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Show GEN. PERSHING SENDSJEPH! Gives Mexicans Chance to Make Good Threat, But They Decline Issue. TROOPS AT OJINAGA Instructions to Funston Four Regiments of Infantry and Two Cavalry Regiments to Be Organized at Once. San Antonio, Texas, June 21. Gen. ! oral Pershing has given the Mexican ! troops the opportunity to make good J their threat to attack him if he moved east or west, but the Mexican declined the issue. , ne seat u. smuii iorcc eastwarq to Guzman, about 35 miles from his line of communication yesterday to investigate inves-tigate a report that a concentration of Mexican troops had been made there. He reported the incident to General Funston today, adding that the detachment had returned without finding any Mexican troops in that vicinity. Reports to department headquarters today told of the arrival of more troops at OJinaga, opposite Presidio, Texas, and at Agua Prieta opposite Eagle Pass. Beyond OJinaga increased ac tivity -was noted but officers here be lieved Colonel Gastro, commanding on the American side has men enough to meet the situation. The heaviest addition to the Mexican Mexi-can army was opposite at Ojinagas, where General Murgia arrived this morning with 2,000 men. General Funston Bald today that he had not been able to confirm the rumor ru-mor that Americans at Cerrelavo had been murdered. General Funston was notified by tho war department today that detailed instructions have been sent to him for organization bj' him of four regiments regi-ments of infantry and two cavalry regiments under the army re-organization bill which will become effective July 1. Tho procedure will be to assign as-sign experienced non-commlssloned officers from existing regiments to tho new organization to handle the re. cruiU. |