STARS AND STRIPES FOR THE FRONT
COMMANDER OF FIRST FORCE APPOINTED
25,000 MEN FOR FRANCE
SECOND EXPEDITION TO FOLLOW .
Washington, May 20. General Pershing will command 25,006 troops, exclusively regulars, and probably including thoso on service in Mexico; also 2500 marines, who were recently on active service in Hayti and Cuba. :
The War Department is arranging for a second Expeditionary Force to go to France in the near future. It will pro. bably be larger than the first The Senate has passed the Army and Navy Appropriation Bill, totalling 3,342,000,000 dollars, including 750,000,000 for taking over shipbuilding plants and ships in course of construction.—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PRESS OPINION FAVOURS THE EXPEDITION. New York, May 20. , The newspapers generally approve of t the dispatch of an expedition to France. , Colonel Doyen commands the marine section.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GREAT LIBERTY LOAN BOND SELLING CAMPAIGN New York, May 20. • A great campaign to sell Liberty LoanBonds commences on Monday. Five hundred expert bond 9 salesmen will scour the city. The most important of the financiers are co-operating. Loan htera- ' hire will be distributed from aero-planes.—Aus-.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SUBMARINE SIGHTED OFF CUBA San Francisco, May 20. ,The Navy Department Teports that a! submarine has been sighted off Saa Diego (Cuba).-Eeuter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3090, 22 May 1917, Page 5
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206STARS AND STRIPES FOR THE FRONT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3090, 22 May 1917, Page 5
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