AMERICA'S ENTRY
GENERAL PERSHING'S COMMAND. 25,000 WAB-TRIED REGULARS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received May 21, 8.40 a.m. WASHINGTON, May 20. General Pershing's command will total 25,000, exclusively regulars, probably including those who have seen service in Mexico, also 2500 marines who were recently on active service in Hayti and Cuba. ARMY AND NAVY BILL PASSED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received May 21, "11.20 a.m. WASHINGTON, _M. ; 20. The Senate has passed the Army and Navy Appropriation Bills for 3,342,000,000 dollars (£608,400,000), including 750,000,000 dollars (£150,000000) for taking over shipbuilding plants and ships in course of construction. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE APPROVED. and N.Z. Gable Assn.) NEW YORK, May 20. Newspapers generally approve of the expeditionary force to France. Colonel Doyen will command the marine section.
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Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13489, 21 May 1917, Page 5
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