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Woodrow Wilson: I direct and authorize the officers and enlisted men of the Army of the United States to observe like diligence in…

On the recordJuly 11, 1919
I direct and authorize the officers and enlisted men of the Army of the United States to observe like diligence in preventing such violations and in causing offenders to be turned over to the appropriate civil authorities for trial and punishment according to law.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 1530—Declaring Unlawful the Exportation to Mexico of Arms or Munitions of War

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