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Scenes at Fort Sam 'Houston Where Nation's Greatest Concentration
of Troops In Times of Peace Is About to Take Place—2o,ooo Men Enroute
GEN. JOSEPH W. DUNCAN
One of the Busiest Men in the United States Today.
Soldiers at play and in pup-tents.
WS ON W
FROM 2 FOOTS
IN GEORGIA
Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., March 7.—o r< j Pra 1
were received last night from the I
war department by Gen. A. L. Mills, ’
commanding the Department of the
Gulf, with headquarters in Atlanta
for the Seventeenth infantry, station
ed at Fort McPherson, and the Elev
enth cavalry, stationed at Fort Ogle
thorpe, to proceed at once to Fort
Sam Houston, at San Antonio, Tex
for service along the Mexican border’
The orders also authorised the mobil
ization of a provisional regiment to
be made up of twelve companies of
coast artillery, which will proceed to
Galveston, Tex.
No explanation for the sudden
movement of the troops has been re
ceived by the department officials, but
preparations were immediately start
ed last night for the transportation
of the soldiers and it was expected to
get some of the troops on the way
some time today. All the troops hate
been ordered equipped with full field
equipment and will carry ten days'
rations
The Seventeenth infantry is com
manded by Col. J. T. Van Orsdale,
while the Eleventh cavalry Is In com
mand of Col. James Parker. Tht
provisional regiment of coast artil
lery which will proceed as infantry,
wm be in command of Col. C. J
TUESDAY,
COLQUITT SOS BILL
HE THOUGHT 10 VETO
Austin. Tex., March 7.—The g,v
nernor today approved the bill al
lowing district judges and district at
torneys. traveling expenses when trav
eling outside of their home counties
on court business. This Is the bill he
had decided to veto, but was recalled
and changed to meet the view of rhe
governor. As approved the bill fix*s
a maximum cf $2OO a year for the
expenses of one Judge or district at
torney. It is not effective until 90
days after adjournment.
Bailey of Washington. The coast ar
tillery companies, it is said, will be
recruited to their full strength before
1 starting. They will include the fol
lowing:
Fifteenth and Twentieth, at Fort
। Barrancas, Fla.; Seventy-second and
| .Seventy-fourth, at Fort Screven, Ga.;
.Seventy-fifth, Ninety-ninth and 170th,
at Fort Morgan. Ala.; Seventy-eighth.
I 144th and 145th, at Fort Moultrie, S.
C.; 127th, Fort Fremont, S. C.; 164th,
Jackson Barracks, La.
, The Eighth coast artillery band at
I Fort Barrancas also will accompany
the regiment.
CASHIER BECOMES'MAYOR,
i Temple, Tex.. March 7.—C. B.
Wade, cashier of the City National
bank here, today received a telegram
that the Colorado supreme court has
। ruled that he is mayor of Byron, Col.
| Wade came here from Byron eight
I months ago. He did not explain the
I complications in his election.
ACTION IS
PERSONIFIED
ATI FORI
Orders Are Complete Surprise
and Occasion Great Bus
tle of Preparation,
GEN.DUNCAN CAN’T BE SEEN
Head of Department and Quar
termaster General Clem Are
Plunged Into Great Work,
Is the I’nlted States govern
ment preparing for war with Ja
pan? Or will it be war with Mex
ico? Or if cither of these two
hypothesis are proved false, what
is the reason for the mobilization
of tn the neighborhood of 20,000
soldiers of the regular army at
Fort Bam Houston? These are
the questions that were agitating
the minds of army officers at
Fort Sam Houston this morning.
An order was received by Brigadier
General J. W. Duncan during the
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
night notifing him that seven regi- j
ments of infantry, twe regiments of |
cavalry, the Fourth field artillery, the
second battalion of the Third field ar
tillery, the first battalion of Engineers
and Company D of the signal corps
had been ordered to mobilize at Fort
Sam Houston with the greatest pos
sible expediency.
The moment this order was crce’v
ed the vast and Intricate machinery
of the department of Texas was put
in motion, so that when the great
horde of soldiers arrives they wi’.l be
adequately provided for. Early this
morning Col. John H. dem. chief
quartermaster of the department, hail
wired to the war department for $5OOO
to cover preliminary expenses. Men
were at Once set to work laying water
northeast of the post, where the
pipes on the mounted drill grounds
thousands of white tents will be
pltohed. Col. Clem has secured an |
option on every available food of pipe;
in San Antonio to be used for this
purpose.
The chief commissar;’ of the depart
ment has received orders to provide
rations for 20,000 men and was busy
at this stupendous task even before
the sun was up.
Trouble With Japan?
But what is the meaning of ft all
is the question that keeps bobbing up ;
with ever recurring frequency. The I
most prevelant rumor is that Infor-1
matlon has been received at Wash
ington that the Japanese fleet which
is maneuvering off the western coast
of Mexico, is not there altogether with
peaceful intent, but that more im
portant things are planned. It has
come from various sources In the last
few months that Japan does not in
tend to allow the completion of the
Panama canal, but will open hostili
ties with the United States to prevent
the big ditch ever being opened.
Then there is another rumor cur
rent to the effect that some time ago
the federal troops of Mexico crossed
the Rio Grande near El Paso
and carried two American boys back
View a showing troops in action at maneuvers.
View of officers' quarters at Fort Sani Ho ustou.
4 “JUST FOK MANEUVERS.” 4
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4 Associated Press. 4
4 Washington, March 7.—F0l- if
4 lowing the cabinet meeting, 4
4 the White House today issued 4
4 a statement declaring that the 4
4 movement of troops to Texas 4
4 and to the border of Mexico in 4
4 California is simply for the 4
4 purpose of maneuvers and for. 4
4 the training of officers and 4
4 men. 4
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to Mexico in captivity. It is said that
the request that they be released made
by the American consul at Juarez, has
been refused. This, too, is offered as
a possible explanation for the vast
movement of troops to San Antonio,
the most strategic point m a base of
operations if war with Mexico occur
red.
Gen. Duncan in Conference.
Since early this moruing, Gen.
Duncan has been in conference with
the various field “and staff officers of
the post and the department. So busy
was he that he refused to see rep
resentatives of the press, sending word
that he had nothing to give out tor
publication at the present time. It
seems that the whole affair is shroud
ed In mystery; that the officers them
selves do not know the reason for the
move. The troops have been directed
to mobilize but beyond that,
everything is yet Indefinite. It is said
that one of the six major generals of
the regular army may come here with
the soldiers.
Telegrams without number kept
pouring Into the different depart
ments throughout the morning, relat
ing to the details of the enormous as
semblage of troops. Every officer at
the poet Is action personified. When
they were not hurrying hither and
thither they gathered in groups, dis
cussing the move and Its probable
significance.
Although Gen. Duncan could not be
seen, he could be heard. His deep
voice reverberated through closed
doors as he gave countless orders. He
Is essentially a man of action and the
competent manner in which he di
rected operations this morning showed
he was a man well fitted for the im
portant position he holds.
Greatest Ever Attempted.
Never since the country was en
gaged in active warfare has there been
such a large mobilization of troops at
one point. Practically every fort in
the country has been called upon to
furnish its quota of soldiers, and
many of them are left practically de
pleted. They come from the north, the
east and the west, some great and
others short distances. It is expected
that by Thursday, regiments will begin
to arrive and that by the end of the
week, all will be here, with camp
pitched on the mounted drill ground,
a city in itself.
The different regiments and the
place from which they come are as
follows:
ort D. A. Russell, Wyoming—
Third battalion engineers. Ninth cav
alry, commanded by Col. Geo. 8. An
denson. Fourth field artillery, com
manded by Col. Alexander B. Dyer,
Eleventh infantry, commanded by Col.
Arthur Williams./
_ Fort. Leavenworth, Kansas —Thir-
teenth infantry, commanded by Col.
Robert R. H. Loughborough. Com
panies 1. K and L, engineers.
Wort Oglethorpe, Georgia—Eleventh
cavalry, commanded by Col. James
Parker.
Fort Meyer, Virginia—Second bat
talion, Third field artillery. The First
battalion is stationed at Fort Sam
Houston and is commanded by Col.
Lotus Niles.
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana —
Tenth Infantry, cammonded by Col.
Henry A. Greene.
Fort Douglas, Utah—Fifteenth in
fantry, commanded by Co. Walter S.
Scott
Fort McPherson. Georgia—Second
battalion. Eighteenth infantry. The
first battalion of this regiment is sta
tioned at Whipple Barracks, Arizona,
and is also ordered here. The regi
ment is commanded by Col. Thomas
F. Davis.
Fort Snelling. Minnesota —Twenty-
eighth infantry, commanded by Col.
Robert K. Evans.
Fort Omaha. Nebraska — Company
D, signal corps.
In addition to this, two companies
of the Coast artillery have been or
dered to Galveston from Fort Wads
worth. New York. The chief com
missary has been instructed to provide
rations for 4000 troops at that point.
The total strength of the army of
the United States is 76.912 enlisted
men. All indications point that near
ly a third of this number will be sta
tioned at Fort Sam Houston or in this
vicinity. About 1500 men from the
Department of Texas are now doing
patrol duty along the Mexican border
and probably as many more from the
Departments of Colorado and Cali
fornia.
The various regiments will come
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MARCH 7, 1911.
fully equipped for field duty, carrying
their own tents and other parapher
nalia. It is expected that by Satur
day all troops will have arrived and
pitched camp on the mounted drill
grounds. The camp will cover many
acres. In order to supply water to the
camp it will be neceseary to tap a
city water main.
INSURRECTOS ACTIVE
BELOW C, P. DIAZ
Eagle Pass. Tex., Maren 7. —To pro
tect the Sabinas bridge on the Mexi
can International railroad, a troop of
Mexican government cavalry last
night left Ciudad Porfirio Diaz on a
special train. It was reported that In
surrectos Intended cutting communi
cations between C. P. Diaz and Tor
reon. A band of Insurrectos was re
ported operating in the territory be
tween those two points. Sabiaas is
about 90, miles south of the Texes bor
der.
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