The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-25
PLACE SOLDIERS
READY TO STRIKE
TEN THOUSAND MEN ARE TO BE
ruT IN POSITION TO ACT ON
SHORT ORDERS.
TAFT MAKES READY
FOUR TRANSPORTS ARE on THE
WAY AND ENTIRE CENTRAL
DEPARTMENT is NOW
UNDER ORDERS.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.--With
to or preparing to leave for the
mobilization camp al Galveston,
President Taft today reiterated his
determination not to bring on a war
with Mexico by intervention. At the
same tirne in fulfillment of his prom
Use to LAY the cards on the table" for
President Wilson. orders were written
at the war department for the de-
spatch of two additional brigades to
the Mexican border.
The administration already regards
the killing Of the dcposed President
Madero and Nice-President Suarez as
a closed incident in which this gov
eminent has no other interest other
than of human sympathy, and well
wishing to the new government in
Mexico City, II was even admitted In
many quarters that brutal as was the
act of the taking off of Madero, his
elimination probably has done much
TO simplify the present situation. and
remove the greatest menace to the
aim of the new regime to restore
peace throughout all Mexico.
Entire Central Department
The troops now en- route to Gal
weston, or ordered to proceed there.
comprise all those in the central de-
psrtment, commanded by Major-Gen-
eral william H. Carter. at Chicago.
The Fifth brigade is now on it's way
10 Galveston. while the Fourth and
Sixth brigades today ordered to move.
viii follow Immediately. The Fourth
brigade consists of the following or
ganizations:
Twenty-third infantry, Fort Benja-
min Harrison. Ind: Twenty in
Mich. and the Twenty-seventh infan-
try. at Fort Sheridan. Ills.
The Sixth brigade consists of the
Eleventh infantry, Fort ID. A. Russell
wyoming; Eighteenth infantry, Forts
Missouia and Mackenzie, Mont, and
Twenty second, infantry. Fort Bliss
Texas.
Brigadier General r.. d. Potts will
command the Fourth brigade. Nc
commander has yet been selected tc
command the Sixth brigade.
In addition to these two brigades
the Sixth cavalry at Des Moines, Iowa
has been ordered to join the move
ment to the border.
Force of Ten Thousand.
When all the troops under orders
to go to Galveston have assembled
there, the total force will be about
ten thousand men. There will be be-
tween eight thousand and nine thou
sand infantry, about eight hundred
cavalry, and about the came number
of field artillery. To transport this
| force. four army transports are now
en- route to Galveston. Should actua
movement of troops be decided upon
| however, merchant ships will have tt
/ be chartered as the available trans
| ports can carry only about one-thirt
| of the force which will assemble a
! Galveston.
Owing to the expense no merchan
ships will. be chartered until th'
movement of troops to Mexico il
actually decided upon
Information Satisfactory.
I State department officials today ex
pressed satisfaction at the informa
ton contained In official dispatche
from Mexico. Am bassador Wilson
reported little. beyond the official yer
sion of the killing of Madero an,
Suarez. but reports from the consul
! IN various parts of Mexico presente'
a more reassuring account of condi
tons throughout the country tina
has been@ had in many days.
According to the consular report
the most serious obstruction to tn
new government In Mexico Ia in tn
state of Chihuahua. The consu
states, however, that absolutely n
disorders have occurred in the stat
In the last few days, notwithstand
ing unofficial reports to the con
trary.