National Guard, and
the New Mexico militia will be mobi-
lized at Columbus, New Mexico.
Officers at headquarters estimated
that the mobilization at all three
points should be completed within .
week.
1t is the duty Of the governors Of
the states affected to order the militia
of their respective states to the desig-
mated points at once, subject to tho
orders of General Funston.
The movement should be well under
way, it was said, within the next day
or two. The camp at San antonio
will be by for the largest, containing
approximately $500 men, when IA or
ganizations have been assembled.
Muster In Milttla. "a,
Under instructions from tho War
Department the militia troops vim %
mustered into the United States serv.
ice as fast as they can reach mobilixa-
tion camps.
A battalion Of the 10th infantry
numbering about $50 men wAs hanled
from Ft. Smith this afternoon. end
stationed near the Stock Yards. ct
Ell Paso, Texas.
Troops on Move.
Marathon. Texas, May 9.-The two
troops of the Sth Cavalry. now NOV
ing toward Boquilles on the Rio
Grande are camped tonight at Nil.
ler's ranch, 70 miles from here, whil0
the two troops of the 18th Cavalry
and machine gun troop thats le6
Continued q PaS0 TW0l