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Show SPEED UP TRANSPORTATION. U. S. Draft Men to Be Rushed to France as Fast as Ships Can Be Had. Washington. New orders have gone forth to speed up the sending of trooits tn I?i-.iiui,i t troops to France. In consequence, the national army, made up of men of ti. selective draft, are to be dispatched to Kurope as fast as ships are available avail-able to transport, them. 1'aving the way, the war department announced March V2 the beginning of a widespread shake-up in ,be commanding com-manding generals of the selective troops. The orders to speed up are reported to have resulted from fresh appeals " "!e Ilart , the allies for more Amonoan forces to help withstand the :l'"ck of the expected (iertnan offences. offen-ces. I ranee, partU-ularly. is said to have renewed her nr,in,s iu ,is ,v. j ' lor this, no definite nftu-ialcon-llln,all" eould be obtained "The whole movement across" s,id Marc. ..Is ,.,, S1.0;u,;- ' ''I'lilly as possible." |