Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-07
TAFT coNclUoEs TO ohoWvARa1Ne
CRITICS THAT UNITED srAr1o
- PREPARED.
TWENTY rHouaANp TROOPS
NOW BEING aoail llzRn.
eattlsships Receive Unsxpsetsd Orders
70 Join In Demonstration Along oulA,
coast-Aotual Wsr Conditions % -
Reproduced as Nearly % Peseibls
General Carter In Command.

charges that tho United States army
is not prepared for actual warfare ana
that 1t is lacking in every essential
that goes to mako up defensive force,
tho general star. by direction OF the
president, has ordered maSnifscent,
test OF tho whole machinery controlling
the mobile army on q greater scale
than has ever before been attempted
In times OF peace in this country.
Reproducing as nearly as possible
war conditions. involving hostilities In
advance OF n formal declaration Of war.
the president gave the word last night
and within few moments messages
were flying by wire calling for tho
| assemblage OF 10000 troops in tho de-
pa.tment OF Texas This practically
Is one-fourth OF tho entire army Oh
the United States. including those
troops in the Philippines and otheei
insular possessions.
Navy 70 Play Part.
The navy is to play It's part ana 81
formidable fleet OF armourcd cruisers.
supplemented by auxiliaries necessary
for tho successful maintenance OF a.
hostile naval force o nthe coast OF an
enemy. will take its place or tho Texas
| shore line.
Those cruisers comprise tho nth
division Of the Atlantic feet, now ae
Hampton roads and which arc ready
for sea. They arc tho flagship Ten-
nessee. the Montana, North Carolina
and Washington. oil powerful armoured
cruisers Of $4,000 ton displacement, in
| command OF Rear Admiral Sydney
Stnunton.
General Carter Commander.
Tho military force viii leatablish its
headquarters ut San Antonio under
| command Of Con. william II. Carter.
assistant chief Of star assisted BY sev-
cral hrigadier generals. who win con,-
uand tho bT3saces into witch the
grand army will be divided. TnsAe villa
be placed at strategic points thruout
the department OF Texas. including not
| only tho Mexican border towns to
which particular attention will be giv-
en-, but Galveston and tho other sen.
ports also.
Troops Already Moving.
Tho great body OF troops already has
begun to move. Two cavalry regiments
started last night from Forts Ogle-
thorpe and Mcpherson, Ga. Major Gem.
eral Wood. chief Of staff. win retain
his position In Washington. where no
will supervise tho movements OF tho
troops.
1t can not be foretold how long this
large force will be kept in the Depart
ment OF Texas, but IL is evident that it
may be there for several weeks at
least.
Movement Starts Trouble Rumors.
1t is officially stated that the admin.
istration made special efforts to SUBJ
stantiate tho statement that the solo
purpose of this unusual mobilization
maueuvers on 4 grand scale Is Tor tho
training of officers and men.
While every effort was made IN offi-
cial circles here to give this great
movement the appearance OF a simple
preparation for mnneuvers there were
persistent rumors that tho government
was preparing for moro serious event.
ualtes. Reports from Mexico have
encouraged the " II OF many that tho
conditions in Mexico are far from be-
ing as satisfactory "a official asser.
tions seek to indicate.
Immense foreign interests are at
stake In Chihuahua. for example, and
their owners have been very uneasy as
tn what would happen to them In case
Of widespread disorders.
Following the cabinet meeting at tho
White House today q statement was
issued declaring that the movement OF
troops to Moxico and to the border OF
Mexico. in California. is solely 20. tho
purpose of maneuycrs and for the
training OF officers and men.