The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16
AMERICAN ARMY
RESTORE ORDER
U. $. WILL NOT HEAD PLEDGE
FROM cARRANzA.
ENTIRE FORCE TO Be HELD READY
Secretary of War Baker Says Funston
Has Been Ordered to Send as
Many Troops as are Neces-
sary Into Republic.

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sary Into Republic.
II Washington, March 13.-The Amer
can army is going into northern Mex
: CO to stay until order is restored ant
Carranza demonstrates ability to main
tain order and prevent further incur
slons OF outlaws into the United
States. 1t will number 10000 to Is,
900 men. "
4 Inc American army will not be with
drawn because of any protest by Car
rama. =.
The army will not be withdraw
upon mere assurances by Carranzs
that he is able to maintain order.
General Funston is to be the sole
Judge of the ability of Carranza to
maintain order. @
This was the attitude assumed by
the Wilson administration as the war
department initiated the punitive ex,
petition" to take Villa dead or alive
| This application of the undertak.
ing designed primarily to capture and
punish the authors of the Columbus
IN. M outrage was made known by
secretary of War Baker in discussing
the instructions transmitted to Gen.
eral Funston. . " H.
me secretary said that General
Funston has been ordered to send as
many troops as are necessary into
Mexico and to keep them there until
Carranza is able to maintain order
and prevent any repetition of outlaw
forays into the United States. e..
1t is the general opinion of admins
tration officials that if the withdraw
al OF American troops is to be contin-
gent upon the ability of Carranza to
suppress the bands of Villistas infest-
ing the almost inaccessible mountains
or northern Mexico the United States
soldiers will remain in Mexico for an
indefinite period.
The war department Offices are
again ablaze with light at late hour.
and, while there is barrier to all
inquiries on this subject, it is known
that the division of militia affairs is
in conference This is taken to indi.
cate the possibility of calling on GER
tain of the cavalry guardsmen for Dor.
der duty. To this duty the National
Guard might be called easily, where.
as 1t would require special action to
use them for over border service.
Ihat Carranza is likely to entertain
opinions at variance with those of
General Funston regarding the need
or American troops is a possibility
that administration officials are not
overlooking. Therein it is" generally /
believed, lies the chief danger of a
clash between the de facto govern
ment OF Mexico and the United States
Fears that Carranza would assume
at once an attitude of objection to
the punitive expedition" which would
force the United States to undertake
complete armed Intervention in Mex.
co for the restoration of stable gov
were noticeably allayed by
receipt of a message from the first
chief to the state department.
In this message Carranza voices no
objections to the expedition and men.
ions numerous presidents for an
american invasion of Mexican terri.
DRY in pursuit of Indians, chiefly.
which produced excellent results"
;arranza. however, does not assent !
pecifically to the American undertak. ;
ng and counters with a proposal that n
e be given permission to send armed s
orces into the United States if occa- S
ion warrants. "
The Carranza message was trans |
lifted by Consul Silliman. 1t was n
ated at Guadalajara, March 10, and
'as handed to him by Jesus Acuna, ,
arranza's minister for foreign af. y
HRS. 4
The failure Of Carranza to state spe- a
ideally his acquiescence in the Ameri. Il
IN move is viewed with uneasiness h
Y number of the principal advisers II
: the president. They assert that II g
lie message is to be accepted as as.
mt to the American punitive expedi. y
on it is strange that there is wholly m
cking any assurance that Carranza CT
i'll cooperate with the United States
capturing Villa. -, l.
Funston reported that Pablo Lopez, |
no personally led the raid on Colum. i
Is, was the leader of the band who
ordered a number of Americans at
lnta Ysabel several weeks ago. Col. "
eel Slocum reported through Genera!
lnston that Private James P. Taylor,
'oop F, Thirteenth cavalry, who was
'unded in the Columbus fight. had +,
ed. "a L,
Colonel Sloeum reported through af
nston that eleven more dead Next te
MS had been found, making a total of II
and that Is bodies were reported III
be lying between the camp at Co ~
nbus and the border General Funs- os
commended highly the accurate ~,
, of the troops at Columbus. 81,