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Show WESTERN TROOPS TO GO TO BORDER FIRST Washington, Juno 22. The first orders for sending to tho border na-tlonal na-tlonal guardsmen called into tho federal fed-eral service last Sunday by Prrl-dont Prrl-dont Wilson went out from tho wa department tonight. At tho same tlmo Secretary Baker sent lnqulrln to tho stato governors that aro expected ex-pected to hasten mobilization. ho orders for movement to tho border bor-der affect tho first 5000 guardsmen to bo mustered into the servi'co In tho central department nnd tho first 5000 In tho western department. General Barry at Chicago and General Bell at San Francisco, respective commanders command-ers of theso departments, wero directed direct-ed to send the quotas Indicated as soon as their muster Is complete, selecting se-lecting tho first units to qualify, regardless re-gardless of tho branches of service to which thoy belong. General Funs-ton Funs-ton will select their destinations. In his telegrams to tho governors, jiyJ Secretary Baker asked how soon tho quotas asked for in the prcldent's call M would be ready. Ho expects a reply H Immediately, glvng tho present status of mobilization In each stato, about IP which the department now Is Inform- H ed onlyjn a general way. He request- H ed also that each governor report again ns soon as his state's units are mobilized. No orders were sent to the enst-crn enst-crn or southern departments, olllclals Irdcatlng "thattho troops nearest the border had been selected as tho first to go, because their transportation transporta-tion would requiro least time and expeuso. |
