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Mill UM. "Bo tat and Fear not?Bet all tbe ende Ahnet at be thy Country's, Thy God'e and TrerttVa,* THK TRUE SOUTHRON, Established OoneolMated Ana. 9,1861. _____ -? SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2J, 1916 Vol.XLII. No. 36. Entire State Militia. Situation in Mexico Cause For Call to State Organizations to Mobilize at Once. Iftifrllii?nn Will Begin Immediately and Troops Will Be Placed at Disposal of General Fnnston and Sent to Border When and Where Needed?Estimated Thit 100,000 Men Will Respond to Call. a/eshtngton. June lt.?Virtually the entire mobile strength of the National Quart of all the State? and the Dts Irl et of Columbia was ordered mus nered lato the federal eervtce tonight hy Precedent Wlleon. About 100,000 mm are expocted to respond to the oaKL They will be mobilised Imme dfcdcJy for euch eervtce on the Mexi ai may later bo assigned to Oea. raaalnn. oommanding the hot? ter fetoea, will designate the time and ajboa far ssovoments of Guardsmen to ihj lalemalloaol line aa the occasion shall require. In announelAg the orders Secretary sfefcer emld the Stale forces would be eea ployed only to guard the border aa4t that no additional trocp move xecets lato Mexico wore contemplated aexeat to pursuit of raiders, i Hewaltaneously with the National Qwud call. Secretary Denisia of the oavy department ordered additional war veaeels to Mexican' waters on both coasts to safeguard American At the war, navy and state depart? ment* It waa stated that ne new ad vi?? aa to the situation In Mexico has come to precipitate the new Within the mat two weeks, how hen been increasing The ortete presented by Gen re note dfaatnd^ay the recall Perehing4e expedlttonary force baaa fallowed ay a virtual um oa tho Amort caa afl* k To this waa yeeterday the poeeibillty that American and Mexican troops had alaahed across the border from Ban Benlto, Texas. Administration officials made no attempt to ooacoal tonight their relief over tho eafe return of MaJ. Ander? son's cavalry squadron to Browne villa after their successful bandit ebaee, The troopers crossed In pur euftt of bandits in the face of Intlma tloaa that they would be attacked if they did eo. Gen. Funston himself repotted that he anticipated lighting, presumably with Carranxa forces. Mobilisation of the National Guardsmen to support Gen Fun etoa's line will pave the way for re? leasing some 30.000 regul?re for im? mediate service in Mexico in the event of seen hostilities with the Carranxa government. The Guards? men themselves could not be used beyond the line without authority of congroaxj and until they had volun? teered for that duty as they are call? ed ont under the old militia law. The new law, which would make them available for any duty under the fed? eral govern nent goes into effect July 1. The entire mobile regular army In the United States, several provisional regiments of regular coast artillery, serving ss Infantry, and the National Guard of Texas. New Mexico and Arlson.i now are on the border or In Mexico. Definlto figures have nevor been made public, but it Is under? stood Gen. Funston has about 40,000 regulate and probably 5,000 or more guardsmen, qi' whom 10,000 regulars are with Gen. Pershlng or scattered slong his line of com muni -nations from Namlquipa. Mexico, U Colum? bus, N. M. Telegrams calling for the militia were sent tonight to the governors of ell States except the three whose guardsmen already have been mus? tered In, after an all day conference at the war department . ttonded by Secretary Baker. MaJ. Gen. Scott, chief of stsff; MaJ. Gen. Bliss, chief of the mobile army, and Brig. Gen. Mills, chief ol the militia division, general staff. Brig. Oen. McC< mbs. president of the army war college, also was confu ted. Since Mr. Baker dld not find it necessary to confer again with President Wilson after his visit to the White House late last night. It was apparent the decision to bring out the militia was reached then. By the news orders there will he I placed at Gen. Funston s disposal two major generals and 21 brigadier gen erals of mllltla with their complete Infantry commands. The entire in? fantry divisions from New York and Pennsylvana are called out as are II full brigades from other States. In all 88 regiments of Infantry, with IS separate battalions and many sep? arate companies are affected, giving a total of 1,148 companies, each of which must have a minimum strength of 8S men when mustered Into the federal service. The total enlisted force of infantry therefore would not be less than 85, 000 men. Less than 600 companies, scattered throughout the country, will not be mustered In and the National Guard coast artillery eompanies have not 1 been summoned. All of the field ar Itlllery. cavalry, engineers and signal troops will be employed, as will many of the mllltla field hospitals and am? bulance companies. The war depart? ment has on hand ample equipment and clothing to outfit and maintain this force. The call applies to 79 batteries of field artillery. ?& troops of cavalry and one New York cav? alry machine gun troop, 26 engineer companies and 89 signal companies, {all with full equipment already issued .to them. Twenty-six ambulance com - I panics and 27 field hospitals also have been ordered made ready for entrap? ment. No indication was given at the state department tonight of the course to be pursued with regard to t ie reply to Qen. Ca-Tranaa's note domandlng pared last week by Secretary Lansing and is still in President Wilson's hands. It had been intended to dis? patch it to Mexico City tomorrow by special messenger but recent develop? ments may change this plan. Official reports that recent raids along the border had created alarm among American residents In Mexico City and elsewhere beyond th* border were reflected today in a message re? ceived at the Mexican embaisy from Oen. Carranza. It stated v.hat ex? citement prevailed at the Mexican capital over the ominous signs along the border, and asked Eliseo Arredon do, ambassador designate, to tell the first chief that he had learned of the intentions of the Washington gov? ernment towards Mexico. In reply Mr. Arredondo Included a copy of Secretary Baker'? statement announc? ing the call for the militia. Gen. Carransa*s note demanding the recall of the American expedition ask? ed for a statement of the purposes of the United States and Secretary Lan? sing's response as It has been drafted Is understood virtually to restate the Mexican plank In the platform adopt? ed by the Democratic national conven? tion at St. Louis. When officials here heard of to? night's message to the embassy they construed It as a further indication that the de facto government was struggling with elements within Mexi? co over which it had little control. For three months the economic situa? tion, which Gon. Carranza has been attempting to solve without foreign financial aid, has boen growing stead? ily worse. Uneasiness has been mani? fested in many parts of the republic and agitators whoso purposes and af? filiations ore not clearly known here l.avo seized the opportunity to stir the smoulder into anti-American feelings throughout northern Mexico. The Washington government has watched with growing alarm the spread of disorders throughout Mexico and the evidenco that Carranza'*. con? trol over his army and his pro pi ? was waning from day to gay, Up to the time Gen. Trevtno served notice on Gen. Pershlng last week that any movement of his troops except to? wards the border would be treated as a hostile act, there wns no Hear indi? cation as to Carranza's own attitude. His intentions still are somewhat in doubt, although the fact that ho is said to have personally directed Trc vlo's sctlon leaves little ground for speculation on that score. The uuestlon remaining to be set? tled Is whether Gen. Carranza will go DANIEL REFUSES BALL. C LEM SON PROFESSOR DECLINES PRESIDENCY OF COLLEGE. Dr. W. W. Daniel Remains In Charge or Institution Until Successor is Picked by Board. Columbia, June 17.?-David Webster Danie'l, head of the English depart? ment In Clemson college, yesterday declined to accept the presidency* of Columbia college, to which position he was elected by the board of trus? tees of that institution June 1. Dr. Daniel explained in a letter to P. H. Hyatt, member of the board of trus? tees, that conditions at this time were such as to preclude the possibility of his acceptance. The office was made vacant eg* the resignation several weeks ago pi the Rev. W. W. Daniel, D. D., who. has been president of the school 16 ynars. Failing health Induced his resignation last month, but he will remain at; the head of the institution u itil his suc? cessor has been chosen. Prof, ^an lel of Clemson Is a nephew qf the re? tiring official. Mr. Hyatt said yester? day that no plans of the trustees.had yet been formed, as general notenca tlon of the .declination by the Cjem oon professor had not yet been niswe. the limit of ordering an attack; upon Gen. Pershing's troops. There'is no Indication that President Wilson has any Intention of weakening In his. de? termination to keep the exposition where it Is. It is also evident. how? ever, that the administration has no present purpose of ordering renewed activities after bandits by the column, except in the limited zone in which it has been operating with signal suc? cess for some weeks. Gen. Pershing's recent reports have Indicated that he has succeeded in clearing out all organised bands of outlaws in the vicinity of his camps. Some officials . here haVe bei i\ in? clined to look upon the Carransa note and many of his other more or less hostile actions as attempts to pi the radical anti-American ek? ln Mexico without actually brit on hoetlitles with tho Uni g^maToTSnml always fallen just short of the word or act that would have made a clash certain. These officials believe Car rahsa is playing a game of bluff, and that much as he might hate Villa, the direct cause for the present situation, he dared not attempt to capture the bandit and turn him over to the United States for punishment because he feared to make a national hero and martyr of his former ally against Huerta. ' In this connection It was learned In diplomatic circles tonight that for? eign agents in Mexico believe Villa to have been stricken with paralysis as a result of wounds received during or after the Columbus raid. He Is said to be In hiding In the hills and It is in? timated that Carranza officials could put their hands on him in a few days if they so desired. The Mexican situation is certain to come up in congress when the two houses resume active business this week. To defray the expenses of mobilizing the National Guard and maintaining it in the federal service, emergency appropriations will be needed immediately. Congress grant? ed the war department liberal emer? gency funds because of the border situation some time ago. These a.'e virtually gone now, and Secretary Baker probably will submit a largely increased estimate within a few days. No official would hazard a guess as to the sum that might be needed. Summed up tonight, the situation as to Mexico was this: President Wil? son's policy is unchanged, although he has taken the last possible step short of calling for volunteers to de? fend the border. American troops are in Mexico for that purpose and for that purpose only. This has been stated over and over again by Mr. Wilson and now has been affirmed by the Democratic platform upon which ho will seek re-election. The platform also states, however, that the troops are to remain in Mexico until tho de facto government uses its military forces to police the border region so thoroughly that renewed raiding is improbable. The Washington gov? ernment has little faith In the assur? ances of Gen. Carransa that vic is able to do this and has accomplished much in that direction, raiding has Increased rather than diminished since addi? tional Mexican troops were ordered Into Chihuahua and other northern BtatOS, It has been made plain, offi? cials said, that only American troops could be counted on to safeguard American interests on the border. Even with the call for militia, how BRIGADE 10 CAMP AI S1YX. THREE REGIMENTS TO BE MO? BILIZED THERE. Florida to Send One Regiment Pre? liminary Plans Call for Large Body of Troops in Lexington County. Columbia, June 19.?That the camp at Styx, in Lexington county, will be a brigade post, two regiments from South Carolina and one from Florida being quartered* there for training, Is the understanding of South Carolina militia officers who are familiar with the preliminary plans for mobilization of the National Guard. The com mnader of the post will be named by the president after the mobilisation orders .have been executed. [ For the mustering in of the State troops at Styx Capt. J. Malcolm {Graham, Nineteenth infantry, U. S. A., will be designated. He Is now assigned to this State as inspector-instructor of militia. 1 Maj. P. J. Drew of Barnwell, quar? termaster, will be in charge of the preliminary arrangements necessary to prepare the camp for the reception of the troops. The companies can not begin to move before 48 hours after notification, it ie assumed, and they have five days in which to make their preparations and report if so much be needed. The camp at Styx, In Lexington county, is 7 miles southwest of Co? lumbia, between the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern railways, being about three-quarters of a mile from Styx on the Southern and about a mile and a half from Dixianna on the Seaboard. The camp site comprises 1,007 acres on a sandy ridge, with good drainage lacilities. There is provision now for water supply for one regiment of in? fantry. If more men are encamped, however, the question can be very easily solved by a few days' work. Militia officers believe that the time of the National Guard at the Styx camp will be filled with special train? ing in field problems. Close order drill, It ie assumed, the troops to be called already know well enough, and the days will be mainly devoted to study ?%-dther points, guard and outpost m^***-*?***?*^ - tmtremmsneot work, scouting, perhaps practice marches, camp sanitation and a very considerable amount of rifle practice. For this last purpose the Styx camp is particularly well fitted. There is a modern rifle range with 27 targets al? ready there. GERMANS MORE ACTIVE. Artillery and Infantry Attacks on Mouse Increase in Violence. Paris, June 19.?An increase in the violence of the German bombard? ment of the French positions west of the Mouse is reported. Also an in? fantry attack against the French at Hill 321 east of the Meuse. On the west Chattancourt and Dead Man's Hill are under heavy shell fire. RUSSIANS DRIVING ON. Austrians Fleeing Across the Carpa? thian Mountains. Petrograd, June 19.?With CZerno witz In their hands the Russians are now driving with greater vigor to? ward Lemberg. Tho Russians are pouring across the Pruth river while the Austrians are fleeing in disorder across the lower ranges of the Carpa? thian mountains. During the absence from the city of Dr. Carl B. Epps, registrar of vital statistics, for Sumter and Concord townships, Health Officer W. J. Mc Kagen will act in that capacity. It is estimated that the average manure pile will breed 900,000 flics per ton? ever, it was declared emphatically to? night there was nothing to indicate that intervention plans were being considered. Stress was laid in every official quarter on the fact that only defensive measures were in progress and it was reasserted that if hostllitic follow they will come only from acts of the Mexican officials. Senator Sheppard of Texas received a telegram today from residents of San Bcnito and the lower Rio Grande valley asking the federal government to furnish them with arms and ammu? nition for use in protecting themselves and their property. The request was submitted to the war department, with a suggestion by the senator that it be granted. Col. Bullard, commanding a force of American troops near San Benito, is said to have advised the citizens to take steps to protect them? selves. War With Mexico Now Seems Certain. United States Government Will Place Blame on Garranza Government for Hostile Steps Note From Administration Refuses Withdrawal of American Forces Until Order is Restored in Northern Mexico, Insur? ing Safety of American Citizens and Their Property?Note From Garranza Demands That Americans Do Not Lind Except With Special Permission of Officers?Militia May Be Ordered Into Service Immediately. Washington, June 19.?No precau? tion is being overlooked for placing the country in readiness for war? few officials believe that war can be averted. They say that if it must come, then the administration will place the blame on Carranza. The note refusing to withdraw Gen. Pershing's troops, as demanded weeks ago, has been sent to the state department from the White House and it will be started by tonight to' Carranza. It says that the American' forces will remain in Mexico until complete order has been restored along the border. It is reported that warning is given Mexicans that they must not commit any overt act. The exodus of American consular officers from Mexico will soon be com? plete as Consul Hanna, formerly at Monterey, notifies the State depart? ment that Consul Stilliman has left Saltillo for America. Army officers declare that the tot? tering Carranza government wants war with America so it can draw the people together behind it. Army of? ficials say that Gen. Pershlng is able to take care of himself. New warnings have been given American citizens to leave Mexico by Secretary Lansing. Moxican Minister Arredondo says the note delivered to the State depart? ment this morning insisted that Amer? ican naval officers and men be or? dered not to land on either coast of Mexico until special permission has American officers were arrested, but later released and that two Mexican soldiers were wounded and one Mex? ican civilian wounded. When the Americans approached In a launch a drunken Japanese fired on them and the Americans returned the fire. Then the two American officers landed and were arrested. A parley was held and the release of the officers was or? dered, and then all the Americans re? turned to the ship. Secretary of War Baker has sent a letter to Chairman Hay of the house military affairs commltttee asking if the militia can be immediately order? ed into Mexico if needed. The pres sent law permits this after July 1, but Secretary Baker is afraid to wait that long before getting the power to order them into Mexico. . PERHAPS AN ULTIMATUM. Important Communication Delivered to Secretary Lansing by Mexican Embassy. Washington, June 19.?The Mexi? can embassy delivered a note to Sec? retary of State Lansing early this morning. It is said to be an import? ant communication based on tele? graphic advices from Mexico City. It is rumored that it is an ultimatum demanding that American troops be withdrawn from Mexico in seven days. President Wilson is considering calling for volunteers, but is holding this up until he finds out what Carranza ex? pects to do. This will probably be known today. The governors of all the States Inform Secretary of War Baker that the National Guard is be? ing called out. WAR PREPARATIONS RUSHED. Big Preparation for War Being Made at Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio, June 19.?War prepa? rations on a big scale are being ushed at Fort Sam Houston. Special precautions have been or? dered by Gen. Funston for guarding Gen. Pershing's line of communica? tions. SERRANO TO COMMAND. Attack on PcTshing Expected Soon? Carran/41 Trying to Kais?' Half Mil? lion Men. ?I Paso. June 19.?-Gen. Serrano, chief of staff of Minister of War Obregon has arrived at Juar z. It is believed that he has been designated to take supreme command of the Mexican forces and lead active oper ations against Gen. Pershing. It is reported that Cam is trying te equip five hundrec 5? jusand men f ?r immedia te servic <r / ?? -< - MADE TC AVE TEXAS. More Than v ? ndrcd Mexicans Do* por <r i'rom Laredo. Laredo, r ?o e, June 11.?A hun? dred Mexi ** , have been deported during tl ast twenty hours. The feeling J nse here. MILITiA BEING MOBILIZED. National Guard or Many States Re? spond to Call. Washington, June 19.?Reports from the following cities say that toe militia Is being mobilized rapidly: Harrisburg, Pa., Baltimore, Chicago, eight thousand; Indianapolis, two thousand; Boston, five thousand; Con? cord, Providence, Burlington, Albany, New York, seventeen thousand; Frankfort, Ky., Salt Lake City, Chey? enne, Columbus, Ohio, Atlanta, two regiments infantry battalion field ar? tillery, two squadrons of cavabryi Nashville, eighteen hundred; Tren? ton, Lansing, Richmond, twenty-five hundred, Hartford. RETURNS FROM CONVEHTION, Governor Convinced That WiU be Suaxssfnl la Party' United. , returned to Columbia yeel attending the national tiftfc? convention at St. Louis. The govern? or was elected chairman of the Soath Carolina delegation. He returned to Columbia firmly convinced that the Democrats will be victorious In the November election. The party, he said, Is united solidly for the impend* ing fight. STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR. Says Take Care of Jobs Held by Ute National Guardsmen. Columbia, June 18.?Ready to re* spond the minute orders are received from Washington for the mobilisation of the South Carolina troops, Gov. Manning and Adjt. Gen. Moore re? mained on duty until after midnight to receive the official instructions to mobilized the South Carolina militia. The governor's office was kept open throughout the night, and he remain? ed in touch with a telephone at hie side to start the machinery in mo? tion which would gather the militia at camp Styx. The governor read the press dis? patches telling of the c.xll by the pres? ident for the militia for use on tho Mexican border, and last night dic? tated the following statement to the people and the National Guard: "I know that the National Guard will gladly and willingly respond to the call to aid in the defence of American rights. American lives and American honor. I feel certain those who employ men who are members of the militia will make satisfactory arrangements whereby the men can respond for service on the border without Injury to their positions, so that South Carolina will sustain her enviable reputation for patriotism and devotion to duty. 1 know there will be the best of co-operation between the people and the National Guard. South Carolina stands ready to fur? nish promptly her quota of men for service in this crisis." Columbia. June 17.?Pledges filed by candidates this afternoon were: John T. Duncan for governor; Andrew J. Bethen for re-election as lieutenant governor, and D. W. McLaurin for treasurer. Columbia. June 17.?Thirty Citadel cadets will be detailed for rifle prac? tice with the United States marine corps at Winthrop, Va., according to information received yesterday at the adjutant general's office. The endet? will remain at the proving grounds ,for 30 days.