The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
,,JSH OF TROOPS ID MEXICAN FRONTIER ABOUT COMPLETED 5;.kinsOn Says Troops Will Not Cross Onto Mexi-
 can Soil .DLDIERS PLEASE
 GENERAL MILLS itpantour Says He Does Not Believe sIore Troops Are to Be Sent
 South-Militia Officers
 Respond Loyalty


 a egiments of troops ordered to mobi-
 ss tt Fort Sam Houston have arrived
 esa are the Ninth cavalry, negro
 mt. under command of Maj. James aiasa, and the Fourth Field artillery,
 Alex B. Dyer, both from Fort D. 4 ssell, Wyo. These are expected not U han Wednesday.
 work of recruiting the Eleventh feFaify up to full war footing is in pfif IS, which leads to the belief t fi' es the first sent to the Mexican
 t.R Leonard Wood it was stated this .a6i ding, will not arrive until all troops Sste. n camp.
 1t has been learned from the men of the Fifteenth infantry from Fort Doug las, Salt Lake City, that they came here fully prepared to go into action in Mex leo and the men express keen disap- pointment at being in camp here.
 Galveston, Tex, March 13-Making in fantrymen out of 4oO0 soldiers of the Coast artillery is the task now confront ing Gen. A. l.. Mills, commander of the brigade being concentrated at Ft. Crock cit. The work of drilling the men be- gan today among the 12 companies al- ready here The others now en route from Hampton Roads on transports will be put through the paces immediately upon their arrival,
 Mills Pleased
 General Mills considers the soldiers now here as fine a body of fighters as is to be found anywhere. It is evident, however, that he regrets that there are not sufficient infantrymen available Tn the regular army for the present man euver to make 1t unnecessary to draw on the Coast artillery for men.
 In order to prevent any recurrence O. the riotous scenes enacted in the ter derloin district of Galveston early Sun day, a provost guard will be placed in the city while the soldiers are here Winfield Joel. the soldier who was stab bed is improving but is not yet out of danger. The two men charged with at tacking him are still in jail and Alfred Bookhaulder, another soldier, is being held by the police on the charge of assaulting q patrolman.
 The police have no clue to the tden- tity of the persons who set fire to and burned the h ouse occupied by the worn- en subsequent to the assault on Joel. 
 New York, March 13--Jacob M. Dick inson. Secretary of War; will not sail from Panama this afternoon, unexpect. ed complications having arisen in the pending negotiations between the Pan anna Railroad company and the steam ship lines operating for the govern ment. He will remain here until tomor row at least. Secretary Dickinson was emphatic \ that the Mexican situation was not influencing his plans.
 Not Go Into Mexico q do not believe there will be any movement of our troops into Mexico" E he said. There can be no excuse for ! tintervention,' continued the Secretary, t"unless the Mexican government proves negligent in protecting the persons or 1.-the property of foreign residents and 4such negligence would have to be firm lily established, in my opinion, before Nany such step could be taken. There ere no conditions now existant to give Nus such warrant.
 \ In order to maintain the neutrality laws. Hit has been deemed advisable to send 3troops to. the border and on account of 3the immense length of the frontier an 1.-the fact that the. Rio Grande can be 9crossed at almost any point, a larger {number of troops tas been dispatched
  =sary.''
 ' Secretary Dickinson said there was a possibility that he might postpone his #rip to Panama. but if so 1t would be zbecause of complications in settling pend- Eng agreement between the Panama Rail- Ifoad company and the steamship lines &perating for the government. Mexican affairs would not influence his plans.
 LimantOur Talks & MT. Limantour. Mexican minister of fi- &nance. was apprized today of reports that Hhe United States is preparing to send an Additional 10000 troops to the southwest. &rhe minister said
 E T have not received any official in- formatio of such a decision. There have been no developments in my country dur Ing the last few days to warrant doub- E ing the United States forces in the south i1Nest. .
 n "Of course, your government has the Wight to send as many troops as 1t pieases To that section of the United States.
 My attention has been called to vague -umors that since arriving in New York,
 have had conferences with the Maderos md their associates with view to bring Ing about cessation of hostilities in Mexico There can be no negotiations With insurrectos or consideration of their Alleged grievances except that first they Hay down their arms.
 ''If the insurrectos were to surrender ab- folutely, then my goverr ment would ttudy the broad questions involved in Their alleged grievances.
 N Washington, March 13.-The enthusiasm yhf the officers of the militia of the va Stious states and territories over the op- tNortunity offered them by the war de lSartment for field experience in the pres. lint military operations in the southern lPorder states continues unabated. SInee lSaturday Gen Leonard Wood chief of Itaff of the army. has received accept \ lInces from 7o5 additional militia officers, f!f the invitation to join "the maneuver ptivison' at San Antonio. making total If 1950 acceptances. The states just heard rom and the number of officers follow: Militia Officers Report
 Alabama 1, Arizona %. Colorado ,,. I,onnecticut 2s, Georgia 72 Maryland B.
 Michigan l36. Minnesota s4. Nebraska l9,i
 yew Jersey IA. New Mexico 8. North
 :arolina A. North Dakota 16 Rhode tsland ?, South Carolina 76. Virginia III The District of Columbia and l3 states Nave not yet responded.
 Major General Carter, commanding the  II f3 f<r~fN M nArn nN