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Show ORDERED TO GET READY - FOR SERVICE ON BORDER 145,000 MEN AVAILABLE Expedition to Remain in Mexico While Washington Waits to See if Car- ranza Will Execute Threat Mexico City, Juno 18. General Carrnnza, addressing a mass meeting In front of Ills homo tonight, urged the cltlzess to refrain from hostllo demonstrations against Americana and declared that ho had hones of peacefully nrranglng the dlfllculties between Mexico and the United States. Tho first chief said In part: "This Is not the time for hasty action. ac-tion. I am trying to arrange our difficulties with tho United Stales pacifically and have hopes of succeeding. suc-ceeding. I want you to aid mo. "Tho encounter between American soldiers nnd Mexicans near Mata mo-ros mo-ros has been temporarily solved with tho withdrawal of American troops from that region. Tho matter Is now being taken up diplomatically. There was some troublo In Mazatlan caused ed by tho Intrusion of an American sallorand that has nlso been adjusted for tho tlmo being. v "Go to your homes and bo Rood Mexicans, remembering also that I will do my utmost to preservo tho dignity of tho Mexican nation. It wo aro forced to resort to arms I will lead you In person." Washington, June 1R. Virtually ! tho entire mobile strength of tho 2 national guard of all states and tho I District of Columbia were ordered R mustered Into the federal service to- I night by President Wilson About 1 100,000 men nro expected to respond to the call. They will be mobilized immediately for such service on tho Mexican border as may later be assigned as-signed to them. In announcing tho President's decision deci-sion late today. Secretary linker said the militia would be sent to the border wherever and as fully as General Gen-eral Funston determines them to he needed, llrigndler General Alfred Mills, chief of tho division of militia affairs estimated tho minimum militia mili-tia forco to be called out to bo 1 IK,-000 IK,-000 men. Secretary Raker Issued the follow-IngH follow-IngH tatement: "In view of the disturbed conditions condi-tions In the Mexican border, and In order to assure complete piotectlon f-or all Americans, the President has called out substantially all tho state militia and will send them to tho border, wherever and as fully as General Funston determines them to ho needed for tho purpose stated. "If all are not needed an effort will be mado to relieve thoBo on duty there from time to tlmo so us to distribute thoduty. "This call for militia Is wholly unrelated un-related to General Pershing's expedition expe-dition and contemplates no nddltlonnl entry llito Mexico oxcept as may be necessary to pursue hnndlts who attempt at-tempt outrages on American boII. "The militia nro being called out as to leave some troops In this sov-cial sov-cial states. They will be mobilized ut their homo stations, where necessary neces-sary recruiting can bo done." |