The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-08

George Bell ,Ir., inspecto or general!
Major Bianton Winship, judge advocate
general; Lieutenant- Colonel Daniel l..
Mccarthy. chief uuartcrmas,cr: Major
Colonel Henry T. iSirming-
ham, chief surgeon, Major Paul T..
Straub, sanitary Inspector.
Many in the West.
Most OF these officers are in the
West either in the Mississippi Valley
ready had their orders by telegraph,
and will join their chief a Fort Sam
Al the. supply bureaus are sending
along food quartcrmasters supplies,
ammunition and medicines. and, in
fact everything necessary FOR the
maintenance of an army in the field.
The machinery is working beautifully,
according 10 such reports as have been
undue excitement In either the War
or the Navy Department, though the
officers We're executing the biggest
military movement in short time That
had been undertaken. since the days
nf the Spanish American War. The
navy and marine corps are co-opcrat-
southwark movement Of tho fighting
forces OF the country.
T.. The ships Of the Pacific feet are
san Pedro California. for the ostensi-
BILE purpose. according 10 official an
nounccment, Of cooperating with the
l.
el'n coast OF the United states. The
flour armorcd cruisers OF the NTH di :
vision Of the Atlantic ileet-the Ten,
Washinston-wil leave New York for
Southern waters In a few days under
orders which have been issued By the
scheduled to. 80 directly 10 the United
| States naval station ut Guantanamo.
| Cuba, which is being made tho base
iffan me naval orer'ti0ns i" the present r'='
Marines Under Orders.
or an9nt 100 marines also hnyc been
to co-operate with tho navy OF this
| number. l,l0O arc being drawn from
the, complcmcnts Of the marine bar
remaining 500 Viii BE taken from rom TIC tho,
| battlcShip fleet ana landed at Guam
| tanano before the ilcei leaves Cuban
| waters, where il has been engaged for
seycral. weeks IN tactical exercises.
1 On Thursday tlic United states shin
1no !. VII leavr rhilahelphia with
lected from the Eastern posts. Tho
| DIXIE Will carry like number ana
va, Leave l philia,d,elphi;. on Friday,
tach,ment Of marines from tile bar
Inc 1000 marines at Guantanamo
VIII consist Of two regiments under
command OF Colonel l.. " n Waller.
4 the senior colonel Of the marine corps
~ present in command Of the marine
a.,
/ The first regiment of the dctaclmcni
Will be In charge of Colonel George
| barnett. now commanding the marine
barracks - Philadelphia While tho
Colonel Franklin j. Moss. the con-
mam,ding officer OF tha marine bar
racks AZ Annapolis
Il !. TWO regiments OF coast artillcrv
ilkc the bluejaclieis ana marines. Will
be conveyed 10 Texas on shipboard
ana orders were issued to-day to lilo
! uuartcfmaStcr department to have
tWo transports ready at Fortress Mon.
!pc !" rccciEe these men ana transport
them 70 Galveston.
lhrer batteries of field artillery.
COMPOSING tho second huitalion of ~
ihird tEieid .Ntilery. stationed al Fort
liver from t!ie national capital. To-
nlEnt arc ready 10 start for san An.
IONIC. ana Viii leave to-morrow morn
i ing In the absence OF Major r e;
iterfN who IS At Fort Leavcnworth
lnt hattAlion. viii he in cofmand oil
CAPTAIN Brooke Payne
ing IN al the window? A large con.
Troops Under Orders
II Omaha. Neh., March 7--l'wo-tj,iril,
OF ne nghlinS force OF the department
; y, ! ne Missouri nearly, 5000 mon al,
WaAhineton to-day ~ ca, Ge%er io, fr on,
I movement Of tho following troops
IoinPany, p; Signal Corps, lor
Infantry, for Mackenzie: Eleventh IN.
lantrE, Fort RusselI: Thirteenth IN.
iantry Fort Lcavcnworth; Fourt,
, rleid Artillery, Fort Russril Nintl
SaFairE. Fort Russell Third Hattalio,
:, OF Engineers Fort Lcaycnworth m,
Fort RUSSELL ~
Two troops Fourth cayalry ~,
Meade hcadnnarters, arc ordered 70 i,