The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-21
CALL VOLUNTEERS
TO KEEP ORDER ON
MEXICAN BORDER
War Department Seeking
Veterans from France
for Army
MANY ON WAY SOUTH
Carranza is Plainly Warned That All
Americans in Mexico Must
Be Protected
ON WAY SOUTH

WASHINGTON, June 21-Imme-
diate strengthening of the United
States Army along the Mexican bor-
der through a nation wide call for
voluntary enlistments is the program
tonight of the War Department.
This call according to the present
prospects, is to be issued very soon
probably tomorrow-as a means of
keeping all combat organizations in
the zone of activity in fighting trim.
Extraordinary efforts will be made
to obtain men with military training
in the war with Germany, preferably
men who have had service in France.
The drive for enlistments about to
be undertaken is in addition to the
step already reported exclusively in
the Herald for the transfer to the
border of men decently enlisted in
the Central and Southern army de-
partments, exclusive of those who had
asked specifically for service else
where, including the army of occupa-
ton in Germany. These men, approx
imately 10000 in ALL in many instanc-
es already are on their way to camps
in the territory Immediately adjacent
to Mexico.
This action, together with firm
request through the state department
that the CarranZa government send
troops in adequate numbers to the vi
cinity of Casas Grande for the protec-
ton of the Americans in the Mormon
colonies, seemed as the outstanding
developments of the day in the Mex
lean situation.
Villa, with force of revolutionists
still numbering several hundred, is
said in state department advices to
have gone toward the Mormon col
onies, where there are approximately
$50 American men, women and chill
dren. 1t is the fear of the authori-
ties that reprisals will be attempted
and it is to avert such possibility
that the state department is anxious
hat there be sufficient Federal troops
on the scene.
In all probability the Carranza
government will comply with the re-
quest. 1t is expected that a detach-
ment from the Federal forces at
Chihuahua will be sent forward at
once to protect the colonies.
General Agbuillar, President Car
ranza's confidential ambassador in
Washington, assured the state depart
ment that the Mexican government
had taken immediate steps to protect
American citizens in the state of Chi
huahua, volunteering to provide them
with safe transportation to the
United States in the event they desire
to leave. Formal announcement of
this assurance, in response to the
strong American representations of
yesterday, came from the state de-
partment.
Late dispatches from Juarez des-
cribing the conditions there as almost
normal, said that the Carranzistas es-
timated they had killed 1913 Villitas,
wounded 200 and taken rs prison.
ers..
From Mexico City came word that
pubic feellng with regard TO the Ju-
arez skirmish, in which United States
troops crossed the border to stop the
shooting into ElPaso, is satisfactory.
The Mexico City newspapers printed
telegram yesterday from President
Carranza to General Aguillar, in
Washington, advising him to consider
the Juarez affair as closed. Ell Her
aldo de Mexico said editorially that
the action of the United States troops
was magnanimous and entirely justi-
fed. Ell Universal said that the con-
duct of the garrison at Ell Paso could
not be considered an offence to Mexi-
CO and that the United States does
not have to consent to the killing of
single American by Mexican rebels.