River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-02-20
MARINES ARE READY
TO BE STATIONED IN CUBA FOR
POSSIBLE MEXICAN
SERVICE.
CAVALRY ALSO TO BE READY
Ft. Houston Men Get orders-Gen-
erals Experienced inR evolution
AIRY Warfare to Command
Forces.

Washington, Feb. 1.-two thou
Sand United States marines from var
ious barracks along the Atlantic coast
have been ordered to Cuba, there to
be held in readiness for possible use
in Mexico. Half of them will leave
tonight from Philadelphia on the army
transport Meade, already on its way
from Newport News for the purpose.
Second Thousand from Norfolk.
The second thousand will start from
Norfolk on the naval transport Prairie.
The marines will be drawn from the
barracks at Norfolk, Washington,
Philadelphia, New York, Portsmouth,
Bostona nd Charleston.
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 these men
will get further than Guantanamo will
depend upon Mexican developments.
Army Transports Also.
Besides the movement of the mar
ines, two army transports have been
ordered top roceed at once from New
port News to Galveston, Texas,
where they might be ready for the
movement of troops from the border
should any unexpected emergency
arise.
The Third cavalry at Fort Sam
Houston has been directed to hold
itself in readiness to entrain for Gal
weston for foreign service.
The government has no transports
available in gulf waters and investi-
cation disclosed that to engage COM
mercial vessels in time for emergency
would entail enormous expense and
delay. 1t was therefore determined to
send two of the transports at Newport
News to the Texas port to await or
ders. 1t was not announced which
transports would be sent, but the Nc
Clellan, Sumner and Fitzpatrick are
prepared for service.
Command of Marines.
The marine brigade will be in COM
mand of Lincoln Karmany; the first
regiment, which leaves from Philadel-
phia, being in charge of Col. George
Barnett of Philadelphia, with Lieut.
Col. John A. La Jeune of New York
second in command. The Second regi-
ment, sailing from Norfolk, will be un-
der Col. John H. Pendleton, who was
active in the recent activity of Amer
lean marines in Nicaragua, and Lieut..
Charles G. Long, who was also in
Nicaragua, will be second in COM
mand.
The withdrawal of this large num-
Der Of marines, means, it is said, that
that branch of the defensive service of
the country will probably be obliged to
go entirely unrepresented in the in.
augural parade. It had been planned
TO have about 1000 marines in the long
hne on that occasion.
The Marines.
At the various Atlantic coast bar
racks there are $3.50 marines, the
number at the places to be drawn on
in the present movement being:
Norfolk, 1856; Philadelphia, 769;
New York, 573; Portsmouth, N. H.,
1854; Washington, 356; Boston, BAT;
Charleston, 148.
In addition there are with the At
lantic fleet 1,462 marines.
President Taft is plainly worried by
the fact that although he has only Is
more days to serve in the White
House, the situation in Mexico shows
little signs of becoming less trouble.
some. The president has no desire
to leave over for Mr.. Wilson the set
Element of this countrys relations
with Mexico, but he is decidedly OPP
posed to taking any measures himself
unless extreme provocation and whole
sale murder Of Americans drive him
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