The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18
NOT GREATLY AGITATED

| Neither state nor war department of | f1cials seemed greatly agitated over Gen.
 eral Trevinos ultimatunl. Secretary
 Lansing said the policy of the administra- | tion was unchanged.
 l The reply to the Carranza note demand ing recall of the American forces will leave by special messenger Monday for ! Mexico City, unless developments upset
 present plans
 l Whether General Trevino's ultimatum said to have been presented on specific | orders of Carranza, would influence Presi- l dent Wilson to interrupt the diplomatic | exchanges no official would predict | Should the reply, refusing to with
 draw General Pershing's expedition, gc | by messenger, it will not be delivered for 10 days or two weeks. Its text would
 not be made public until it had reached
 it's destination in any event.
 | So far as known the war department has taken no additional steps toward mobiliz- | ing the National Guard. A peculiar sit l uation has arisen as a result of the fact that the new army bill providing for fed.
 eralization of the militia will go into effect July 1, automatically repeating the l present militia law. The new act requires state troops who participate in federal appropriations to take the actual oath of | allegiance. Only the Kansas guards now are required to take such an oath, and unless all the remaining units take the
 required oath before July 1, legal hiatus | will occur in their status which may
 prove embarrassing.
 ARE SWEARING IN MILITIA The attention of all governors has been called to this condition and they have been urged to see that their men
 are promptly sworn in in accordance with the new law. This correspondence
 is said to have led to reports that the guard of various states had received l orders to prepare for active service on
 the border.
 eral army transports~are being held in
 readiness for use as refugee ships should the need arise. Whether any actually have been ordered to Mexi- can waters officials would not say.
 The navy transport Hancock will go to Vera Cruz. however, as soon as sha
 lands her marine passengers in Santo Domingo. She should reach Vera Cruz in few days.
 Official advices have indicated that the recent border raids have created great excitement in the American col
 ony in Mexico City. Many Americans
 are said to be preparing to leave. There
 are approximately 1000 Americans in
 the Mexican capital and about 1900 in
 and about Tampico. As measure of |precaution the Panther and a
 number of destroyers have been
 ordered to Key West, ready for quick dash to the relief of Amer
 jeans along the coast It is under
 stood also that other navy craft are being prepared for emergency use, all though plans have been carefully guarded.
 DETAILS OF FIGHT A message today from Major Gray of the Fourteenth cavalry gave further deetails of the fight at San Ignacio be- tween his troops and bandits. All of the bandits are believed to have been Carranza soldiers at one time or an- other. he said. though it was hard to say how many still were enrolled as
 such. A lieutenant's blouse was found; papers on the bodies of Mexi-
 cans bore the stamp of the Carranza
 army. and Major Cruz Ruiz. believed to be Carranza officer, was captured. Major Gray picked up number of rifles and 10 bombs left behind by the
 attackers. He also noted that ammu- hilton used by his assailants included soft nosed bullets.
 The only new troop movement an- nounced today was orders to an am- bulance company and field hospital sta- tioned at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., to proceed to the border immediately. report from Progreso, Yucatan,
 received at the state department said
 that 14 American residents in that sec
 tion had sailed for the United States
 within the last few days. Officials said
 their departure was due probably to
 the efforts of consular officers who are
 encouraging all American citizens to
 leave Mexico. No mention of disturb
 ances at Progreso or in the state of
 Yucatan was mentioned.