The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-09

Of the Mexican dag is actually wccom,
10 the Dia8 government.
Old Washnetunlans compared touay
the conditions prevailing at the war ana
navy departments With The turmoil which
characterized the carly days of the
Spanish American war.
Thirty-siX hours after the determina-
tion was achcd 10 mobilize whole army
division in Texas. the officials were sit
ting TRANQUILITY at their desks watching
with quiet interest the workings Of the
magnificent machinery that had hccn so
carefully built up to respond To Jus; such
m emergency
The secretary OF war was busy wind
ing up important matters OF civil admin
istration preparatory 10 leaving Wash
ing for several days. He was able TO
proceed late In the day for Atlanta,
Wood Busy With reports.
Major General Wood. chief OF staff,
came into town from his Fort Mycr home
early today and was soon busted with the
reports from his aides and from other
what progress was being made I'm carrying
out mobilization plans These appeared
with the exception Of dispat tchinG orders
10 certain companies TO take the place
OF others whose withdrawal Ia Texas
had left some OF the military posts with
out proper core-takers. there was l!ttl"
To be done.
Major General Carter, who is 10 com
mand the army division in Texas. WAS
looking after personal correspondence and
making sure that his favorIte chargers
VIII be suitably cared for on the long
railroad trip To Texas. Nowhere was
the superiority OF the new state OF af-
fairs over those that existed in the war
department before the days OF the Span
lsh war made more manifest than In
the auartermastcr's department.
General Aleshlrc. With his aides. was
engaged in Hcrculancan task-he was
moving body OF soldiers across the coun-
try more numerous than the entire force
which was gathered al Tampa. Florida. 10
form the American army OF occupation in
10 the casual observer that there was In
progress anything more than routine bust
ness.
Moving With Accuracy.
The troops movements were proceed
ing with absolute accuracy. and up TO the
close of business today, not one telegram
had been received by the quartermnstcr
general To complain that anything essen
tiai tc the comfort OF the troops or TO
he animals OF the road missing.
There was good reason for this, be-
cause. as the records OF the nuartcrnas-
lcr'S department show, every detail of
IN" movement had been worked ont with
the greatest perfection long In advance.
lying on The desk of the quartermaSter
general and in the hands OF his aides
were typewriter statements showing the
exact method of routing troops and sup
niles from every part OF the United states
10 San Antonio. Ten. Every particle OF
Information that migh; be needed oy the
department WAS Included. The trunk
lines OF railroads. the small feeding lines.
the wafer routes. the number OF sleeping
cars and fat cars end box cars and
other vehicles available were carefully
CataloSued was an exact record OF
the number OF mon and animals and the |
tons OF supplies that could be handled by
scch carrier.
For instance. II was shown that there
were four separate lines Of railway into |
San Antonio and tho number Of ware
houses. with the exact capacity OF each |
al Fort Sam Houston. Was indicated
II was not asserted that all this data /
had been prepared since the order had
been given to mobilize the troops in