Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-09

transports and proceeded at once to
Galveston, Tex. The troops include
twelve companies of coast artillery,
companies of cavalry, infantry and sig
nal corps. In addition 40 seamen
have been engaged for transport SER
vice. These men will reach Newport
News today.
At Governors Island today prepar-
ations were being made as if for actual
warfare. Rations and supplies were
being assembled for 5000 troops and
instructions were given to the regi-
mental commanders at the various
forts throughout the department Of the
east to assemble all available addition.
al troops and be prepared to move
them on a minutes notice.
As an interesting side light, the
Western Union and postal telegraph
companies were also making their
preparations this morning for the
war game. Like the army and navy,
they were duplicating exactly the
work which they would do in time of
actual warfare, making arrangements
to handle the heavy governmental and
newspaper business that will come
from San Antonio and Galveston as
result of the orders from President
Taft.
Twenty-Five of the Western Unions
most experienced men will leave New
York for Texas today to reinforce the
force in San Antonio and Galveston,
and others will be detailed there from
other cities. The Postal Telegraph
company's 'war" operators will also
start for the south today.
Around the main telegraph Offices
the scene reminded old timers of the
Spanish war, when operators by the
score were rushed to the concentra-
tion camps in the south and to Flor
ida to accompany the army to Cuba.
General Frederick Dent Grand, busy
with a mass of detail in his Office on
Governors Island. declared to his in
terviewers that he had received no
word from the war department to in
dicate the purpose of the mobiliza-
tion. He said that when he first re-
ceived the orders it was his impress
sion that the troops were to be used
on the Mexican border to enforce the
neutrality laws. Later, however, he
became of the opinion that the meas
ure was only part ola plan for elab-
crate maneuvers for the training OF
the officers and men. This, however,
the general was quick to point out,
wos only his personal opinion.
San Tonic, Tex. March S.-1f army
officers at Fort Sam Houston have
any information other than generally
told in press dispatches regarding the
concentration of troops on the Mexi'
can border, they are guarding 1t very
closely.
1--WE only know that we have been
ordered to prepare for the mobiliza'
ton of a large body of troops at San
Antonio and we are going ahead, re-
gardless of what it MEANS" explain.
ed General Duncan, commanding the
department of Texas.
Rumors as to the purposes of it all;
however, are plentiful.
General Duncan's order after re.
ceiving his instructions from Washing.
ton was to appoint First Lieutenant
George F.. Roselle of the Twenty.sec-
ond infantry, acting aide de camp.
With Lieutenant R. p. Palmer, Is
gives the general two aides. Next he
recalled Major w. s. Scott, his adju-
tant general. who is in north Texas,
attending the funeral of his father.
Other orders recalled troops on de-
tached service. Field day exercises
set for today were called of and OIL
GERS who were to exhibit their horses
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