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Show ' 00 Delicacy of Railroad Situation Cause Holdup of Militia Movement to Border. Washington, Aug 15. Ordors for the remninlng mobilized units of the national guard to proceed to tho border bor-der have been suspended by tho war department. No official explanation has been made but it is known that tho delicacy o'f tho railroad strike situation has been tho moving consideration. consid-eration. The suspension of tho orders to the troops which would have moved some 25,000 men to the border, should not bo taken an an indication that the president's negotiations with the railroad rail-road brotherhoods and the railroad managers have tnlcen an unfavorable turn, but is a measuro of caution. It was considered highly undesirable that all the remaining guardsmen should be moved to tho "border while there waB a possibility of a railroad strike in which they might be called upon to preserve order throughout omexmh states. The-suspension of- tho-' orders prevents- the Immediate movement of the oojj&'tooino.hio,. Kenlucky-and.vlr-, ginla and the movement of all other mobilized units which were to have gono torward as soon as they were equipped. It Is clear that the suspension is not a revocation of tho orders and that if the railroad Btrlko situation clears up the troops will be moved to the border line. Tho official explanation of tho change at the war department Is that difficulties of transportation and equipment suddenly developed havo made a delay necessary. San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 15. The order for the remainder of tho country's coun-try's militia, about 25,000 men, to proceed to tho border, has been revoked, re-voked, according to announcement made at southern department headquarters head-quarters today. The war department notified headquarters hero that troops would continue to be held In their stato mobilization camps. Message From Fun6ton. A telegram from Major-General Funston made public by the war department, de-partment, disclosed that the general recommended the suspension of the orders. HIb telegram follows: "In view of possibility of a gen-oral gen-oral railroad strlko I desire to call attention of the war department to difficulties that will follow in maintaining main-taining food supplies not only of troops In this department, but of the civilian population as well. These border bor-der states produce but little foodstuffs except cattle. "In view of foregolug I recommend that the national guard organizations which are about to start for border stations be retained in their mobilization mobiliza-tion until such time as the question of a general strike shall have "been determined." net i |