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Show GEN. FUNSTON i TO SHIFT LINE j; Important Changes to Be Made i i Soon in Maintaining Com- j l munications With Gen- j eral Pershing's' Camp. j i i San Antonio, Texas, April 12. Gen- i ,' eral Funston announced today that a 1 ) change would be made soon that I would affect the long line of communications com-munications between Columbus, N. M., i and General Pershing's advanced for- ' ces. He declined to state what the I ! change would bo but, It was assumed j that it had been decided either to re- I Inforce the line materially or shift it to a shorter route. I Army officers here have regarded i with apprehension tho stretching of tho line of communications and It has been understood that its maintenance ' this long has been due to tho hope j that Carranza authorities would grant f . tho right to use openly the railroads i between El Paso and Chihuahua City. I If the plan is to shift the line to J ; a shorter route It involves great dlffi- I I cujiies ana some danger to the aa- H vanced detachments. It was pointed H out that the removal of tho thousands Ji of men now stationed between Colum- I bus and Satevo must bo accomplished either by moving them towards tho ,1 east or by returning them to the Unit- ,1 ed States and moving them to tho new 'I border baso. 'jfl . Until tho line could bo re-eBtab- 1 J lished tho cavalry columns now oper- 1 , atlng in the neighborhood of Parral I woudl have to depend upon their own ' ' resource. ' J J J J.! |