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Show bier mm ! BORDEfUrnQCPS Secretary of War Puis in a Busy Day in Visit to Fort Bliss, T exas. EL PASO. Texas. March 21. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General March, chief of staff of tho army, were rushed from tho Union sULLiou, Lhruutjh double files of troops, to i-'urj. JJliaa th.3 afternoon, whero thuy wiLnW-ied a ri;- view of all mounted t roups in tho L-'a Paao border district, imspe'-.ted Ml ot the camps on ihe fort resurvatmn, held a reception re-ception for the district officers at the Knights of Columbus hall, listened to a concert by tho Mexican military band and attended a dinner in their honor. Secretary Baker announced it was one of the most sLre nitons eight-hour days he ; had experienced since return ins from Kuropo. lie lmished his visit by ooliver- - lug a speech on the league of nations. The secretary confirmed his reported intention of making the Tex;is border a training ground for army aviators, substituting sub-stituting airplanes for c-Lvalry patrols in ; the long reaches of desert country be- twecn outposts. I "It Is impossible now to say when the j patrols will bo established or how many 1 planes will te assigned to this border," he said, "as that depends upon the re-i re-i organization plans which, in turn, are yet to be provided." . Secretary Baker declined to comment i upon reports that the arms and munition ; em bar bo on shipments to Mexico might be lifted and arms and ammunition permitted per-mitted to bo sent to the Mexico n gov- j ernment. as was done recently with 15 1). 000 rounds of ammunition, lie said : this was a matter for the state depart- inent and not the war department. He ; said lie hud not heard the report that '' the Mexican government had asked for 5000 rifles for equipping troops to pursue bandits in nurt hern Mexico. Secretary Baker was keenly interested in reports received hero today that Martin Lopez and three other Villa generals had been killed at Asuncion. '"I understand Lopez was one of the most dreaded oC the Mexican bandits and I was deeply interested to hear of his reported re-ported death." he said. "The re-establish men t of friendly relations between American and Mexican officials on this border was also particularly interesting, as I took charge of the war department at a time when relations were very strained. For this reason restorat ion of these friendly ielations gives me especial pleasure." Asked by newspaper men what feature i of his visit to 1-U Paso impressed him most. Secretary Baker said tonight tho 1 five minutes he held Colonel James L. Collins's year-old baby in his arms here was the most Impressive part of his visit ' here. He added: ' "Colonel Collins is with General Per-f Per-f sliing in Europe, and formerly was his I aide. I came to know him very well - when I was in France. He has never seen his son and namesake. I am going "back to Europe soon and I can tell Colonel Collins all about his baby and how f held him a few minutes in my ; arms." I , |