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
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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.
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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
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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."