Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1916 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

MEXICANS TOLD NOT TO FIRE Commander Modifies Otfder Regarding on the /Rip Grande. BrownsvilMr Tex., July 7. —Word reached hye from reliable sources that General Ricaut, commanding Matamoros, had issued positive orders that under no circumstances were American troops to be fired upon unless they actually landed on Mexican soil. The previous order, as under- ‘ stood by army officers here, was that any attempt to cross the Rio Grande was to be resisted. BubßCrlbe for The Democrat.