New-York tribune., 1919-12-01
Note, Indorsed by Presi-
dent, Is Said to Insist
on the Uncondition;
Release of L.. S. Const
$4,000 Cuartismen !
Ready for Border
Lansing to Submit Rec
concentrations i'm Mex
lean Case to Cabinet
Neio Yoris Tribune
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New Yorh Tribune
Washington BureCt
WASHINGTON. Nov. 3O.-Nhat
was described unofficiallv as the
final demand" Of the United States
government on Mexico for the re-
lease of William O. Jenkins, Ameri-
can consular agent at Puebla.
Mexico, has been sent to the Mexican
government.
The note, which was the American
reply to the Mexican answer to the
original demand of the United
States government for the release
of Mr.. Jenkins, was telegraphed to
Mexico City last night after it had
been approved by President Wilson.
The State Department declined to
Publish the note in advance of its
receipt by the Carranza government.
1t is expected to be in President
Carranza's hands tomorrow, when
the note probably viii be made
public
State Department officials de-
clined to discuss its contents to-
night. but it is generally believed
here it reiterates the demand that
Mr.. Jenkins be released uncon-
ditionally and Immediately.
New Mexican Policy Forecast
The note was drafted yesterday
and submitted to President Wilson
last night. II was signed by Secre-
tary Lansing.
Secretary Lansing is preparing
definite recommendations with re
gard to Mexico, which he probably
will submit to the Cabinet at It's
meeting Tuesday The inauguration
of new Mexican policy may result
from the meeting
Many officials who have followed
the Mexican situation closely be
lieve the full power of the United
States government viii be used. #
ttVNt>Sti y. % tHAOiNf fHiiFlleiAN'
with the note dispatched last night. !
National Guacd Ready
Utilization Of the National Guard
for border duty would be immediately
authorized by the President should
armed intervention be decided on by
this government Major General Jesse
Mel Carter. chief Of -hc militia
bureau. has just completed for the war
department a comprehensive report on
the number Of state troops that could
now be used for patrol duty on the
Mexican border While the exact mum
Der is withheld for military reasons. It
is Known that upward of $1,000 officers
and men could oe dispatched to the
border from the states
Major General Carriers recent annual
report showc4 that National Guard or
ganizations gwen Federal recognition
up TO June 30. 1919, numbered 1,lsS
officers and 36.0l2 enlisted men In the
last five months numerous states have
recruited guard companies up 10 the
minimum strength Of 100 officers and
men and have been extended Federal
recognition The estimate that $4,000
state guardsmen could be sent to the
border, therefore, is believed TO be
conservative.
twenty-five Machine Gun Companies
At least IS per cent Of the National
Guard organization are infantrymen,
but a machine gun company Is attached
to each infantry regiment There is
believed to be approximately twenty
five machine gun companies thoroughly
equipped and carefully trained which
could be sent TO the Rio Grande over
night.
Cavalry is the other arm of the
service which is most numerously or
ganized in the states. Virtually all
the mounted troops are now IN Texas
cities and within easy reach of the
border The report for June 80, 1919,
showed Texas possessed 1898 enlisted
caYalrymen, led by i3o officers
The fact tnat home guard organiza-
tions totalng $4,000 officers and men
were actively engaged in maintaining
order in the states during the war.
when the National Guard was III
France, makes possible the immediate te
use of the organized state militia on
the Mexican border, if required These
home guard organizations. II was said
to-day at the War Department, easily
could be reformed, and while the guard
companies OF the states were absent
they could be depended upon 10 hand Q
any disorder that night develop.
Recruiting Progresses Rapidly