Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-07
Taft Proposes to Show WI
Are Prepared for
War.
is 1T MAKE-BELIEVEi
sRumorS Current That Thi,
Country Is About to Stop !
the InSurreCtiOn. E

! Leavenworth, Kan, Maroil
t7.-The order directing the
i 9th infantry to proceed to the
philippines has been counter
I7nanded and the command or
dered to San Antonio, Tex, in
stead.
EXCITEMENT ON BORDER.
EI Paso, Tex, March ~
American Intervention is on ev-
cry lip today as result of the
movement of United State
troops toward the Mexicar
border. Americans along the
border take the rushing OF
troops to mean only one thing,
intervention in the near future
ip the Mexican disturbance.
MYSTERY Is CLEARED.
u fWashington. March THE mystery
l rrounding the rush orders for troops
u 4 warships 70 rendezvous in the dc
iintment of xas was explained today
F.
m. in answer to charges that the
artS is not prepared for actual war
fak Nand that ID is lacking in every es+
sen Il that go s TO make up defen-
1S'GS l. LIKE oruAL WAR.
RI ,oducing h. nearly as possible
: of condittc 81 involving hostilides
in advance Of Formal declaration OF
war. tae pres a Ipt gave the word last
night, snd wthh few moments mes
sages we're ryirE + all over The country
by wire, ordering the assem- blage of 90
600 troops Of al branches of the serv
ice in the department of Texas. Orders
were also issued for the assembling off
The Texas saoTe line of a formidable
fleet of arnored cruisers, supplement.
ed by auailiaries necessary for the sue
cessful maiu euance of q hostile naval
force on the cast of an enemy.
CARTER IN COMM AND.
Major Gen raj Carter. ssistant ohief
pf stan. W. viii be in command OF the
military for.s viii establish headQuar-
lers at San Antonio. The force of
troops viii Donsist of Is gegiments of
Infantry. t.. of cavalry. and two or
three Of e. artillery. IN addition,
two fun regiments of coast artillery
will be transformed Into infantry, !
/ which viii 5a novel departure in mil |
itary practice.
THERE IN FIVE ! <"S.
It is the mention to have this en-i
tire force assembled in Texas WITH / b
j five days. As a matter of fact ne 1
: great body Of troops already has beg u /
TO move. two cavalry regiments having /
started last night from Forts o. = /
thorpe and MCPHERSON. Ga, which : /
. regarded as q fine accomplishment fro-n /
the point of preparedness.
WOOD AT WASHINGTON.
Major General Wood. chief Of staff. /
would himself have been placed
command of the troops which are % I
engage in msneuyers, but for the fat I.
IL is regarded by the general stan
necessary for the successful execution }
of war plans that he retain i'is position I
in Washington Here he can have a
complete survey of the field and be
ready to communicate instantly With
every one of the army departments /
which go 70 maintain the army in the 4
field.
MAY REMAIN FOR WEEKS.
l. cannot be foretold how long this i
large force viii be kept in Texas. bu; ,
il is evident that il may be there many I
weeks at the least
RBaE0RS ARE THICK.
washiagfen. March 7.-while eIery /
effort is made in oflcial circles he3i ID 4
give the movement Of troops towItds 1
the Mexican border the appearand Of 4
a simple preparation for maneu{ers,
there are rumors the government vas
preparing for more serious eventual Z
ties. Conhdsntial reports from Nd leo
of late have encouraged -se BELLE. OF
many that kpnditions in the Me3fan
government Ire far from being aslbat-
isfactory as Cficial assertions sect %
indicate
WOULD ASH ENGLAND. I
II is reported in Washington todsy
urgent representations have been made
10 the state department. thst unless tie
United States immediately made ada-
auate preparations te, protect American
and foreign irterests in northern Meg /,
leo. an appea- woald be Il it had ~ !
aIready been made. TO Great Britain ko I
do so c
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