More Troops To Border.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 24, 1912:
Alarming Rebel Activity Near Nogales, Ariz., Reported.
Special to The New York Times.
    WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.— An alarming demonstration of revolutionary Mexican forces in the vicinity of Nogales, Ariz., has made it necessary to send reinforcements to that point without loss of time. Yesterday the State Department received dispatches indicating that there had been a gathering of insurrectos along the Southern Pacific Railroad south of Nogales, and the Secretary of War began to apprehend danger to the small garrison of the Fourth Cavalry, stationed in the town, which is peculiarly situated on the international boundary line. There have been threats that the insurrectos would raid the place, and owing to the confusion as to the precise location of the boundary there was fear that damage might be done to the American residents and property.
    The War Department telegraphed an inquiry to First Lieut. Gardenhire, Fourth Cavalry, in command of the detachment stationed at Nogales, telling him of the danger and asking if he needed any reinforcements. Lieut. Gardenhire replied to-day that it was true there was a body of rebels in the vicinity of Carbo, south of Nogales, that the rebels had burned twenty railroad bridges on the Southern Pacific, and that a force of 200 rebels near Carbo had received orders to burn all bridges northward to Nogales, destroy all culverts, and tear up the track so as to cut communication completely. He also had information that the Southern Pacific bridge at Magdalena, sixty miles south of Nogales, had been burned by sympathizers of the revolution in order to cut off a trainload of Mexican infantry sent south from Nogales to intercept the rebels and check their advance on Nogales.
    Lieut. Gardenhire gave the opinion that there was no need of any more United States troops at Nogales. However, the War Department received, late this afternoon, a dispatch from Lieut. Col. Galbraith, commanding the squadron of the Fourth Cavalry at Fort Huachucha, stating that he had ordered Capt Van Leer, with Troop A, to proceed early to-morrow to Nogales to reinforce the detachment there. The destruction of a large amount of Southern Pacific property and the interruption of communication will be made the subject of a vigorous protest to the Mexican Government through Ambassador Wilson at the City of Mexico, and it is believed that the Madero Government will employ every agency at its command to drive the rebels back into the mountains of Chihuahua and protect the railroad, so that the work of rebuilding bridges and culverts may proceed and traffic be resumed within a short time.
    To protect Americans and their property on the west coast of Mexico from the outlawry and brigandage of numerous bands of rebels, the Government has also dispatched the gunboat Vicksburg to Guaramas, Gulf of California, from San Diego. The situation in Southeastern Mexico continues so unsettled and alarming that several small gunboats may be sent to West Indian waters to Vera Cruz and ports to the southward.