The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-13
Two Regiments of Cavalry
to Move to the Rio Grande
Maybe This Week.
CARS HELD At SAN ANTONIO
Contracts Made for Supplies
Col. Roos ,velt to Visit tho
Camp To-day.

san ANTONIO. March i2-The Ninth
end Eleventh Cavalry rcgirr cnts. which
constitute the mes mobile arm Of the
divisional army now mobilizing at Fort
Sam Houston. are to he prepared within
two or three days to move to the border
of Nexico. probably to Laredo on the
Rio Grandc.
No official announcement Of this fact
has cone from Cen. William H Carter.
in command Of the division. Gen. Carter
hes not made any statement of any kind
to others than his eids end subordinate
offit c-e Nevertheless the officers Of these
two cavalry regiments know that they
are to be prepared TO move on an hours
notice and they know that adequate
preparation for instant departure has
tcen made
News of the preparations of these two
cavalry regiments for immediate service
az Laredo or beyond has filtered through
all the officers messes on the big camp
field at Fort Sam Houston. Coupled with
comment upon this very definite bit OF
information there is general belief that
the throwing OF the cavalry arm to the
nearest railroad point on the border 10
to be only prelude to general advance
on the part of all the division.
From colonel to second lieutenant
the report has been humming and gath
ering strength all day that with the ar
rival of Gen Wood. Chief of STAFF. from
Washington next Tuesday or Wednes-
day definite orders for the moving OF all
the troops that will be then assembled
at Fort Sam Houston will soon follow.
II may be said that an accepted belief
prevails among the higher officers OF all
branches OF the service that an lnterven-
ton in Mexico similar to that which took
place in Cuba is on the cards; that an
American army will occupy the country
south of the United States until such time
as Daz is made more stable in his Gov
ernment or a successor is chosen by
IA fair election,
This belief is soberly expressed and
cannot be construed to be father 20 the
desire for action on the part Of the army
mon. The report Of tho imminent moving
OF the cavalry regiments strengthens the
crcdibility of the general thought.
Coincidcntal with the news that the
Ninth and Eleventh are to go South sew
ernl bits of contributary evidence be-
! came known to-day. They are these:
A contract was let to-day by the proper
auth ority to local merchants for supply
| ing a quick consignment OF groceries to
be delivered not at the camp but on cars
now in the railroad .-ards.
Four hundred and twonty-nine recruits
| for the Eleventh Cavalry arrived to-day.
This swells the regiments numbers To
800 men, nearly a war footing.
! The division suporintendents OF tho
Southern Pacific sil,oad. which touches
the Mexican borde.' ct III Paso end Eagle
Pass. and of the International and Great
Northern Railroad have been asked upon
how short notice they could move two
regiments Of cavalry to III Paso or to
la edo The Southern Pacific people
! said thnt they could accommodate tina
two regiments in from eight To twelve
hours notice for ri Paso, The Inter
national and Great Northern division
uperintendent has said that he could
prepare 10 ship the Eleventh and Ninth
Cavalry regiments to Laredo ON five
hours notice. The latter road now has
100 stock cars. sufficient to accommodate
the I 900 horses Of the two regiments. in
its Yards here. They have not been sent
back to distributing points. although the
coaches and Pullmans which brought
! the soldiers here have been returned
| An order has been issued that the com
pIete pontoon train which is part Of the
equipment ~ the corps II engineers from
Fort Leavenworth and which arrived in
the switch yards yesterday il to remain
| there untoL ched. No unloading If III.
para rhernuiia is to follow in San Antonio
ut least during the assembling Of the di-
vision.
| Though the reports Of impending 40
tivity and campaigning have heen ,hiok
,o-day not all of the mobilization has
been completed, much To the annoyance
of the officers having the movement
under charge. They had expected that
by midnight tonight the last Of the dc.
tachments would be on the ground
instead it will probably he Wednesday
bafore the movement is completed and
the IS, 900 men down on the lists foi mo.
hiiization here are under arms nj Fort
Sart Houston
After midnight tonight there still
will be twenty-five trains TO arrive over
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas, six over
! the lnterna tional and Great Northern
! and the sar,e number over the Southern
Pacific and allied roads using their tracks,
Of the Eighteenth Infantry from Fort
u. A. Russell, summoned to report at
Fort Sam Houston, so far only one train
load. comprising three companies. has
arrived Fort ID. A. Russell is in Wyo.
ming. and regiments from az far east as
Indiana and Georgia are now in camp.
! The officers al camp who complained
bitterly Of the delay in mobilization called