The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
PORTSMOUTH IS
 DESIGNATED FOR
 BORDER PARLEYS

Washington, Aug. 29-The Ameri- an-Mexican joint. commission to seek solution of border difficulties will meet at Portsmouth, N. H.. probably Wednesday or Thursday of next week. The day will be set by the Commis- sioners themselves at a preliminary day.
 Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican Ambas- sador- r-Designate, and Secretary Ian sing reached an agreement today as to the place of meeting. The Ameri- can Commissioners previously had ex- pressed to MT. Lansing their prefer ence for Portsmouth, and MT. Ar redondo acceded.
 Luis Cabrera, Mexican Minister of Finance. and head of the Mexican commission, arrived at Vera Cruz to- day en route north. He is accom- panied by James Linn Rodgers, Spec ial Agent of the State Department in Mexico City, who has been called home by Secretary Lansing to give the American Commissioners the bene- fit of his knowledge of the situation. Secretary Lansing and MT. Arredon- do both will be present at the meeting their parties probably will go to Ports in New York. The Commissioners and mouth on a navy vessel. The Ameri- oens will take with them a complete corps of State Department aids to care for the departmental records which will be sent along for their use.
 Orders were issued by the War De- partment today for the immediate movement to the Mexican border of the National Guard organizations of Kentucky, Ohip, and Vermont aggre- gating 12,0o0 troops, now all ready to be put aboard the trains. At the de-. partment it was denied that there was any significance to the orders. al- though it was recalled in unofficial circles that only two weeks ago Gen. eral Funston requested the depart ment not to send any more guardsmen to the border pending the settlement of the question whether there would be a railroad strike.
 On General Funston's recommenda- ton at that time the War Department held up the movement of 25, ,000 troops now in State camps. Effort was made by the department today to have it appear that the strike did not enter into it's decision to send these troops to the border at once, but neverthe- less it is believed that these troops, who are restless over their inactivity in State camps, are now being sent to the border in order to have them there before the strike begins, as they could hardly be moved after the strike went into effect.
 The argument was made informally in army circles that the troops of these three States were being sent to the border primarily so that they might be used in the formation of the new division units, it being pointed out that the six regiments from Ohio are to complete the division which now has only three regiments. that the three from Kentucky are to form one of three brigades of another division, and that the Vermont regiment is to go to q third division.
 The only official announcement made regarding the new move took the form of the following bulletin, is- sued at the department today:
 "Orders previously issued temporar- fly suspending the movement of mili- tia of Vermont, Kentucky, and Ohio to the Southern Department have been revoked. These troops will join the divisions to which assigned in the re- cent divisional organization of the militia called into the Federal serv- ice.''