Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1916 — MILITIA OF THREE STATES IS CALLED [ARTICLE]

MILITIA OF THREE STATES IS CALLED

8,000 Troops From Southern States On Way to Border Line and One Troop of Artillery Called. Washington, May 9.—With 8,000 additional troops under orders for the Mexican border including 4,000 national guardsmen from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, administration officials felt tonight that immediately necessary steps had been taken to prevent further raiding of American border towns by bandits. Meanwhile the final outcome of the conference at El Paso between Maj. Gen. Scott and Gen. Obregon, the Carranza war minister, was awaited with considerable anxiety. President Wilson and his cabinet discussed the Mexican situation, but the president had authorized the new troop orders before his advisers gathered. Gen. Scott and Gen. Funston recommended early in the day that additional forces be sent to the border. After an exchange of telegrams, Gen. Funston suggested that the national guard .from the three states named be called out, in addition to the sending of all the remaining regular infantry to join his command. His suggestion was promptly approved and orders dispatched. Some members of the cabinet were frankly pessimistic after the meeting over the delay of Gen. Obregon in ratifying the agreement he negotiated with Gen. Scott covering co-operative border operations, including those of Gen. Pershing’s expedition. Reports from the City of Mexico indicated that th eagreement had been approved by Gen. Carranza, and officials here were at a loss to understand Obregon’s action.