Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1916 — Army Welcome War Postponement; Gives Time to Prepare Troops. [ARTICLE]

Army Welcome War Postponement; Gives Time to Prepare Troops.

Any delay incident to negotiations with General Carranza will be of Inestimable benefit to the United States, should the course of events cause a clash between the U. S. and the de facto government, according to army officers. This advantage would consist not only of permitting the release or active service of the 35,000 regulars now stationed at the border, by substitution of national guardsmen, but in the concentration of supplies for a big campaign, the mobilization of transport facilities and the rehabilitation of the flying arm of the service. It is estimated that the forage for the horses and mules used by the army cost nearly $950,000 a month, while appriximately $40,000 a month will 'be used for gasoline. The pay of officers and men now on the border approximates $1,800,000 a month, but this will be greatly increased by the addition of the national guardsmen.