The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-08

psredness Of the star departments for the
mobilization OF troops.
| Major-Gen. william n. Carter will COM
mand the provisional division. The brig
AIDES Of San Antonio will be commanded
by Brig liens. NJ. p. Msus, +. A. Smith and
Ralph W. Hoyt. The troops at Galveston
will be under the command OF Brie. Gen.
J A. J.. Mills. The troops in the Los Angeles
| district will be commanded by Brig. Gen.
Tasker H. Bliss.
The principal force will be at San Anto-
nio. where Gen. Carter will maintain
his headquarters. He will have under
his command fifteen regiments Of infantry.
five regiments Of cavalry and two or three
batteries OF field artillery. The thirty six
companies Of coast artillery will make
their base at Galveston. Two regiments
Of infantry. the Eighth and Thirteenth.
will 60 to San Diego.
If IT sHouLp BE WAR GAME
The war game which will be carried
out IL no complications develop in the
Mexican situation will consist OF an attack
by the navy and marines on the city Of
Galveston. The troops at Fort Sam
Houston under Gen. Carter will be the
defending force. The details Of the game
have not been fully worked out. and in
this respect also the present movement
differs from the usual maneuvres held
under the auspices Of the Department.
which are a. q rule worked out in detail
instructions.
Gen Carter will be supplied with
complete set Of maps and charts Of Texas
and northern Mexico prepared by the
| Army War College. These documents
show all the Topographic features OF the
country in which operations may be
| carried on.
THE NAVAL MOVEMENT
The naval force will mobilize first at
Guantanamo. The armored cruiser
squadron. which will be comma nded
by Rear Admiral 8. A. Staunton. con-
sisting OF the Tennessee. Washington,
Montana and North Carolina. will sail
shortly from New York for Cuba. The
cruiser Prairie is now loading at Phil
adelphia. whence she will sail tomorrow
with 100 marines on board The cruiser
Dixie will follow a few days later from
| the same port with TOO more. In addi-
ton 600 marines will be landed from the
vessels OF the Atlantic battleship feet
which is now at Guantanamo
These three detachments will encamp
at Guantanamo and be formed into two
separate regiments. They will engage in
regimental drills and target and other
exercises until they are ordered to take
part In the attack on Galveston. The
troopships Prairie and Dixie will remain
at Guantanamo to transport the marines
To Texas.
The marines will be Withdrawn from
practically every navy yard and station
on the Atlantic coast. The force will con-
sist OF the largest detachment OF that
organization which has been assembled
in recent years. The detachment will b
more than twice ~ large a. tho body Of
marines sent to Nicaragua last year.
The total force Of troops in Texas when
fully modified will be about four times
as largo a. the force landed In Cuba during
the second military Intervention which
ended in 1907. Hero is the list OF orsanixa-
tions which have been ordered to San
Antonio
Headquarters and two battalions, Eigh-
teenth lnfantry. from Fort Mackenzie. Wyo.
First Battalion. Eighteenth Infantry.
from Whipple Barracks. Arizona. and Fort
Wingate. n. NJ.
Fifteenth Infantry. from Fort Douglass.
Utah.
Eleventh Infantry. from Fort d. A. Rus.
sell. Wyo.
Thirteenth Infantry. from Fort Iesven-
worth, Kan
Headquarters and Tenth Infantry. iess
Company b. from Fort BENJAMIN Harrison,
Ind.
Company B. Tenth Infantry. from Fort
Thomas. ky.
Twenty eighth Infantry. from Fort
Seventeenth Infantry. from Fort Nc
Pherson, Ga
Fourth Field Artillery. from Fort D. A.
Russell. Wyo.
Second Battalion. Third Field Artillery.
from Fort Myer. Va.
Ninth Cavalry. from Fort D. A. Russell.
Wyo.
Eleventh Cavalry. from Fort Oslethorpe.
Ga
Company d. Signal Corps. from Fort
I.eavenwOrth. Kan
Third Battalion OF Engineers. from Fort
I.eavenworth. Kan. and Fort D. A. Rus
sell. Wyo.
The troops al San Antonio will be fully
equipped for any possible service There
will be detachments Of engineer troops
to build pontoon bridges and earthworks
and signal corps deta chments for maintain
ing lines OF communication. The division
win be completely equipped for active
service as we'll as for tactical exercises
In carrying out the programme Of
manpuvres Gen. Carter will probably
find it necessary to send large bodies OF
troops toward the Mexican border. Here
they may come in contact with theoret-
ical enemies, and there may be much
imaginary bioodshed.
Similar manGuvres on a smaller scale
may be attempted on the Pacific coast at
San Diego, where several armoted cruisers
OF the Pacific feet have assembled The
officers OF the War Department, however,
are not paying much attention to the war
game on the Pacific They are more in
terested in the possible movement on the
Gulf coast. where warships and greater
number OF men will be involved
PRoTK cTIoN OF CoLORA DO DAM.
The question of guar ding the dam Of
the lower Colorado River has been dis.
cussed within the last few days by the
State Department and the Mexican For
eign Once. The greater part Of this dam
ia In Mexican territory. 1t is being con-
structed by an American company and
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