The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-11
THE ARMY TROOPS ARE NOW POURING
 INTO GALVESTON Eleven Companies of Coast Artillery Have Arrived
 on Battlefield" ORDER PROVISIONS
 FOR FOUR MONTHS Fort Sam Houston Busy Preparing Camping Grounds For Large Army-City of Tents Will
 Soon Be Complete

Galveston Tex, March 10.-With one-third of the brigade of the troops to be here on the ground, the remain ing two-thrds en route here on army transports from Newport News. the pseudo war game" may be said to be well under way
 Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills. who will command the brigade, arrived here to- day from Atlanta. accompanied by his two aides and took up temporary headquarters in the new hospital building at Fort Crockett. He an- nounced, however. that he intended to go into camp with the soldiers as soon as his tents arrived. Col. George T. Bartlett of Atlanta has been desig- mated as chief of staff to General Mills and Capt c. O. Sherrill of Mobile was appointed chief engineer.
 Eleven companies of coast artillery arrived during the day or soon after nightfall, completing the first provi- sional regiment which is to be com manded by Col c. J. Bailey, assistant to the chief of artillery. at Washing ton.
 Colonel Bailey reached Galveston this morning. The companies arriving wer as follows: Seventy fifth, 9sth and roth from Fort Morgan, Ala.
 Seventy second. 74th and 172d from For Screven. Ga.
 Fifteenth and 18th from Fort Bar rancas. Fla.
 Seventy-eighth. Hath and 145th from Charleston, S. c.
 rrt. artillery to be mobilized here as in- fantry have been recruited from north ern posts. The 24 companies should reach Galveston within five days.
 Salem at Anchor
 The scout cruiser Salem, which ar rived off Galveston bar last night after fast run from Pensacola, remained at anchor outside the harbor all day. To newspaper men, who were permitted to board the vessel, Commander George R. Evans, declared that he was awaiting further orders from the navy department. He declared himself to be ignorant as to the whereabouts of the Saleni's sister ship the Chester. which sailed from Pensacola at the same time. report became current in Galveston this afternoon that the Salem was to go to Tampco, Mex, to do blockade duty in furth erance of President Tafts plan to stop hlibuStering. There was no confirmation of this report, however
 Camp Crockett today began to take on the appearance of real army camp, with brown tents springing up like mush- rooms all over the government reserva- tion. About 20 men of each company were given liberty this evening, being severely cautioned by their commanding officers to return to the camp before 10:45 tonight and to engage in no dis orderly conduct. One captain went so far in this direction as to give liberty only to men who never had been con- victed of a misdemeanor during their military careers. When he had exhaust ed his eligible list he discovered that his liberty party was four short of the number turned loose from the other com panies. He solved the problem by per biting the "ineligibles'' to draw TOT places in the squad, the four highest winning, The competition was close, but all four aces were drawn
 The soldiers who have arrived he-e express themselves as delighted at the camp, also to move if there is any pros pect of a scrap