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Show TROOPS ARE READY. Washington. Aug. 13. Major Ocn-cral Ocn-cral iA'onard Wood, chief of staff of Hie army, today asked the inturio department and the forest service to agree on a joint plan for the uso of I lilted Slates troops lor flgh:ing the forest llres in the wesL While the war department has been niching soldiers to the aid of fire-f.jhters fire-f.jhters as quickly as requested. Genera Gen-era Wood told officials ot both services ser-vices that the etilclency or the troops would be greatly increased If a plan could b3 decided on which would pre-! v. nt duplication of requests and dashes of authority. Such a plan probably will be prcseuted to him to- J Jay. The war department now has troop8 il around the tires in western .Montana .Mon-tana and northern Idaho, either at mobilization camps or tit home points. By a joint plan of action, troops nearest near-est the individual fires will be seut to fight them. General Wood says the Indian and lo-estry services will be given all the foops they may need during tho j emergency. |