The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-23
PREPARE FOR INTERVENTION.
Washtnstou Authorities Ready for Any
 Trouble in Cuba.

washfngtou uthsr,ties Ready for Any
 Washington. Sept. 22.-vigorous work Is in progress in preparation for any possible eyentuation of tine Cuban trouble.
 There is greater activity in both the army and the navy than at any time l since the war with Spain. Careful and systematic arrangements are be- | ing made Tn every branch Of the mill | itary service for active work in the field. formidable fleet os American warships already Is in Cuban waters | and the army only awaits signal from President Roosevelt to move In force to Cuba.
 Detailed plans for an invasion or Cuba have been worked out by the 1 general staff of the army. When Gen | eral Frederick Funston left Washing ton this afternoon for Havana he | knew precisely what troop would be ordered to Cuba in the event or de- ciston by the President in favor or armed intervention; how those troops would be mobiiized; from what ports in this country they would embark for the island: and what means the government had secured for the trans portation of the invading force. 5000 Troops in Readiness. It was admitted at the War De- partment today that the troops Tor | service in Cuba already had been l selected and that they were being pre- pared for the campaign. No intima- | tton of either the number or or the present location of the troops. how l ever, was obtainable. In this view or | well informed citizens it Is believed the force detailed for the Cuban ser vice numbers at least i've thousand men and that 1t will consist of in- fantry. cavalry and light artillery.
 It is expected that the troops, if ordered to Cuba, will be mobilized at Norfolk and Newport News and a part of them possibly at Port Tampa, Fla. While the War Department has not at It's disposal just now on the Atlantic coast a sufficient number or transports to carry an expeditionafy force Of five thousand men, 1t has arranged to use for the@ transportation of the troops | nearly a score of harbor boats each | of which Is able to carry about three hundred men and their necessary equipments and supplies.
 The great supply bureaus Of the war departments--the quarter masters commissaries and medical--are pre- pared to take care of the army and all of them now are engaged in work ing out the details of an expedition Horses and mules are being purchased in the West; medical and subsistence supplies are being bsught in large QuantitleS at SoiIio oA tho - pots and anticipatory arrangements for the railroad transportation ol troops are being concluded.
 Have New Cuban Maps.
 The general stan aside from deter mining the number and character oi troops to be employed in Cuba Is no idle. Maps of a special kind already have been printed which cover the lat est obtainable information of the to- no1ranhy of the island and plans have been worked out for the force after Il is landed in Cuba
 If is regarded as significant too, tha' some troops engaged in operations a the various practice camps have beer hurried back to their stations by trair and not marched back, as originally was intended. Information was re- ceived today that next week at For Riley, Kas. the second squadron of thu 2nd Cavalry. the first squadron of thu 13th Cavalry and the seventh and twen tieth battalions If field artillery would start next week and the week aftel on overland marches of about 250 miles
 These are just the sort of troops which would be utilized in a Cubar campaign and 1t Is thought they ma, be hurried East at the time of theil practice marches in the event of a de cision to invade Cuba.
 All of the questions in fact, as tC how and where and what have beer answered so far as the War Depart ment Is concerned: and the same ma, be said of the navy and marine corps Every branch of the war establish ment is in a state of readiness for in stant activity. Officials of all the Dc partments now are awaiting an answe to the question, when" that answe can only come from President Roose welt.