The sun., 1880-08-15
Obstacles for Dalrymple.

1t Is announced at Washington that no
notice will be taken OF the rumors OF Dali
RYMPLE's proposed incursion into Mexico,
except as they may come in official shape;
and that Gen. ORD will be relied upon to
give oil needed information on the subject.
II Gen. ORD should suffer this audacious
project to gain any headway, it certainly
will not be from lack OF troops to prevent 1t.
There are now, Of cavalry. In Texas, Com
pany b OF tho Fourth (MAoKENzIEs) Regi-
ment, stationed at Fort Elliott, besides
Company l, ordered TO Fort Davis on tom
porary detached service, and tho entire
twelve companies OF the Eighth (NEILLsj
Regiment. three companies in the field and
the rest at Forts Ringgold, Brown, Clark,
and Mcintosh, and at San Diego and San
Felipe.
or artillery, there are two batteries, e
and g, of the Second (AYREs's) Regiment
at Fort Brown, one, L, at Fort Clark, and
one, f, at Corpus Christi.
or infantry, there are the entire ten COM
panies OF the First (SHAFTER'sl Regiment,
seven at San Antonio and the other three at
Fort Ringgold; the entire ten companies OF
the Twentieth (OT1s's) Regiment. six at Fort
Brown, one each at Forts Duncan and
Clark, and one In the field; the entire ten
companies Of the Twenty-second (STAN-
LEY's) Regiment, four companies each at
Forts McKavett and Clark one at Fort
Griffin, and one at San Antonio; two COM
panies, F and Il, OF the Twenty-third
(HALLER's) Regiment, at Fort Elliott; and
the entire ten companies Of the Twenty
fourth (PoTTER's) Regiment, three each at
Forts Davis and Mcintosh. two at Fort
Concho. one at Fort Stockton, and one in
cantonment.
These troops ought to be enough to take
care Of DALRYMPLE's Grand Army Of Occu-
patton; il not, it would be possible to recall
from New Mexico, where they are tempo
rarily engaged against the Apaches the
twelve companies OF the Tenth (GRIER-
soN's) Cavalry, whose regular stations are
at Forts Davis, Concho, and Stockton, in
Texas, and two companies, A and G, OF the
Fifteenth (BUELL's) Infantry, whose regular
station is at Fort Bliss.
DALRYMPLE's army consists on paper OF
fifty thousand men, divided into five corps
1t Is said that he pretends to have ten thou
sand followers, or enough for one corps,
already. A liberal allowance gives him a
thousand men, enlisted chiefly in Texas A
more cautious estimate sets his recruits at
| seven hundred; while the most probable Of
| all Is one that attributes to him total Of
three hundred recruits. His chief subordi-
nate and commander OF the First Corps,
| Gen. F. w. JAMES, who also commands the
| First Division OF the Texas State troops
has already made haste to resign his corps
command, it having been pointed out to
him by Gov. ROBERTS that the oath Of alle-
glance required by DALRYMPLE conflicts
not only with his obligations as an Ameri-
| can citizen, but with his oath as en- officer
OF Texas militia.
Or course the whole scheme is a direct
violation OF the neutrality laws. But the
point to note is that there is no need Of
waiting for an actual attempt to march
upon Mexico before arresting the leaders.
The statutes provide that for even begin
ming or setting on foot such an expedition
| against nation at peace with the United
States, the prescribed penalties OF three
| thousand dollars fine and three years i'm
| prisonment shall be incurred. On the evil
Gence OF his own so-called general orders,
DALRYMPLE could be apprehended; and the
only reasons for not doing so months ago
| presumably were either that he was sup
| posed to be crazy or that it was never be-
lieved the game would be worth the candle.