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HOME EDITION
Mexican bin notes tate bills. SC
17c. pesos jic. Mexican Culd. Sic:
r'f.r diefc. I-1f . bar tl-r. HAH
quu' itini " i iopp r cot quote.!
gram- ti'gbt-r IKettwcr. strorp stocks
low-
WEATHER TO RECAST.
TJ Pao and west Texas fair colder
I New Mexico fair colder. Arizona fair
i colder.
LATEST NEWS BY .ASSOCIATED PRESS.
--.r .-d -x-wheke ce a mom; EL PASO. TEXAS. MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 26. 1917.
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TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
TODAY'S PRICES
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President Increases Author-
ized Personnel lo 87-
000 Men.
"ACTUAL STRENGTH
IS NOW UP TO 62000
Additional Men Are Imper-
atively Required lo Man
the Rerseoe Ships.
Secretary Daniels Asfys
The Herald's Cooperation
rn et from secretary of the
uu Ji-ephus Daniels for coopera-
tion in securing additional navy en-
listments to bring the personnel np
u. ti.e newly authorized strength of
v7.ouo men has been received by The
Herald. The telegram follows:
-Vlnshlnston I). -. March 6.
The president last night signed an
executive order directing that the
authorised enlisted stren;rtli of the
navy lie increased to S7.OO0 men.
lie itnn nnthorized hy congress in
ease of emergency to direct Mich
In increase In ejlfstmcnt. Ivcvv
ships and ships in rcsrnp are being
fully coiniuIioDfd as rapidly as
possible and the need is imperative
for a larKcr enlistment to man them.
There has been a net Increase of
over U500 men in enlistment) since
eorfrrenx rreentl authorised an in-
crease but many more are needed
and needed noir.
"Will you not emphasise this need
by giving special prominence Ion-
day on the flrsTTfhee or your paper
to the president's order and also by
making au editorial appeal for new
recruits for the navy?
The navy offers exceptional ad-
vantage to young men of stuff nnd
ambition to aerve In the first line
for national defence. In this emer-
gency yon have the opportunity and
the privilege of performing this
public service and I am confident-
ly appeallag to you for your cor-
dial and helpful cooperation.
"Josrphus Daniels.'
WASHINGTON D. C March 26
Naval recruiting officers
throughout the country under
orders from president Wilson to-
day redoubled their efforts to bring
th navy up to its full authorized
strength of S.009 enlisted men.
About Si. 008 men will have to be en-
roled at once to bring the navy up to
the required strength. The men will
be used to man the reserve ships.
Actual Strength tCJlOU Men.
President Wilson yesterday signed an
crder authorizing the increase of the
navy to 87.000 men from the present
authorized strength of 74.SOO. He took
the step under autboritv granted by
.ongress In case of a "national emerg-
ency " The present actual strength of
the nav- is 62.000 men.
The Order for Increase.
Following is the txecutivt order
bringing the navy up to war strength:
"Bv virtue of the authority vested
in the president by the act of congress
-.pproved Aug. M. ISIS entitled "an
act making appropriations for the na-
val service for the fiscal year ending
June 30 1917. and for other purposes.'
u is hereby directed that the authorized
enlisted strength of the navy be m- (
creasea to ..uu men. i through the uptorn streets aressea in
At Mtne' "n'iVdrxi'u was th " cl'heS "" ter:
learned that congress also would be Here and there groups of the poilus"
-equested tc authorize an increase be- I gathered to listen to the graphic stories
jond the S7.006 was strength limit for nf th natives concerning their exnen-
enlisted personnel now set. The organi- ' or "e names concerning treir esperi
zation of great fleets of submarine ! ences under German rule. The villagers
-hasers w ill make necessary the enlist- dwelt particularly on the time of terror
ment of many thousand more men than which immediately preceded the de-
pianned for when the present act was parture ot their enemies. All civilians
lramcd. Every fighting ship now m the were herded in certain buildings from
service or soon to be completed could which they heard explosions and saw
be manned with the ST.00U jackies but i the fires which testified that their
mere wouio. not ue a sumcient mar-
-in to allow lor the many necessary
auxiliaries as wen
Ytbole Country Cooperate--.
Assurances of the cooperation of ti.e
American press generally in the effort
to recruit the navy to iif full war
strength of 87.000 men reached secre-
tary Daniels today by telegraph and
telephone from managing editors in all
parts of the country.
The department is supplementing its
lecruiting service with automobile de-
tachments which are searching every
countv for suitable men. The machinUk
are stopping in every town v'llage and '
namiet ana frequently at individual
farm houses in order not to mi-.s any
opprtuitv to secrre young men.
Negotiate For MrueturnI Steel.
An afc.tc em with Ame.ican manu-
facturers by which all structural steel
needed for the avys building pro-
gram could be obtained quickly and at
a fait price is being sought by Ber-
nard Baruch. of the national defence
council. Mr. Baruch recently secured I
an agreement with copper producers
by which the government will receive I suit steel companies and other con-
millions ot pounds of copper at a fixed 1 tractors for material in destroyer con-
prlce. based on the average quotation struction. With orders out for 24 de-
tor the last ten vears. He will see i stroyers and more contracts to follow
lepresentatives of the steel makers immediately the work must be dls-
Saturday. j tributed among material contractors
Want Destroyer steel. I under a plan makins for speedy de-
Secretary Daniels tomorrow v .11 cor.- livery and use of all national resources.
After AHj
. Pep Push and Progress Excursionists March in Snow at
Flagstaff; See Much Snow ana ice in iNortnern Ari-
zona; Spend Most of Sunday Seeing Wonders
of Grand Canyon of Arizona.
My O. A. MARTIN.
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1SSLU Alii.
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After an absence of exactly a
week from home the El raso-
ana aboard the Pep Push and Progress )
j special today turned their faces home-
nard Tomorrow night if all goes
well we will reach the Pass City at '
S:36 oclock having completed a nine- i
day pilgrimage among the cities and j
people of the oouthwest that has ex-
celled every similar excursion that
ever went out of El i'aso. This is true
t in many respects in enjoyment and
t pleasure to the members m the awak-
j ening of interest among III Pasoans in
! the development of the country about
j them; in the friendships they have
j made and cultivated and in the good
I that is expected to come to El Paso in
i a business na) although this is and
t has been in rio sense a business get-
! ting excursion. I
; V ery Full Aleck. j
! Much has happened "a ith the El
Pasoans since The Herald was last
printed. We have been the guests of
Prescott. that little wonder city of the
piney mountains of central Arizona
Iirst capital of the termor and since
the ea-l davs a miring metropolis of
importance a claim tliat it hold' todav
as well as half a. A?niUr a? wi ouve
seen the G-and Canvon again in all
its wonderful grandeur w have spent
la night upon the still silent plains of
Arizona in the beautiful little city or
Williams and this iiorning we have
isited the great trading post of early
days the great trading metropviis .of
northern Arizona of todav. Flagstaff
mi have stoDoed oit here .it Wmslow
for a visit of an hour and a half. This
evemag we rtach the Sew Mexico bor-
der at Gallup and will spend five hours
. in the mining tuwa th.it supplies- us
I with most of our coal except when we
' need it baai. w nr we get it irora
. Colorado or anv place we can.
j v isit To The Canyon.
J Although cautoiod that they would
I not sit down todav for their meals if
thtj made the trip down into the
tauyon yesterday mnnv of the partv
went anyhow and as a result mere
were numerous pleas today t be re-
lieved from marching but as most of
the towns visited were small the
marching was not a hardship even on
those sore of limb and body
I The visit to the canvon was the
I crowning event of the trip in personal
.V) in "cteuuai i
thow who have'
i enjoyment even to
I nepn there hpfore
Although it was i
. r .. . Jnn.. !
! mv sivth time at the rim I went down !
j to the bottom the first time it was as I
beautiful to me yesterday as the first j
I time I stood on the brink and watched j
I the sun come up and cast its golden I
FREED FRENCH
PPf II BOINS
Begin Life Anew in Frag-
ments of Villages; Flags
On Broken Homes.
British Headquarters in France
March 25 Via London Starch 26.)
(From a Staff Correspondent of the
Associated Press.) The shattered
French towns evacuated by the Ger-
mans celebrated today their first Sun-
day of liberty in two and a half years.
It was a brave showing they made.
Countless French flags fluttered in the
sunshine from both ruined and half
ruined homes and the women old men
and children who had passed through
such a lonS ordeal of captivity strolled
little homes were being destroved
Th mn-nc sL-hr ib. mhnhimn
The towns where the inhabitants of
the region were concentrated by the
Germans were only half razed while
the outlying villagt were completely
burned down in this way about half
of the town w?c spared to about ten
villages complete! j destroyed
Are Cheerful Despite Ituln.
Despite the devastation and 't-'n
many French peasants returned today
to tne sites of their former nomes
eeeking temporarv shelters and bring-
ne- bite or furniture witn wnicn to w- i
?'' life anew.
They were not down-
cast but cheerful and almost gay iu .
the enjoyment ot their new liberty. )
In Roye a triumphal arch was con- j
structed of evergreens and lavishly
decorated with tri-colors as a welcome i
to the bomecoir.ei s. In the distance
. could be heard the reverberating echoes
of tha hlc miM Hut th c.filess DMm.
'IE was ignored by the people in the
liberated zone who seemed to think that
the war must be over. j
The Final
ee nil euro
JTiRffiESHlEll
Pep Push and Progress
Parade Tuesday Night
By the El Paso Boosters
Grand Canyon Ariz March 16.
At a meeting of the members of the
Pep Iush and Progress excursion
heie Sunday afternoon it was de-
cided to give a parade through the
streets of El Paso Tuesday night on
the return home. The El Pasoans
will march up Pan Francisco street
to El Paso street down El Paso to
San Antonio down San Antonio to
Oregon up Oregon to Mills .md
around into Pioneer plaza where
after the band plays a few pieces
they will disband. Relatives and
families who expect to meet the ex-
cursionists are requested to be at
the depot with their cars to take the
baggage of the members on board
then join them up town after the
parade.
"Our parades have been so favor-
ably commented upon by the people
in the cities we have visited." said
Robert Krakauer. chairman or the
committee in charge of the train.
"That we have decided to giv the
home people a chance to see wnat a
showing we made. We also want to
show the stay at homes what we
can do when we get started."
It it possible that the EI Paso
Improvisation of "Aloha-oe" and
"The Star Spangled Banner" as sung
on departure from the different
towns will be sung before disband-
ing in El Paso.
Mr. Krakauer has wired n.ayor
Lea to have Pioueer plaza ke.pt clear
for the exercises there bj the El
Pasoans.
Relatives with cars are expected
to follow the El Pasoans up San
Francisco street and wait on San
Francisco street for the disbanding
and not drive intabe- -claae-svith
their cars.
glow upon the thousands of colors in
the titan walls of this titanic chasm.
We reached the caiiin be'ore sunup
and every member of the partv if he
w ishsd was able to be on the brink
I for that momentous event.
Sunset On The Cnnyou.
While e left the canyon Sunday
aiternoon ieiore sunset the sun was
an liiYt? t riot orori hrirlv Karl an Antinr.
so low that everv body had an oppor
tunity to watch the wonderful color-
ings across tie 13-mile space from rim
to nru as the great red orb sank
(Continued on Page 4 Col. 1
Prussian Minister of War!
Dismisses American War-
fare As Immaterial.
London Ens. March 26. The possi-
bility of American participation in the
war on the side of the allies was dis-
missed as a minor matter by Gen. von
Stein Prussian minister of war in an
interview with the Berlin correspondent I
of the Budapest newspaper. A Zest ac-
cording to a Berlin disDatch to Renter's
! by way of Amsterdam.
Gen. von Stein said he did not know
whether the American fleet would sup-
port the British fleet but that there
could be no question of an American
continental array in the near future.
He added:
n.. ni..-- -... .. n .
ATIMU.5.
nil a nn iuisTTm
I -:
ilTlf u at 'viw ibii i i a sssa
is good and justifies our best hopes. It nW of 80.000 in the lst few days is
appears that the enemy is preparing an I announced by tbe admiralty
offensive but we shall resist even a I . ....- ....
stronger attack not only at the front GEKMA-vS UUANCF. AFTEl:
bnt also at home. What may happen G S WAVE BUT ARE STOPPED
then we do not know but come what j Petrograd. Russia. March 26. After
may we shall confront everything lin- j the discharge of four gas waves the
perturbably Our sufferings are great i Germans vesterday attempted to make
and our sacrifices gigantic but it is an advance near Postavy on the north-
Just in these things that the greatness era part of the Russian front below
of a nation fmCs its expression." imnsk. The war office announces
In discussing t!.e battle of the Somme i that the Germans were repelled
the minister said that the Germans had
uo lacit oi supplies out tnat tneir guns
af compared with those of the enein
were insufficient.
I7TH INFANTRYMAN KILLS
cci t7. "TiArirv srrmw
I ubLi uunnu ucruiinito
j I ort Oglethorpe Ga.. March 26.
I Rather than stand guard over the in-
Jerned German sailors who are being
"""" "X'T. """' r""ii .ni.
frani r iieusk company l ntn t
a. mianiry snot ana KHiea nimself
vesterday. He was a native Hun-
garian.
The 17th Infantry had just arrived
at tort Oglethorpe from El Paso.
where the regiment was stationed until
it received orders to en to EViT-t Oct.
thorpe and Fort McPherson. Ga to
guard the crews of the interned con
verted cruisers Prinz Eitel Friedricb
ana ivronprinz wuhelm. j
CHARGED M111I GAMI.Nt. I
Eight men were arrested- bv d.tec- i
tives in a raid on a hotel oh North j
wraEon street aunaay nignt in con-
nection with an alleged poker game.
Packs of playing cards and poker
chips were found. It is reported.
Test Of
LOUIS
OT
i Carries 31 Passengers In
cluding 14 Americans and
Crew of 394 Persons.
FIRST U. S7ARMED
SHIP TO CROSS
Safe Arrival Ends Anxiety
Of Friends and Relatives
Of People on Board.
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ASHINUTON D. C March .
The American liner St. Louis
first armed American shin to
cross the Atlantic has arrived safely
at her destination secretary of the navy
! Daniels announced today.
! Information as to the arrival of the
' steamer came to the navy department
( from the officers of the American line
! In Xew York. The company wished
to make known the fact to relieve the
anxiety of those having relatives or
I friends on the vessel.
I The St. Louis owned by tl e Araen-
can liie. left an American port on
; March 17. with 31 pamgers of whom
j 14 were American citizens Among her
crew of r;l persons were i"l Anieri-
csns.
i
010D GEM
: ATTACKS FAIL
Pan- "France March 2S. Notwith-
standing the "bad weather and the dtffl-
sult state of the ground the French con-
tinued last nisht to advance south of
I the Oise The war office announces
that French patrols reached Folembray
south of the forest of Coucy.
The Germans made heavy and useless
sacrifices the statement says in sev-
j eral attacks yesterday on positions
i t-ssiuicsji iy mc i srm-:i ur l s'j .u
Somrae and the Oise. Wherever they
captured by the French between the
arproaehed a French position they
were thrown back by counter attacks
Freuca Advancing. I
The statement follows:
"Between the Somme and the Oise
int. (.erraans made repeated attacks
during the night on the front between
E.ssigny and Benay. All these attempts
were repulsed and serious losses in-
flicted on the enemy. We maintained
the positions captured yesterday.
"South of the Oise our advance was
continued notwithstanding the state of
erouna and tne oau weatner. we
pushed forward our patrols beyond
embrav. south of the lower forest
Coucy.
-North of Reims our batteries caused
the explosion of a munitions deoot
east of Du Godat farm.
Thlonville Is Uombetl.
"Five German airplanes wee brought
down yesterday. One of our aerial
squadrons last night dropped 1000 kilo-
grams of projectiles on factories at
Thlonville and in the baJn of the
Brley and also on the ra'road sta-
tions at Conflans and Montmedv "
RUSS TROOPS IN PFRSIA
FORCE WAY INTO TURKEY
met" in" PersT 'n?ZZXZ'lS. "tET
have crossed the border into the Turk-
ish vilayet of Mosul according tn an
official announcement as forwarded in
a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd.
GERMANY ANNOUNCES SINKING
OF MANY MORE SHIPS
Berlin. Germany. Starch 26. (Wire-
less to Sayville.) The sinking of 25
more steamships. 14 sailing vessels and
37 trawlers with an aggregate cross
How College Girls'
Money Tales Wings
Boston. March 26. The answer to
part of the high cost of college at
Wellesley. at least lies in the pop-
ular tea room in taxicabs and in
maiazines and newspapers.
The fudge ice cream and other
"sweeties" at the tea room appeal
wonderfully to the college maid as
shown bv statistics published In the
currct issue of the Wellesley Col-
lege JTews on personal expenditures
of the girls during the first semes-
ter or the first half of the 1916-17
year.
One sophomore spent $75 at the
tea room during the first semester
The champion taxi-riders a fresh-
man and a junior spent $10 each in
this fashion.
The class of 191S spent m the first
half of this year an average per
member of $18.32 for tea room
taxis magazines and nespapers
against an average of i-l for books
and supplies.
Patriotism
111 ST.
SAFE IS PI
PATRIOTIC MEETING TONIGHT
i EXPECTED Tfl
i
El Paso Citizens Irrespective of Politics Preparing to !
Demonstrate Loyalty to President; Two Bands Red j
Fire and Eloquent Speakers Promised; Judge
J. M. Goggin
jATKIOTIsI will be personified at
J the mass meeting that has been
-- called by the signatures of thou-
sands of El Paso citizens for Cleveland
square tonight at 7:30 oclock. The
meeting is expected to be by far the
largest one of its kind ever held in the
city's history.
At the moment legarded as the
greatest crisis in the history of the
nation since the Civil war every red
blooded citizen of the L'nited States
in El Paso has been cailed upon to
show that he is unqualifiedly behind
president Wilson in any stand he shall
take for the preservation of the honor
of the country
vvomen who are willing to g.ve thei'
i support to the nation in its time of
need will be at the meeting in force.
Music nnd Ited l'Ire Promised.
Music that will make the pulses leap
and speeches that will ring with pa-
triotism have been prepared for the
demonstration. In the flare of red
fire thousands of L'nited States flags
will be waved to show their bearers
are in accord with the sentiments ex-
pressed by the speakers.
The mass meeting isn't called by the
chamber of commerce; it isn't called by
any organization. It's to be a spon-
taneous outburst of pent-up patriotism.
It resulted from the desire of many
u en tn give expression to their feel
ings In a manner whith will let the)
w hole nation know that El Paso is
solidly tebind the president regardless
o? politics
Mnny lromlnent Speaker.
Judge J. St. Goggin will preside.
Mayc Tom Lea if m the city at the
time will be among the speakers.
Others who will speak ore L". S. Goen
termer assistant United States district
jatttrntv and Spanish war veteran; J.
I A Smith former postmaster and now
i of tht Elephant Butte Water Users' as-
sociation; jndge Dan M. Jackson and
; probably E. M. Whttaker. president or
the .school board. MlnHters. alj At
' whom are in ac -ord with the nation's
policy wil attend 'ne meeting
i Guests of Honor Invited.
' Three United States .irmy generals
will he guests of honor at tne patriotic
demonstration Thev are Brig. Gen.
G'eorse Bell. Jr. i:-ig Gen. Eben Swift
urd Bri Oer. l.dw i St John Greble
P. Coles his inv.'.d the generals
i;EIA
AT PETI0E10
Russians Apprised Hinden-
burg Will Strike at Capi-
tal; They Will Resist.
Petrograd Russia Starch 25. (By
way of London March 26 ) News that
field marshal von Hindenburg was
planning a campaign against Petrograd I foreign office a declaration made by
was received at the capital with little a Besancon man a prisoner who was
consternation evoking rather a spirit forced by the Germans to work within
of confidence in the loyalty of the ; the zone of fire and who escaped
troops and their ability to protect the The man alleges that he and his com-cit?-
j panions were badly and insufficiently
-- H..s..u.is. .. Vuwu6 me miov
days following the revolution the ex
treme radical and socialist element
aimed at taking advantage of the over-
throw of authority by sowing further
discontent among the workingmen and
soldiers. The cloud v state of mind of
the peasant population which bewild-
ered by Uie new vista of freedom and
equality and having had little experi
ence with liberty of any sort imagined I
thm it meant r.hrgtiiui nf aa l.
of authority and discipline made the
j ...
propaganda ox "o' TmVasuretake
Ly the governmenTand "duma llera"
tions removed whatever dSmrer lav in
OiMuTMtoi wnatever danger lay ia
.-. . I
Array i'leuces 1'ealtr-
Telegrams have been received from
everv nortior of h r.nt a'fii-mlnc
irai in army can i:irt up n to n
I
its utmost to defend the country.
KouzianKO. president of the duma re
ceivea a delegation trom the army
wnicn aeciareu.
"All officers and soldiers will deft n
the duma to the last drop of their
blood. They will faithfully obey the t
piuvisional government and will str'ke '
th- German- to the last man." I
1 topic Arc V nrned of Dancer. j
Fiuiiom from the censoiship aireadv j
h.s had a salutary effect in permitting J
the truth to be published about the '
new oanger from a German attack
without the usual accompaniment of
extravagant rumors which in the past
made news more alarming than the
truth itself. The result is that without
i minimizing the danger to the country.
I t'ie pi ess has a--ce;ted the declaration
of tie minister "t war anietlv and
without alarm The Rech savs editor-
: i.illv
. Russia Will Resist.
"It is the people who are fighting
the enemy ?nd not the government.
Therefore hidng nothing from our
readers we say definitely and clearly
I that danger is threatening our north-
I era front. The enemy is preparing to
crush our valiant army which for two
years has defended the roads to Petro-
grad. The Russian soldier understands
better than ever before the importance
or still resisting."
I The Russkia Volia savs-
"Russia is on trial Von Hindenburg
I will try to realize his old dream of a
i move upon Petrograd. The army and
people are racing s. test which will be-
come historical. Results can only come
from an honest desre in the hearts
of the Russian people for victory."
Is That Of Personal Sacrifio
DMW THOUSANDS:
Will Preside
and the following uiei to ue guests of
honor t'. S. Stewart. Frank Powers
J C. Wilmarth. John M. Wyatt. W. a
Harris. Harris Walthall W. W. Turney.
J. U. Sweeney. Peyton F. Edwards. W M.
Coldwell. J. S. Hawks. Maurice
Schwartz Julius A. Krakauer H. B.
Stevens. Charles Davis judge P. Iw
Price judge W. D. Howe judge Bal-
lard Coldwell. and aldermen H. B. Ste-
vens W. G. Jolly. John W. Fisher and
John P. O'Connor.
!Vanic to Go to Avaslilngtou.
The nimes of hundreds of patriotic
citizens who signed petitions calling
the meeting will be forwarded to Wash-
ington Tutsoay tnat authorities may
know the sfnt'mebt of citizens of El
Paso. A ttlegram. telling of the mass
meeting and tr- united support which
may be -xi-tted of El Paso and the
border w nl nt to president Wilson j
at me ct rr.usicn oi inr meeting.
ISuy All lied Fire.
All the "red fire" in the city has
ben purchased and will be burned tu-
n'ght in Little Plaza along Oregon
street and in the vicinity of Cleveland
S-iuare while the crowd is gathering.
The turning of the "red fire" will be in
charge of a squad of Boy Scouts under j
the direction of chief scout executive
Ivoy G. Thomas.
Donates Flair Buttons.
Ml those attending the meeting to-
night are expected to wear or carry
mall flags. Maurice Schwartz of the
Popul:..- r-ry Goods company this
morning offered to supply all with
sn-all flag buttons to be worn on the
lapels of the coats of the men or the
walstj of the women.
"I hope." said John M. Wyatt. when
he heard of Mr. Schwartz offer "that
every man and woman in El Paso will
avail themselves of the offer made by
the Popular company and come to the
n teting with a flag prominently dis-
pl.iyed." THOUSANDS OF SPOKANE
PEOPLE RALLY AT MEETING
Spokane Wash.. March 26. Resolu-
UOASjU.idging support to president
Wilson in the present international
crisis were adopted at a mass meeting
of 5000 Spokane citizens yesterday and
at an overflow meeting of 3000 more.
It was esitmated that 400w others
turned away when they found them-
selves un tble to gain admittance to the
armorv here the main meeting was
held.
FIEIH WORK
l K ZONE
Escaped Man Tells of Hard-
ships Inflicted on Pris-
oners by Germans.
Paris. France March 26. R. Ducret
president of the Besancon prisoners of
i war association has forwarded to the
( icu ujai iaey siepi in uasiy con-
j structed sheds which were so small
that each of the 600 occupants had to
lie in a spate fourteen inches wide:
that the majority had no bedding and
were obliged to sleep in the mud and
that all were forbidden to write to
their families or receive any letters
money or parcels.
The prisoners cantonments were six
miles from the front and the fugi
I' - es says they were mad to work on
I frvnihpc it "il .--a t. c 1 .lilts . ifHc fpAm
the French Imes. ' When ne escaped
one of hs comrades had been killed
ano several wounded by r rench shell
tne The refugee estlmted hat 30.0o
Vrnhman utaa halm fn..arf tn irn-tr
l - -.- ..... ......." . ..
on different se-tions of the front under
similar conditions.
!GE1ANG0E1
SHE SENT SOOTH
Phiiadelpn-.a. F? . Matv.i 2 Seven ' - Ga- . Leonard Wood now t-.
i. . . r .. ... command of the departmert of the
hundred niemuers of the crews of the . ls transferred to the newly cre-
German auxiliaiy r'uisers Kronprins ated southeastern departmen- with.
Wilhelm and Prinz E.tel Friedrlcn in- headquarters at Charleston. S C. Maj.
j ... v. t.ii.j.i k ...... -.. i jen- J- Frank n BelL in command of
terned at the Philadelph.a navy yards te WM5tern deoartment is trsnsferr.rt
since last October started today under
a heavv uard of marines for Fort
Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson Ga.
where they will be kept until further
orders.
A large crowd held back by a cordon
of marines and Philadelph'a policemen
saw the departure of the saiiors.
When Cipt Thieriehsen of the Prinj
Eitel Fried-ich. Capt. Thierfeldt. of the
tvronprmz Wilhelm and ..lent. Berg
who brought the Britiib steamer
Appam into the Chesapeake a year ago
left the ships they were given a cheer
by their men
The sailer- were removed in response
to Etaienieri' iron- mayor Smith and
othiT citizen- ttjt the interned men
were a lerac. to the navy yard and
that a: oi the city vvLe.e t'.e yard
Iif siiuatt. i
No tract T.i eeU fouud of the of-
ficer ard cailu- who escaped last week.
Prevent Destruction Of The
Factories Railroads and
Other Institutions.
NEW DEPARTMENTS
CREATED IN ARMY
Northeastern and Southeast-
ern Are New Divisions;
Commanders Shifted.
WASHINGTON. D. C March ZS.
Twenty additional complet
infantry regiments and five
additional separate battalions of na-
tional guard troops have been ordered
into the federal service in addition to
12 regiments called last night for the
i protection of irninirir in .-
. ... .
i
-.r ........ uwvi ucis. iUUJQ
.. irecu vaneu ouv m ia western ana
middle western states not included in.
the list of similar orders made public
yesterday.
The Regiments Called.
The wat- department's statement fol-
lows. "Following additional national guard
organizations have been called into the
federal service for general purposes of
police protection against possible inter-
ference with the postal commercial
and military channels and instrumen-
talities: Illinois. First Fifth and Sixth reg -I
ments infantry; Ind.ana Second regi-
ment infantry; Iowa. First regiment
infantry; Missouri First and Third
regiments infantry; Nebraska. Fourth
regiment infantry; Mmnwota- First
regiment infantry: SHchigan. 33d regi-
ment infantry: Wisconsin. Third regi-
ment infartry; South Dakota third
battalion of Fourth regiment infantry:
North Dakota second battalion of First
regiment infantry; Colorado first ana
second separate battalions infantrv.
Wyoming second separate battalion in-
fantry; Ohio. Tmrd and Sixth regi-
I ments infantry; Washington Second
regiment infantry; Oregon. Third reg-
. intent infantry: California Sernnr?.
Fifth and Seventh regiments Infantry
Idaho. Second regiment Infantrv- Mrm-
. tana. Second regiment Infantrv
Some Won't Be Mustered Out.
"Of these organizations the followlnr
are already in the federal service and
in consequence will not be mustered
out as originally planned:
"SHchigan 33d infantry; Colorado
. first and second senarate hatt.slinnsT
Ohio. Third and Sixth regiments.
"It is requested that no details ot
locality be carried in the pres with re-
gard to further distribution of these
troops unless given out by the war de-
partment." Regiments Previously Ordered Ouf-
The 12 regiments and additional
units called out yesterday follow:
Massachusetts. Second and Ninth reg-
iments. Pennsylvania First and Third regi-
ments. Maryland. Fourth regiment.
District ol Columbia First separate
battalion.
Virginia. Second regiment.
Vermont. B company. First resiment.
t-onnecucut rirst regiment.
j mz
New York. Second
and
1st
regt-regl-
New
Jersey First and
Fifth
ments.
Delaware first battalion First regi-
ment. The following organizations which
are now in the federal service will not
be mustered out:
Thirteenth Pennsylvania an 3 E
companies of the First Georgia.
Puts 32 Reiclments In Service.
The order makes a total of 32 natior-
S?ard infantry regiments called Into
e federal service for police purposes.
supplemented by six separate battai-
"ns and several detached companies.
Thev Will lw assffno r nncte In n
. -'. . . - : w '"- -
nection with their police work by the
commanders of the military depart-
ments acting under instructions from
the war department.
Two STevr Departments Created.
Arrangements also are Seing mad
to create on Slay 1 two new military
departments on the Atlantic coast.
The creation of two new military de-
partments was ordered as a means of
dividing the Immense responsibility
now devolving upon me comcaar.der
and staff of the eastern department
Transfers of Generals.
to the eastern uepa-tment with head-
quarters at Gov "rnur's Island. Maj
Gen. Hunter Ligcrtt. in command of
the department ot the Philippines. Is
transferred to the western department.
; with headquarters at San Francisco.
Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards. In
i command of the department of the Pan-
! ama canal zone is transferred to the
northeastern department with head-
quarters at Boston. Maj. Gens. Thos.
H. Barry and J. J Pershing will retaia
command of the central and southern
departments respectively.
National guard organizations will be
' assigned to guard Industrial plants and
other property public or private la
their respective states in case or war.
Composition of New Departments
The six military departments in place
of the four now existing comprise the
following:
Northeastern department To em
(Continued on pace 4. Col. .)
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