The Washington herald., 1911-03-08
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the White House and at the War De
partment:
THE Department is mobilizing a di-
vision of full strength at San Antonio
Tex, for the purpose of field training
of officers and men, and for the further
purpose of holding maneuvers involving
possible operations against Galveston.
There will be assembled at Galveston
force of three regiments for the defense
OF that place against possible attack by
the navy. On the Pacific Coast the mo-
biIization will involve a brigade of in
fantry in the Los Angeles district Tor
the purpose of defending San Diego and
San Pedro against possible attack by the
navy. The mobilization of these troops
will furnish an excellent opportunity for
the instruction of a number of senior Off
GERS in the clements of higher command
Ii will also put 20 a practical test the
preparedness Of the staff departments for
the mobilization Of troops.
Mai. Gen. William H Carter Will
command the provisional division. The
brigades at San Antonio will be COM
manded bv Brig. Gems. NJ. p Maus, F. A
Smith. and Ralph W. Hoyt. The troops
at Galveston will be under the COM
mand Of Brig. Gen. A. L. Mills and the
troops in the Los Angeles district will
be commanded by Brig. Cen Tasker H
Bliss
Main Force at San Antonio.
The principal force will be at San An
tonic. where Gen. Carter will maintain
his Headquarters. He will have under
his command fifteen regiments of in
fantrv. five regiments of cavalry. anu
two or three batteries of field artillery.
The thirty-six companies of Coast Artil-
Iery will make their base at Galveston.
Two regiments of infantry, the Eighth
and Thirtieth, will go to San Diego.
The war game which will be carried
out if no complications develop IN the
Mexican situation, will consist of an at
tack by the navy and marines on the
city Of Galveston. The troops at Fort
sam Houston. under Gen. Carter, will be
the defending fort. The details of the
game have not been fully worked out
and in this respect also the present move
ment differs from the usual maneuvers
held under the auspices Of the depart
ment, which are, as a rule, worked out In
detail and executed in accordance with
specific instructions.
Gen. Carter will be supplied with COM
nlete set of map 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.
Marines Will BE Landed.
The naval force will mobilize first at
Guantanamo. The armored cruiser
squadron, which will be commanded by
Rear Admiral S. A. Staunton. consisting
of the Tennessee, Washington, Montana,
and North Carolina, will sail shortly from
New York for Cuba The cruiser Prairie
is now loading at Philadelphia, where she
will sail to-day with 700 marines on
board. The cruiser Dixie will follow a
few days later from the same port with
200 more.
In addition. so marines will be landed
from the vesseIs of the Atlantic battle
ship feet which is now at Guantanamo.
These three detachments will recoup at
Guantanamo and be formed into two sep
arate regiments. They will engage in
regimental drills and target and other ex-
ercises until they are ordered to take part
in the attack on Galveston The troop
ships Prairie and Dixie will remain at
Guantanamo to transport the marines to
T-xas.
The marines will be Withdrawn from
practically every navy yard and station
On the Atlantic coast II VIII consist OF
the largest detachment of that organiza-
ton which has been assembled in recent
years. The detachment will be more
than twice as large as the body of ma
rines sent to Nicaragua last year.
The total force of troops in Texas when
fully mobilized will be about four times
as large as the force landed in Cuba
during the second military intervention,
which ended in 1907.
Troops for San Antonio.
Here is the list of organizations which
have been sent to San Antonio:
Headquarters and two battalions,
Eighteenth Infantry. from Fort Mac
kensie Wyo.
First Battalion, Eighteenth Infantry,
from While Barracks, Ariz., and Fort
Wingate, n. Mex
Fifteenth Infantry from Fort Douglas,
Utah.
Eleventh Infantry from Fort D. A
Russell, Wyo
Thirteenth Infantry from Fort Leaven-
worth. kanS.
Headquarters and Tenth Infantry, less
Company B, from Fort Benjamin Har-
-ison, Ind.