The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-19
DOCS OF WAR
BEING FED
CONTINUED on page 81

Ease of operations will be established.
This will dispose of the turbulent +
provinces OF Chihuahua and Coahuia.
Immediately upon the Intervention or
der, if 1T comes, the balance of the
troops in the field would be rushed to
Galveston by rail-
There they would combine with the |
force modified under General Mills
and take ship, under convey of war
ships for Vera Cruz. The general
STAFF officers declared that an attempt
to reach the interior of Mexico would
be suicidal as neither food or water
would be available for full division.
large force could not subsist, in
vading Mexico by any other than the
route from Vera Cruz to the capital. {
This would entail Gil mile water |
trip from Galveston General Carter,
commanding here, is known to have
ordered the division commanders to
quietly prepare to "maneuver" against
General Mills five thousand troops at
Galveston. They will march there in |
"maneuvers" II the crisis in Mexican
affairs has been delayed. The war
department is understood to have
agents now at work securing neces.
sary data at Galveston in the event of |
Intervention. The Vera Cruz expedi-
ton would comprise the Tenth.
Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sew
enteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-second,
Twenty-third and Twenty-eighth regi- |
ments Of infantry, the Third field
artillery, the First, Second and Third
provisional regiments of infantry, |
made up of coast artillery men, and a
battalion of engineers.
Deep Mystery.
SAN DIEGO, Cal. March 1S-To-
night at the end of nearly two weeks
since the country was startled by tho
ordering of 10000 United States
troops to the Mexican border and
various cruisers and small naval
craft to San Diego harbor, the mys-
terry of the move is nearly as deep
here as ever. The cruisers have been
kept in readiness as far as possiblbe
!
destroyers have been under steam
constantly.
Princeton Touches Mexico.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The ar
rival of the United States protected
cruiser Princeton, at Salina Cruz,
Mexico, was reported to the navy de-
partment tonight. In accordance with
/ the promise given Mexico the Prince
ton will remain in port only few
hours.
/ Her stay will be long enough, how
/ ever. to permit the officers to go
/ ashore and make brief investigations
of conditions which is now known was
the purpose of the navy department
/ in sending the warships to Mexican
ports. The Princeton will then FRO
coed to San Diego.
Troops Still Arriving.
GALVESTON, Texas, March 49,
! Clad in heavy blue winter uniforms,
/ two regiments of twelve companies
each of coast artillery men walked
this afternoon three miles under a
/ blazing Texas sky from the dock
where they landed from transports to
the Fort Croe kett camping ground.
Cramped by eleven days ON ship board
( and hampered by their heavy cloth
ing the newly arrived troops were
given rather inauspicious entry to
Texas.
4 Today's arrivals were the Second
and Third provisional regiments UNI
! der Colonels Clarence P. Townsley
and John v. White. They will com
plete the organization of the provis-
ional brigade under Brig. Gen. Mills.
Ut was understood here tonight that
the transports Mcclellan, Fitzpatrick
and Sumner, which brought the Sec
ond and Third will be held here I'M
der orders from the war department.
i The impression is that they will be
used to rush troops to the Mexican
coast if Intervention is ordered The
: scout cruiser Salem and the cruiser
Tacoma are under orders. Beginning
, today both ships allowed limited shore
liberty to their men and the sailors
. proceeded to get acquainted with the
i soldiers in town
Special Air Ship Gun.
| WASHINGTON, March 1S.-United
States ordnance officers have manu-
!, featured special gun and projectiles
TO repulse aeroplane attacks. 1t will
: be mounted at Sandy Hook where ex'
perinents will soon be made.
: Mine River Mouth.
PORTLAND, Ore. March ls.-No
, confirmation could be secured tonight
that the government planned to mine
the mouth of the Columbia river.