The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-26
NAVY WILL DO TIE WORK.
More Warships, Marines and Blue
Jackets Sent to Cuba.

Washington, Sept. 25.-7Fifteen hun
dred more American marines were or
dered to Cuba today by the navy de-
partment. Five hundred MAJ ines from
the Atlantic fleet will sail tomorrow
on the bsttleships Indiana and Ken
lucky from PTOvincetown, Mass. eight
or nine hundred marines will sail on
Thursday from Boston, Norfolk and
Philadelphia, and the remainder will
probably cave New Orleans for Ha-
vana on a Morgan line steamer sched-
uled to leave there Sunday, Orders
were first issued for 1000 marines from
the various stations along yhe Atlantic
coast TO proceed TO Cuba but following
dispatches from Secretary Taft indicat-
ing that he has little hope of an am
icable settlement of the troubles I'm
Cuba, five hundred additional marines
from the North Atlantic fleet were in
structed 20 prepare for Cuban service
More 6Iueiackets and Warships.
In addition to the marines. 2,OO0 more
bluejackets will be sent to Cuba AS
there are now. 1000 marines in Cuba
and over 5000 bluejackets. when the
vessels sailing this week arrive i'm Ha-
vaTa the United States will be ready
to land force of more than 1000 or
| Cuban soil The American warships
which will sail on Thursday will be
the cruiser Brookly . now at League
Island navy yard, Philadelphia; the
battleship Texas which is being re-
paired hastily at the Norfolk navy
yard. and the converted cruiser Prairie
which is at Boston. TIE Prairie will
carry marines from Portsmouth, n.
H., Boston and Newport. r. l. On
the Brooklyn and Texas will be ma
rines from the New York navy yard
from League Island, Port Royal. s. c..
Annapolis, Washington, Norfolk and
Charleston. The NJ organ liner will car
~ Pensacola and New Orleans ma
rines.
The cruiser Columbia, on which Sec
rotary Root is returning TO this country
from Colombia, will be available for the
use of troops not later than Tuesday
| next
General Staff Busy.
| SO far the preparations for trouble
| which may come about in Cuba have
| been largely carried on by the navy
! but today more than any previous
! the army shared the activity of the
navy department, and the military sec
rotary, Major General r. G.. Ainsworth
| and the chief of staff. Brigadier Gen.
eral j. Franklin Bell, were in confer
| ence much of the day, and summoned
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/ staff to discuss the Cuban situation
! Brigadier General Charles f. Hum
phrey, quartcrmaster general, returEes
| today from j short visit i'm New Yorl
and resumed charge of his department
| Although army officers seem TO re
! gard the Intervention of the United
| States i'm Cuba as inevita bic, it Is no
believed that the army will take an!
immediate part in bringing abOu
peace.
Bids for Horses Opened.
Bids were opened to1av at a humble
| of western points for several Thousand
horses and mules tC be shipped to tn
army within fifteen days, and the quar-
termaster's department is overloolIin.
no detail which would assist the troop
! I'm case they be called upon for assist
ance. Unlimited supplies are availabl
/ at a number of eastern depots.
1t can be asserted on excellent au
thority that orders looking 70 the mob
ilization of troops haze been receive
at the war department. Every bureau
! Of the department is humming wit
the work of preparation for any event
uation of the difficulty that may arise
Troops have been selected for posi-
bic service i'm Cuba, and arrangement
have been completed for their trans
pOrtation from their present posts t
ports on the Atlantic coast where the
will embark.