Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-11
Thirty-three Car Loads Of
Regulars and Equipment
for Field Service Stop
Here Enroute to South.
QUARTERMASTER
TELLS OF TRIP
Officer Questions Whether
the Mobilization is Ma
neuvers Alone; Squadron
Fixed for Field Service.

Fully equipped for service in the
field and carrying rations and forage
for ten days, the second squadron OF
the 4th cavalry, U. S. A., troops e, f.
G.. and H, under the command of Capt
L. M. Koehler Of Ft. Smelling, Mimi
arrived In Ottumwa over the Mil.
waukee this morning at 1855 o'clock
and after an hour departed for Kan.
sas City where tonight they transfer
to the Rock Island road and proceed to
the Mexican border to participate in
the maneuvers that were ordered Wed
nesday by President Taft. The com.
mand includes eleven officers and 230
men. They have with them 265 head
Of horses and mules. In all there are
fourteen cars of animals, four cars OF
wagons among which one sees the
Red Cross ambulance, three cars OF
feed or forage and four cars of camp
outfit consisting Of all that is carried
by. the men for service in the field.
The men are provided with everything
q trooper carries in his life as a sol
der. Two baggage cars that are used
as Kitchens and six sleepers make up
the balance of the train which In all
has thirty-three cars in Its make .up
Two of i,S massive engines aTofsusss;
to move the train over the Milwaukee's
lines and the train was brought into
Ottumwa from Davenport under the
charge Of Conductor e. B. Sutton and
Engineers w. Rawlings and G. L. Stuts-
man. Conductor J. o. Mullen with
Engineers J. Adams and r. Norman
had the train from Ottumwa to Laredo.
At Kansas City the train Is scheduled
to arrive about 9 o'clock tonight, and
will there be turned over to the Rock
Island railroad which will bring It to
San Antonio, Texas.
Animals Cared For.
Last night the animals were fed at
Savanna, ILL.,, and will again receive
their feeding at Kansas City tonight.
Some forty mules, or four ten-line
teams of mules are carried. The horses
number about 225 head. An interesting
sight is visit to one Of the equipment
cars. Here one finds the equipment
each trooper carries in the field abou.
his person, and each trooper has his
kit done up in a bushel gunny sack,
comprising saddle, nose-bag, blanket,
arms, etc. Each bag has the number of
the troop on it and when unloading a
detail of men pas them out to the
troopers. who place them in their or
der on the ground near the horse cars.
where they secure their chargers and
then complete the outfitting. A large
amount of ammunition is also in the
cars and there is a blaclsmith's and
farrier's kits, and small lockers for the
various men, each troop having its own
car.
Kitchen Not Missing.
Perhaps the most Interesting cars
to visit are the two baggage cars. The
reason of this Is that the cars are tenn
porary kitchens and are equipped with
two field ranges for cooking the meals
of the troopers and officers. The COM
missary needed for the kitchen is car
ried in these cars. The two cars are
provided to supply two troops each,
and two cooks and mess sergeants are
in charge. The food is partaken of by
the troopers and officers, in their cars.
The serving is done by what are