The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-27
READY TO MOVE
WITHOUT DELAY
Colonel Frederick Per
kins Will Take Com
mand; Regiment Now
Contains 800 Men and
Fifty Officers; Route
Still Unsettled.

The Twentieth United States lnfantrv
at Fort Douglas. under the comulan nd Of
Colonel Frederick Perkins. will leave i'm
nedately for Fl Paso. Tex. TO patrol ,he
international border line outside the CITY
limits. The decision TO send the Twen-
ueth was reached by the war department,
yesterday after a request for reinforce
ments had come from Brgadier General
Bliss. comma nding the border forces
General Bliss reported uneasiness In III
Paso IN consequence of the renewal OF
hostillties below Juarez. and he fears DIS
orders In Tho event OF another battle
across the border.
Colonel j. a. Irons received official or
ders from Washington a, o'clock las;
night TO remove the regiment 70 Il Paso
1t was ordered that the troop leave a,
once. but no definite time for departure
was given nor was any railroad route 10
FL Paso suggested. 1t IL believed by
those At the fort that the regiment viii
probably not start for day or TWO q,
least
Held in Reserve.
The order 10 dispatch the Twentieth
infantry TO the border line was held IN
reserve for some time. according 20 In
formation from Washington yesterday.
In the hope that reinforcements would
not be needed FOR the garrison near Fl
Paso. Events OF the last two days. how
ever, convinced the president OF the ne
cessity Of further strengthening the
troops IN that section.
Until the results Of the conflict now
waging across the border line from FL
Paso have become more apparent, 10
steps Will DO taken toward sending other
troops 10 Fort Douglas TO replace the
Twentieth, II IS not expected. according
10 the dispatches from Washington, that
the Twentieth will be returned 10 Salt
Lake for some time at least. although IL
IS said thar should Mexican matters
quiet down sufficiently to warrant Il.
another garrison will be sent 20 Utah
from one OF tho commands sent to the
border early IN the campaign.
Can Move at Once.
Tho Twentieth infantry will also patrol
tho city OF FL Paso and release tho cav
airy now there. More than 500 mon and
nfty officers comprise the Twentieth
Before tho official orders were received
last night. everything was In readiness
for the departure, and no delays will be
caused In the transportation OF the men
TO FL Paso. Two machine guns are IN
cuded In the heavy artillery equipment
OF the infantry.
Colonel Irons viii be In oon
mand OF the fort until his departure for
Japan. Monday. but until Colonel Lough-
bourough, who will succeed Colonel
Irons. arrives from the Philippines. Col
onel Frederick Perkins Will be in charge
Here for Two Years.
The Twentieth infantry has beer sta
TONED at Fort Douglas for nearly two
years. The regiment WAS brought here
from Japan. Colonel Perkins, who viii
assume temporary command, came 10
Fort Douglas about n year ago from Fort
Totten at Mincola Long Island. ~. Y
Following is the roster OF officers a,
Fort Douglas who will accompany the
regiment when Il moves 20 the Mexican
border. The names arc arranged In the
order OF their relative rank;
Lioutenant Solon"i rFous.tsA
kins, Twentieth infantry. Major VII
Ham = Graves. commanding third
battalion. Chaplain John T. Arton;
Captain Robert W Mearns, COM
manding second battalion, Captain
George Fl Estes, comma nding first
battalion; Captain c. &. Smith, adj
jutant Captain Charles w Exton
Captain Thomas r. Earkcr Captain
John l. Dewitt. Captain wilson b.
Burtt Captain A. ". Foreman, Cap
tain A O. Seaman. Captain Il. =
Nicklln, Lieutenant 3. p. Johnson
who Is nearing his promotion to ee7-
tain. having passed his examination
some ,irne since First Lleutenants W. q.
Wallace, Arthur T. Dalton. Austin
NJ. Pardee Henry ~ Nelly. Arthur
II Ahrends. Reuben G, Taylor. & G.
Early. Walter s, Drysdale.
Second LIsutensnts J. A: Farley.
George c. Bowen. Robert c. Cotton.
O. r Glover. J. A. Rogers. a. e