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and transferring the more seasoned troops
TO other branches Of the service.
The presence Of Major General Tasker II.
Department, who began inspection OF the
Pennsylvania troops today, Is expected 10
clear up the difficulty existing between the
Adiutant Generals office and rebelliouA
ooinmlssaries of the Second Brigade over
bills presented TO the regimental supply
officers for food which they declare was
not Issued General Bllss's visit is for the
purpose Of correcting whatever evils may
lie in the administrative system governing
the division and for general inspection
suggestion to Secretary Of War BAKER
that all discontenteo mllitamen be mus
tered out Of the service will be MADE oy
General Bliss
'I am going to recommend to the Secre-
tary of War that all guardsmen on the Dor %
der who are discontented with camp llle
he sent back home as soon as the military
exigency permits" said General Bliss
The General displayed considerable reel
ing over the reports of alleged personal III
comforts endured on the border as sem
back by some of the correspondents WIN '"e
various State regiments.
ports are spread by the correspondent
for sheer devilment suppose. II Is 10 tne
interest of ths people to see TO 1t that inc
militlamen do OF imagine themselves rs
undergoing great privation.
THE border service In this weather 10
not pleasant at best II is hot and dusty,
and those that are not used to such service
naturally feel It, Guardsmen cannot expect
to find the comforts of the Waldort-As'orla
while on military duty.
'I have found conditions as satisfactory
as could be expected, where thousands OF
troops are in the process Of being installed.
Major General Clement, commander OF
the division, has issued no order to the COM
missaries to acknowledge the bills ana mas
expressed the intention of not doing SO.
When the commissaries refused to sign the
bills. declaring that 1t would be penal
offense to acknowledge receipt of food they
did not receive. the bills were returned to
them marked referred for observation and
compliance"
They have consistently declined to re-
ceipt bills for the supplies, which were in
charge of Colonel Lewis A. Anschutz, dur
ing mobilization at Mount Gretna.
General Bliss. who will be in FL Paso
several days, took dinner with General
Clement at the Toltec Club last night. Ac-
companled by his Chief of staff Major
william ID. Conner. and Captain Dennis
Nolan, he visited Seventh Division head
quarters today and conferred with Pennsyl-
vania officers.
Gloom overcast the entire First Brigade
today. for "Davy" is dead. "Davy" was
the border by Councils for the use of Ma
jor Joseph X. Nichols, of the First Regl.
ment The handsome bay horse died of
dlstemper, caused by the radical change in
climate, veterinarians said
"HomesicS," was the diagnosis of Color
Sergeant William A. Robinson, chief horse
man of the regiment, who Is mounted
policeman in Philadelphia. The death of
"Davy" was a second blow to him, for he
had just learned OF the death Of Frank"
his pet mount in Philadelphia
The Is other Philadelphia police horses
here are in good health. Machine guns for
the infantry regiments machine.gun COM
panies have been shipped from Fort Sam
Houston and on their arrival the new com.
panies will be formed and equipped. The
Third Regiments rifle range was laid out
today by Captain C. j. Milne, Sd, and prac-
tice was begun. The range Is 500 yards,
with 2000-yard limit.
Work began today on the Camp Stewart
branch OF the El Paso Y. NJ c. A. for the
Philadelphia Brigade 1t will be of wood,
40 by 80 feet, and will be equipped with
piano, moving picture machine and read
ing, writing and lounging rooms.
Chaplain Futcher, of the First Regiment.
acted as a committee of one in arranging
the erection of the building. Three similar
structures are being built for the Second
and Third Brigades and the cavalry and
artillery.