Arizona republican., 1916-03-16

have only field radio sets to keep in touch with the border and official re- ports will clog this means of trans mittins news The American people probably will hear of the chase and of the battle with the bandits if there is one in terse official messages from General Pershing and through the siftins of the rlrors Jhat reach lae American side through Mexican sources.
 The announcement of General Funs- | ton that the chase was on disposed of rumors that Were particularly persist i ent throughout the day that {. te'npor- l ary halt had been called to permit tEe | Carranza troops to carry out their own plans to, capture Villa before Ameri- l can soldiers took up the task. Al the state department it was said positively 1 that no request from General Garranza l for such d delay had been received Neither did any rejoinder come to the reply sent to General Carranza Mon day accepting his proposal foi q Ie- ciprocal agreement on the borticr.
 Secretary Lansings note clearly stated the position of the United States that the agreement for pursuit ot ban dits was in force with it's acceptance 1 by the United States and covered the expedition after Villa. The silence of 1 Carrauza and official advlCe5 concert- 1 ins his attitude caused tne state de partment to take it for granted that the de facto government of Mexico con- cured in that view.
 | While war and state depar,meats l were busy with these matters congress completed the work begun yesterday, the senate concurin4 Il the house res oluton providing for an increase of
 the regular army to approximately | l20,J00 fighting troops. There was lit
 tie debate and the siNtv-nine senators in the chamber voted unanimously for the resolution
 Adjutant General Mccain had acted without waiting for final passage of the resolution. Under orders wired
 last night. recruiting offices all over
 the country which had been closed for months Were reopened this morning. Before the senate voted several hun
 dred men already had been enrolled.
 Unofficial reports said prospective recruits Were Hooking to the colors all over the land Department officials
 Were clated or late army recruiting
 has laeeed. the wave of prosperity, the officials said. making it difficult to ob- tain men for the regulars
 Again today the war department was ] |
 callers offering volunteer services
 should the country need them Sev- erI members of the national guard
 who called on Secretary Baker, as-
 sured him the men of their states Were ready and eager for call Individuals
 also wished to enroll.
 . To all corners the secretary expressed
 his satisfactioa at the patriotic spirit
 shown but added that the regular army recruited as 1t soon would be. would be
 fully able to cope with the situation
 Pressed as to possible plans now under consideration for future use of the la-
 tional guard. he returned his usu.
 -committal answer "on that subjec
 have nothing to say"
 Reports from the border of the co. }operation If the Carranza troops witl General Pershin4's force served to re
 lieve anxiety of department officials
 over the possibility that the troops O the de facto government might oppos l 1 the movement across the border re
 Sardless of what General Carranz; , himself might say. Officers here hay
 seen in the movement of troops on tn , ! American side an effort by Genera Q Funston to guard against the possibil s lty of such development. It is onl Q | good military judgment, it is pointe
 out to take every possible precautior f irrespective of the diplomatic move e that may be in progress to meet tn | situation.
 There is reason to believe that Gen I eral Funstons instructions cover tn f possibility of hostile demonstration r by troops of the dcfacto government . -------------