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Show MORE TROOPS FOR COLORADO. Secretary Garrison Grants Request of Governor Amnions. Washington. Orders to quadruple the force of federal cavalrymen in the Colorado coal strike regions went (rom the war department late Friday. The entire Eleventh regiment from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and two troops of the Twelfth from Fort Robinson, Neb., were ordered to proceed to the scene at once. Colonel James Lock-ett Lock-ett of the imeventh is to take supreme command of the situation, i Secretary Garrison issued the orders ord-ers after a conference with President Wilson. He said the step was taken not because trouble was expected, but because it had been demonstrated that the five troops of cavalry now in the noal fields did not provide enough men to cover the large territory involved. Reports from Colorado, the secretary added, were favorable. The twelve troops of the Eleventh will be distributed through Trinidad, Walsenburg, Aguilar and Forbes districts dis-tricts and the two troops from the Twelfth will go to Boulder and Louisville. Louis-ville. The appsM for more federal forces came early Friday from Governor Ammons Am-mons and was the subject of discussion discus-sion at the cabinet meeting. |