Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-09

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| It was pointed out the same information
/ existed as to every other point In the
! United States where Il was probable that
there might he need TO concentrate great
body Of troops
Transports Made Ready.
Particular credit attaches TO that part
I Of the quartermaster generals department
which deals with water transportation.
/ Last Tuesday four Of the big army trans
| ports the Fitzpatrick Sumner, Mcclellan
and the Meade were lying In the mud at
| Newport News They had been long out
| Of commission. with but one small crew
1 Of caretakers to look after the ships The
captains and a few Of the engineer officers
! were available and were ordered at once
to put the first three named ships in com
mission. II was not believed that the
Meade would be needed at present Orders
/ were telegraphed to New York to secure
crews for the ships. They were rushed to
Newport News, the vessels were docked,
cleaned and painted and supplies are now
going aboard and they will be ready to
embark two full regiments Of coast artil-
lery by tomorrow night and to sail for Gal
weston Friday morning.
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division Of troops which will be concen-
trated at San Antonio, under command OF
Major General Carter were made public
by the War department. The division will
consist Of three brigades Of infantry, field
artillery brigade. a divisional cavalry at
tachment. an Independent cavalry brigade
and auxiliary troops, including members
OF the signal, medical and engineer corps
Composition of Troops.
The first infantry brigade will be com
posed Of the Eleventh, Fifteenth and Eight
eenth infantry, the second Of the Thir-
teenth, Twenty-second and Twenty third
infantry, and the Third Of the Tenth, Sew
enteenth and Nineteenth infantry.
The field artillery brigade will be formed
by the Third and Fourth field artillery.
The divisional cavalry attachment will
consist of the Third cavalry, which for the
| present II is announced will remain on
the border.
The independent cavalry brigade will be
composed Of the Ninth and the Eleventh
! cavalry.
The following auxiliary troops have been
attached to the division
| The Third battalion Of engineers, COM
panies A and d Of the Signal corps four
ambulance companies and four field hos
pitfalls.
The three brigades will be commanded
| by Brlgadier Generals M. p. Maus, Y. A.
| Smith and Ralph w. Hoyt, while the re-
naming units of the division will be in
charge Of colonies, to be selected by Major
General Carter.
The Signal corps in the field will be
commanded by Major George o. squier,
assistant to the chief signal officer of the
army. While in the south Major Squier
will incidentally give close attention to the
operation Of the aeroplanes now operating
| in that part Of the country, studying their
value from a military standpoint.
In addition to the 1000 marines which
will be concentrated at Guantanamo, Cuba,
500 will be drawn from the barracks along
the western coast Of the United States
and placed on board the armored cruisers
of the Pacific fleet. These vessels will
be assembled at San Pedro and San Diego,
| Cal
The cruisers California, South Dakota
and Pennsylvania are already at San
Diego, while the West Virginia and Mary
| land are at the Puget Sound Navy yard.
from which point they will sail for south
ern waters within few days.
Major General william H. Carter, who
win be in command of the army division
now concentrating for the Department Of
Texas, has arranged to leave here tonight
| for San Antonio.
layout for New Tactics.
After months OF studN4the general staff
has adopted an enSi86ly new system of
field movements and tactics. These
have been tried in small way by the
mary small units into which the army is
divided, but never before has there been a
proper opportunity to demonstrate the
workings of the new system on large
scale.
| The War department made public state
ment showing the various posts from which
the coast artillery companies are being
drawn to constitute the three provisional
regiments Of that arm to be modified on
the gulf coast. The companies which are
in the east are to embark at Fort Monroe
tonight or tomorrow on the army trans
ports Fitzpatrick, Sumner and Mcclellan.
The statement shows that four companies
now at Fort Totten, New York, will go to
the gulf coast; three from Fort Hamilton,
New York. three from Fort Hancock New
York; one from Fort Wadsworth, New
York; two from Fort Du Pont, Delaware;
one from Fort Howard Maryland; one
from Fort McHenry, three from Fort
washington, Maryland; five from Fort
Monroe, Virginia.; three from Fort Moul-
trie, South Carolina; one from Fort FIRE.
mont, South Carolina; two from Fort