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Show I GOVERNORS PROTEST TROOP TRANSFERS Object to Orders Using Guardsmen to Fill Up the Divisions. Divi-sions. WASHINGTON, May 29. The governors gover-nors of Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa called on Secretary Baker today to protest pro-test against orders for the transfer of 5OQ0 national guardsmen from the Thirty-fourth Thirty-fourth division to fill up another organ -li&tton about to go overseas. They urged that the state units In the Thirty-fourth be not broken up. The governors said they did not want to interfere if military exigencies demanded de-manded the transfer, but suggested that. If possible, the men needed be drawn from the national army or from new organizations or-ganizations of regulars. Mr. Baker Instructed In-structed General March, chief of staff, to comply with the reauest If posWa. |