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Show HOPS LEAVE j' FORTJiGLAS Ordered to Proceed to Elj Paso Without Further Delay. Orders for the officer and enlisted men of the Twentieth United States infantry to move at once to El Paso. Tei w:ere received by Colonel .1 A. Irons, In command at Fort Douglas, at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon The entire regiment and detachments of the hospital rorpa and the quartermasters quar-termasters corps will leave early to morrow morning over the Salt l,ake Route for Colmn. Cab. fro which point th..- will go over the Southern Pacific to El Paso A freight train running extra, will leave this oenlng over th same route with stock and equipment he longing to the regiment. This in eludes about 150 horses and mules, there being ncarlv 100 mules. The plan is to start the, equipment a day before the men. In order that the delay de-lay in waiting for it will be lessened The members of the nglmcnt will travel In three sections of a special train. In standard and tourist sleepers, sleep-ers, and will leave early tomorrow morning if the companies are ready to move them Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Per kins will be in command of the reto ment as soon as It leaves the military mili-tary reservation of Fort Douglas. Col I onel J A Irons be:ng In command of the post Colonel Irons will ho in command at Fort Douglas until Mondav when he will leave for To-Major To-Major Willis Ullnc, In command Of the quartermaster's corps at Fort Douglas will remain there and be In command after the departure of Colonel Irons. There are nearly fifty officers who will leave for the border with the Twentieth infantry, and there are 77a enlisted men Of the men 7L'S are members of the Twentieth and the remaiuder belong to the hospital corps and thp quartermaster corps. M.ijoi I line w ho has had charge j of preparations for the movement of the troops. w,.i have onh about a dozen men here at Port Douglas with which to manage the affairs of the post He will have a few general prisoners in his charge until orders are received as to their disposition and will be in command until further fur-ther orders Most of the women of the fort will remain there until thev know more, of the outlook at El Paso, although, some will leave soon for homes In the east. . |