Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-09
NATIONAL GUARD TO
STOP BORDER RAIDS

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suit of the outlaws who raided Glenn
Springs and Bouuillas
While Secretary Bakers statement
SAID only two regiments of regulars
had been ordered to the border, orders
actually were sent to three regiments.
The secretary said an error had been
made in preparation of the state
ment.
No Demand to Withdraw
After an early conference with
Secretary Lansing to-day Eliseo
Arredondo, General Carranza's am
bassador, said he had told the Secre-
tary there is not an iota of truth" in
reports from the border that Cen
eral Obregon had demanded the with
drawal of American troops. The am
bassador denied also that Mexican
troops had been disposed during the
El Paso conference so as to threaten
General Pershings line of communi-
cation.
Attack Organized in L. s.
'The de facto government" Mr..
Arredondo said, has official and ac-
curate information that the attack on
Glenn Springs was organized in the
United States. 1t is feared that other
similar movements might occur. l
Secretary Lansing. We have accurate
information of at least two separate
places on the border, where raids are
now being planned by these inter
ests.'
MIR. Arredondo declared Antonio
Nillareal was the principal instigator
of the Glenn Springs raid, according
TO his information. Nillareal recently
visited Nuevo Laredo, he said, in an
effort to foment mutiny in the Car
rama garrison. The ambassador de-
Scribed Inc object of these factionlsts
as being in accord with the MaSon
propaganda in Mexico, which he said,
was a radical organization with which
Nillareal had been affiliated twenty
years.
Secretary Lansing promised to dis
cuss that feature with Secretary
Baker. Before the conference at the
State Department had concluded,
however, Secretary Baker had an
nounced the Presidents decision to
send the additional troops to General
Funston. Mr.. Arredondo was inform
ed OF these orders.
Il am glad to hear that" he said.
1T is exactly what is needed"
A message from General Scott at
El Paso reached the War Department
early to-day and Secretary Baker dis
patched a reply Immediately. The
contents of neither dispatch was dis
closed.
Men Must Serve
The National Guardsmen are or
dered out under the Dick law author
izing their service anywhere in the
United States but not beyond the bor-
der Under that law every man en-
rolled in the regiments who is physi-
cally able may be forced to serve. If
service beyond the border was con-
nj would
mustered into the Federal service as
volunteers, and it would be optional
with the men whether they would
serve.
According to the last reports to the
War Department the Arizona Guard
is composed of eleven companies of
infantry, with q total of 56 officers and
SOC men. The incomplete regiment
has no machine guns or supply COM
pany and it is scattered through the
State.
The New Mexico Guard Is composed
of one battery Of field artillery located
at Roswell and a regiment of infantry
without machine guns or a supply
company. The total enrolled strength
is So officers and 90S men.
The Texas Guard consists of one
field hospital, four squadrons of cav
airy, one battery of field artillery and
three regiments of infantry, of which
Only pilb HAS al llletNlilllt Sllil COMPANY
and none of which has a supply COM
pany. The total force is 1S1 officers
and 1855 men.
The grand total enrolment of this
force in October, 1915, according to
these figures was 299 officers and 1870
men. Because Of border conditions,
officials here feel certain that the
force will be increased a third or more
in the course of the next few days
May Call More Militiamen
The disposition of the militia and
of the regulars along the border is
entirely in General Funston's hands.
While only the guardsmen from the
three States mentioned have actually
been ordered out, the War Depart
ment is prepared to send similar or
ders to other nearby States, should
the necessity arise. recommendation
by Geenral Scott and General Funs-
ton will govern the sending of any ad-
ditional guardsmen.
All L. S. Army on Border
With the despatch of the four ad-
ditional regular regiments to the bor-
der, the entire mobile army of the
United States with the exception of
five troops of cavalry is either mobil-
lied upon the border or in Mexico in
pursuit of bandits. Every infantryman
in the country either on the border.
enroute there, or in Mexico. The re-
mainder of the infantry and cavalry is
on foreign service or in Alaska.