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Show iPRESIDENT IN 1 RANCE FRIDAY I j BREST, Dec. 11, by the Associated Press. Hie United H States steamer George Washington, with President Wilson and party aboard, changed its course after leaving the Azores and will arrive in Brest in advance of the time announced, accord- 'H I ing to a naval wireless dispatch received today. ' The president now is expected to reach Brest at ten 'H 'o'clock Friday morning instead of at 3 o'clock in the after-' after-' noon. He will leave for Paris at four o'clock in the afternoon. The authorities are erecting a pavilion on Quay No. 3 where President Wilson will first set foot in France. The interior, which will be decorated with flags and flowers, will contain a platform where the French ministers will extend I their first greetings to the president. H BOSTON, Dec. 11. The White Star liner Canopic. steamed tip jH ; the harbor early today and discharged nearly 1,600 soldiers from over- seas. The soldiers entrained immediately for Camp D'evens where ' they will be demobilized. For the most part they are from western t states and include aviation units which have been in training in Eng-1 Eng-1 land. The Tenadores, an American vessel, one day overdue, also arrived fH with 882 troops, 149 civilians and including welfare workers, and 606 'H sacks of mail, as did the British transport Ascanina with 1,441 offi-cers offi-cers and men. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Additional organisations designated i by General Pershing for early return home were announced by the j war department as follows : IH l Meterological section; medical corps, Batteries A, B, C, D, E, ,and F, headquarters' company, supply company and headquarters of the 48th regiment coast artillery corps; first battalion 814th Pioneer ' infantry (colored) ; 172nd and 174th aero squadrons; 116th, 301st and 31fitfi trench mortar batteries. IIH |