New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
TROOPS ORDERED SENT.
PRESIDENT GIVES WORD.
Force of 5,65e Men WU Start for
Cuba at Once.
From The Tribune Bureau.l

rFrom The Tribune Bursaul
Washington Sept 29-The President, acting
on the request Of Secretary Taft. has ordered
the troops 1852 In number. which had received
preparatory orders" this afternoon. to sail for
Cuba.
The Presidents order was received in WASH
ngton at 1O45 this evening. and the general
staff Immediately telegraphed the various COM
mands to carry out the tentative instructions
already issued
AS fast as the several regiments reach New
port News they will be loaded on the transports
already engaged by General Humphreys. and
these will sail for Havana or other points as
subsequent orders may Indicate. General Bell.
chief OF staff believes that the first troops will
be landed In Havana one week from Tonight
Every effort will be made to have the transports
ready for the soldiers fast as they arrive
AS all ARRANGEMENTS had been made beforehand
II was necessary to telegraph only the single
word ..proceed" to the several commanders this
evening.
With the troops which are 10 go forward this
coming week and the marines and bluejackets
already
somewhat exceed 10000 men. and 1t is hoped
that this number will prove sufficient to garrison
the island.
The Presidents message ordering the troops
n Cuba was dated on the Mayhower. and came
Nv, wireless 10 Newport. The message instructs
that six thousand men be sent at once, but the
round number is assumed to have been used as
matter Of convenience. and for the present no
CHANGES will be made in the orders already is
sued.
ANXIOUS DAY FOR OFFICIALS
This has been day of intense anxiety to Cen
| eral Oliver, the Acting Secretary OF war 70
| cararaI Bell. the Chief Of Staff; to General
! 1trsr.ortb the military secretary and to other
: bigb officials in the War Department The first
oNcta1 news concerning the American occupa-
ton of Cuba came in the form of telegram
from Secretary Taft making inquiries which
saaroed clearly 10 indicate that the Secretary
believed troops to have been ordered 70 Cuba
Caoratarv Taft's cable dispatch was received
et II 40 o'clock this morning TelegraIhS were
Immediately sent to the President ASKING II
+roons should be sent and to Secretary Tart
| making the same inquiry. The Acting secretary
of War then determined 10 issue the oruer 70
r,o,-a the troops without waiting for more DELI
mite Instructions and informed the members OF
| the press that the order to embark soldiers hdu
been issued. Shortly after this, however the
| Acting Secretary reconsidered his decision ana
ref aimed from issuing the order pending lnsuuc-
| tions from the President 80
Finally communication was established Win
| the NIa,-fower and it was learned that the
/ President had left the Mayiower and was aooaro
one Of the vessels of the fleet, but was expected
| a. .o+,,rr n the MayhOwer at p. m.
TROOPS TO BE SENT.
,,-,,,,or+ waiting to hear from the President.
the Ouartermastcr General was directed TO en-
e,eo transports. and the troops that will compose
the first draft 70 consist of J652 men to be sent
~ t,rba were notified TO hold themselves IN
readiness for Immediate travel The troops
! whicn received preparatory orders are:
Infantry-Fffth Regiment, Plattsburg Bar
| racks: 11th Infantry. Fort D. A Russell. Wyo-
| ming: Tth Infantry. Fort Mcpherson. Georgia;
/ "ItT infantry Fort Sheridan. Illinois. and the
( 2Sth Infantry, Fort Smelling, Minnesota.
/ Cavalry-Eleventh Cavalry Fort Des Moines.
/ Iowa. and the 10th Cavalry, Fort Ethan Allen
/ Artillery Seventeenth and 18th Mountain Bat
| teries now 1T Vancouver, Wash; l4th Battery,
! field artillery Fort Sheridan.
| Enginecrs-Two companies from the Washing
/ ton Barracks
+ Full details of the organization of the first
expedition were made public by the chief of stan
tonight Lieutenant COlohsl w. w WOther-
/ spoon is TO be chief of the expedition staff and
! he will have his assistants the following
! officers of the general staff corps: Major Will
lam A. Mann, Major Francis ]. Herman. Major
| David Gaillard Captain George ". Reed, Cap
] tain Charles T. Moncher and Captain John w.
| Furlong.
The military secretary Of the expedition VIII
! be Captain William G. Haan, of the artillery
| corps. Major William C. Langftt is TO be the
engineer officer The Inspector general viii be
| Major f. s Grebe.
Major Chauncey B. Baker will be chief quar-
/ termaster. and he has started for Cuba with
five assistants other officers on the expedition
star are: Chief commissary. Major Harry E.
Wilkins; depot eommissary. Captain H. c. Cole;
chief surgeon. Colonel Vallery Hayard; medical
| Inspector. Lieutenant Colonel Blair u. Taylor
Eonftnucd n second paka.