The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-06-24


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lane l. rru brgge6ae from o,A.r. .rYras .
I'm au - rrai-r.,.r- or Infantry with
II -,nar:,ra bar-aisgrs and many SCH.
Iar,r. rpnnan-rs ar. affected ..,.r.
, total ~ -. ,,r..,.ri,. n,l .f
(which must have - minimum s,..u.rn
u. g. ,r.r ,rbsr r.,-t.r,l ir,, .n.
lf.a,r.I -.r.Ir.. Tho total ..I.-..d
rrrr. ,r infantry rror..o~. viii T..
M. loss tra, S-nop mon
Fou;7r,ept Annie
r.s. ,f,.n - ,o,,,,.rf.- scat. ,.I
Irhroyrrorr IN. country viii mo-, Lo
mustered and tho National Guard
ICoasr Artillery couDanfrs have NOT
tncrn summoned All of tEe field ar
.tiIIcrv. cavalry. engineer and ~,.nal
Troops will be employed. IS Will many
IUR the militia field hospitals and am
o bulancc companies. The War De
par,monl has on hand ample rGu'p-
mont and clothing TO outfit and MAIN
Itain this force.
The call applies 10 3 batteries OF
field artillery, 90 troops OF cavalry
, and one New York cavalry maCnin"
| gun troop, - engineer companies and
% signal companies. all with iull
/, Equipment already issued to them.
! ,Twenty-siX ambulance companies and
- field hospitals also hav" been or
, dcrcd made ready for entraining.
- No indication was given a. the
State Department with regard to the
/ reply TO General CarranzaS note de-
2 mandng the "llhdrd"ai oi Il'
T American troops no" III M'N''o' II
$ was prepared last week DE "'CIeIa'S
Lansing, ana Is S'LI III II'H'u'h'
y Wilson's hahuS' 1t WAS iIIl'i'u'N "
l. dispatch 1T 10 MeAlco CII! pS SP''l"'
d messenger, but recent developments
+ may change this plan.
n Hear From Carranza.
Official reports that recent raids
along the border had created alarm
Il among American residents in Mexico
p City and elsewhere beyond the border
4 were reflected in message received
II al the Mexican embassy from General
Carranza. 1t was stated that excite
:. ment prevailed at the Mexican capl-
4 tai over the ominous signs along the
4 border, and asked Elisco Arredondo
ambassador designate, to tell the first
r chief what he had learned of the in
r tentions of the Washington govern
r ment toward Mexico. Replying, Ar
n redondo included a copy OF Secretary
% Bakers statement announcing the
r. call for the militia.
" uavicap Situation Worse.
n. Whom the officials here learned oi
"a ,ho ,,,oosaoa to tbe embassy il was
IN construed as a further evidence that
&c ,bo do facto Government is struggling
with elements in Mexico with which
il has little control. For months tn
.. oconomic situation which Carranza
=, has been attempting to solve withou
n. foreign financial aid has been grow
&c ing steadily worse. Uneasiness ha:
~ been manifested in many parts of th'
nc republic and agitators, whose pur
av poses and affiliations are not clearl,
% known here. have seized the Opportu
Ig nifty to stir the smolderinG anti-AmeI
lean feeling all through northern
ls- Mexico. The Washington govern
ne ment has watched with growing alarm
ne the spread of disorders throughou
ce Mexico and the evidence that Carrar
m. za's control over his army and HI
M people is waning from day TO day
,ot Up to the time General Theyino ser'
,u- ed notice On General PerShing las
ad week that any movement of hi
ire troops except toward the borde
wv. would be treated as a hostile ac
nm there was no clear indication as
ed Carranza's own attitude. His inter
eCt tiOns still are in doubt, although IN
fact that he IS said to have peisohalI
directed Trevino's action leaves lltt
in ground for speculation on that scor
IN Policy Unchanged.
,ry The question remaining 10 be Sc
lal tied is whether General Carranza wi
Ar go to the limit of ordering an attaC
In on General Pershing's troops. The
We is no indication that President WilsC
,od has any intention of altering his d
cg termination to keep the expedite
,rp whore il * II is also evident. lO1