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HOME EDITION b- Gyv,. tion. TODAY'S PRICES Mexican banX nots fsUte blllM llff i $ v, M-ii c n peso 5 1 Mexican gold Vacionalcs bills 18 arranza c inld) (new) 4 Bir fIItt (H. A H ntiotloni 4t Copper $ Grains higher Livestock steady Stock irres-nlr LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. ARMY DM) British First Pound the Lines To Pieces, Then Charge Through the Debris. GERMANGUNNERS '. FIGHT TO DEATH Machine Guns on Both Sides Wickedly Mow Down the Men in Close Combats. .- ONT30N'. Ens- July 3. British L forces north of Fricourt, France, save pushed forward to higher ground, says a Heuter dispatch from the front today. The situation here Is promising, the correspondent wires. Thole British front. Above the Ancre there has been so important change. The British have heavily bombarded ThievpaL At La Bolsselle severe fighting- Is proceeding. There was rejoicing in the British array at the close of the second day of the battle of the Somme over the tak ing? of Fricourt, which the capture of Mametz and Montauban Saturday left as a -sharp German salient The British guns surrounded it with cur tains ib ftre aad after & heavy pound ing, the British troops rushed through the debris takinc the surriTors prison ers at 2 oclock Sunday afternoon. Later they stormed Fricourt wood and from the neighboring hill it could be seen That the Germans, as they were forced Vfrom the wood, were holding up their hands in surrender. Bombardment of L Bolaelle. Included in the same panorama -was the bombardment of La Boiselle. fol lowed by a British infantry attack. When It faced the machine guns, which the artillery had not reached, the right line advanced unwaveringly Into the German positions and was lost to view. The possession of Fricourt and the wood means command of the ground toward Bapaume. and the German guns, which had been hidden in the valleys of the front, have now been dis closed to the British observers and must be withdrawn or put out of ac- v Xorth of the Ancre the day was quiet, except for vicious in and out fighting in the sections of the first line German trenches held by the British. Here the Germans in great force in the day at tack kept to their dugouts. 40 feet deep, during the bombardment. They then rushed out with machine guns to re ceive the British advance. Ultser troops drove through the ridge north of Thiepval most gallantly, but were -' forced to retire before the fire of the machine guns. Machine Gunner Fight Valiantly. The northern attacks Sunday served as a diversion which led to the success at Fricourt Sunday and Montauban the previous day. Everywhere the German machine guns were numerous and the German machine gunners fought to the death as the British closed in on them. A German counter attack at Montauban Saturday was mowed down by the British machine 'suns. The -a either was fair and hot Sun day, merciful to the wounded. There are many tales of heroism. Scotch pi pers played their Tegiment to the charge. A private of 18. when all the officers of his company had been killed, went in and captured a machine gun. German Dead IJtter Ground. Many German dead are lying on the ..A- cround taken by the British at Mon- tauDan ana -viametz. ana tne tfritisn litter bearers were buey today bring ing in the German wounded. First Wounded Beach London. The first group of wounded from the V British front In France arrived at . . Charing Cross station Sunday evening. i An enormous crowd assembled at the station and the police had considerable difficulty in obtaining passage for the red cross vehicles through the cheer ing, flag waving people French Satisfied With Result. Paris, France. July J. "General re sults excellent," is the verdict of the Parisian press on the achievements of the second day of the great Franco British nirensive. All the newspapers assert tnat what has been accom- Vplished is rather substantial than sensational- They declare that the mis take made in the Champagne battle will not be repeated, that men cannot fight until the ground has been pre pared, so far as humanly possible by artillery. No Eection of the Franco British forces was advanced beyond the line assigned to It. they say, how ever tempting might have appeared the chance of success of smashing fur . ther lines. Bombardment Terrifyins-. An artillery corporal, wounded while In an observation post at Maricourt tells the following story: "I witnessed the first bombardment of the German trenches and works. The effects were terrifying. It is not possible that any work of defence, however strong, can resist such an avalanche of fire and steel How many men must lie buried in the ruins! The German reply Is no less terri ble and the most stubborn resistance (Continued on Pnse 5. Column 4.) There's Always Something To Be SINGI.T COPT 1 BELGIANS m iieotiwi Numerous Victories Over German Troops Reported; Chase Continues. Havre, France, July 3. Substantial progress for the Belgian troops in vading German East Africa is reported in an official statement issued by the Belgian wjx office. The statement rays: "g "Gen. Tombeur cables that the Bel gian troops have continued their progress all along the front, closely pressing the retreating army on the Kagera river. MolItor"s brigade met with only slight resistance and after crossing the river, the brigade pur sued the eneicy eastward and occupied Biaramulo on June S4 "On the march ,east of Biaramulo. the advanced corps of the brigade at tacked a party of the enemy who ap proached from Keindschima- The enemy was beaten and retreated pre cpitately. Our troops took some prison ers and a convoy. "In the region east of Lake Tang anyika our forces captured a store house filled with provisions, arms and munitions. The enemy, threatened by columns of Olsen's brigade, refused battle, and abandoned their position at Kiteca. which we occupied on June 16. The pursuit continues." Biaramulo. known also as Njaru wungo, is an Important center of roads in the region south of Lave Victoria Nyanza. Keindschima is on the right bank of the Kagera river I0STRIS HE SLIGHT ADVANCE Pushing Back of Eussian Lines Is Effected With Heavy-Loss of Men. ' London. Eng., July J As the result of one week of most costly onslaughts on the Russian lines between the Stok hod and the Styr rivers, the Austro German forces have advanced their hatUefront at the most five miles east wards of the Styr, and that only In some sectors, says a Reuters dispatcn from Petrograd. Military authorities, the correspond end adds, are confident that the Rus sians are firmly holding the enemy on this front, pending the development of Gen. Letchitzkys sweep through Buko wina, notwithstanding that strong Ger man reinforcements are entering the field. Meanwhile, the Russians have prog ressed several miles to th westward of Kolomea and the Austrians there are hard pressed to cover their retreat to the Carpathian mountains. HAGGARD GETS MILLION ACRES FOR EX-SOLDIERS Sjdney, Australia. July 1 Sir Rider Haggard, the English novelist and land settlement expert who is on a tour of British oersea dominions to investi gate ways and means of placing British soldiers and sailors on the land jter the war. sailed for New Zealand from here last week having finished his work in Australia. He will spend about a month In New Zealand and will then go on to Canada. "The Queensland government," he eald, "Is prepared to provide a million seres for agriculture for the settlement of ex-service men from the United Kingdom. ,, "When this war ends we shall be faced suddenly with the problem oT handling great numbers of the S.OOO.eoo soldiers who will be released with changed ideals and changed spirits. Unless something is ready for them there will be great mistakes. V,e can take a lesson from the emigration o. 15.000 men from the United Kingdom to the United States after the Boer war." RUSSIANS REPEL ENEMY IN DESPERATE ATTACK Petrograd, Russia, July 3. Desperate attacks against the Russian line at various points have been definitely re pulsed, according to an official state ment issued Sunday at the war office, although preceded by 'susts of fire and attacks made by infantry in mass formation. RUSSIAN SHIPSDESTROY 54 VESSELS IN ONE DAY Petrograd. Russia. July 3. Russian torpedo boat destroyed 54 enemy sail llg vessels in the Black sea near the Anatolian coast on June 29. says an official statement GREEK OFFICERS ATTACK PAPER; WOWD EDITOR Athens, Greece. July 3. Fresh fuel has been given to the flames of po litical discord which are blazlns throughout Greece, by a dispatch from Salontkt stating that a number of Greek officers have sacked the offices of a newspaper in that city and mor tally wounded the editor. The editor's offence is said to have been the publication of alleged revela tions regarding the surrender of Fort Rupel to the Bulgarians. ALLIES DEMAD DISMISSAL OF GItEEK POLICE AGENTS Athens. Greece. July 3. The minis ters of the entente allies have present ed a demand to the govrnment for the dismissal of 144 police agents in Ath ens who are accused of activity against the interests of the entente. 5000 EL PASO. FIVE CEXTS. ED; EL Jt 1 IwliJL no battle ?et, I i Postcards Written to Folks Back Home Give Impres sions of the Border. Douglas, Anr- July 3. Postcards written home by the New Jersey mili tiamen reaching here gave a varied impression of the border country anl of camp life "We reached El Paso Sunday after noon, but they sent us on west to Douglae. Ariz, where the real fight ing is going on," one private wrote. "It is 101 in tha shade down here. r.nd everywhere is white sand and dust." scribbled another. "We reached Douglas after six days riding," a third militiaman said. "Am safe. Passed throjgb Columbus where Villa made his raid. Will write a long letter the first chance I have, but don't know when that will be as they give us no rest." Still another card read: "We are at Douglas. A number of Mexicans have passed by. N'o fighting yet." 3900 UI U if AT KALES Nogales. Arix, July 3. Five troop j Since Saturday night the Massa tralns. bringing more than ISM Califor- ! chusetta troops have been arriving at , ,., , A , .-,- I Fort Bliss and Camp Cotton and Sun- nia militia, arrived here during the day wa8 a busy ,,, at tne two na night and were detrained and marched 1 tlonal guard camps where troops were to prepared camp grounds early this I unloading, tents erected, streets laid , I out and order brought out of the camp morning. of ehao3. The entire secoifl infantry, under The Massachusetts commands include command of Col Lon Bond, came in on , the following. Second Jlnfantry bri- .. , , ..i. ,, . . c r I gade composed of the Eighth. Mnth three trains, with 1177 men and K of- Jnd nfth infantry regiments at-Camp fleers. ' TCottow; Batteries A, B. C D. B and F Three batteries of California field t the First light artillery, at Camp artillery, with gups but no horses, ar- rived under command of Mai. R. J. Faneuf, of Oakland, with 410 men and 20 officers I These additions to Col. w. H Sage's command here makes the total troops strength about 3500 men. 30,000 MILITIA SENT TO BOBDEB New York. July 3. While MaJ. Leon ard Wood says that the movement of militia from the department of the east toward the Mexican border has passed its climax, he estimates that 1C.0O0 more troops will leave their home mobilization camps this week Nine states out of 22 under Gen. Wood's command, already have sent southward national guard units aggregating more than 30,060 men. GEN. BELL INSPECTS MILITIA CAMPS SUNDAY AFTERNOON Gen. George Bell, with his aides called on all o' the troops In the camps at Fort Bliss. Camp Pershing and Camp Cotton Sunday afternoon. Gen Bell made the trip to the camps in an au tomobile and inspected the camps which were being laid out by tha Massachusetts guard after their arri val here. Maj. William Elliott, depot quarter master, alsi visited the camps and ar ranged for supplying the troops with food and camp supplies. FIRST CONNECTICUT TROOPS ARRIVE AT NOGALES Nogales. Ariz.. July 3 The first of ceven units of Connecticut militia ar rived this mtrning. Col. R A. Goodwin of the First Connecticut militia, com manding. MaJ. W. K. Junes of the 14th regular infantry and MaJ. Haedlcke of the Ari zona militia, who brought two battal ions here ten days ago from Doug las broke camp today, preparatory to returning there. NEW MEXICO GUARD USES AUTO TO OBTAIN RECRUITS An automobile is being used by the New Mexico militia officers now in the city recruiting for their regiment. A sign on each side announces the location of the officers and urges El "asoam to "Join the militia now at Columbus." The car is being driven about the streets to attract the attention of pros pective applicants. E!V JERSEY ART1LLEUY BATTKIUES REACH DOUGLAS Douglas, Ariz.. July 3. Batteries A and B, of the New Jersey field artil lery arrived Here early today, where they were assigned space in Camp Frederick Funston. the new militia camp. The New Jersey field hospital and ambulance company pitched tents in the same camp last night. VERMONT M1L1TI. ARRIVES AT EAGLE PASS 0 SUD. Eagle Pass, Texas. July 3. The first regiment of the Vermont national guard. Col Ira Reeves, commanding, arrived at Eagle Pass today and went Into camp. The first battalion arrived about 1 oclock and' was followed by the other train sections at intervals of about one hour. TEXAS. MONDAY EVENING. w Way Throu GUARDS i . ' ISSflCiSETTS 1011 I TB0OP5I1 IN GAMP Troops Include Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and Hospital Corps. CAMP PERSHING IS GROWING RAPIDLY Massachusetts Troops Are Encamped at Morningside And at Camp Cotton. FTVE thousand Massachusetts na tional guard troops are now en camped at Camp Pershing and Camp Cotton, adding three infantry regiments, six batteries of artillery -onslsting of 24 three inch guns; four troops of cavalry, a hospital corps, two signal corps companies and an ambu lance corps to the military strength I of the border brigade under Gen. 1 George Bell, jr. atSraS2? 3a nrshlnVr'flrst ambulance corps, a hospital corps and two signal corps companies at Camp Pershing. Batterien Arrive. At Fort Bliss the remainder of the first Massachusetts light artillery ar- rived Mondav morning-, making tha ocmplete quota of the Massachusetts artillery at Camp Pershing. These in clude batteries A. B, C. D. E and F. There are 24 three-inch guns In this command. The first suuadron of the first Mas- j sacbusetts cavalry also arrived Monday morning and is encamped at Camp ' Pershing for the present. These cav alry troops are A, a. u ana u. uney ar rived over the El Paso and Southwest ern, as did the remaining batteries of the first artillery. Infcmation was received by rail road officials In El Paso that a section of the New Jersey national guard was at Kansas City last night and would reach El Paso some time Tuesday. Mystery MIlltla.- The Pennsylvania national guard Is the "mystery dilsion" of the militia t mobilization. Railroad men say they hae no record of these commands reaching the border and know nothing of their being on the road. Two bat teries of artillery were seen In the local yards Sunday morning marked "Bat teries A and B. Pennsylvania national guard." However, these batteries have not been located in camp at the fort or Camp Cotton, and it Is believed that they left for the west after their ar rival here Sunday morning. Troops Go Through. While the Massachusetts militia was busy setting up camp at Camp Persh ing and Camp Cotton Sunday night, troop trains rolled through the city go ing 4o the Arizona and New Mexico bor der west of El Paso. Three trains of the New Jersey In fantry passed through the city during Similar nv.ntnr en mil(n tn DnUirlaS. Ariz. "The- first train passed througlr at 8 oclock. another followed at 3 oclock and another at 11 oclock. These trains got in over the Texas & Pacific and left over the Southwestern. Trains to ogalei(. ' Two trains of Connecticut Infantry passed through Sunday night at 11:30 and 12 05 Sunday night en route to No gales. Col R A. Goodwin, of the first Connecticut Infantry, was in command of this part of the Connecticut guard. A train of Connecticut cavalry also passed through Sunday night en route to Nogales. the train going through at 8.38 over the Southwestern and leaving over the Southern Pacific. One train of the New Jersey troops is also said to have srone to Columbus. This was in command of CoL John D. Fraser The soldiers were cheered as they passed through the city Sunday night and a few women were at the union sta tion to cheer them and mail their post cards back home for them as they did not have time to leave their cars. Troops Come In. All day Sunday troop trains were ar riving, shuttling back and forth at Fort HIIbs and Camp Cotton and un loading theii tired and travel weary cargoes of militia Sunday's troop mobilization was all Massachusetts as only th- bark bay state unloaded and went into camp here, the Pennsylvania. Connecticut and New Jersey troops con tinuing to Douglas and Nogales. At Camp Fershing there was but three litile rows of "pup" tents set up Sunday Hfterroon. These were the tents of the Massachusetts ambulance corps No. 1. the Messachusetts hospital corps and th2 two companies composing the Massachusetts signal corps. Their equipment was piled In heaps along Polk street Morningside, while thet enlisted men sat in the- shade of their shelter tents, tie pink ice cream out of cones and ordered how hot It was. While they talked about the weather (Continued on Page 3. Column X) Thankful For; It Will Be Cooler Bye and Bye JULY 3. 1916. DtLlVERED HEADQUARTER TBI Mil BABE BIOL! BEATEi Woman Strike Sympathizer Smashes Glass in Arizona Car; Is Arrested and -Released; Ten Men Beat Up After Being Taken Prom Sunset Car Monday Morning; Provost Guard Is Attacked. A LARGE stone hurled through & window of an Arizona car by a young woman at Stanton and Texas streets, and the "beating up" of four employes of the Electric Railway company at the end of the Sunset Heights and the smelter lines, were the developments Monday morning in the strike of the motonnen and conductors of the Electric Railway company. The woman, who is said to be the wife of one of the striking conductors, was arrested and taken to tha police station where she was released, man ager H. S. Potter of the railway com pany refusing to sign a complaint against her. This was the first arrest made by the police during the entire four days of the strike. Ten sympathizers held up the Sunset Heights car at Mundy avenue and West Boulevard Monday morning at 11:15 and, taking the conductor and motorman off the platform, beat them severely At the time of the assault only two persons, a little boy and a girl, were on the car. Two men were also taken off a smelter car at the cement plant and beaten, according to H. S. Potter. . Boy Tells of Fight. A 13 year old boy. who was a pas senger on the Sunset car with his sis ter when the trouble occurred at West BouleTard and Mundy. told his version of the affair Monday morning. "When the car stopped." the boy related, "these men came over to the car and began talking to the men running the car. There was a conductor on the car. a motorman and an extra man. There were .about ten mn in the. crowd that took the- car. The men en the car closed the doom and fastened them. The other i men broke the doors In and rame on in. I remember that they asked the men why they did not quit and come over to their side They spoke of the com pany bringing men in from other places to take the place of the strikers. One of the men on the car said that he did not know there was a strike on when he come here Thev beat up the con COOKS SAY ABE WIIIiSTBIKE Owners of Eestaurants Or ganize to Pight Strike; Say Had No Notice. Seven out of 11 of the larger restau rants affected by the strike have ac ceded to the demands of the striking cooks and waiters, accord Ins to a state ment Issued by W. E. Fowell, recording secretary of the Cooks' and Walters' union. Issued Monday morning, follow ing a meeting of the union at which It was agreed to take no action of any kind until after the Fourth of July. Gave Proprietor Notice. "We are not asking for eight hours continuous service, as has been stated, but only eight hours out of 12," said Mo Powell. 'It will not require three shifts, as the proprietors claim, as the fen go to work at 5 a- m. and quit at p. m. We are not trying to be hard on the restaurant owners, but no man caq stand over a range 12 hours a day. We gave the restaurants notice of our intention to strike the night before. "We wish to conduct our strike In as peaceful and orderly a manner as we possibly can. There will be no demons trations or violence." Owners Organise. The owners of 12 restaurants In the city that have been employing union la bor have organized the Hotel and Res taurant Keepers' association, with E. H Tomlinson. of the Stanton cafe.' presi dent. C C Blalock. Auto cafe, vice IJicaiucui, xt. s. ouuiii. .tunc ouir tOiC secretary, and V. C. Harlan. Auto cafe. treasurer. I The restaurant men are claiming that j an eight hour day will require three i shifts of men. Incurring additional ex- penditures. In addition to the wages 1 paid the men. they are given their I board, the proprietors claim, and this means added cost to the operation of the restaurants. "We will not accede to the demands of the strikers," declared V. C Harlan i Monday morning "Personally, I value ! the union card in my restaurant, but we cannot meet the demands of the me? i for financial reasons. j Given Short Notice. , "We were given very short notice. I The committee walked Into my place I the night before, presented a paper con- I taimng the demands, and wanted to ' know if they weren't Just. I told hint J that I did not think so. The same com mittee waited on other proprietors, bnt there were possibly five or six who had no notice whatever until the men walked out Friday morning. This was the first notice we had had of any grievance, and It was very short notice. Some of the men. I have been informed, did not themselves know that they were to be called out until the com mittee notified them Friday morning when they started work." ANYWHERE S CENT3 A VONTH ARRIVE BOCK AT ductor, clubbing him with the con troler handle, and kicked him. Carried Men Away. TbVv took- the other men off th car and carried them away, but I don't ' know where they carried them. One of the men in the crowd said that before thev left they ought to put the car off the track, or take a wheel off it Tha car was left there, without anybody at all on it, and my sister and I had to , get on ana waiic as a was coming back to town, I was on Upson avenue and saw the two men that were taken off the car. with two other men. They were not close enough for me to tell if they were hurt or not. One of them had the back of his coat torn." Three Men MlMlnK. The three men who were taken off the Sunset Heights car were not found by the officers and police were sent to the scene in an effort to locate them. Traffic was tied up on both lines for some time. No damage was reported as having been done to any of the cars except the broken window caused by the hurled stone. Auk for Police Protection. Aid of the police in protecting the car men was requested by manager Potter Monday morning. Mr. Potter stated that four men had already been oeaien up and tnat toe st.V.e,rs naa assumed a threatening attitude. If and that the strikers had necessary, a battalion will be ordered front the Seventh infantry to keep the streets clear, wnue additional police men are being held at the station in readiness for any calL Cars Runme. Street car service, which has been badly crippled since the walkout of tha employes of the Bt Paso Electric rail way company, was established on an enlarged scale Monday morning, fol lowing the Importation of & large Bom ber oi strike breakers Irom Fort i Worth. According to street railway , officials over 1W men were put to work Monday morning and service was established on every tine in the city. "All lines have service and nearly all of them have full service."- saH H S. Potter general manager of the companv "Over 100 men are now (Oatlnoed on Pare S. CL 3) UK PISTOL Maria Aleman, Living Near Union Station, Didn't Know It Was Loaded. Maria Aleman. age 50 years, was in stantly killed early Monday morning when a pistol which she was examin ing was accidentally discharged, the bullet entering her left eye and pene- tratlng the brain. The accident occurred when the worn- an took the pistol out of a trunk In her home on the river bank below the Union station to show it to her daughter. Not knowing that the weapon was loaded she snapped the trigger once. The hammer exploded a cartridge. Coroner James M. Deaver went to the scene, accompanied by a physician, and rendered a verdict of accidental death. According to the story of the jfc mwiuw ji mo wuuiao, uc jus- toi had been examined several times before. STATE BANK EXAMINERS MEET WITH COMMISSIONER Austin. Tex July 3. The quarterly conference of the state bank exam!- ners with commissioner of Insurance and banking John S. Patterson began today. The general condition of the state banks will be disenssed and posslMy certain changes will be made in the personnel of the examiners in the dlf- ferent districts, T The Gang Spirit Develops Right at the THE gang spirit is most evident in boys from the age f M to 3. The Y. M. C. A. furnishes the opportunity needed by tne boys to direct this social inclination into right ckannek. All kinds of games are played in boys' rooms at the Y" building, in wholesome environment. In grevring boys there is a lot of surplus energy, which demands an out let. Some seem to think this energy sbould be suppressed, or given out in work, bat great leaders and workers witb boys -are agreed that it has great value if directed into the proper channels. Leaders in the Y. M. C. A. are giving all or a part of their time to boys, developing their enthusiasm in the development of the best that is in them physically, mentally and morally. A membership in the Y. M. a A. will be girea to the boys absohitefy free for attaining only a small number of-new subscribers. Call to see H. H. Ftm, eircHteUea manager of the SI Paso HeraM. WKATHER TORECAT. T3 FaM and wet Ten fair; New Mex ico, fair cooler; Arizona, fair. FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY, Department of New Mexico' CrpnipA fJpndntiaTterS f-fpr". i -ret"ca -ICUUIUUIIWO llCf-s Pershing In Charge. PERSHINGTOBE MAJOR GENERAL?. Promotion Comes, a Brigaj dier May Relieve Gen. Pershing In Mexico. WASHINGTON. D. C July 3. Bl Paso. Texas, is to be head quarters of "the military de partment of New Mexico." created to day ay order of the war department. Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing, now la , command of th punitive expedition in i . , . . , . ... S Mexico, is to.be In command of the de partment The war department an nounced late today that that part of Its order relating to' the department of New Mexico is suspended tempora rily "pending the adjustment of minor administrative details of the rearrange ment" It was stated at the war department that the sttsyeasfea of the order was determined upon so that Gen. Pershing; f might report a whether his activities in the field will permit him to assume tne dsues of the new department. Perilling To Stay At Front. The assignment of Gen. Pershing to the command of the department of New Mexico. It was stated officially, does not mean that the expedition in to Mexico Is abont to be withdrawn or that Gen. Pershing himself will return to direct the affairs of the department from Kl Paso, his new headquarters. It is assumed that he will remain la the field. If he is promoted to major genaral a brigade commander prob ably will be. sent to relieve him la Mexico, unless developments should ne cessitate the sending of a large number of additional troops across the border. Gen. Bell To Remain. Brig: Gen. George Bell. Jr. will re main in direct command of the Bt Pasi district, where his brigade Is on duty, neorganlzatlon Ordered. With more than ISa.M troops now assembling along the Mexican lorder. the war department today took steps to decentralize direct administra- thm of the ISM mile frontier In the interest of efficiency and probably to pare the way for the appointment or a supreme commander to coordinate all military activities on the international line. The border formerly in the' southern department from the Gulf of Mexico to California now is to be divided Into three military departments, commanded by MaJ. Gen Frederick Funston, Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing and MaJ. Gen. J Franklin BelL war department officials said ths : new oraer. wnica automatically re- ! lieves Gen. Funston of eupreme com mand on the border and the enormous responsibilities that have crowded upon him. had no significance as indicating? preparation for war. There was no announcement in re gard to he Probable selection of a. tenlor major general for commander ' L fet "ie b5TderJ5na"' "? V"- mw wo iiniivnuuiio uwl xaj. uea. Leonard wood, now com manding the department of the east, is being considered. Pennine for Major General. Another probable change Indicated by the new order is the promotion of Gen. Pershing under the army bill now iCoatinned on page 2. CoL 4.) Y" S J