The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-06-22
WILSON ORDERS U. s.
MILITIA TO MOBILIZE
Mexicans Add to Juarez Garri-
son, While American Force
at 81 Paso is Reinforced.
Precaution to Prevent Snug
Cling of Ammunition.

GEN. PARKER'S FORCES
HAVE RETURNED SAFELY
Steadily Increasing Tenslon In Rela.
elons With Carranza De Facto Gov
ernnent Makes Situation Bordering
Closely on Intervention or Perhaps
Open HostIllties.
Orders to Carollnas and vIrainIas
North CaroIlna.-One brigade
OF three regiments Infantry, two
troops cavalry, one field hospital,
one ambnlance company at Camp
Glenn, Morehead City.
South Carolina-Two reuIments
Infantry, one troop cavalry, at Lex
ington County Camp, near coIum.
bIa.
Virglnia.-To regiments infan-
try, ono battalion and one sepa.
rate battery field artillery, ono
company signal corps, one field
hosptaI at Richmond.
Ell Paso, Tex.-Preparations were
being made on both sides Of the bor-
der at Ell Paso for possible hostili.
ties. The Juarez garrison was rein.
forsed by the arrival Of about 100
troops from chihuahua City while
Battery A Of the New Mexico National
Guard, lao men, and four 4.inch field
guns and the First Battalion of the
Twentieth Infantry arrived from Co.
iumbus, N. NJ, to take station at Fort
Bliss, Tex. on the outskirts Of El Paso.
The battery is the first of the state or
zanizations to cross into another state
aor duty.
General Bell announced that in any
eventuality the fullest possible protec-
ton would be afforded to all law-abid-
Ing Mexicans OIL the American side of
the frontier The announcement did
much to quiet the fears expressed by
the large Mexican population of the
city. General Bell also reiterated
public warning to all persons in Ell
Paso to stay off the street in the event
Of trouble.
Added precautions we're taken to
prevent the smuggling Of ammunition
across the Mexican line after the ar.
rest at the international bridge of
Luis Correr. charged with attempting
to take $500 rounds Of small arms
ammunition across the boundary in
motor cars. Correr declined to dis.
cuss his case. A heavily-loaded pas.
senger train arrived from chihuahua
City carrying two of the seven Ameri-
cans who were left there and 1000
Mexican refugees from Torreon. In
accord with orders received from
General Obregon in Mexico City none
Of the Mexicans were permitted to
cross the American frontier.
Reports from various towns in
chihuahua and Sonora indicated that
citizens generally are being armed
and that furore of ant6cipatory ex-
element prevails throughout north
ern Mexico. On the Mexican side Of
the river only 34 men turned out for
the citizens military drill as compared
to three score before.
No Fear For PershIns.
Military men here continued to ex.
press confidence In the ability Of Gen
eral Pershing's command to protect
Itself in any emergency even though
private dispatches quoted the expedi,
tionary commander as admitting that
the situation is very tense. 1t was
pointed out that General Pershing is
prepared to send columns in any
direction from his line, despite Gen.
eral Jacinto Trevino's recent ultimat.
um, II he considers his flanks imper.
fled. The dispatches said also that
heavy guards have been thrown about
all American camps In Mexico and
the temporary field headquarters at
Colonia Dublan, 20 miles south Of the
border.
Uncertainty as to Note Reply.
Washington.--No indication was Civ