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Show OBREGON IKES SOCIAL GIL OF! GENERALSGDTT American Soldiers in Full Field Equipment Line Both Sides of the Two-mile Route. SALUTE OF 19 GUNS BY THE ARTILLERY Trumpeters Blow Fanfare and the Bands Strike Up "Columbia;" El Paso Enjoys Spectacle. By H. H. STANSBURY. By International News Service. - EL PASO, Tex., Aprpil 29. General Obregon. this morning returned the social so-cial call due after the viBit of Generals j Scott and Funston to Juarez last night, and El Paso was the scene of a military mili-tary spectacle that would have halted traffic in any of the largest cities of ; the country. j Five thousand American Boldiers, in j full field equipment, lined Golidly both sides of the two-mile route taken by the Mexican minister of war and his 1 party from the international bridge to j the private cars where the American j generals awaited them. Accompanying General Obregon were General Jacinto B. Trevino, commander of the divisions of the northeast; General Gen-eral P. Elias Calles, military governor of Sonora; General Luis Guiterrez, military mili-tary governor of Chihuahua; General Gabriel Gavira, commander at Juarez, and Consul Andreas Garcia, Half a dozen staff officers also accompanied ac-companied the general. Reviewed by General Bell. Promptly at 10 o'clock the automobiles automo-biles carrying the five Mexican generals appeared at the international bridge, where General George B. Bell, Jr., acting act-ing as General Scott's representative, received them. General Obregon stepped into General Bell 's car and the remainder remain-der of the party followed. A battery of the Fifth field artillery, stationed near the bridgehead, boomed forth a salute of nineteen guns as the Mexican generals met the American officers. of-ficers. Trumpeters of the Seventh infantry in-fantry blew a fanfare of welcome and a military band struck up a lively march. Then the automobiles carrying the visitors moved Blowly toward the center cen-ter of the city, escorted by a. troop of the Eighth cavalry. On both sides of the street stood the American soldiers, j shoulder to shoulder, in full marching equipment. As the machines moved along, whistles blown by officers gave the command: "Present arms!'; Hundreds Hun-dreds of rifles, with bayonets flashing 1 in the morning sun, moved simul- ; taneously to the position for salnte. Obregon Not Impressed. General Obregon sat stiffly in the car and gazed straight ahead. He hardly hard-ly glanced at the long lines of Amer- i ican soldiers on both sides of him. The Mexican officers in the other machines, however, appeared deeply interested in the fighting men, and sometimes there escaped from thc-ra the frank ejaculations ejacula-tions of admiration. Five hundred troopers of the Eighth cavalry were drawn up around the pri-i pri-i vate ear where the American generals awaited their guests. As the machines drove into the square and came to a halt beside the coach there was a sharp command and 500 sabres flashed into the air and rested at salute. The ringing ring-ing of steel-entered scabbards was followed fol-lowed bv a crush of musketry. "Co-jlumbia' "Co-jlumbia' was played by the massed i bands. I General Funston in fatigue uniform I stood at the doorway of the coach and welcomed General Obregon as he swung up the preps. General Scott and Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Colonel R. E. L. Michie of the general staff waited iust inside the doorwav and shook hands with the Mexican Mex-ican visitors as they filed in. Both the (Continued on Pace Two.) i OBREGDN VISITS THE . Ill GENERALS (Continued from Page One.) chief of ttaf f and Lieutenant Colonel Michie were in civilian clothes. The visit lasted about an hour. The space around the car was ."jammed by thousands of spectators. Double lines of troops were thrown around it to keep back the sightseers. The military bands played frofii time to time. There were cheers when the notes of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" were heard. When the visitors departed the Eighth cavalry formed into line behind the automobiles and escorted them back to the bridge. The white and red gnidoni whipped in the breeze as the mounted troops clattered over the paved street;. The long lines of soldiers sol-diers " folded up" into marching formation forma-tion as the Mexicans recrossed the line to Juarez. Mountain and field guns, mule trains and provision wagons, in-fantrv in-fantrv and cavalry rattled through the streets on the way back to barracks and camps. Thousands of people cheered along the route of march as tho regimental regi-mental and national colors, floating side by side, went by. The spectacje was considered a good object lesson for the visitors. After the departure of his guests General Scott made the following statement: state-ment: "This was merely General Obregon's return call. Tho issues of the conference confer-ence were not discussed." On his return to Juarez General Obregon Obre-gon attended a cowboy roping contest and "fiesta." General and Mrs. Obregon crossed the line early this morning and took breakfast break-fast at the union station. After the meal thy met a train from Douglas, Ariz. From it alighted P. Elias Calles of Ponora ; General Francisco Scrra no, chief of staff to Obregon; Miss Rosa Obregon, a sister; Alejandro Obregon, a brother, and the Mexican consul at Douglas, Ives Lelevier. The party then returned to Juarez. |