The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-10
Various Army Units Hurried to
Destination With All Pos
sible Dispatch.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS
Limited Number of Militia Of
fcers Invited TO Accompany
the Regulars.

WASHINGTON. March 9.-Thc scene
OF activity in connection with the move
ment OF troops to the Mexican border
has shifted now TO the long line which
they viii occupy. and official Washing
ton has become merely a place for the
receipt OF reports showing the progress
Of the units toward their places OF
rendezvous
The war department tonight made pub
lie the text Of the telegram which was
sent today To the adjutants general OF
the several states inviting limited
number OF militia officers 70 avail! them
selves OF the opportunity aiordeu py the
mancuvers for observation and technical
study.
The dispatch sent by General Robert
X. Evans. acting chief OF the bureau oil
military affairs of the war department
The adjutants general OF all states and
territories and the District OF Columbia
militia:
In connection with the mobilization OF
federal troops for maneuver purposes,
am instructed by the secretary OF war
TO inform you that the department de-
sIres 10 extend 10 a limited number OF
officers OF the organized milith an OPP
portunity to attend the maneuVers Tor
purposes OF observation and instruction.
with this end in view, 1t is requested
that you furnish this office at the earliest
practicable date a list Of names OF Off
GERS. line or staff. OF the organized militia
OF your state whom you recommend for
such duty, giving the name OF each or,
ficer and rank and arm OF service ana
the probable time that ne VIII be aDle
TO report and 10 remain at the encamp-
meBt
Pay the Same as Regulars.
"The department will consider this
service as falling within the provisions
OF section 10 OF the militia law and
therefore, the pay and transportation OF
such officers Will be betrayed by regular
army disbursing officers from the special
annual appropriation for joint maneuvers.
1T is requested that. in presenting the
names OF these officers, you accompany
the request with an estimate Of their pay
and Transportation TO the nearest ma
neuver camp. Inasmuch as the accom-
moda tions are limited. II Will probably be
necessary To make selections from the
officers selected by the department for
this service and the places 10 which they
will report will be furnished later, after
the lists have been received and acted
| upon
The extensiveness Of the medical ac-
| compartments 10 the army and navy IN
the movement southwark adds to the
significance Of the operations.
| The hospital ship Solace. equipped as
| a floating infirmary. will participate In
the mancuvers. She will leave Guam :
Norfolk with eighty sick from the battle
ship fleet now in Cuban waters and then
Will be fitted out as medical supply
ship and sent to Join the vessels OF Ad-
miTal Staunton's division OF the Atlantic
| fleet. ordered TO Guantanamo.
| The medical staff OF the Prairie and
| Dixie. the vessels selected To carry the
large force OF marines to Guantanamo,
| has been increased.
On tho Pacific side the Buffalo is re-
ceiving the marines which are being col
| lcctcd from the barracks along that shore
| for transportation 10 San Diego. and Sur
geon General Stokes has taken similar
precautions for medical assistance TO the
marines on that vessel
propar ueo1fb prerautiona
| Admiral Stokes Is accepting this oppor-
| tunty. H. is said. TO prove the efficiency
OF his machinery to carry out emergency
orders. Extensive preparations are be-
ing made by Surgeon General rorney OF
| the army TO care for the 20. 600 soldiers
being rushed to the frontier.
"A reserve medical supply which con-
tains medical supplies for 10000 troops
| for three months will be shipped from
! ST. Louis To San Antonio tomorrow. Two
base hospitals. which are the largest used
by an army in the field. arc being assem-
b]cd at St Louis. from which point they
can he dispatched southwark
| In addition 10 four field hospitals and
| four ambulance companies. the surgeon
| general Is rushing To San Antonio four
| teen regimental hospitals and three evac-
uaton hospitals. Adequate medical and
| hospital facilities also are being made
| for the troops which will be stationed at
San Diego. Cal. and Galveston, Tex.
| Commssarv General Sharpe has issued
| advices to the chief commissaries and
purchasing commissa rics In the field TO
provide for the feeding OF the troops.