File No. 812.00/672.
The Adjutant General to the Commanding General, Department of Texas.
Washington, January 24, 1911.
Sent troop cavalry, equipped for field service, 30 days rations, necessary pack transportation to as great extent as available, to each of following points: Brownsville, Laredo or immediate vicinity, Del Rio, and Eagle Pass, with instructions to patrol as far as necessary country intervening between those places, with view to aiding civil powers in enforcing neutrality laws United States. Be guided by article 48, Army Regulations.
There is now no convention or agreement authorizing troops of either Mexico or United States to cross into territory of other at any time or for any purpose. Therefore no crossing of American troops into Mexico will be permitted. Instruct commanding officers of troops accordingly.
These troops will be sent as soon as practicable after receipt of this telegram.