The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-25
Manifesto Issued by Insurgent Leader Charges
United States with Being Cause of
the Trouble
|IROOPS ARE RUSHED TO THE BORDER
RESOLUTION has Almost Reached Climax and Re-
suits Of Next Few Days are Expected
to be Thrilling.

two roads to the American side should
danger of incendiarism develop in the
Mexican city tomorrow.
Below Juarez all is in an uproar.
Chihuahua is isolated and the de-
lection Of Orozco makes it an easy.
prey for the rebels. The Mormon
colony towns of Colonia Diaz, Colonia
Juarez, Colonia Dublan and the man
ufacturing towns of Pearson and Mad
era are in the center of the disturbed
district and portion of MADEIRA is
already in ashes.
!
U. s. Troops Rushing Forward.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. "a
Before sunrise 1900 United States SOL
diers on special trains running In
sections, will be on their way to FL
Paso to reinforce troops along the Rio
Grande and be ready to enter Mexico
| If President Taft directs intervention
! in the Mexican revolutions. Ready to
follow them are 1000 more soldiers
being prepared for the field by Brig
adler General Jos. W. Duncan. COM
manding the department OF Texas.
The troops which were busy entrain-
4 ing tonight are the 22nd United States
infantry, Col. d. A. Frederick com
manding, and the Third field battery,
Lieut.. s. D. sSSturgis commanding
Orders came tcday from the war
department for these troops to leave
at once and for the remainder OF the
garrison to be ready to move at
moments notice.
Major Rolfe, post quartermaster,
and Southern Pacific officials at once
secured 102 cars necessary to handle
/ the big command of fourteen organlza
tions and their baggage prepared for
immediate service across the border
The first train with horses and bag
gage left at midnight and Will be IN
Ell Pasc in 80 hours. The other trains
will run at hourly intervals behind it
IThe equipment was loaded tonight by
the light of lanterns and huge fires
To provide for fast run, the guns
and wagons were spiked to the nal
cars. Both organizations are prepar
ed for immediate field service. Eacf
: infantrvman has 29o rounds of am
! munition and the artillery carries 5o'
, rounds for each gun The commissarJ
has rations for thirty days for the en-
tire command and enough transporta
ton is being taken to make 1t possiDit
for the troops to enter Mexico wlthou
delay if necessary.
The officers of the command con
slider the situation along the bordeI
! grave and it is an open secret tina
! every officer and man expects actlV'
service of the most serious characte
: before he returns to Fort Sam Hous
! ton again.
Brigadier General Duncan Will re
: main here until the second men ar
I ordered forward, but he will keel
I Ecommand OF the troops sent forWar'
. tonight General Duncan is keeping
in close touch with the war depart
r ment by telegraph and with the val
l. ious posts and commands in the dc
8 partments along the border.
g Last Step But One.
r WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-Uncl
n Sam tonight not only barred the mai
ed fist of armed intervention to Mea
n leo but brandished 1t with the fla
j. threat of putting American troops O
e Mexican soil. Tonight officials agree
) that the United States had taken tn
it last step but one, of putting tn
e khalxi-clad regulars in the terroris
y zone of the revolution-ridden republic
A regiment of infantry and batter
e of the Third light field artillery is t.
'. night enroute from Fort Sam Houston
,r 10 I'll Paso with directions to maiI
N tain order on the American border 9
t. all hazards.
,r The very fact that for the first tim
a IN tho history of Uncle Sans attempt
v. to keep order along the boundary lin
te field artillery has been called int
,s action. was taken here to indicate thf
Ia the administration. exasperated at COZ
j tinued attacks on Americans an
ID American property in Mexico an
aware that within the next few days
n. battle would probably be fought
Is Juarez has determined to be ready fo
O. real business.
,eI The state and war departments d