Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
WILL VISIT THE CAMP
AND REVIEW DIVISION
Gen. Leonard Wood, the Chief Of
Staff, to Go Later.
10 REINFORCEMENTS NOW
Official Denial That Another Division
Is to Be Mobilized in Texas.
Chance for High oficers
to Get Training.

II do not believe there will be any
movement Of our troops into Mexico
This was the statement today OF J. NJ.
Dickinson, Secretary or War
There can be no excuse for interven-
ton, continued the Secretary unless
the Mexican government proves negligent
In protecting the persons or property OF
foreign residents, and such negligence
would have, to be firmly established. in
my opinion. before any such step could
be taken. There are no conditions now
existent to give us such warrant
Long Frontier to Guard.
In order to maintain the neutrality
laws ii has been deemed advisable to
send troops to the border. and on account
OF the immense length of the frontier
and the fact that the Rio Grande can
be crossed at almost any point a larger
number of troops has been dispatched
than would otherwise prove necessary"
Secretary Dickinson plans to make q
trip southwark soon to review the ma
neuver division" of troops now mobilizing
at San Antonio. Tex.
Gen. Wood Going Later.
After Secretary Dickinson has COM
pleted his examination Of the ''maneuyer
division" Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief
Of staff of the army, will make a trip to
San Antonio to inspect the troops as
sembled there. Gen. Woods trip will be
made toward tho end of April, and IL Is
denied at the War Department that the
chief Of staff at the present time intends
making trip to the camp in the immodi-
ate future.
Gen. Wood today positively denied that
the War Department had ordered or was
contemplating ordering more troops to
the frontier at this time. This statement
was made In connection with persistent
rumors that another division OF 2A00O
was about 10 be assembled in Texas and
the other border states.
Officers to Be Changed.
1t is the intention Of the War Depart
ment, 1t developed today, to change from
time to time the general officers now in
command Of the troops mobilizing in the
south, in order that the whole stan OF
general officers of the army may be given
an opportunity to assume field command
of large bodies Of soldiers. After about
two months service it is the present idea
of the department to relieve Maj. Gen.
Carter as commander OF the division by
some other major general of the army.
Likewise the various brigadier generals
commanding the units of the divisions
and the troops at Galveston and San
Diego will be relieved by other brigadier
generals. In that way all the officers of
the army Of command rank will be tried
out in field operations.
The officers of the organized militia
assigned as observers will be attached. So
to speak, to the officers of the regular
army of equal grade for purposes of in
structiOn and will not be given actual
command.
Gen. Wood today unqualifiedly denied
that there was any intention at this time,
as has been reported of sending two cav
airy regiments from San Antonio to the
border line. He said the actual patrol OF
the frontier would not be increased AT the
present time, and that the cavalry which
is assembling part of the division at
San Antonio would not be detached from
the camp.
Likely to Stay Awhile.
The Maneuver Division it is said a.
the War Department. will be maintained
in the south until we'll into the summer.