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"Mr. //figs'
The Irrepressible jiggs.Has His
Troubles This Morning
Sidimoni* STirae
The Famous Brigg$
S c His Inimitable Cartoons on
The T>D. Sporting Page
6th YEAR
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RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1916. ?FOURTEEN PAGES. pw-.TMo" ? FAIR
PRICE, TWO CENTS.
MORE HASTE IN PREPARATIONS FOR WAR
AS WORD IS AWAITED FROM C ARRANZA
VIRGINIA TROOPS i
READY TO-NIGHT1
TO GO TO BORDER
Assurances Given War De
partment State Militia
Is Prepared.
TO BE HELD FOR ORDERS
AUTHORIZING MOVEMENT
Sufficient Equipment to Furnish
Companies on Minimum
War Footing.
MAY REMAIN* UNTIL THURSDAY
Kvpoct Entire Force. Except lilues,
to Be on V.'ay South by
Week-End.
Positive assuranee ws? given to Ma- j
1or-General Wood commander of the
Department of thf East, by Adjutant
0-.?.ra! Sate, ovr "he !or.g-d:s".ance
?elephor.e. ytEtordfiv afternoon that
Virginia's war coait ing?-r.t n r.l be ready
to entrain to-night.
'That mean* that all troops from
? hi* Slate. ?^".1! he k: 'i position to
move *o tr.f ?!e>:i"?n nortler t<"-niirht
if orders to dr' so rw.e from the V.'a:
Department." sai>i Sale, last
n? fr' ' V.V- ha'-e heard from every
single company T- ? y wil! a!! r<? :r.
? amp to-morrow Th?-re is sufficier.'
i sju i pmer.t to move Virginia'? iuot&
??Ithout further delay. at least or. a
r:.!r :rr.urr. war footir.2-"
T.iC day war crowded with reportz
that or.e or both Infantry regiments
h?.d t'?>er d.*de:ei to pro---ed to-day tp
"he southern tror.t ?r Lct? tr *he sf
terr.oor. Gei'.-~i! Wood called General
.-ale over 'he iong-dlstance telephone
from Governor? Irlar.d. N. V., and the
two dlscuftred the situation >n 1 ~*:5.
"General v.'ood err'T^rre.-; his s:":?
fattjon with th'? j.ioirt*? tho* Virginia
has made tr. mobilising her forcet
nr.''i rr.s.de rlcse Inquiti'-s as to :h- ac
tual situation. ' General Pale He
emphasized the irr ortance of e rd i .j
o"ly tra.ir.et) arrt veji-erji,ipp-.i troops
to v!;?-? front."
VUr,!\U J* AV. AlUVf.
OHI>k'.HS KItO>! MiVFRNMC.VT
S'ft dee. nit? ord*rs for ? rroy'.nv ot
:. r.y portion of the V'.rs'.r :a troops to
the South had te*r r-*?!ved bv
Sale at i late hour y? night i.a
view of the Import ?* n-? a'tached 1 v
General Wood to s*y.dinc the forces
forth fully eqtjjpptd, j* regarded as
ur.likelv that ar.v ji'ir*. of The Virginia
co-t ir.ger.t '**?!! he nr<i"?d tn :r>ov??
n ?? frr e Thursday. 'T riSsumed as
rrr.:r.. however. 'h' ent-.re strer.gth
? >f ccir.cc '-a* or -smp he or
dered to rr.ove by th' ?nd of the Meek,
the Blue* a'.**it"> e >: c e r ?.* c!. This
ron will probahlv l.e giver* a short
time longer in carrp here to practice
cavalry maneuvers
The State of Virginia has completed
its share of the mohili-ation. and the
speed with which the troops reach
the border, fully equipped, depends how
solely on the government. From this
source alone must come the added
??quipment that will be needed for re
cruits to companies that havo be.en
provided by the State with equipment
only up to the minimum war strength.
The Stato military funds are exhausted
and additional equipment must come
from the government.
After a conference with Adjutant
General Sale and Major Junius F.
Lynch, of the Medical Corps of Virginia.
Governor Stuart yesterday afternoon
telegraphed to the Secretary of War
asking him to instruct the examining
surgeons to relax the severity of the
physical test for men volunteering ser
vice with tho colors.
higid examination has
WORKED HARDSHIPS
So stringent has been the examina
tion that valuable officers, V. M. I., and
V. P. I., graduates and others who are
able to ride and shoot, have been de
barred from entering the service. De.
harment has been occasioned in some
instances by the fact that the appli
cant wan a half-pound under weight, an
inch under height or unable quite to
reach the necessary chest expansion?
this notwithstanding the fact that tho
men have been kept in confinement and
made to work hard since the mobiliza
tion order went into effect.
If Governor Stuart's request be
granted, a large number of men who
have failed tn the physical examina
tion because of some minor defect will
i.r reinstated in the service It is
stated that men who have been re
acted bv surgeons in the armories have
been accepted by the regular army re
cruiting officers
Several State Department officials
have requested the Governor to release
clerks who had enlisted in the militia.
Governor Stuart declined to take such
action, holding that there was no State
lyty more Important than that, of serv
ing with the colors. The Governor said
that he was well pleased with the spirit
t.eir.g shown.
"There is no excited enthusiasm," he
'aid. "but en appearance of stern re
solve that the. State shall do its part,
which Is very gratifying to me. So
far I have had only two requests for
release from military d.ity. One was
(Continued on Third l'age.)
? llOTEI. RLEOER ROOF TO-NIGHT.
Dinner-supper, mualc, dancing, 6;30 to 12.
Funsion Expects
70,000 Guardsmen !
i
' ?
Within Ten Days Regular Army
Units Will Be Rc-Enforccd ?
by State Troops.
SAX ANTONIO, TEXAS. Juno 20 ? |
Twelve thousand national guanlsruon ;
nre expected to start for Texas points ,
within the next few hours, and prep
arations for their arrival and dislribu- !
tlon have given officers here no time to
watch diplomatic developments. on
which the issue of war may hanp.
Within ten days General Kunston ex- 1
ports to have 70,00ft men to supplement
the regular army units at his disposal.
Bids were opened here to-day for Ti.1,000 j
cavalry and artillery horses, and 20.000
draft and pack mules, which will coat '
more than 110,000.000. . '
A force of 1,000 Mexican troops were
reported to-day ?o have arrived oppo
site Naco, Ariz., where they were being ?'
held in trains. He-enforcements have i
been sent to the Naco garrison from '
a point not named. j
General Pershing has reported that }
he is drawing in his advanced detach- ;
ments and is holding his force In such 1
a position as to make an Effective move ?
in any direction.
i
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EMBARGO ON COMMERCE !
i
Admlnletrntlon Propo???-n to llestrlct ,
Shipment of AJ1 Mllltury f.oods
Into Mexico.
WASHINGTON. June 2??A virtual ;
embargo on commerce between the
United States and Mexico, pending de- '
termination of their future relations,
?e being planned by 'he. administra
tion
Customs Inspectors a'^rr the border
have V'-f-i; holding up shipments into
Mexico since Saturday, ard for weeks
no irrr.s and ammunition have b*f-r. per
mitted to piss Now it If proposed to
extend the restrictions so as to prevent
the movement into Mexico of ar.v goods
which rr..eht be used in military opera
tions arv.r.f-t ihe United .-ta'es.
LINER CEDRIC IS ARMED
WhStt- ,-tur >tfrir.icr Arrlvt-.* \V!'h Slx
IlJI h V.Kltl fiUT! >l??Ullt?-rt t)!l
-?it-rri.
I
NEW V'"F..K Tur.e 20 ?-Th< W'-.it*
frir lir.er Cedri" arrived from Liver
pool to-day with a ?!x-ineh r.ava! rifle
'mounted o." her s " ?t.. the largest cali
ber gur carried hv any merchantman
i into the p.*<rt of New York elr.ee the
Adriatic sailed out of the harbor with,
'similar armament eighteen months aro t
'Italian ar.d French merchant vessels
'that have been armed carry rifles that
do not exceed three inches Th*j
?"edric. s gun was examined by men,
from Collector M.tlor.e's neutrality;
squad and rhe.r report forwarded ro
Washington The State Department sev- :
eral month* ic: announced that a six-?
inch gun was 'he l^reest w?-.?pon that
i would be considered .*.?? iefensive arma
| rr>r.t on a merchant vessel.
\ ?? \
I WANT NEW CENSORSHIP
! I
j AdmlslMrnMou Offlrlnl* Prepare to Auk |
< ongreftn for Authority to Pro- i
itiulgnte Regulations.
WASHINGTON. June 26.?Adminis- .
| tration officials to-day prepared to ask
(Congress to authorize a military news j
I censorship in connection with the Mex-j
j lean situation.
Upon recommendation of the Army j
J War College, a resolution was drafted I
at the War Department empowering'
the President to promulgate censorship ;
I regulations. They would apply at the,
'State. War and Navy Departments as
well as along the border and in Mex-j
ico.
| Secretary Baker also announced that I
I a press bureau, under an army officer!
as censor, was being organized, to '
handle all news from the War De- j
partment.
| AMPLE SUPPLIES ON HAND j
| Equipment Sufficient for 250,000 Meu
Now in the Schuylkill
Arnenal.
j PHILADELPHIA. June 2?.?There are.'
?supplies at the Schuylkill Arsenal audi- j
ident to equip 250,000 men, according to:
ja statement by Colonel George H. Pen-,
rose, commandant, to-day. The arsenal J
j is the supply depot of the departments ;
| of the East and South.
| Colonel Penrose added that since j
I last Monday, Maine, Massachusetts,!
[Pennsylvania, New Jersey and most of i
j the* District of Columbia have been j
I completely suppli#d. and tha< New Yorkj
j will receive its full allotment in a>
Idav or two. Others States In the dis-i
jtricts which are partly equipped, will
1 receive the remainder of the para
phernalia ir. a few days he said.
CONTRACT FOR PLANT GIVEN
| Philadelphia Firm Will Krwt Vlneose
Company Bulldlnn at
Roanoke.
ROANOKE. VA, June 26?The con
tract for the erection of the Roanoke
plant of. the Viscose Company, manu
facturers of a grade of silk fabric, to
day was awarded to Erwin & Yeighton,
of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia
firm competed with six other concerns.
The cost of each unit to tho factory
here. It Is estimated, will he $1,000.
000. and an ultimate investment of
$5,000,000 will be put In the business (
here. Work on the plant will begin
July 1.
HEDUCED TAKES ACCOUNT JULY 4
via Southern Hallway,
commencing July 2. to many points;
fHirn Jimit. Juli' ???-AdV,
King Victor Emmanuel's Men
Turn to Offensive in Trentino
and Across Border.
VIENNA ADMITS WITHDRAWAL
Russians Break Deadlock in
Bukowina and Throw Men
Over the Dniester.
Fuming to the offensive in Trent i r.r,
and across the border in Italy where
they were driven recently by the Aus
? ? i-i.ifi. Italians have forced the
A"Siri.ins to a general retreat along'
the entire front. King Victor Em
manners men are still on the heels of
the Austrians, who are declared to be
rapidly falling back before the Italian
advance.
Vienna admits a withdrawal of th*
t0rrftS betwe?n Brenta and
Ktfich R.vers, which it i? declared was
done to safeguard their full freedom
or action.
in have made
u " . Progress against the AustroJ
S' ?es In th- re*ion ?>' Kim
P but in the operations to the
north of Kuly the Austrians have re
P'-ilted the Russian attacks. in<5Ictin~
heavy casualties en the Invad-r*
cording to Vienna.
In Oallcla the Russians h.ve .it last
o..? .. ? ha deadlock, and throvn th*,r
Dor. Cossacks acros.f the r>nleste- in*
occupied the villae.*s r.f ?;,k,.-?h. c'
and Petruve
HF.AVV rn.UTINf,
? ONTIVlT.s iv VOLHVMA
fteln!n?. continues !r. Volhvnia.
c-5 n
, , 01:0,1 ?olt:'!. to the north
-f Luisk He:. Vienna says th, c,.'r
yr-.As have stormed Russian positions
l',r; ' :'~T "J? Jbo'Jt S C-ftO meters and
captured positions aaalr.Ft all
??"-..trrit'ioks Along the Stvr fr-r.-n
r.ol .. ,o Soki;;. rhe Germans are still
fi U u!?n!'1Jrdlr'g th* po-.
^t-Vbn-?. around Linewka. on the
:t -.ho: River, they have launched re
-t-i.rd infantry atta-ks !r. ma^t f-*-. :
rr..\* io~^t -? j
,ij ,A_ '??ad asserts were
Irs the region of th* Pr'.pet marshes
*o as fa,- jf Jacobstadt ?vere v-- k-.
f
; nt by tr.c Gfrmar.s. ind several in-'
*'hich ,hA RufMaR
'? ? <? ere p it down by iht. p.::*.
51an nre
?r.!nC' ?,Ja4ly ";ehr ?r-lv artillery'
"tr tal"L#n p!%~* !n Verdun
, " ? ne.-- nave diminished !n
e..?!ry. Tr a British have carried out
th a UP* r,t ?'Jccessful ittacks ayiir.st
??e. mar.s and rjI???? bombarded
considerable *.fferr r.frm^
^ ? ?erman positions
on vsrlo'j? sectors
In Asiatic r>.rkey near Mo?ui ar* .? '
the vicinity r.f Bagdad the T?.k? '
tempted offensive movements a*ai"t
T"t Hut were ev^rvwh-e -e
pulsed except on th* Euphrates, whe^e !
?el"d a height. Later they we-e
^ \Cdld?t?or0n? accor,fln^ to Pctrograd.
Additional gains for the British
<r?rEaS?.?Afr?t,ne apl!nsT th* Germans
r. East Africa are related In a B-<tish
communication. '
ITALIANS ADVA.VCI.VG AM.
ALOVG TREXT1XO FHOVT
ROME June 26 (via Parls).?RePort3 j
from the front state that the Italians'
are advancing all a!on{r fhft Trentlno
?ector, reconquering positions which ?
he Austrians had occupied and cap- ;
turning men, arms, ammunition, provi- '
s.on, and .,11 kind, ??ppU?
he Austrians were obliged to abandon
n precipitate retreat. All Italy is re
Ai'i?tnf ?Ver the withfJrawal of tlie (
- ustriana ?,x weeks after their often.
.^movement on the Trentino front |
read's: 5tatement to-day
'The enemy, incapable of overcom- !
ine our defense ??d llnfJ?r th<4 ^
ee?ic pressure which we have been
conducting for several days, has been !
Manrt /n beSin 3 rft,reat "^rth of ,he '
Mandriello road. We have captured 1
he positions of Caste! Gamberta Me \
ette. Mount Lougara. Gallic. Asiago 1
Cesuna and Monte Cengio Our ad-'!
xance continues vigorously close at I
the heels of the enemy.
"Wo advanced from the Arsa Val
]Z *? ?h? ??"? C?".un, plateau, in
he Arsa. \ alley we took Rios i ? ?
tlie S,opes southwest of Monte I.emeNe !
poV,?,: TnV;.^hr,rZ:nrto thei
, ,M hrciUe.-t Tnoizrf'*i< ?
inafl* 1,11 lhf right flank, where wa !
occupied t he norther^^'^pe^^f ^o^e !
BustboHo Belmonte. Pannoccio. Bareo'
Lengio, southwest of the line r !
nlng through Monte Longara. Oallio' I
Asla^o ant] Cesuna. on which we are I
fl mly established. Northeast of thl I
plateau we took Monte c im I
Monte Castellaro and Monte Del To! w"ft j
of CI ml di Caldiera. ,j
"The enemy withdrew ranldlv I
our advance. He blew Up the bridge at!
Poxl, and set Are to Aspo, Stanna and
t>tainbri. Along the whole front we
? ound trenches of the enemy filled with
corpses. Large quantities of arms am
munition food and other material were
Mm x^:nemy- shar"
"On the Iaonzo the artillery i8 active,
(Continued ou FUth ^
"Bull Moose" Party Practically
Dies as National Political
Organization.
ACTS AFTER STORMY SESSION
Several of Leaders Intimate They
Will Support President
Wilson.
CHICAGO. Jur.? IS.?By a vote of;
32 to 6, with r.inr members .declining to i
vote. ?he National Committee of the j
Progress! ve party to-day indorsed
Charles E. Hughes for President. and |
tn- 'J", .il Moofi" party practically went
out of existence as a national political
organization.
rhr decision to indorse the Republl
<r.-.r. presidential nominee came at the
end "f a stormy session. The fight
in :h~ committee for Hujrhes's indorse-j
ment was led by (?eor?re w Perkins, of
New Vork: .James K. 'iarfleld. of Ohio.!
ar.d Chester H Rowell. of California.
The radical element in ihe committee,
represented by Matthew Hale, of Mas
sachusetts: Bainbridge Colby, of New
York; Henry F C^ehems, of Wiscon
sin. ar.d John M. Parker, of Louisiana,
vigorously protested against the in
dorsement of any candidate for Presi- !
dent, and fought the majority at every i
step cthe proceedings. The minority's;
fir?' move was *o Jr.s-ist on an expres- ?
sior< of the committee, aril it "won this,
point 3-ffer a number of committeemen.;
led by John M. Parker, bolted the'
mating.
After <~>scar King Davis, secretary
of the committee, read '""oirmel
Roosevelt's letter finally declining the
Progressive nomination for President,
ir.d urging that Mr. Hughes be sup
port* d by member? of the Progressive
party in order to defeat President wtl
?or the committee voted to accept
Colonel Roosevelt's declination ar.d took
a recess for luncheon.
nonsrvELrs refusal
LEAVES VACANCY ON TICKET
At the beginning: of the afternoon
session. Chairman Matthew Hal*, of'
Massachusetts. r?i!*d the next order of
business ?-ai to fill the vacancy on the
ticket c-aused by tne refufil of Colonel
Roosevelt to run.
Bainbridgs C^lby, of New Vork. pre
rer.tei the name of Victor Murdock. of
Kansas. chairman of the national com
mittee now on his wav to China, This'
i*d to a clash l"etw*en Raymond Robinr :
and Mr. Colby, in which the lie was'
passed Mr Robins said Mr. Murdock i
had told him he. would no' accept th*
presidential nomination. The proposi
tion to rur a third-party t!<*k>--t then !
was defeated after a spirited debate,
by a vote of } 1 *o is.
M-. Garfield next introduced a reso-.
lution Indorsing Hughes for President.?
and directing the executive committee j
of th* Progressive party to co-operate:
with the Republicans in the campaign. |
Mr. Coc'.-.em? contended the commit-!
tee had no- a ithorlty to indorse any'
candidate, and that its power was lim-i
ited to the filling of the vacancy on
the ticket caused by the refusal of
Colonel Roos*velt to run.
Chairman Hale ruled that the motion
to indorse or recommend the Republi
can candidate for President was out
of order, and a debate of several hours
ensued
Finally. Mr C.arfleld appealed from '
the decision of the fhair. and was sus- :
tained. S.I t.-> 14 During the discussion
Raymond Robins indicated he would
support President Wilson if the Pro
gressives did not put a ticket in the
field.
PARKER MAKES PROTEST
AG A I.VST AX Y INDORSEMENT
Mr Parker made a fiery protest
against any indorsement. Many of the i
Progressives were former Democrats,
he said, and had burned all their po
litical bridges when they joined the j
Progressive organization. He inti
mated he might vote for President
Wilson.
Before the roll was called on the
indorsement of Hughes. Colby made an
unsuccessful attempt to have nil action
delayed until August 5. the anniver
sary of the birth of the Progressive
pn rty.
While the debate was at its height
Clarence Straus read a resolution, said
to have been passed by the delegates !
from Virginia to the national commit- j
tee, opposing the indorsement of any ;
other than a Progressive f<>r Pre '.dent ;
and challenging the riuht of Mr Gar- ;
field to vote for Hughes under the j
proxy he he'd of the nation.il com- |
mitteeman from Virginia. Mr Gar
field said he had never heard of the ?
action, and finally declined to be!
guided by it
The following States voted for the j
indorsement of Hughes on the roll >
call:
Alabama. Arizona. Arkansas, Cali- I
fornia. Colorado, Connecticut. District I
of Columbia. Georgia. Illinois. Indiana.:
Iowa. Kansas. Louisiana. Maine, I
Maryland. Michigan, Minnesota, Ne
braska. Nevada, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, North Dakota., Ohio.
Oregon. Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming
and Hawaii.
After indorsing Mr. Hughes, the
committee., on motion of Dean W. D.
(Continued ."-n Ten Mi Page. >
TAKE A TRIP TO HA I.TIMOKE OVRK
TIIK FOURTH. '
#1 round trip next Saturday, good returning
until Wednesday via VORK RIVER LINE.
,r?Adv. , i
<5(2/2 jL,^.oTie^rdL WoacZ
o Sj xJT<n ecioftco
An unusual photograph of the commander of the Department of the
East. TT. R. A., watching from behind n fence the business men recently in
the military training camp nt Plattsburc;.
TO GUMP STUART TO-Dftf
Even- Military Fnit in the State
Will Move to Fair
Grounds.
.ARRAN("iF>fF.XTS ARF COMF1,FTF
Lights Have Dceu Installed and Tom-I
porary Drainage Provided?Dan- !
ville Company Will Be First to
Arrive This Morning.
Every military unit ir> th*"1 fttrjte, \
nam*1'! ir> 11*.^ War Department's mobi- [
lizntfor orders, will move to-day from
its liistation to ramp Henry Carter
Stuart, to remain there until ordered |
to the front. Major Bright'." battalion,
the Richmond Grays, probably will re- j
main in its armory until it receives
the order to entrain for Texts.
Troop? will be irriving throughout
to-day. Concentration orders from the
Adju'ant -General require that every
organization shall reach Richmond in
time to have the tents up before night
Before the sun sets, something like
3,t">A0 men of the Virginia militia will
he under canvas at the mobilization
camp Company M, of the Second
Regiment, Danville, will be the llrst ;
organization to arrive, corning In this
morning at 7:15 o'clock.
The Chase City company will follow i
close behind the Danville troops, arriv
ing In Richmond this morning at s - to
o'clock. Batteries B and C. Field
Artillery. Norfolk, will leave that city
at <i o'clock and arrive here three hours
later Troops from Big Stone ("lap.
Pulaski. Rust Radford, Roanoke.
Lynchburg and Parmvllle will reach
camp befoje noon About b'x special
train;; will be operated by the Nor
folk and Western to handle thu move- j
mcnt to Petersburg, from which place
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad will
bring 'he men to Richmond.
t"AM?* STI AHT IS H ISADY
ro KWHivr, soldirh nuis |
The camp is practically complete,
nnd. !f rain holds off. will be in ex
cellent condition to receive the troops.
Lights have been installed, temporary '
drainage has been provided, cnmmis* i
sar.v supplies are on hand. and mess
houses will be completed by night. '
The Hospital Corps, in charge of Major
J. C. Bowman, of East Radford, is
quartered already in the southeastern ,
corner of the site, at the junction o( '
the Hermitage Road with the Boule
? ard. j
Many of the meeshouses were ready
for use yesterday, and the force of I
sixty-seven carpenters will bo nug
merited to-day l>y about thirty more,
so that every one of them will be com- I
pleted to-day. Permanent drainage
operations are still in progress, and
will be prosecuted to completion Ar- |
(Continued on Second I'age.)
THROrr.II SI.EKPKIt TO ASUKV1I.I.K.
Loavts Ktthmond II lfr I" M ilolly; arrives,.
AshevlMe l':40 I'. M. SOUTHERN KAIL
WAY.?Adv. I
Military Men Kvpprt 20.0OO State
Troops in I'l Paso Before
Knd of Week.
5.000 RKCilUKS THERE NOW
This Will Make Texas City Largest
Military Concentration Camp in
I'ntif-d States?Bell Ik Ready *o
House and Ration 25,000 Men.
FAj PASO. June 26,?Hurried prepara
tions for the reception of thousands of
[national guardsmen were under way in
i El Paso to-night. Military men expect
approximately 20,00-1 guardsmen to
[arrive here before the end of the week,
and. with ?he 5,000 regular troops now
stationed here, they will make El Paso
the largest military concentration
camp in the United State;:.
With the entire National Guard of
Massachusetts, New Jersey and Con
necticut. approximating lO.Oflp men,
under orders to entrain for El Paso,
General Bell said that he was making
preparation for the housing and ration
ing of 25,000, so he would he prepared
to care of any additional troops sent
him.
It is planned that about 5,000 of the
State troops now on their way here
will bo stationed at Fort Pllss, on the
outskirts of the town, while camp sites
were laid within the corporate limits
of the city for the remaining S.'ioo
General Bell said that water mains
had been 1 lid. sewer connections made
and the ground leveled, leaving nothing
for the guardsmen to do on their
arrival but to set up the. canvas.
,\ it ii a km i:\ts ma in-: ron
mm,mm. or liEotiriTS
Arrangements have been made for
the drilling of recruits by noncommis
sioned officers of the regular army. It
was estimated that >1,000,000 worth of
supplies, equipment, food and forage
Is in transit to the quartermaster depot
here.
Military authorities here to-day c.oni
piled lists of motor cars and motor
trucks in El P..so available for army
use in emergencies, and arrangements
were made with four local hospitals to
care for overflow patients from the
base- hospital at Fort Bliss The bor
der was calin to-night. Rumors that
American and Mexican troops had
again clashed between Carrizal and
Villa Ahumada were denied by Ameri
can and Mexican military authorities.
Discussion on both sides of the river
centered upon President Wilson's- de
mands on Oarranza Mexican officials
and Mexicans of the better educated
class said they did not believe there
would be. any objection to surrendering
the American prisoners taken at Car
ri.vil. This con< ession, they said, ou^ht
to satisfy American pride, but they ex
I pressed fear it would not. ? ,
REPLY EXPECTED
TO U. S. DEMANDS
IIDAYOR TIG
Both Congress artd War De
partment Put New Ur
gency Into Activities.
WILL HAVE MEN ON HAND
TO RE-ENFORCE FUNSTON
Efforts Toward Mediation Col
lapse Without Formal Proposal
Being Made to Washington.
Tn\fp; SEEMS INOPPORTUNE
\\ ithin Three Weeks Whole Force
Summoned by WLlson Can
I3e Moved.
Guardsmen Begin
Moving to Border
NEW YOHK, June 211 National
giinnlmiicn In the department of the
K?*t hcKfln movlnR (mvnnl the Mex
Irun border to-nlKht. A Ma<i!iachu
net'ts Infantry regiment unci two field
artillery lintterlen of the New Jer
f^ey .VuttoDal (iitnril were on tht-lr
?'Pir to their designated statious be
fore midnight. Other contingents.
Including tlione' from ?w York,
were ready to ro, hut failure of
railroad companion to supply the
iirecuBflry earn canned delay.
National Kunrdsmen In other
Staten of the department of the '?ast,
General Wood nuld, probably would
not set started before one week or
ten da vs. Some of the commands in
Southern Stater., he nald. were not
lu shape, either through lack of
equipment or of men.
WASHINOTf^N', .rune ?Efforts to
wn rd Latin-American mediation in the
Mexican crisis, favored by Carranza
officials, collapsed to-day without hav
ing reached the stage of a formal
proposal to the United States. It. was
made plain by Secretary Lansing- t-o
Ignaclo Calderon, minister oi Bolivia,
who called with the intention of ask
ing whether the United States would
entertain an offer of the services of
its southern neighbors to aid in avert
ing war, that the Washington govern
ment sees nothing in the situation that
would warrant arbitration proceed
ings.
Mr Lansing talked with the minis
ter for hnlf an hour, and is under
stood to have told him that the blame
for the grave outlook rested squarely
upon Oen*rs! Carranza. The attitude
of the United Stales was so fully out
lined that Mr. Calderon did not men
tion directly the original purpose of
his visit.
When the minister left ' the State
Department he said the time "seemed
inopportune." and that for the pres
ent the diplomatic representatives of
six South and Central American coun
tries who had approached the Me.xi
1 can embassy on the subject of media
tion and received assurances that the
Carranza government was favorable to
j the principle, would not tender their
j good offices to the United States. Ho
indicated that the attempt to arrange
mediation might he renewed if General
Carranza's reply to Secretary Lansing's
note furnished any basis on which the
proposal could be founded.
IWITICD STATES WAITING
HOlt C'A It HA NZA'S I.AST WORD
The United States now is waiting for
Cnrranzn's final word in reply to the
note sent yesterday demanding releaso
of the prisoners taken at Carrizal and
a formal diplomatic announcement of
intentions.
The note reached Mexico late last
night. Special Agent Rodgers re
ported its receipt, adding that he had
failed in his first efforts to place it
in the hands of the Carranza Minister
of Foreign Relations. Undoubtedly, it
was delivered to-day. Officials looked
f?r an answer within a day or two
at most.
Meanwhile, both Congress and tho
War Department put new urgency into
their preparations for war There
were indications that should a formai
break occur toward the end of the
week. General Funston will be in a
position to defend the border ade
quately and re-enforce Pershing's ex
pedition. although aggressive action
may be delayed somewhat
War Department activities during
the day covered a wld? field Supple
mental orders to departmental officers
ci.lled for greater haste in getting the
National Guard to the border Au
thorization went out to accept the men
under the physical examination on
, which they entered the State service,
postponing rir.al examinations until
they are en rout's or have reached tho
border Those found unfit *.-<11 be sent
back at once
, Estimates to cover the pay anil
maintenance of the State Department.
. totaling {SSjOOO.flM u;> to January,
' were laid before Congreps. With them
i went figures of $13,>Vi0.0.10 for the pur
? chase of hordes and mules for army
! use. The total estimates of the quar
! termaster-general alone pass the J100,
iV'ii.iioo mark.
The House, passed ?he annual army
| appropriation bill, after adding;
| 000,000 for ec:cr?cr.c>* purpoiea clurlcjg