The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-09
TROOPS ANb
 SHIPS MOVE
ARMY AND NAVY RUSHING TO
 MEXICAN BORDER WITH t CLockLlKE PRECISION.
Official Washington Is Watching the Mobilization of Troops and Navy and Mystery Still Surrounds
 the Cause.

Washington, March S.-Officers who set the machinery going for the great gathering of United States troops and warships fnom end to end of the Mexican frontier todar drew their first long breath in tirty-six hours and sat back in their chairs in the war and navy departments, to watch the thing work" from all dir ections trains are carrying soldiers, horses, field guns and ammunition to- ward the places of rendezvous.
 Official Washington still insists for publication that the sole purpose of this sudden and unexpected display of the military resources of the nation Is to engage in fed maneuvers and practice of officers and men in land conditions; in private they make little attempt to conceal the selection of the maneuvers; to conditions actual anu pOttulldl Ofti tuS NaSAiNoh DOi der line.
 The conundrum over which the un- informed are puzzling tonight is the question of the real attitude of the Mexican government toward this un- precedented display of war resources at it's doorstep. Not a word of an authoritative character is obtainable on that subject. It is the general belief however, that the Dtaz govern kment was not in the least taken by surprise in the matter. Cordiality of | the relations between the Taft and the Diaz administrations was ex- pressed when the two presidents met on the International Bridge last year and have not been diminished by any Happening since so far as is known here, and it is taken for granted that the unprecedented mobilizatoin of troops within few steps of the Mex ican soil never would have been eff fected without suitable interchange between the two governments to pre- clude the possibility of a misunder- standing.
 Those who hold this view think it sufficient to ask what would happen If one great power in Europe should Isuddenly mass quarter of it's entire military force within striking dis tanoe of the imaginary line separat- ing 1t from another, unless a perfect understanding existed in advance as to the purpose of the movement. There would be war overnight these people say. And, assuming the validity of their argument, they -- upon it the belief that the presence of this great naval and military force almost under the shadow of the Mex ican flag is not only not distateful but is actually welcomed by the Dia2 government.
 Old Washingtonians compared to- day the conditions prevailing at the war and navy departments with the turmoil and excitement which charac- terized the early days of the spanish American war Thirty-six hours after the determination was reached tc mobilize a whole army division in Texas, the officials were sitting tran jquilly at their desks watching wlull lquiet interest the workings of ma chinery that has so carefully beer built up to respond to just such ar emergency as the present. The secre tary of war Was busy winding III some important matters of civil ad
 ministrauon preparatory to leaving Washington for several days. Nothine of military nature interfered witt his designs and he was able to pro
 ceed late in the day for Atlanta.
 Major General Wood, the chief O
 staff, came into town from his For
 Myer home early in the day and wa. soon busied with the reports iron
 his aides and from the other member of the geenral staff. showing wha
 progress was being made to carrying out the plans for mobilization of th'
 troops. These appeared to have beer
 laid with perfection and with the ex
 ception of dispatching orders to cer
 tain companies..to take the place O others whose withdrawal to Texa had left some of the military post ' without proper caretakers, there wa little to be done.
 Major General Carter. who is t command the army division in Texal
 was looking after some personal col