Will Use The Army

Washington, July ü. - Gen. Sehofield, commanding the army, has sent orders to Gen. Merritt at St. Paul, and Gen. Otis at Vancouver Barracks, them to use their forces to open up communication throughout the entire length of the Northern Pacific road. The position taken is that this road is a military and mail line. Similar orders are in preparation coverin the entire Union Pacific lines. St. Paul, Minn., July 9.- Thelhird regiment United States infantry was ordered home f rom camp" at Lake City to-day and arrived here in time for a detachment to start west with the overland train on the Northern Pacific at 4:15 this afternoon. The strike situation in this city otherwise is unchanged.