Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-18
Camps Rejoice.

FL PASO, Feb. 17.-General re-
 joicing occurred in all of the na-
 tional guard camps on this part
 of the border tonight when tine
 war department orders for all
 militia troops to return home be-
 came generally known. Parades
 were held throughout company
 streets, mock bands organized
 with dish pans, trumpets and
 drums for instruments and com-
 mandine officers serenaded.
 At military headquarters late
 today it was said no official orders
 had been received from depart
 ment headquarters giving the
 dates for the departure of the va-
 rious units encamped here. Ap-
 proximately 10000 regular troops
 will be left on the border here.
 Gone By March 7.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Coinci- dent with the reopening of the Ameri- can embassy in Mexico the big army of national guardsmen that was con centrated on the border on account of bandit activities will be in process of dissolution. Orders were issued by the war department today directing General Funston to begin the immed- fate demobilization of all the guard units remaining in border camps, and it is expected that the last troop train will be on its way north by March 2.
 Regulars Stay.
 General Funston still will have on the border nearly 50000 troops, all of the regular army, disposed along the line from Brownsville to Yuma, Ari- zona, on plans worked out by the gen. eral staff The command includes all of the troops who were in Mexico un- der General Pershing and their dis tribution was carried out under the direction of General Eben Swift. who was with the Pershing expedition. General Pershing will remain at Fl Paso. where he is commanding a di- vision including the largest cavalry unit on the line.
 Secretary Baker emphasized that the withdrawal of the state troops is in no way connected with the crisis with Germany. but carries out policy decided on long ago by the admins stration.
 Border Believed "Safe."
 The order was issued after General Funston had reported that with the new dispositions of regulars he felt that he had enough men to meet any exigencies that might arise. Many guard units already had been ordered home during the past few weeks ans the number of guardsmen remaining to be demobilized under today's order is about 53,OOO Administration of ficials place entire confidence in Gen eral Funston's opinion that the force of regulars will be sufficient. They are understood to have been cOnvin- ced by the reports of special observ- CTS for the state department and the army that while it may be possible for Villa and Zapata followers to con- init minor depredations in the sparse ly settled region west of Fl Paso. there is little possibility of a recur- renee of raids in the lower Rio Grande country.
 Sop" to Carranza.
 It also is desired that the Carranza government be embarrassed as little as possible in its efforts to control Mexico and the maintenance of a large army at the border has been a constant cause of complaint from Mexicans. The reduction is expected by officials here to have a beneficial effect on relations between the two countries, especially just now when diplomatic intercourse is being re sumed
 Ambassador Fletcher took with him to Mexico a mass of memoranda on subjects that the United States has instructed him to take up with the
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