Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-04
.CUARDSMEN Of
EAST WILL Be ON
BORDER TODAY
10000 Militia Will Represent the
Eastern States at .
Front
NO CHANGE IN THE
:. DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS
Ambassador Hopeful That Diff
culties Will Be Settled
Peacefully

mateIy 10000 guardsmen Of the
Department Of the East either
will be on the Mexican border or
on their way there on Independ-
ence Day, It was announced on
Governors island. Reports from
the 22 states comprising the de-
partment show that 10000 troops
had been mobiIized in all Of the
states with the exception of Ken.
tuoky. rg>.,t
Washington, July 3.--Diplomatic as
poets of the Mexican difficulty show
ed no change tonight. War depart
ment measures for new distribution
of the border patrol indicated that a
month of active service along the
frontier awaits thousands Of guards.
men in the south, from all parts Of
the country. Only the appointment
of general office to supreme command
is lacking to complete adequate ad-
,ministration machinery for border op-
,erations or general hostilities.
Under Plan the frontier will be d.
SlOSu co ClIiC lAC OOuShSAA "HN "CoI
ern military departments will take
care of eastern and western extreme
of the line respectively. Major Gen
eral Funston will be In command of
the Southern Department, while Mai.
Gen. Bell, commanding the Western
Department, will transfer his head
quarters to Douglas, Ariz. u
- DnV I1SV n
today, asking if he desired to assume
the duties OF department chief, in ad-
dition to those which now fall to him
as commander in the feldg ~ 9 -
NO reply had been received from
General Pershing at a late hour TO-
night. Submission of the dual com
mand proposal to General Pershing
however, was viewed here as confirm
ing the often reiterated statement
that President Wilson is now consid
ering the withdrawal of the expedi.
tion from Mexico. Final decision as
to his course will await the formal
reply to Secretary Lanslng's note de,
manding that General Carranza ex'
plain his hostile orders to his troops
in the vicinity of the expeditionary
columns.
1t can be stated on the highest au
thority that General Pershing's or
ders have not been changed in any
respect and that the shortening of his
lines were made necessary by purely
military questions of supply and de-
fense determined by himself and Gen,
eral Funston without reference to
Washington.
Elisio Arredondo, Mexican ambas'
sador, pointed out today that the
movement of the American troops to
the border had made good impress
sion in Mexico City. He was hopeful
that the differences between the two
governments would be adjusted am,
icably. This situation already had
threatened itself to state department
officials while the hostile ranches and
orders of the de facto government
have brought about crisis. The OBJ
ject which the Washington govern
ment has consistently sought, it was
pointed out, seems in fair way TO-
ward being accomplished. There
never has been any purpose, 1t was
said, but to withdraw completely from
Mexico when the de facto government
has brought about a crisis, the object
which the Washington government
has consistently sought, it was point
ed out is in fair way toward being
accomplished. There never has been
any purpose, it was said, but to with
draw completely from Mexico when
the defacto government showed the
willingness and ability to furnish ade,
uuate military protection to the 'bor-
der region. That now is being given
apparently in the situation from
which General Pershing has with.
drawn, although it also has appeared
that the Mexican troops are being dis
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