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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELrHIA, MONDAY, JFNE 26, 101G.
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RUSH WITH 17,000
GUARDS TO FRONT
Troops .Break Camp andl
Start entraining at
Wood's Order
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WASHINGTON. Juno 28. Two hundred
thousand Nntlonnl Guardsmen nro now
under nrms nnd will be ready to bo to the
Mexican border within a week, according to
estimates of tho War Department today.
When President Wilson Issued hh call for
the State troops n week ago It was estl
mated, upon reports by Adjutant General
of the Various States of December 31, that
130,000 men composed tho National Guards
Blnco tho call, the Department otllclals today
laid, at least 70,000 men nave been re
cruited These flguren nre haBed on report
of recruiting being received from each State.
NEW TOItlf, .lune 20 By tomorrow nt
the latcit 17,000 National Guardsmen from
Ne,w York, New .tcrsey, Concctlcut, Ver
mont and Massachusetts will be on trains
ipccdlng toward tho border.
Major General Leonard Wood's orders for
this, force to proceed at once to the border
met with Instant response from the olllcera
nd men. At Camp lleckman Major Gen
eral O'Jtyan, In command of tho New York
Guardsmen, communicated the orders to
him to commanders of th6 7th, 14 th and
71st Iteglmcnts, the 1st Cavnlry and 22d
Engineers nnd -several detnehed units.
Not since Spanlsh-Amcrlcnli war days
thas the Department of tho Kast, with head
quarters nt Governor's Island, been kept
'open all night ns It wns Sunday. General
Wood was on tho Job virtually 21 hours
ills was tho task of selecting the units from
the State troops' to make up the number of
men asked of hlpi by the War Department
In addition to the New Yorkers mentioned
boe. Wood Issued orders to the Collow-JnsV
New Jersoy rrouaniy tnc Bin ininntry;
two cavalry troops, two field artillery bat
teries, one field huspltal, one nmbulanco
company.
Massachusetts Second, 5th, 8th and 0th
regiments of Infantry: one battalion of
field artillery: 1st squadron cavalry; signal
corps, one field hospital, one ambulance
.eompany.
1 Connecticut First and 2d Infantry; Yale
University field nrtlllery battery; signal
corps; ambulance company.
Vermont Ono regiment of Infantry.
New York's troops will servo In tho
Brcmnsvlllo District of Texas; those of
Massachusetts and New Jersey will go
to El Paso.
Official announcement of these assign
ments was made by Colonel Balllnger, of
the Quartermaster's Department, U. S. A.,
At Governor's Island. -
ORDERS TO PREPARE.
Orders to make ready for Instant orders
to move were sent to tho Guard command
ants In Florida, District of Columbia, Vir
ginia, Georgia, New Hampshire, Kentucky,
Majne, Rhode island, West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and
Tennessee. Entraining orders for these
forces await only formal report from State
adjutant generals that the men are ready
and fully mobilized.
, Regimental commanders In the States
where Immediate movement was ordered
worked the greater part of the night com
municating with railroad heads nnd arrang
ing transportation facilities. -It was admitted
today that ordinary travel would probably
be die tracked for the next few dajs to
Bermlt expeditious handling of tho trooni.
the thing that may delay actual departure
of New York and New Jersoy guards, nt
least, Is desire to await arrival of special
supply trains from tho Schuylkill supply
depot, Philadelphia, carrying equipment.
Dtit State commanders without exception
'reported their belief they would be able to
begin troop movement this nftcrnoon. Tho
ffupply trains nre expected some time today.
So urgent Is the demand for men that
medical examination will be waived. Rcgl-
'ments which reached full war strength hv
hurry-up recruiting during the last few days
will take their "green" men along, hoping
tor time to train them upon arrival in
Texas.
48,000 IN GUARD CAMPS
The number of National Gunrd troops of
the Department of the East In the mobiliza
tion camps grew Sunday to 48,000, accord
ing to Major General Wood's report to the
War Department. Tho men are prepared to
ntraln for the Mexican border at an hour's
notice, ho anrfounced.
wilt entrain here some time this afternoon
or early tonight for the Mexican frontier'.
Tho battery Is n part of tho New Jersey
quota In tho 60,000 troops that have been
ordered from National Guard organisations
for immcdlato service.
Tho battery stnrlcd to break camp this
morning nnd found It necessiry to leave
behind some of their horses, because they
ttere not sufficiently broken for use Mat
tery A, of East Ornngc. will go with Unt
fery B.
The first organization to leae here will be
tho flpld hospital (Elizabeth), which Is ex
pected to get tinder way by 2 o'clock this
nfternoon They will be followed by the
nmbulanco compiny (Red Bank) nnd the
batteries Troops A nnd C of tho 1st Cav
alry Squadron, will follow Immediately nnd
tho 1st Regiment of Infantry (Ncwnrk)
Wilt bo last.
The troops will bo moved to Ron Antonio.
Tex , via Memphis, Tcnn When the or
ders wrro received here for the movement ef
forts wcrejmde to secure Pullman rut. but
It wns found that all had been ntnman
deerort by the Quartermaster s Department
of tho- regular army The fotir-dav trip
must how b made In ordinary day coaches
my in iiegimcnt. or Trenton, and tho
3d, of C.imden. now expect to be railed here
for mobilization, one of them being osed to
complete tho brlgnde depicted bv General
Wood's call for the 1st Regiment.
Six trains hnc been made up and Ocn
er.il Sadler announced that ho expected tho
entire force to entrain before evening
FIRST 15,000 OP flUAKDSMN
WILL flO DIRECT TO ItORDEK
Funston and Staff Plan for Dispatch of
State Troops
RAN ANTONIO, Tex, June 20 General
Funston nnd his staff made haste today to
complete plans for distributing tho State
troops, the first of which nro expected by
tho mlddlo of the week.
The' first 15,000 Guardsmen that entrain
will not stop here, but will proceed direct
to tho border. The regulnrs they will re
lievo will be sent direct to Pershing.
"I nm ready to say the word," said Gen
eral Funston today, "nnd I have no doubt
of tho outcome, but It Is nil up to Wash
ington. They must press the button."
fiLI AUSTRIACI IN PIENA
RITIRATADAVANTIALLA
0FFENSIVADI CADORNA
Numerose PosizionS Conquistate
darjli Italian! nella Zona tra
l'Adige cd il Brenta in
Vigorosi Attacchi
I DUELLI D'AKTIGLIERIA
CONNECTICUT STATS (itJARl)
WILL LEAVE ROOKIES IJEIIINI)
Saven Hundred and Fifty Recruits to
Get Quick Training
CAMP HOI.COMB, Nlnntlc, Tonn., June
26 Adjutnnt General Cole, of the Con
necticut National Guard, has received or
ders from Major Genernl Wood to move
his troops toward the Mexican border ns
soon as possible.
Approximately .1000 troops arc at ramp
about n quarter of them recruits Most of
the latter ore not armed and they will not
leave with the first detachment The news
of early cntrnlnment wns received- by tho
nillltln with cheers.
MASSACHUSETTS guardsmen
TAKE TRAIN AT ERAMINOHAjI
Eighteen Specials on Two Roads Leave
Gamp Whitney
CA'MP WHITNEY, Framlngham, Mass,
June 20 The Massachusetts troops of the
National Guard broko camp early today
and started entraining for Mexico as fast
ns baggage, horses, munitions and equip
ment could be packed aboard the 18 trains
furnished by the Boston and Albany and
the New Haven roads.
ROMA, 2G Glugno.
Flnnlmonto nnchc sulla fronte H.illana si
hn la B'nnde ofenslva da parte del gencrale
Cadorna II quale ovldentemente npprofltta
del fatto cho gli oustrlncl hanno in
comlncl.ito n r'tlrare truppe dal Trentlno
per Invlntle ad arrestare la grande of
fonslva del russl ncila Galizin l.c truppe
aiiklrlache rhc erono stnto lnnclnte per In
v adore t'ltalla lunno lnlzlnto un movlmento
dl rltiintn gurvrnle dl f route ml una
vlgoroslsslma offcnslva Incomlnclnta dal
gonrrale Cadorna, come e' nnnunzlato W
(lcl.ilmcntc oggl.
Gli Itntlnnl hnnno conqll stnto poslzlonl
occupato dngll nustrlacl a Cnstel Goberlo,
Mclette, Motile t.ongnrn, Galllo, Aslago,
Cesuna o Monte Cengio.
l.e conqulsto plu' Important! gll Itnllnnl
lo hanno fntte nella glornnta dl lerl. Kono
lc plu' Ingcntl f.ttte In un slngolo nttneco
dngll Itnllnnl dalle prime scttunane delln
guerra, I.e truppe d"l generalo Cadorna
hpingono In loro offcnslva col plu' grande
vlgoie, npprollttnndo dello spostnmento dl
truppe nustrlachc verso la fronto dclla
Gatlzla e dclla Bucovina.
11 colpo plu'ravc gll nustrlacl lo hanno
nvuto lerl nl centre contro l'nrmntn cen
trale austrlnca che nvovn Invaso II tcr-
rltorlo Itallano. Ivl gll Itnllanl presero
nl ncmlco poslzlonl Impoitnntl su una
ironto dl 15 mlglla, conqulstnndo Monte
Cengio c Cesuna, n sud-ovest dl ABlago; lo
poslzlonl dl Aslago c la borgntn dl Galllo,
che c' ad un palo dl mlglla da Aslago.
II gcnernlc Cadorna ha comunlcato nl
Mlnlstero delln Guerra I'lnlzlo dclla sua
offenslvn con II seguento breve di'.pacclo
dnlla fronto:
Una energlcn offcnslva e sfata In
Izlota dallo truppe Itallano. II ncmlco
ha rlplegato su ttltta la fronte dl
nttneco. Ie notre forzo hanno rlcon-
quistato parecchlo poslzlonl che erano
state prose antecedentemente daglt nu
strlacl nello prlmo settlmane delln loro
oftenslvn.
Oil austrlaci sono stntl resplntl da per
tutto dove sono stntl nttaccatl. Essl nve
vano fortlflcato nssat bene le poslzlonl cho
avovano conqulstato antecedentemente. m.i
I cannonl Italianl hnnno Ictternlmentc scon
volto tutte le uperc dl dlfcsa che gll nus
trlacl avovano costrulto.
Oggl II Mlnlstero dilla Guerra pubbllcava
II seguento comunlcato ufllclale sulla situ
nzlone alia fronto Itallnna:
II ncmlco, Incnpacc dl penetraro
nella nostra llnea dl dlfesa c premuto
vlgorosamentc dalla nostra contlnua of
fenslvn. e' stato orzato a comlnclaro
II suo movlmento dl rltlrata. La nostra
offenslvn contlnua vlgorosamentc Nol
n'-Mfimn rro'imto dl nuovo l'lmportanto
nodo stradale dl Mandrlclo e lo
poslzlonl dl Cnstel Gomberto, Melcttc,
Monte Longnrn, Galllo, Aslngo, Cesunn
e Monto Cengio.
l.'cco II tcsto del bollettlno pubbllcato
lerl sera dal Mlnlsleto delln Guerra In bas
nl rnpporto del genernle Cadorna:
lerl trn I'Adlgo ed II Brenta si c'
nvula un'numentata nttlvlta' dell'nrtl
gllerla nemlcn
Nol stendemmo con successo una cor
tlna fuoco nella VnlHrso e nella vatic
del Poslnn, c dlslruggemmo nlctine po
slzlonl nemlche n sud-ovest dl Aslngo,
Ira II Monte Cengio ed II Monte Cnmpl
ello. n nud della Vallarsa e tra Punta
Corbln e Cesuna
Sconlrl dl fnnterla si sono nvutl nella
zona dl Camplglln, nil ovest del I'oslnn.
nello vlelnnnje dl Mcnegtu-ttl ed n sUd
dl Arslero, dove nol ntaccnmnlo, e
rleacclnmmo Indletro II ncmlco
Noirnltn valle del Cordcvole e neP'nlta
valle del Ilolte si sono nvutl violent!
iluelll dl nrtlgllerln
Lo slnzloiii ferrovlnrle de Innichcn e
Sllllnn, nelln valle dnlla Drava sono
stnte dl nuovo bombnidnte dalla nostra
nttigllerla dl groso inlibro.
Aeroplanl nctnlcl hanno lasclnto en
dere liombe su Tolme.-.zo. Porto Gruaro,
Ponte dl Plave c sulla lnguna ill Gr.ido,
son;M far vlltlme c fncendo soltunto
llcvl d-inr.l.
PIRANOE'BOMBARDATA
DA SILURANTI ITALIANE
E' Cominciata Su Tutte le Fronti
la Grande OtTensiva
degli Alleati
JERSEY GUARDS BREAK CAMP
AND TAKE TRAIN FOR MEXICO
First Regiment and Cavalry Troops
Quit Sea Girt
CAMP FIELDER. SEA GIRT, N. J June
IB, Battery B, Field Artillery, of Camden.
Un dlspacclo da Roma dice che II Mlnls
tero della Marina ha annunclato che torpe
dlnlere itallano sono entrate dl sorprcsa
nel porto nustrlaco dl Pirnno, sulla costn
dell'Istrla, e no hanno bombardato le opcre
dl fortiflcazlone, Compluto II bombarda
mento, lo sllurantl sono rltornato senza
dannl alia loro base.
Intanto contlnua, splnta con grande
vigore, l'oftenslva Itallana sulla fronte del
Trentlno, ed II genernle Cadorna annuncia
la reconqulsta dl parecchlo importantl posl
zlonl che gll austrlaci erano rluscltl ad oc
ouparo nello prime settlmane della loro of
fenslvn, L'nrtlgllerla itallana ha polverlz
zato le opero ill dlfesa cho gll austrlaci l
nvevano costruito.
Nel tempo medesimo I russl hanno
supernto la llnea merldlonale del Cnrpazll e
sono entrati nella Transiivania, cloe' In
tcrrltorio ungherese. lerl stesso gll ingles!
hanno bombardato violentisslmamente le
poslzlonl tcdesche nol Belglo a In Francla,
In preparazlone dl una grande offcnslva che
sta per comlnclaro anche 11'. Come si vede,
e' suonata l'ora del "'reddo ratlonem" per
gll .lmporl centrall ed 1 loro alleati.
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the army of 400,000 gas consumers in Philadelphia.
Our 4,000 soldiers of service not only our adver
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sumers if they expect to be useful to us.
When we advertise a reduction sale, our public
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When we promise to take care of the appliances,
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