Show c r N T N NJ J TO 8 BE BEV V GIVEN TOI TO TOrR I rR PERSHING HING j All Nation M Mourns o 0 u urn r n s Death of General at San Antonio Funeral Rites at San Francisco f V Bj IBy Km S e t The TI Te UA Feb 20 WASHINGTON v Maj Gen John J. J Perching Pershing Perch ing very probably will be designated designated designated to command the Southern department as successor to Maj Gen Fr Frederick 1 Funston whose o e sudden Udden n d death ih f laet t night h has shocked hocked officialdom official dom dorn here General Funston's successor sor sorIn filled In lid the through tiroui rank n of or the major promotion general of or will vm Brig be bo n Gen T Clarence Ciarence R It It Edwards s now comm commanding cornin com corn m in manding the regular army for forces 9 In Inthe tho the Panama canal zone zone none War department officials declared that they expect that Secretary Baker would take up with President Wilson on V today the designation of at the the- new commander com corn mander of oC the the- Southern department They expect PershIng will be bo designated although the president can canname f name nn any one of oC tho the major generals of or the army for the post Pershing Is Isa Isa a R. law son of or United States Senator Warren Secretary of oC War Baker announced today that General Pershing as tho the ranking officer In tho the Southern de department department de- de automatically will assume assume- temporary command of or that depart depart- 1 rent Dent Immediately Tho rho question of oC his permanent appointment will bo 10 j considered later Heres Here's Last Dispatch of General Funston IP Ty l S Nr f to 10 Th T I I WASHINGTON Feb 20 The 20 The last st dispatch to the war department by hy I the l late tc Maj laJ Gen Frederick Funston was TOS received last night and made public this afternoon It was as a. fol- fol JO 8 I 11 plan to dispatch national guard organizations to home homo stations for tor muster n out In lii two contingents of oC about to Tho The following follo organizations will bo be Included In In- in tho the first contingent and It Ills Is expected that they will have left the border horder b by the tho middle of oC March Arkansas Second infantry California Call Cali fornia company compan A engineers Colorada Colorado Colo Cola rado rada batteries C and D D. D field field artillery artil ler lery Connecticut batteries E and F field eld artillery District of or Columbia troop A cavalry hatt battery rj A field artillery artil artil- I lery f and Third infantry Florida Second Second Sec Sec- ond infantry Georgia First battalion field artillery artillery- Illinois Fourth infantry luran tr try Indiana First infantry arid antI battery bat bat- tery D field artillery Iowa Second V antry- antry T Kansas hansas ansas tro troop p A rl cavalry vall J Third infantry ambulance company No Xo 1 field hospital No 1 First brigade headquarters rs and company B 13 signal 1 corps Michi Michi- J R 1 batteries A and B D field artillery on cm pt pg 5 5 1 |