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Show I PRESIDENT GALLS I OUT STATE MILITIA H HUNDRED THOUSAND NATIONAL H GUARDSMEN MAY BE SENT TO MEXICAN BORDER. H Militiamen Will Be Used for Border Hj Guard Duty In Order That More H Regulars May be Sent Into M Mexico If Necessary. Hj Washington. Virtually tho cntlro H mobile strength of tho national guard M of all stntoB and tho District of Co H lunibla was ordered mustered Into Uio H federal service on Sunday night by H rrusldcnt Wilson. About 100,000 men B aro expected to respond to tho call. H Thoy will bo mobilized Immediately Hj for such ncrvlco on tho Mexican bor 8 dcr as may later bo assigned to them. m Frederick Funston, commanding tho HH border forcos, will dcslgnato tho tlino m and place for movomont of guardsmen H to Uio International line, aa tho occa- Hi slon shall require. H In announcing tho orders, Secretary m Baker said the Btato forces would bo h employed only to guard tho border and m that no additional troop movements Hj Into Mexico wero contemplated, ex B cept In pursuit of raiders. J Simultaneously with tho national J guard call, Secretary DanlolB of tho H navy department orderod additional J warships to Mexican waters on both J coasts" to safeguard American lives, H At tho war, navy and Btato depart H ments it was stated that no now ad H vlcos as to tho situation in Mexico had H como to precipitate tho now orders. H Within Uio last two weeks, howovor, J tonslon haH been Increasing steadily. H Tho crisis presented by General Car J ran's noto demanding tho recall of J General Porshing's expeditionary forco J has been followed by a virtual ultima H turn served on tho American officer by J General Trevino, Mexican commander H in Chihuahua. To this was added tho H possibility that Amorican and Moxl H can troops had clashed across tho bor J dor from San Bonlto, Texas. H Administration officials mado no at J tempt to conceal tliolr relict ovor tho J eafo return of Major Anderson's Chv H nlry squadron to tho American side ot H tho borden H Tho troopers crossed In pursuit ot H bandits in tho face of Intimations that H they would bo attacked if thoy did bo. H General Funston himself reported that H ho anticipated fighting, presumably H with Carranza troops. H Mobilization of tho national guards H men to support General Funston's lino H "will pavo tho way for releasing somo H 20,000 regulars for immodlato scrvico j In Mexico in tho event of opon hostlll- H tics with tho Carranza government. H Tho guardsmen themselves could not L bo UBed beyond tho lino without au HL thority of congress and until thoy had H volunteered for that duty, as thoy oro H called out undor tho old militia law. H Tho now law, which would mako them H nvallablo for any duty undor tho fed- H ernl government, goes into effect H July 1. |