FIRST BRIGADE OF PENNSYLVANIA AMONG 15,000 GUARDSMEN ORDERED TO MEXICAN BORDER IMMEDIATELY MEXICAN LINES COMMAND ALL STRATEGIC POINTS ON RIO GRANDE AND INTERIOR By Associated Press , San Antonio, June 26. Xews reaching army headquarters he»e to day indicate that the Mexican forces along the Rio Grande, from Mala- 1 nioro# to Juare®, either have with drawn their main strength from the border or are preparing to do it. It nlsc is indicated that these troops are ' taking station at strategic points along a line well south of the border where railroad Junctions allow of the rapid handling of troops, or where the topography of the country permits of a strong defense. Their new line, it is reported, parallels, in a way, the course of the Rio Grande and would command the strategic points of Monterey and Saltillo. the Coahuila coal mines, which famish the main fuel supply of Mexico; Paredon. the main railroad junction point between Monterey and Saltillo and Torroon. and what prob- : ably will be the main base of Mexican army, and Chihuahua City. I The Mexican garrisons at Mata- j moros, Xuevo and Juarez are said to be mere shells. Only a negligi ble force is said to be stationed op posite Del Rio and the strongest force along the border, that at Piedras i Xegras. opposite Eagle Pass, Is re-; ported preparing to evacuate at a moment's notice. The force at Piedras Xegras is com- I manded by General Francisco Murgia, CAMP ELECTRIFIED BY MARCHING ORDER [Continued From First Page] from the "War Department at Wash ington early to-day for the dispatch to the border on Tuesday of three regi ments 6f Infantry, two hospital corps, a corps of engineers and a signal corps. Fifty surgeons in charge of Major C. E. Koerper, 17. S. A., worked throughout the night in response to urgent orders from Wasington to rush the examination of the troops "regard less of hours." All the members of the Fourth Brigade had passed the physical test, were vaccinated and mustered into the federal service shortly after midnight. It was esti mated that the surgeons could exam ine more than 3.000 men a day and that all the troops in camp will have 'undergone the test by Wednesday might. Order "Rookies" to Camp Adjutant General Stewart issued telegraphic orders late last night for all recruiting officers left at the home sta tions to report with their "rookies" at Mt. Gretna immediately. The first of the recruits which were left behind at home stations are ex pected to arrive here during the day. it being estimated that enough tent age and equipment to take care of them is on the ground. These recruits win be examined by the doctors with out loss of time and those who are re jected will be on their way home in a few hours. Reports that recruiting had been stopped were denied at head quarters. Mastering Regiments In Persons familiar with camps held ■here declare that there were more au tomobiles at Mt. Gretna than ever known before. The numebr of such vehicles ran away up because there were no excursion trains run owing to the movement to this place of the cav alry and artillery organizations. Mustering was hurried along this U. S. DEMAND ON CARRANZA FOR RELEASE OF PRISONERS Washington. D. C.. June 26. The following telegram was sent yesterday to James Linn Rogers, Speciai Representative of t .e American Government in Mexico City: Mr. Arredondo yesterday delivered to this government the follow ing communication: i I am directed by my government to inform your excellency with reference to the Carrizal incident, that the Chief Executive, through the Mexican War Department, gave orders to Generai Jacinto B. Trevino not to permit American forces from General Pershing's column to advance further south, nor to move either east or west from the points where they are located, and to oppose new incursions o$ American soldiers into Mexican territory. These orders were brought by General Trevino to the attention of General Pershing, who acknowledged the receipt of the communication, relative thereto. On the 22d instant, as Your Excellencv knows, an American force moved eastward quite far from its base, notwith standing the above orders, and was engaged bv Mexican troops at Carrizal, State of Chihuahua. As a result of the encounter, several men on both sides were killed and wounded, and 17 American soldiers were made prisoners. Tou are hereby instructed to hand to the .Minister of Foreign Rela tions of the de facto government the following: The Government of the United Slates can put no other con struction upon the communication handed to the Secretarv of State of the United States on the 24th of June, by Mr. Arredondo. unde instruction of your government, than that it is intended as a formal avowal of deliberately hostile action against the forces of the United States now in Mexico, and of the purpose to attack them without provocation, whenever they move from their preseVit position in pursuance of the objects for which they were sent there notwith standing the fact that those objects not only involve no unfriendlv intention toward the government and people of Mexico, but are oil the contrary, intended only to assist that government in protecting itself and the territory and people of the United States against ir responsible and insurgent bands of rebel marauders. I am instructed, therefore, by my government to demand the immediate release of the prisoners taken in the encounter at Car rizal. together with any property of the United States taken with them, and to inform you that the Government of the United States expects an early statement from your government as to the course of action it wishes the Government of the United States to under stand it has determined upon, and that it also expects that this statement be made through the usual diplomatic channels and not through subordinate military commanders. — J Bringing Up Father# <js) # # ir * ->i p — ~x Y T f \ ; AW - STAT OUT A C.OQD <vOOO MORIS INC, DO YOU MEAN e>YCOM»N' 1 V/ELL-t YOORE . I DIDN'T • IVE COT TO<ilT — J . LITTLE LONGER EVENIM YOU MEAN WHOM IN AT THIS HOUR >'M ASHAMED ) UP EARLY - SOME NEED IT » tuf A m/S2in" Ua? MA<.<ilE . (@K WERE YOU OUT OF YOU WHAT WILL THE MEt<*HBORS J ALARM CLOCK- J I J THE MORNIN - ALARM CLOCK l s J - ETC - ETr -FTf - ") E»4 ? , > V MONDAY EVENING. , whom General Carranza is said to ; have had difficulty in controlling In times past. General I Winston Ready 1 General Funston's forces along the border are ready for any movement 1 which the Mexican situation may make necessary. Army officers express the belief that even should negotiations with the Carranza government as a result of the note dispatched by Secretary Lansing yesterday, be long continued the feeling now prevalent among the Mnxicans across the border would i oouse some act that must precipitate a clash. Army officers are convinced that General Trevino's statement that he would attack American troops ap proaching OJo Caliente and San Antonio was not an empty threat, and j are awaited anxiously for more news ' of the two squadrons of the Eleventh I cavalry sent toward Carrizal. I Brief reports from General Persh j inp early to-da.v contained the news that Captain Morev had been rescued bv a scouting party detached from Major Jenkins' command. Major Jenkins reported that the two squad i rens of the Eleventh were continuing . thetr sweeping search for survivors of the Carrixal engagement and indi ! cated that at the time he filed his re- I port early Sunday, none of the Mex ican troops had been encountered. morning, the medical examinations and typhoid and smallpox vaccinations following, so great is the pressure to get ready three infantry regiments and various organizations for an early start to the border. Recruits streaming In The officers in charge of mustering ano medical work were up before the sun and quite a number of rejections were ordered. Hundreds of recruits have started to came in as ordered from Harrisburg at midnight by Adjutant General Stew art and they will arrive all day to morrow Receive Machine Guns An evidence of the business-like character of the camp was seen this morning when the lines were closed to visitors and automobiles were much restricted in moving about. Trains of cars stand ready to de part with men and supplies. Arrange ments have been made to clear the tracks fo rthem eliminating any pos sible delay. Camp Brumbaugh is no longer a di vision of National Guard of Pennsyl vania. At 7 o'clock this morning it became the Seventh division of the United States army. To complete the equipment of the Seventh division a consignment of machine guns arrived in camp to-day. Fifteen of these are expected for each regiment. Immediate sterps will be taken to assign or form a company in each regiment for this probably the moßt effective weapon possible in the type of warfare prevailing in Mexico. Morning reports were that the ar tillery regiment had 38 offioers and 1,014 men in camp the cavalry regi ment 48 officers and 931 men, the two ambulance companies 8 officers and 107 men and th£ signal corps £ officers and 161 men. Only one of the field hospitals has reported although both are In camp. No. 2 has 6 officers and 93 men. Will Leave on Time The infantry strength was reported Saturday night as 8.901 men and 456 officers. This number has been in- CANVAS FOR THE EIGHTH REGIMENT VNITS Captains and lieutenants of practically every company in the Eighth Regiment are gathered here ready to cal the men to separate the canvas and carry it to the place designated for each company. 40 TROOPERS IN CARRIZAL BATTLE UNACCOUNTED FOR By Associated Pr*ss |! Field Headquarters, Mexico, June' 25, by Wireless to Columbus, X. M.. ' June 26.—Twenty-three American sol- j diors are known to have lost their lives on the battlefield at Carrizal, ac cording; to a report to General Per- , shing from Major General Jenkins commanding the 11th cavalry column, ordered to scour the country in the vicinity for survivors. The report told of the rescue in I safety of Captain Lewis S. Morey. after he had made a daring stand in the face of heavy Mexican odds and heroic personal sacrifices in an effort to save the lives of his men Major Jenkins said he had evidence that nine American troops, in addition to thost previously reported dead, had been killed. Took Refuse in Adobe A note found on the bodv of Cap tain Charles T. Boyd, the American commander, who lost his life in a charge on the Mexican machine gun trench proved that General Felix, Gomez, the .Mexican commander, in vited him into the town of Carrizal i and that he had refused and after- 1 ward conferred with Gomez outside | the town. Neither the note book of Captain Boyd nor that of Captain Morey, both of which were recovered, threw any light on the clash, accord- ! ing to the report. After the first firing. K troop, under Captain Morey's command, took refuge in a nearby adobe, Major Jenkins reported. Real izing that they were surrounded and outnumbered by Mexican troops he ordered his men to leave the hut in small detachments, that their chances of escape might be increased. Captain Morey himself, suffering with slight wounds, with four men, remained hidden throughout the day : creased by recruits. State health inspectors were here to day looking over the camps estab lished by the organizations which de trained yesterday. General Clement said when he re turned from inspecting the First bri gade, that he expected they would move on the time scheduled. The commissary and other arrangements are progressing rapidly. Recruits for these organizations will be examined and mustered as they arrive. General Clement said the Pittsburgh ambulance company and the Taconv field hospital company would be desig nated to move under the order receiv ed to-day. Col. Samuel W. Miller, commander of the Tenth United States Infantry at Panama, arrived to-day to inspect the camp. He immediately went to the First brigade. The artillery and cavalry is being mustered to-day. 101 "ROOKIES" JOIN COMRADES TODAY [Continued From First Page] train did not pull out of the Penn sylvania Railroad station until noon. : The Governor's Troop recruits left at 2:10 this afternoon. Under the leadership of F. H. Hoy, Jr., the rookies were given a rousing sendoff by an escort committee in cluding Mr. Hoy, Mercer B. Tate, Harry Earp, Edward Halbert. Philip German. Thomas S. Peters and a dele gation from Dives. Pomero.v and Stfwart department store. None of the recruits was equipped hut some had picked tip here and there an old campaign hat, a pair of khaki trousers, leggins, or an old flannel shirt. The recruits will re ceive their guns and uniforms when they arrive at Gretna. The soldiers took luncheon at the ! Davenport restaurant before they left the citv. In the meantime the escort formed and was ready to go to the station with the "rookies." The only music was a drum, played by Harry T. Bayles, a painter. At the station a large crowd gather-| e<l and cheered the hoys as they enter- j ed the big shed, but there was Ijttle i time for farewells. I Company Ds "rookies" numbered HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH In the house, which was within 2,000 yards of the Carranxa line. Ordered Men to Leave Him That night, the party of four started afoot in an attempt to make their way back to the expeditionary command. However. Captain Morey had become so weak from loss of Wood that he was unahle to walk and believing he was dying, he ordered his men to leave him and save themselves. This they did, but shortly the wounded officer managed to rally enough strength to crawl to the ranch house of an American named McCabe, living about nine miles from Carrizal. Major Jenkins reported lhat he had found Captain Morey hidden in lie- Cabe's house and that his wounds were not dangerous. Upon the receipt of the dispatch, General Pershing said forty-three members of the command engaged had been accounted for and that one other is known to be alive, but is lost in the desert. The re mainder of the eighty-four men who made up the detachment are believed to have been killed or made prisoners. CAPTArX MOREY AX ATHLETE By Associated Prtsj Washington. D. C., June 2 B.—Army officers who have served with Captain Lewis S. Morey were not surprised to day to read of the endurance he showed in his escape across the desert after the battle of Carrizal. Morey, who is 41 years old. is lookel upon as one of the most physically fit men in the army and brother officers attribute his escape, wounded and alone, to this fact and to his grit and bravery. Al -1 though Morey was one ot the star men in tJie West Point class of 1900, slow promotion in the cavalry kept him in the rank of lieutenant for ten years, and he did not become a captain until 191 L forty-two in charge of First Lieuten ant Josiah P. Wllbar and Privates A. B. Knell and H. W. Hammersla. The Companyy I "rookies" numbered 38, under First Lieutenant Robert D. Jen kins, and Privates Frank B. Harder and Frank Nye, acting as sergeants. Enroute to the station friends hand ed the recruits "eats" and cigars. Company D's boys took a coach dog presented to them at the armorv on Saturday by members of the Mt. Ver ron Truck Company. _ In charge of Lieutenant Edwin A. Nicodemus. the Governor's Troop re cruits. numbering 21, left for Mt. Gretna at 2:10 this afternoon. They were given the same escort as the in fantry. Ends Armory Recruiting With the departure of the "rookies" for Mt. Gretna to-day, recruiting offi ces at the local armories close until further orders. First Lieutenant Josiah P. Wilbar of Company D. was of the opinion that until further notice recruits would be looked after in the local United States recruiting station in the Bergner Building. He added: "We did not get the required n imber for the local companies, be ing short about 70 men. If there is a call for more volunteers, National Guard officers may be assigned to recruiting duty in Harrisburg. My orders were to report to Mt. Gretna with the recruits, with instructions that I would receive further orders on arrival there." New York Troops Will Go to Brownsville; El Paso Is Destination of Mass. New York, June 26. New York troops have been ordered to leave to night for Brownsville, Texas, It was . announced to-day at headquarters of ! the Department of the East. The commands to go will he the Seventh Fourteenth, Forty-seventh and Seven ty-first regiments of Infantry, squad ron A of the First cavalry, one signal corps comrany, one battalion of the Twenty-second corps of engineers, the I first field hospital company and the Third ambulance corps, j The Massachusetts and Xew Jersey I troops were ordered to entrain to-night 1 for El Paso. 15,000 MEN TO MOVE AT ONCE Maj-Gen. Wood Sends Order to Regiments in Five States to Start For Border By Associated Frcss New York. June 26. The move-j ment of National Guard troops of th®) Department of the East toward the Mexican border will begin to-day in, response to the appeal of Secretary of War Baker to Major General Leon ard Wood urging liim to start the troops south as soon as they are rea sonably ready. Fourteen regiments. Including in- 1 fentry, cavalry and field artillery to gether with signal, hospital, ambulance and engineering units are under orders from General Wood to start before night. Early to-day it appeared,! doubtful whether all the commands could get away within the 24-hour time limits specified by General Wood. ! Difficulty in obtaining special trains; may delay the departure. Major General John F. O'Ryan,' commander oi the New York National Guard, said he feared the New York commaods could not start before to morrow owing to the fact that not enough cars were available for the fcn lirted men. Cooking cars he said were scarce and freight cars would have to be transformed into kitchens. 15,000 Troops to Go In all about 15,000 troops in New ;York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ver | mont and Massachusetts had received orders to start immediately for the border. Additional regiments from ! Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Florida, Maine, New Hainp ; shire and the District of Columbia | were ordered to start south . at the | earliest possible moment and are ex pected to leave either to-morrow or Wednesday. "W r e have been called upon to fur i nish 130,000" said General Wood. "About 15,000 will leave here to-day and the balance as soon as they can ! be recruited to war strength and ob j talr. the necessary equipment." General Wood Scores System A report that medical examination of the soldiers would be waived was denied by General Wood who said that only the taking of their finger prints would be dispensed with. Surgeons of the regular army have been examining the men for the past few days and work was understood to be nearly complete. Speaking of the danger of sending untrained troops for possible war service. General Wood said: "The blame belongs to the system. It if; like a football team without any reserves on the side lines to fill up the ranks when the time to fill them comes." The urgent call for troops was fol lowed by a night of activity at the headquarters of the Department of the East on the Governor's Island. The orders from General Wood to start the troops within 24 hours were tele phoned to the National Guard com manders in the five States chosen to provide the first contingents. Gen eral Wood and his aids were on duty virtually all night. Army headquar ters were in communication with rail way officials arranging for trans portation. PI .AX SEWS CKXSORSHIP By .Associated Press Washington, June 26. —Administra tion officials to-day prepared to ask Congress to authorize a military news censorship in connection with the Mexican situation. Upon recommen dation of the army war college, a res olution was drafted at the War De partment empowering the President to promulgate censorship regulations. They would apply at the State, War and Navy departments as well as along the border and in Mexico. Secretary Baker also announced that a press bu reau. under an army officer as censor, was being organized to handle all news from the War Department. JUNE 26, 1916. LINES OF AMERICANS AND MEXICANS PARALLEL FOR 150 MILES;CLASHES FEARED By Associated Press , El Paso. June 2<i.—General Per shing's punitive expeditionary force I in Mexico is ready for action if action ■ is necessary. To-day, according to the best infor -1 mation here, his southern most out post is near El V'alle, less than fifty mil <*3 from Colonia Dublan. the main base. It is believed that from El Valle a large and mobile force may be point ed eastward in a strategic position to ward the Mexican Central railroad. in the north 1,200 men in splendid figthing trim, compose General Per i shing's army. Reports from the front indicate the highest morale among [the men. Equipment has been put in the best of condition. Horses and mules have been tested until only the fit and strong remain. Big motor trains toad ied with the necessary, supplies for an : advance, are .lined up. Every empty truck, which remained at Columbus, has been sent to the : front to aid in the speedy transporta- NATURE SMILES THROUGH TEARS Rain Ceases and Sun Shines as Governor's Troop Is Given Rousing Good-by If even kindly old Mother Nature wept a little yesterday morning before Harrisburg's second quota of guards men departed for Mexico, she had thoroughly dried her tears and was smiling through her own filmy gray kerrhief before the troop trains got under way. In other words, if it did rain a trifle while the troop was assembling, the clouds had parted to let the sun shine through delightfullv before the long lines of cars moved out of Union Station. The early hour of departure didn't deter Harrisbur* from turning out in force to give the troop the same hearty godspeed with which the municipality had so softened the harshness of the going away of Companies D and I. Hundreds lln"d the curbs from the armory in State street to the station entrance. Nor did the church and fire bells, the whistles of locomotives and factories, the cheers nor clapping hands, contribute all the racket; the bell-ringer of old Zion Lutheran Church got up especially early to swing the chimes of Zion Into "On ward. Christian Soldiers" and "Auld Lang Syne." Harrisburg's business men turned In force, too. The Chamber of Com merce, the Rotary Club, the Spanish- American "War Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Service, the Boys' Brigade, some of the Grand Army men, ex-City Grays and big contingents of employes of Dives, Pomt'roy & Stewart, William Strouse, Doutrlch & Co., Bowman & Co. and other stores were in line. All Old Man's Grief Quite evidently many a feminine head rested uneasily throughout that night; that many a mother and wife and sister had cried herself to sleep was equally obvious. Many a father felt the sting of that departure, too. One gray-haired man joyously'joked with his son as he clasped the young ster's hand through the car window. And when the train got under way the man on the platform hurried along; perhaps he had forgotten to let go. Faster the wheels moved and as the father at last released his grip he shouted a laughing retort to his boy. And then the gray-haired man who was left behind sat down on a nearby baggage truck —and sobbed and sobbed as if he didn't care a bit who saw htm. Here's another little tale of those last farewells at the station; One young woman got up at 3 o'clock—and waIked—WALKED, mind you—all the way from Steelton to Har risburg to say "good-by and good luck" to one young trooper whose mother and sisters are dead. That youngster got the kind of a godspeed, just the snm», that must have been echoed somewhere beyond the stars. "Why, of course I walked up here r ■ WHA T U. S. TROOPS MA Y EXPECT FROM BLOODTHIRSTY MEXICANS By Associated Press El Paso. Tex.. June 25.—An editorial in La Rcforma a semi official paper published in Salt.illa, captioned "Blond" brought here by refugees makes a violent attack upon the United States, its people and its policies and continues: "Above all, do not forget that at a time of national need, humanity is a crime and frightfulness is a virtue. "Pull out eyes, snatch out hearts, tear open breasts, drink —if you can—the blood in the skulls of the invaders from the cities of Yankeeland. "In defense of liberty, be a Nero, be a Caligula—that is to be a good patriot. "Peace between Mexico and the United States will be closed in throes of terror and barbarism." tion of infantry. With the lines of the American* and Mexicans paralleling for at least 150 miles, the rash action of some subordi nate commander. It is considered here, might ut any time emhroll the main commands before the exchanges be tween Washington and Mexico Olty are considered. Fears that events might be thua hastened prompted border command ers to redouble their vigilance to-day. At all points soldiers were ready to spring into action at a moment's no jtlce. Troop dispositions were made with a view to meet sudden and unex pected emergencies. Five thousand National Guardsmen are expected to come to El Paso, It was said to-day. From Columbus, it is reported that preparations are being made to take care of 10,000 Guardsmen. I Andres Garcia, the Mexican consul' ,at El Paso to-day declared himself [still optimistic that trouble would bo 1 averted. LOCAL TROOPS GET H'B'G TELEGRAPH Read All the Latest Mexican News at Mobilization Camp Harrisburg roldlers at Mount Gretna read their favorite newspaper, the Harrisburg Telegraph, under canvaa Saturday evening. They had the last edition, too, and that meant a lot to the tired, more or less homesick, lads who were anxious to get a line on the home news and to read about the fare well demonstration and see their own pictures as they passed in review through the crowded streets. The Telegraph has procured a big, high-powered automobile truck and on Saturday evening began to deliver the last edition of the Telegraph at the big camp. This service will con tinue as long as the troops are at Mount Gretna. The first load of pa pers arrived before 6 o'clock and con tained the very latest war news from Mexico as well as a full Recount of the opening of thr> big camp and a great mass of other late news. The trip was made in little more than an hour, starting from Harris burg shortly after 4 o'clock, and was uneventful except that the Telegraph truck was able to tote a big army transport wagon into camp. Loaded down with equipage, the wagon was stuck so badly that a corps of soldiers and a team of army mules could not budge it. Along came the truck, hooked the wagon on in the rear by chains and hustled it into camp while 500 guardsmen cheered. The Telegraph will have a tent.at Mount Gretna and a bulletin board near the railroad station and photo graph gallery. Just on the border of the camp ground. where Harrisburg guardsmen will be welcomed. A corps of boys will distribute the paper over the camp grounds each evening. Start correspondents and photographers will look after the news and picture end in detail, paying particular attention to the Harrisburg boys. HURT RESCUING CHILD Mlfflintown, Pa., June 2fi. Mrs. Charles Anders was seriously injured last evening when she was struck by an automobile while trying to rescue her child from being run down by the same machine. to see that youngster off," quietly said the daughter of Old Sparta. "Why not? He has no mother and no sister to wish him luck. SOMEBODY, cer tainly, ought to have been there; somebody that could try to make his going away a little like his mother or sister would have tried to do it. And as the trolley cars weren't running at the time, I just walked. And." she finished with suspiciously quick de fiance, "I'm mighty glad I did It."
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