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Show FUNSTON TO HAVE A LARGE ARMY Seventy Thousand Men Are to be on the Border Within Ten Days. San Antonio, Texas, June 20. Facing Fac-ing Carranza's defiant army in northern north-ern Mexico, there will be stationed along the Rio Grande within a week or ten days an American forco that will total, It was stated today, almost 70,000 men. General Funston has requested the war department to send him as quickly quick-ly as possible a large part of the national na-tional guardsmen, and advices received re-ceived late today Indicated that entraining en-training of the first troops would be begun tomorrow. As fast as they arrive ar-rive in the south they will be sent to the stations chosen. A part will be brought to San Antonio and held here as a reserve, but a large part of them will be within sight of Mexico when they get off the trains. General Funston did not announce how many he has asked for nor the stations to which they will be sent, but it is known that he expects more than a division and it was said that not less than 2S.000 would be sent. Secretary Landing's note to Carranza's Car-ranza's minister of foreign affairs was read carefully by General Funston and members of his staff. Those officers familiar with the temperament tem-perament of the Mexican officials re-gardedg re-gardedg it as a communication almost certain to sweep aside the barriers holding apart the two armies. Already the border army, made up of troops of the regular establishment and the militiamen of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, comprises more than 40,000. The army already patrolling the international in-ternational line is prepared to resist any aggression the Mexican government govern-ment forces might make, but it was demonstrated some time ago that it was not big enough to guard the long line from Brownsville to the Pacific, and army officers never hae regarded it as strong enough to undertake an invasion in force. General Funston's request for the guardsmen was for "a number sufficient suf-ficient to give adequate protection to the border." Officers at his headquarters head-quarters also felt that while this increased in-creased force operations In Mexico on a big scale might be undertaken, but in the event of intervention or any other action making necessary a general gen-eral forward movement into Mexico, General Funston explained that he would ask Immediately for the remainder re-mainder of the 100,000 guardsmen called to sen Ice this week. In none of the daily reports that reached General Funston was there news of fresh raids or other border disturbances, disturb-ances, but information pointing to increasing in-creasing unrest across the border and continued activity of troops of the de facto government was received. General Pershing has been succes-ful succes-ful in avoiding a clash with the troops that are drawn across his rear and that cover his flanks, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing that reports indicated that he has continued to send scouting patrols some distance from his line of communication com-munication and towards the south beyond be-yond Namiqulpa. The Mexican troops so far have contented themselves with assuming such strategic positions as to give them ome advantage in the event they are ordered to carry out General Trevino's threat to attack General Pershing "if he moves in any but a northerly direction." |