Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-12
HOT FOR THE TROOPS
Soldiers at Fort Sam Houston
Suffer Greatly.
MANY ARE FRUSTRATED
Sweltering Under Temperature of
Over Ninety Degrees.
GEN. CARTER TAKES CHARGE
Announces the Composition Of Bri'
gades-Maneuvers at San An
tonic Will Begin This Week.


SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 11.-With
the thermometer above 90 degrees. and
the sun pouring down on an unsheltered
camp, the officers and enlisted men ar
irving at the maneuver grounds at Fort
Sam Houston are suffering terribly.
Many of them came out Of the north and
the change was very sudden. Summer
clothes are being issued but this has done
little to relieve the situation. A number
Of prostrations from heat occurred during
the day, but none of them is of Sc
rious nature. The dust at the camp is
terrific, and this is adding greatly to the
discomfort.
The day was without developments of a
Sensational nature. The feature was the
arrival of Gen William III. Carter. who
Immediately assumed command The Of
ficers were kept busy arranging for the
arrival of new bodies of troops. Since be-
fore daylight this morning train after
train loaded with soldiers has been rolling
into Fort Sam Houston. The terminals
of the three railroads in San Antonio are
packed with cars. The trains came so
rapidly that the spur to Fort Sam Hous-
ton could not accommodate them, and
the soldiers had to be detrained in the
yards of the various railroads. This re-
suited in column after column of troops
marching through the city to the sound
of drums and bugles.
Gen. Carter Takes Command.
At 6:45 o'clock this morning Maj. Gen.
William II. Carter arrived in the city.
He was met at the depot by Brig. Gen.
Joseph w. Duncan, commander Of the
Department of Texas, and a squadron Of
cavalry. He was taken at once to the
maneuver grounds. AS thirteen cannon
doomed in salute the entire camp was
notified of his arrival. Gen. Duncan at
superior officer.
Waiting in camp for Gen. Carter were
Brig. Gems. +. A. Smith. r. a. Hoyt
and Joseph Duncan. Brig Gems. NJ
night.
Before 8 o'clock Gen. Carter inspected
the camp and complimented Brig. Gen.
Duncan on the excellence and complete
ness Of the preparations which had been
made. AS company after company
marched into camp through clouds or
dust today they found their camps staked
out and properly ditched. The tents went
up like magic. There are now on the
tented field more than 10000 officers and
enlisted men. BY night fully 1850 will
be in camp.
Gen. Carter is at present occupying
headquarters at Fort Sam Houston. put
his tent will be on the maneuver grounds
Sunday morning, and from there he will
direct the movement of the troops.
With the arrival here of the engineer
ing corps with sufficient pontoon bridge
equipment to throw an entire army
talk was resumed. The declaration of
martial law in Mexico added further to
the excitement Every preparation now
is being made for the mimic attack on
Galveston.
Arrivals Yesterday.
The regiments arriving today were as
follows: Fifteenth Infantry, FOG strong,
Lieut. Col. Walter s. Scott, Fort Doug
las, Utah.
Thirteenth Infantry, $50 strong, Col
Robert Loughborough, Fort LeavenwOrth
Kan.
Third Battalion Engineers. Maj. NJ. l..
Walker, Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
Company D. Signal Corps. Sebring Ma
gill. Omaha Neb
Tenth Infantry. Col. Henry A. Green,
Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind.
Battalion Sd Field Artillery, Maj. L. J.
Berry. Fort Myer, Va.
Composition of Brigades.
Gen. Carter has announced brigades as
follows:
First-Eleventh, 18th and 18th Infantry.
Gen. L. H. Smith. commanding.
Second-Thirteenth. 22d and 23d Infan-
try Gen. NJ. B. Maus, commanding.
Third-Tenth. 18th and 2Sth Infantry,
Gen. r. w. Hoyt commanding.
First Brigade of cavalry-Ninth and
11th Cavalry, Gen. w. S. Schuyler, COM
manding.
A fourth provisional brigade under Gen.
Albert Mills will be formed. The three
provisio ional regiments will be commanded
by Coils c. ]. Bailey, c. p. Towney and
J. B. White.
The Sd and 4th Field Artillery will corfL
stitute an artillery brigade. The COM
mander will be announced later.
Tomorrow will be rest day with the
soldiers The officials will have con-
ference at 10 o'clock regarding plans for
the maneuverS which will begin carly in
the week.
Provisional Regiment at Galveston.
GALVESTON. Tex. March 11.-Gen.
Mills announced additional staff ap-
pointments today. Maj. William e.
Vose from Jackson barracks has been
designated chief surgeon, and Maj.
Grossman, from Fort Barrancas. Fla,
has been appointed chief medical in
spector.
The officers who will constitute the
staff of Gen. Mills are: Lieut. Col. G. I.
Bartlett Of the genera! staff. Maj. Clar-
-
T. Clayton, quartermaster'S depart
ment; Capt. G. O. Sheriff., Corps OF
Engineers, and Capt. Morton J. Henry.
subsistence department, Gen. Mills has
been instructed to detail from the OFF,
GERS on duty with his brigade an act
ing brigade adjutant and an acting
Judge advocate.
Next week work will begin. Col Bailey.
who is in command of the provisional
regiment already on the ground. is pre-
pairing to give the men field work. AS
artillerymen they had little drilling to do
except near their batteries. But they are
infantry men now, and ten-mile tramp
before breakfast over barbed-wire fences
and through lily-grown duck ponds is one
of the forms of exercise the colonel has
in store for them.
Precaution Against Illness.
Every precaution is taken to prevent
sickness in Camp Crockett. The water
has been tested and pronounced pure, and
doctors are preparing to inject typhoid
baccilli into the arms Of the soldiers who
have not been vaccinated against ty-
phoid.
Gen. Mills is preparing to move out of
the temporary quarters in the post hos
pital to a big tent erected on the water
front within splashing distance Of the
surf.