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Show oo TROOPS EQUAL TO THE FINEST Washington. Pec 12. "I call attention atten-tion to the marches and emergency work done by these troops as a refutation refu-tation of any impression that may prevail that our troops are not in condition con-dition to meet the unusual conditions of hardship and deprivation." says i Ceneral Bliss, commanding the de-I de-I partment of California, commenting I upon the splendid services rendered I by the coast artillery troops in flght-I flght-I iiig the forest fires in California last August and September. The general had in ;nlnd the re-I re-I ports of the inspectors to the effect lhat American soldiers, did not sla up to the European standard in physical phys-ical endurance |