The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-03-17
IS. TROOPS ARE IN CAMP
..uas RArIoNs FOR FOUR
sEcUHN MONTHS STAY
a, Salem and Over Thou
scout " officers and Men N0%
at Galveston

on;o Tex.-Now that the d
$50 reasons. for the mobilization tha ne %! R
t's .' in Texas and along the MEX ri
troops ~ seem to have been made s
ican O0l through the medium OF dis e
1aFn from Washington the army t
qscneS 1870 at Fort Sam Houston t
a '.s the largest concentration camps !n
fhsls 'I located. are watching with IN s
'll VI. " the result OF the war depart ~a T.
isfss, s ofort to effectively concentrate
nsa. .s,ons at given point in snort
a'e l.s. VI to the army officers located
Ga ala Antonio, and it is believed tnal
!. 4. 'r movement will be complimentary
~ he army as whole , ,,oro
70 r sno FOODS which have arrived were
Tue Ss,ronteentA Infantry, Colonel Van
ne s oI commanding, from Fort NC
OIsuSl On Georgia; the Eleventh CAVIAR
Pnv co1onel lanes Parke recommending,
y, U' Fort Oglethrope, Georgia anu
pOu n Of the signal corps from
S Vort Leavenworth, Lieutenant 'eD'IHe
: McGill, commanding
n,,,h,r seyenty-two hours after the
..s % to mobilize at Fort San houston
o "srs given the Seventeenth inlanIrs,
ss, .i,aod At fort Mcpherson, Ga, was
S ANN at Fort Sam Houston lex
~ accomplish this movement an en-
-. regiment OF infantry, with com
uI i,s.rv wagons and mules, and TEL
1 l.vs' rations, band and all held eqult
ua ~, bplopging to that body OF troop
u Nv moved 1,4OO miles across ma
dozen states and over several d'le'ei
lines of railways
The actual movement consumer ",
..,vtbree hours. The orders to mop
w. 1T Fort Sam Houston were receive
Fort Mcpherson on Monday alt'
nOn of+orno
hat the railroad company had suppll
sufficient baggage cars, Inc reslLhs
arrived at San Antonio on lnu. 81
.rening consuming forty-three 40,
including all stops. Colonel Van Y
dals commanding the regiment 81"
That he could have arrived eIe'
hours sooner with his men BY rum
.baaa of his transportation ana Cd
anunmept. but he desired to an
;, hio destination in proper conan
togo into camp.
0ne of the significant developm'
!, tho orders by Colonel Glen, c
.,rtormaster to secure supplies
mnON men for four months. Tn
,.rsraed as conclusive evidence
tba troops will be In Texas OF
San Antonio will remain as tne
Of supplies for that NUMBER VI tn'
least four months.
Contracts were awarded Tor a
amount of commissary supplies
Galveston Tex-Development'
the great war game which is Deln
red on partly through Forts Cro
San Jaeinto and Travis, locateu
yesfon Island, were the arrival a
Choring of the scout cruiser
ha arrival of a number OF auo
companies of coast artillery the
d Of Brigadier General n L.
and the establishment OF the reg
al staff
The companies that arrived
day were the Fifth, the Ninet
and the One Hundred and sew
Of Fort Morgan. The officers d
tain H, K, Taylor of the Seven
Captain Charles L. Lannam
Ninety.ninth and Captain M. "
Of the One Hundred and sew
The three lieutenants are Na''
wits, Lieutenant Warren be
Lieutenant H. S. Hemingway
other Iieutenants who were
from the company and Will Jo
commands later are First Liz
AL. Cooper, First Lieutenant
and Second Lieutenant K. ii
Two more companies from Fol
scas, Pensacola, the Fifteenth
Tventy.ffth arrived in camp
total Of six of the twelve C
necessary to complete the +
msnt. A special train of two
consisting of seventeen cars
er, six day coaches, four box
stock and two fiat cars, Die
troops and their equipment te
Later three more companies
Fort Crockett being compani
t,second, Seventy-fourth
Fort Sbumen, Captains c. c
B Smith and w. c. Murra
nsnd.