The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-06-22
PREPARATIONS On BOTH
SIZES MEXICAN BORDER
FOR IMPENDING CLASH
BAKER ISSUES STATEMENT.
Secretary Baker Issued the fol
lowing statement:

I Secretary Baker Issued the foi.i
flowing statement: I
"ln view Of the disturbed condiY
tions on tho Mexican border and !
In order to insure complete protec-f
! tion for all Americans, the Pree!.I
Sdent has called out substantially
TALL the state militia and will send ]
3them to the border wherever and !
tas fully as General Funston deter-3
mines them to be needed for the I
$purpose stated.
$"if all are not needed an effort Will
}be made to relieve those on duty}
ithere from time to time so as toI
9distrlbute the duty.
I This call for militia Is wholly UNI
Yreiated to General Pershing's ext
1pedition and contempiates no addi$
3tIonal entry into Mexico, except asi
ymay be necessary to pursue ban.3
dIts who attempt outrages oni
3American soil.
! "The militia are being called out
80 as to leave some troops In the
1severat states. They will be mobl.g
! iized at their home stations where
necessary recruiting can be done"1
and asked Eliseo Arredondo. Ambas.
sador designate, what he had learned
Of the intentions OF the Washington
government towards Mexico. In reply
Mr. Arredondo included copy Of Sec.
rotary Bakers statement announcing
the call for the militia.
Order Goes to Governors.
The Presidents orders calling the
National Guard into the Federal serv.
Ice went to the Governor Of each
State in the form of the following
telegram signed by Secretary Baker:
Having in view the possibility OF
further aggression upon the territory
of the United States from Mexico and
the necessity for the proper protec.
tion Of that frontier, the President
has thought proper to exercise the
authority vested in him by the Con.
stituton and laws and cali out the
organized militia anA the National
Guard necessary for that purpose. ]
am, in consequence, instructed by the
President to call into the service OF
the United States forthwith, through
you, the following units Of the organ.
lied militia and National Guard OF
the State of which the Presi.
dent directs shall be assembled at the
State mobilization point, State camp
ground (or at the places to be desdg.
mated ITO you by the commanding gen.
era, -- Department. for muster
into the service Of the United States.
(Here follows a list Of the organi
cations to be furnished by the desig
mated State.)
Minimum Peace Strength.
Organizations to pe accepted into
Federal service should have the min.
imum peace strength now prescribed
for organized militia. The maximum
strength at which organizations will
be accepted and to which they should
be raised as soon as possible. is pre-.
ization. United States Army In case
any regiment. battalion or squadron
now recognized as such, contains an
insufficient number Of organizations to
enable 1t to conform at muster to
regular army organization tables,
the organizations necessary to com.
plete such units may be moved to
mobilization camps and there inspec.
ted under orders Of the department
commander to determine fitness for
recognition as organized militia by
the war department
Circular 10. Division OF Militia
Affairs, 1914, prescMbes organizations
desired from States as part OF the
local tactical division and only these
organizations will be accepted into
service.
1T Is requested that all officers OF
the adjntant generals department
| quartermaster corps and medical
crops, duly recognized as pertaining
to state headquarters under Table 1,
Tables Of Organization, Organized
! Militia, and not elsewhere required
for duty in State administration be
ordered to camp for duty as camp
staff officers.
"Such number OF these staff off.
GERS as the department commander
may determine may be mustered into
service OF the United States for the
purpose Of proper camp administra
'tlon and will be mustered out when
their services are no longer required.
"Where recognized brigadiers or d.
visions are called into service from
a state, the staff officers pertaining
to these units under Tables OF ORGAN,