The chronicle=news., 1913-02-25
TROOPS MOVING
RAPIDLY TO BORDER

carrying tho impcdimentn Of IN"
9Th infantry from Fort Sheridan 10
Galveston as well AZ the coaches for
men and Officers. were run Int" the
siding ut the Fort this forenoon.
Work Of loading the ears was be-
gun Immediately and as every pos
sibie preparation had been made the
work proceeded rapidly.
Major General william II. Carter.
commanding the second division.
and his staff will leave nj G:5i to-
night.
Special trains vii, follow within
half an hour carrying ., Officers
and as men.
Lieutenant Colonel Bccchcr Ray
Ia checking M the movement of
troops toward Galveston. His reports
this morning showed that the move
mcnt was going forward without
mishap.
At army headquarters n seen. OF
orderly hustle was presented. Gen.r-
al cartcr's office was crowded with
trunks and boxes and tho officer
himself was engaged In packing
| them.
The war bags OF his staff officers
were piled In orderly array In tho
corridors awaiting to he transferred
Lack Of train facilities today de-
laycd the departure. Of troops for
Galveston from Fort benjamin iIar-
rison. Wnyn. and Brady. Three
companies OF engineers corps at Fort
l."avcnworth were also hampcr"d
by lack Of cars. according 10 reports
received Mt division headquarters.
Galveston. Tex. Feb. c3.-Com-
| pany ID. signal corps arrived In Gal
| weston today. the first OF the troops
to reach her" for mobilization. Fol
lowing the signal corps. train loads
OF soldiers continued TO arrive
throughout tho day.
The army transport McClclland
arrived today and dockcd alongside
the Sumner. The Fitzpatrick is .x-
pecfed TO reach port tonight.
San Francisco. Feb. aa.-pawn
today found $500 fighting men hi
voucakcd In the wild flowers OF the
Prcsidio. The force was the full
garrison strength OF the post ordered
under canvas for inspection by Col
oncl Belle. inspector general Of the
western department. Orders call
I'd for field equipment and camp
kitchens. post bakery. and all re.
spondcd.
No one at the Presidio appeared
to know when the regiments would
return to barracks.
They remained in camp all day
aud nobody could be found who
would say that the inspection had
anything to do with the mohiliza-
tion Of tho second army division at
Galveston. IL was stated. howcvc.r r.
that the inspection showed the entire
command to he in readiness to take
the field on - hours notice.
Cheyenne. wyo.. Feb. a5.-Thc
second OF the four sections in which
tho eleventh infantry under COM
mand of oCionci Arthur Williams
will be transported to Galveston left
Fort d. a. Russell at ? o'clock today.
General Clarence X. Edwards. who
was last night directed to take COM
mand of the sixth brigade in the
present affair instead OF proceeding
to the Philippines under earlier or
ders. is making hasty preparations to
depart with the troops.
Al noon today the third section OF
tho Eleventh Infantry left for the
border.
The fourth and last section viii,
leave at o'clock
Though no orders have been rc-
ceived by the hospital corps and am
balances at the post. officers in
charge are preparing to move and
the Union Pacific has supplied 2l
cars for this purpose. The hospital
corps and ambulance corps consists
of one hundred and twenty men, one
hundred and sixty mules and twen-
Ample cars are available for the
cntrainment and all OF the regiment
Will get under way before night
The first section left at 4 a. m.
Mexico City, Feb. 25.-The Meyi-
can government today 4Emally de-
clared closed the port of entry at
Laredo on the Texas frontier. at the
same time admitting that the reb-
els were In possession of the town.
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