Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-18
u. s. MARINES MOBILIZE.


| United States marines from various
barracks along the Atlantic coast, to-
| day, we're ordered 10 Cuba, there to
be reid in readiness for possible use in
| MeZiec Hall OF them will leave, to-
morrow night, from Philadelphia on
the army transport Meade, already or
it's, why from Newport News for the
purpose. The second thousand will
start from Norfolk OH the naval
! transport Prairie, which, ii is expect
ed viii clear Wedne sday. The marines
viii he drawn from the barracks at
| Nerfolk. Washington, Philadelphia,
/ New York, kittery, Me, Boston and
/ Ckariestown
Guantanamo is the present objective
] point of the marines. who will be es-
tablished in camp in connection with
the fleet Under the command of Rear
Admiral Badger Whether thsse men
will get further than Guantanamo will
depend upon Mexican developments.
| Besides the movement of the ma
rines. two army transports were or
| dered. tonight, to proceed al once from
| Newport News to Galveston, Texas,
| where they might be close at hand for
| the movement OF troops from the bor-
der should any unexpected emergency
arise. Early in the day the Third
| Cavalry at Fort Sam Huston was di-
| rected TO hold itself in readiness to
| entfain for Galveston, prepared for
| foreign service.
| The government has no transports
available in Gulf waters and investi-
cation disclosed that to engage COM
mercial vessels iii time fof emergency
/ would entail enormous expense and
| delay would result IN preparing them
/ for transport service. 1t was there
fore determined to send two of the
| transports at Newport News to the
Texas port To await further orders It
was not announced which transports
would be sent but the Mcclellan.
Sumner and fitzpatrick are prepared
/ for service.
| The marine brigade will be in COM
mand of Colonel Lincoln Karmafly the
first regiment of which will leave from
| Philadelphia. being in charge of Col.
! George Barnett of Philadelphia with
| Lieut.. Col. John A. Laiuna of New
| York, second in command. The second
regiment, sailing from Norfolk, Will be
under Col. Joseph H. Pendleton, who
was active in the recent service of
American marines in Nicaragua, and
Lieut.. Col. Charles G. Long, who also
was in Nicaragua will be second in
command
The Withdrawal of this large num-
Der of marines means, it is said. that
that branch OF the defensive service of
| the country probably will be obliged
| to go entirely unrepresented in the in
augural parade. 1t had been planned
to have about 1900 marines in the line
on that occasion. AT the various At
| lantic coast barracks, there are 1880
| marines. the number at the places to
| be drawn ON in the present movement
/ being: Norfolk, 1856; Philadelphia, 769;
New York, 573; Kittery, Me, 964;
/ Washington, 1855; Boston, S47 and
| Charleston, las.
In addition there are with the Attain
tice fleet 1862 marines.
President Taft although he has only
II more days to serve in the White
house, is plainly worried by the fact
thai the situation in Mexico shows
little signs of becoming less trouble
some. The President has no desire TO
4 leave over for Mr.. Wilson the settle
ment of this country's relations With
Mexico, but he is decidedly opposed
to taking any measures himself unless
extreme provocation and wholesale
i murder of Americans drive him to it.
The President told friends, today,
that he realized what difficult thing
it would be for a new administration
to gather up the reins of government
and understand the conditions in the
Southern republic in few weeks or
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that it would take at least months
for Mr.. Wilson and his cabinet to
grasp details of diplomatic negotia
ton of troop and battleship move
ments and of international niceties
that he and his cabinet have acquir-
ed in two years close study of con-
dition that never has ceased to con-
front them. He has Informed his adj
visers that he viii be President until
Mr. Wilson takes the oath of office
and that if intervention is demanded
. by Congress on his last day IN of
fee, he would not hesitate to concur.
But he hopes that he will not have to
act and then move into the back
ground, leaving a new President and
inexperienced administration to strug-
sic with the real problem.
The President has made no prepare
tons to send any communication 10
Congress touching Mexico. He hopes
that he will not feel compelled to
speak to Congress on the subject, but
if a situation requiring his advice
arose he would be ready ip few min
utes to dictate his suggestions and to
lay before Congress the vast fund OF
information in the possession of the
state department.
Night sessions of the cabinet to con-
slider late developments from Mexico
willnot be held in the future. Several
\of the Presidents cabinet suggested to
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