Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-11
Absence of Blank Ammunition
and WarIike Preparations
Give Ground for Belief That
HOStiIitieS Are Imminent.
REGULARS JUBILANT AT
PROSPECT OF BATTLES
Provisions for -Four Months
Campaign Ordered, Another
Proof That Mobilization Is
More Than Practice,
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San Antonio Tex. March 10.--Col
John T, Clem, quartermaster of the
Department of Texas, received orders
from Washington today to secure pro-
visions for four months for 10000
men. Twenty thousand troops are ex-
pected to mobilize here. but it is
thought that half that number will be
detailed elsewhere along the border
after practice In general tactics.
Officers are not given to discussing
their orders or speculating for publi-
cation on their meaning. The order
Tor the provisions, however is gem
erally taken as proof that the mobi-
lzation here does not have drill and
Held practice for its main object.
The men believe they are to see real
service before long. The heavier sup
plies Of food and the absence of blank
ammunition are the basis of their be-
lief When the Seventeenth Infantry
left Fort Mcpherson the men Jumped
to this conclusion and fairly tore the
roof of the barracks with their cheers.
The trip here was made in forty
eight hours without mishap.
They found the ground of Fort Sam
Houston surveyed and watered and
during the day the city of tents sprang
up. Large tents are being used. II
took General Joseph w. Duncan, com
mander of the Department of Texas,
lust twenty-four hours to lay a half
mile Of water pipe into the camp, de-
spite the fact that there was not
enough tubing in town for the con-
struction and he had to send away
for part of it.
General Duncan is the one who
whipped the Moros on the island of
Jolo 50 thoroughly several years ago
mat they have not made an organ
zed resistance since.
The camp is on a gentle slope OF
the prairie, offering perfect drainage
me temperature today ranged around
oo degrees, but the air was clear and
dry Rain is rarity. There are two
hangars, one for Lieutenant Foulols
and the aeroplane which recently
olved into the Rio Grande and which
IS being repaired and another owned
oy private individual.
Also in camp are several billion
oefunct typhoid baccilli. They are
contained in the systems of 900 mem.
pers Of the Seventeenth and consti,
tute an anti-toxin against typhoit
IeVer. Use Of the serum is not com.
pulsory but many of the men are TAX
ing the treatment voluntarily.
ihe division mobilizing here will bt
known as ''the maneuver division
General Carter who will be in com
n'and' Is due with his staff tomorrow
morning General Smith, commando
OF the Department of the Missouri
VINO Will command a brigade, arrived
"oay' accompanied by Lieutenant r
NJ Watson, his aide and Colone
DANIEL l.. McCarty. quartermaste
general of the Department of tn
Missouri.
Inc Eleventh Cavalry and tn
zenith Infantry are expected here b.
morning, A part of the Third Artil
,ery Is already here under Colone
'o'us Niles, and the remainder Is ex
pected tomorrow. The regiment man
'Wenty-four three-inch field pieces
.ompany d, Signal Corps, came II
tonight.