The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-06-22
100000 STATE TROOPS ORDERED
TO MOBILIZE AND PREPARE
FOR SERVICE. !:
TO GUARD MEXICAN BORDER
This Move VIII ReIease 10000 More
Regular Soldiers To Be Used AS In.
Enthusiastically Daniels Orders
War Vessels to Mexico.

Washington.-Virtually the entire
mobile strength Of the National Guard
of all states and the District of Colum.
bia has been ordered mustered into
the Federal service by President Will
son. About 100000 men are expected
to respond to the call. They will be
modified Immediately for such SER
vice on the Mexican border as may
later be assigned to them.
Gen. Frederick Funston, command
Ing the border forces will designate
the time and place for movements Of
guardsmen to the International line as
the occasion shall require.
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 contemplated
except in pursuit Of raiders.
simultaneously with the National
Guard call, Secretary Daniels of the
Navy Department ordered additional
war vessels to Mexican waters on both
coasts to safegard American lives.
At the War, Navy and State De-
partments it was stated that no new
advices as to the situation in Mexico
had come to precipitate the new or
ders.
Within the last two weeks, how.
ever, tension has been increasing
steadily. The crisis presented by Gen
eral Carranza's note demanding the
recall Of General Pershing's expedi.
tionary force has been followed by
virtual ultimatum served on the
American officer by General Trevino,
Mexican commander III chihuahua.
TO this was added the possibility that
American and Mexican troops had
clashed across the border from San
Benito, Texas.
Administration officials made no
attempt to conceal their relief over
the safe return Of Major Anderson's
cavalry squadron to Brownsville, after
their successful bandit chase. The
troopers crossed In pursuit Of bandits
in the face of intimations that they
would be attacked If they did so. Gen
eral Funston himself reported that he
anticipated fighting, presumably with
Carranza troops.
| Mobilization Of the National Guards.
men to support General Funston's line
will pave the way for releasing 10000
regulars for immediate service in
Mexico in the event Of open hostilities
with the CarranZa government. The
guardsmen themselves could not be
used beyond the line without author.
ity Of Congress and until they had vol
unteered 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 Fed.
eral government goes into effect
July 1.
Funston Now Has 10000.
The entire mobile regular army in
the United States, several provisioal
regiments Of regular coast artillery.
serving as infantry, and the National
Guard Of Texas, New Mexico and Ari-
zona are now on the border or in
Mexico. Definite figures never have
been made public, but it Is understood
General Funston has about 10000 reg
ulars, and probably 5000 or more
gardsmen Of whom 10000 regulars
are with General Pershing or scatter.
ed along his line Of communication
from Naminquipa, Mexico, to Colum.
bus, N. M.
kilograms calling for the militia
were sent to the Governors of all
states except the three whose guards.
men already have been mustered in,
after all-day conferences at the War
Department attended by Secretary
Baker, Major General Scott. Chief Of
Staff, Major General Bliss. Chief Of
the Mobile Army and Brigadier Gen
eral Mills chief Of the militia divis.
ion general staff.
$50 MEXICAN TROOPS