Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1917 — U. S. Troops Ordered to “Shoot to Kill” On Mexican Snipers. [ARTICLE]

U. S. Troops Ordered to “Shoot to Kill” On Mexican Snipers.

El Paso, Tex., July 27.—Brigadier General George Bell, Jr., district commander U. S. army here, has informed Mexican Consul Bravor that U. S. soldiers on patrol duty would return the fire whenever they are fired upon from across the border. The soldiers, General Bell sailed, had been ordered to shoot to kill. General Bell’s statement was in reply to a protest, lodged by the Mexicali consul, alleging that a Mexican soldier on the night of July 17 was mortally wounded. General Bell informed the consul that he had found that the Mexican soldiers fired first.