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Show GOES TO BORDER TO STUDY HEALTH OF THE SOLDIERS NLW YOLK. July 12. Hr. Thomas OariiiiKton. former public health commissi commis-si on t r of New York, will lenve tornormw for the McxLan bolder to studv tiie iu-.ltii of tho rocmar and national -uan -.,;;-is on dm v ; lie re. Pr. 1 -trp.n-ton. who has credentials from Secretary c' War Pak.r. vt-!f.ire department of ihe N.i l i. ir.;il Gilc fedt-rrittor. T.i.- oo.i.-ct of ike .-n :v. rr 1 1 1 t-e. ;is an-nobrve.i an-nobrve.i i .- the oec-;tive cvni -il of 'Vd-rn".on. i to a-.p.;a;n; ti e p;:V;.- with the pro,;: ess made smce In t::e c.ire of soldiers. iReporta will be made to the war department. Five-eightha of the 128.000 national guji rdsmen called by the president in the department of the east were under arms today, according to a report sent from department headquarters to the secretary of war. In the report it is slated that no troops have as yet moved from the following slates: New Hampshire, Delaware, West Virginia, Vir-ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. New York leads in the number of troops mustered in with I7,4il; Pennsylvania second, with 12,tiiS. Rhode Island was the only state to respond re-spond with its various units up to full war strength. The tiny New England state furnished US 1 men for its squadron of cavalry, a battery pf artillery and an ambulance company. |