The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
MOVEMENT of MARINES.
Indication That Authorities Have


Indication That Authorities Have No
Hopes of Peace.
Washington. Sept. 25--Fffteen hun
bred more American marines were or
dered to Cuba today by the navy de-
partment.
Five hundred marines from the At
lantic fleet will sail tomorrow on the
| battleships Indiana and Kentucky from.
| Provincetown, Mass, eight or nine hum
dred marines will sail on Thursday from
| Boston, Norfolk and Philadelphia, and
the remainder will probably leave New
| Orleans for Havana on a Morgan Line
steamer scheduled to leave there Satur-
day.
Orders were first issued for / 900 ma
| rines from the various stations along
| the Atlantic coast to proceed to Cuba.
| hut following dispatches from Secre-
| tary Taft indicating that he has little
! hope or an amicable settlement of the
| troubles in Cuba, 500 additional marines
from the No1th Atlantic fleet were in
structed to prepare for Cuban service.
| In addition to the marines there will
| be 2, 900 more blue jackets sent to Cuba.
As there are now 1900 marines in Gu
ba, and over 5000 blue-jackets, when
the vessels sailing this week arrive In
Havana, the United States will be ready
| to land force or more than I.OOO on
Cuban soil.
| The American warships which will
sail on Thursday. will be the cruiser
| Brooklyn. now at League Island navy
yard: the battleship Texas. which is
being repaired hastily at the Norfolk
navy yard. and the converted cruiser
Prairie which is at Boston.
The Prairie will carry marines from
Portsmouth, N. Fl Boston and Newport,
r. l. On the Brooklyn and Texas will
be marines from the New York navy
yard. from League Island. Port Royal
| S c.. Annapolis, Norfolk and Charles
ton. The Morgan liner will carry PEN
sacola and New Orleans marines.
The cruiser Columbia, on which Sec
retary Root is returning to this coun-
| try from Colombia. will be available for
| the use of troops not later than Tues
day next.
Roth army and navy officers seemed to
| lose all hope of a peaceful settlement
| of the Cuban difficulties after the re-
ceipt of dispatches today announcing
| that Secretary Taft is much discouraged
over the situation and believes that
force must be used to restore peace In
Brieadier General Elliott. command
ant ~ the Marine Corps, was in con-
| ference many times during the day
with Acting Secretary Newberry of the
Navy Department and Admirsi CON
verse. Chief of the Bureau OF Navlga-
ton. Col w. w. Witherspoon, or
the general staff of the army, and sew
erud other army officers connected with
the general staff were in consultation
with Admiral Converse and other
prominent officers in the Navy Depart
ment.
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 time
the army shared the activity of the
Navy Department and the Military Sec
rotary, Maj. Gen F. c. Ainsworth and
Chief of STAN, Brig. Gen. j. franklin
Bell. were in conference much of the
day.
Although army officers seem to regard
the Intervention of the United States
in Cuba as inevitable. 1t is not be-
lieved that the army will take any
Immediate part in bringing about
peace. Bids Were opened today at
number of western points for several
thousand horses and mules to be sup
piled to the army within fifteen days.
ANA tire Quartermaster's Department is
overlooking no detail which would as
sist the troops in case they were called
upon for service in Cuba. Unlimited
supplies are available at number OF
Eastern depots
Troops have been selected for pos
sible service in Cuba and arrangements
have been completed for transportation
from present posts to ports on the At
lantic seaboard where they will en-
bark.