Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1917 — El Paso Sentry is Target Of Snipers From Mexican Side. [ARTICLE]

El Paso Sentry is Target Of Snipers From Mexican Side.

El Paso, Texas, April 19.—Snipers I who fired at an American sentry stationed at tihe viaduct in the suburbs of this city, were fired upon in return by a squad of U. S. soldiers late today. One Mexican was seen to fall after a volley had .been fired across the border. The sentry was patrolling his beat when two shots were fired from entrenchments on the Mexican side, according to the official report. The sentry returned the fire and called the members of his squad. The fired more than twenty shots across the line. When the Mexican Consul Pravo reported the affair to Brig. Gen. Geo. Bell, Jr., General Bell informed the consul-that the Ameircan sentry had been fired upon and had obeyed orders in returning the fire. “I have ordered the outposts to shoot to kill when fired upon,” said General JBell alter. “I will court martial a man who fires across the border first, and I also will court martial one who fails to return the fire when he is fired upon.”