(Signed) "FITNSTON."
Titus it would seem the First Vir
ginia Regiment will p< t back about
January 1. Congressman Glass thinks
the Second Virginia Regiment will l>e
ordered back very soon.
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W A SHIN G T O N. December 1R.?
It was ofllcially stated at the War De
partment to-night that the order for
the return of H.000 national guards
men for muster out of the Federal ser
vice was not to be construed as fore
shadowing a movement out of Mexico
by General Pershing's column Of
ficials also explained thrt a force of
75,000 guardsmen would be maintained
on the border until Pershing was with
drawn. and that to-day's order merely
was in pursuance of the previously an
nounced policy to reduce the militia
to a minimum.
It is generally ,nder:'tood here that,
when the expedition Mn Mexico is with
drawn the entire guard force will he
returned to home points for muster out.
