The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-12
5000 Regulars on tho Ground
and 4 " tho Rest Arc
Expected Today.
NO CONFUSION m THE CAMP
Gen. Carter and Staff Arrive
and msthodical Work Begins
Hangers Are Set Up.

retreat was sounded tonight thera we're
1000 mon out at Fort Sam Houston. and
down under the glare Of searchlights
strikers and mule wranglers wers
pulling at "A Lange oi passenger and
stock cars trying to get another couple
o' thousand into lamp before the dark
came Before midnigh. tomorrow thor,
VIII be between it,0Oo and 5000 men Of tha
United States army at Ibis place. and
anoiigh more at San Diego. ri Paso and
Galveston to bring the number Of troops
within touch OF the border up TO 1000
All this will be done within five days or
the disseminate ion Of the order of mobiliza-
ton
Circumstance tending. in the opinion
OF army folks. TO throw light on the real
pwrpos" Of the present mobilization did
not develop unit, tonight. when $50 re-
cr!its arrived in company with one of the
infantry regiments to al the numbers Of
the Seventeenth Infantry This brinRe
the Seventeenth up nearly to war footing
I. was learned tonight following the
arrival Of these recruits that the other
regiments on the ground or in transit
will soon be recruited up to the full num-
ber Of 1900. At present every infantry
regiment in camp has the peace footing
Of 800 men. One infantry officer said
that it was pretty generally known that
before . week had passed every infantry
regiment at the fort would he on war
footing
Altogether 100000 rounds of ball
cartridges. ninety in the belt of each
soldier and ITO man In the ammunition
trains. are converging this minute on
the thousand acre windy lot out hack
Of this town which is part of Fort Sam
Houston That windy lot is less than
$50 miles from the border OF Mexico
The men who are carrying these rounds Of
ball and the officers who are directing
them are not stopping to wonder the
why and wherefore Of it. They are just
coming by the heavy trainloads and
settling down.
Why is all thisa Well an officer who
wears pretty fancy shoulder straps was
by the flap of his tent out at the
new camping grounds this afternoon
and his eyes. squirting against the strong
sunlight. were turned to the south He
said this;
If somebody should die of down there
we wouldn't stay here very long. Maybe
II somebody shouldn't die we won't STAY
here Very long anyway. Now of course
don't know anything" which was this
officers way of evading committing
but il you should ask me directly
how long we are going to stay here |
would say. no doubt about four months,
and maybe year.
what would happen if something over
the border should take place. some little
The officer squinted his eyes and smiled
4 little.
We'll all | can say is If that should
come about keep your eyes on the cavalry
.he first thing. and then see something
Else move"
Col. John l.. Glenn. chief quartermastsr
IF the Department Of Texas. whose head
quarters are Fort Sam Houston. has been
ordered to provide supplies for 10. 900 men
or four months. Here is another fact
which stands up along with other straws
pointing the wind: this afternoon a long
,ontoon train, part OF the equipment OF
he corps of engineers stationed at Fort
Kan. swung into the tangle
4 yards near the camp. An officer Of
he corps of engineers was asked il il
we're the usual thing to take pontoop
rains to manpuvres. He replied, with
,ut smiling. that it depended where tho
n fak ko v1lo
.io Grande River does not lie between
IAN Antonio and Galveston. announced
n the official statement of impending
nanpuvres as the object of the theoreti-
al attack. That river lies between San
.ntonio and Mexico and il is the only
Iver bigger than an irrigation ditch that
80 disposed on the map
Although the first of the troops under
arrived at the big camping
rounds of Fort Sam Houston yesterday
as Col. Van Orsdale's Seventeenth
egiment from Fort Mcpherson in Geor-
la, the arrival at 6:45 clock this morning
! Major-Gen. William H. Carter. who is
,e commander of the entire division
ow being massed along the border, and
s stah gave official life to the movement
1t around the big wind swept army
ost. Gen. Carter got in over the Iron
ountain from st, Louis and was met by
rig. Gen. j, W. Duncan. commander
the Department Of Texas. and his staff
flcers.
Gen. Carter went al once to theIfort
I'd there this afternoon detail Of men
as busy putting up the divisional head
iarters on knoll which overlooks the
hole thousand acres. Gen. Carter denied
mself to all visitors during the after
ION and no word could be had from him
to the ultimate destination Of the 2O,OO0
oops being massed under his command
the length of time that the present
assing Of the forces would continue.
With the arrival OF the commanding
fcer Of all the border army cams also
me Of his brigade commanders. Cen.
A. smith. commanding, ths UDt
igads Il Infantry. and Gen. ~. p. Mam