Arizona republican., 1917-01-22
ALL READY To
MOVE, BUT WILL.
TAKE A MONTH

[Pepucican A. ?. Leased Wirel
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-More than
25,000 national guardsmen now on the
Mexican border have been designated
by Major General Funston for return
home and p1uster out of the federal
service. All these organizations will
he started homeward as soon as trans
portation facilities can be provided.
Their departure will leave between
AZ, 900 and $4,000 men of the guard still
in the federal service doing border
patrol.
War department officials continue
to withhold comment on reports that
the movement of General Pershing's
regulars out of Mexico soon will be
under way and the statement an
nouncing the guardsmen designated
for relief does not connect these or
ders with the withdrawal plans in any
way. The understanding has been,
however, that with the return of the
expedition in Mexico and readjustment
of the border patrol all of the state
troops gradually would be sent home.
The departments statement said:
General Funston has selected these
organizations chiefly in accordance
with the rule of returning first those
troops longest in service on the bor-
der. To some extent, however, this
rule could not be followed without un-
equal weakening of the border guard
and the departures from it are so ex-
planned. The total strength of the
organizations selected is 25,243."
The guardsmen designated for re-
turn ana muster follow:
Arkansas, First Infantry; Delaware.
two battalions infantry; District OF
Columbia, Battery 3 Field Artillery;
Illinois, Brigade Headquarters and
Third Infantry; Indiana. Second In
fartrv Ambulance Company No. ,;
brigade headquarters.
Iowa: First Squadron Cavalry, field
hospital No. |, ambulance company
No. II; brigade headquarters; Third
Infantry
Kentucky: Second Infantry
Louisiana: First Battalion Field Ar
tillery; Field Hospital No. 1.
Maryland: Fifth Infantry.
Massachusetts: Ambulance Company
Nc. ?: Field Hospital No. 2.
Minnesota: First Infantry; First
Field Artillery.
Missouri: Fourth Infantry.
Montana: Troop a, cavalry.
Nebraska: Field Hospital No. 1:
company A Signal Corps; Fifth In
fantry.
New Hampshire: First Infantry.
New York: Seventy fourth Infantry;
Field Bakery company: supply train;
Ambulance Company No. 4.
North Carolina: First Infantry
Ohio: Fourth Infantry: Fifth In
fantry; Third brigade headquarters;
First Squadron Cavalry.
oklahoma: First Ilfantrv: troops A
and B. Cavalry; Field Hospital com
pany; Company A Engineers.
Pennsylvania: Second Field Artii-
lery; Company c Engineers; Sixth In
fantry: Eighth Infantry; Third Bri-
gade Headquarters.
South Carolina: Troop A Cavalry;
Comnanv A Engineers; Field Hospital
company.
South Dakota: Fourth Infantry
Utah: Second Squadron Cavalry.
Tennessee: Ambulance Company No.
l. Field Hospital Nc. l.
Virginia: Second Infantry.
Wisconsin: Second Infantry.
All troops in the Fl Paso district
designated by General Funston to re-
turn home are ready tc move tomOr-
row, according to Erigadier General
George Bell. Jrr commander of the
border district here
But General Bell said tonight it
woulG probably take a month for all
the $4,000 troops which were included
in the order. to depart as it was the
intention Of the war department to
send these troops home in standard
sleepers. Because of a lack of suffi-
cient sleeper equipment to move all
of the troops at one time General Bell
predicted that it would require from
three weeks to one month to entrain
all of the troops.
If the troops move from. the border,
according TO seniority of service on
the border, the Pennsylvania units will
move first.