The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-30

WASHlNGION, u. u, aug. oU.-
The United States Military authorities
have in their possession complete
plans for the invasion of Mexico by
two different routes.
Don't alarm yourself. That fact
doesn't necessarily mean that there is
going to be war with Mexico or armed
Intervention. Probably the War Col
lege has also drawn complete plans
to meet an invasion of California, Ore
gon and Washington by the Japanese.
1t is merely a little precaution that the
War College takes to be prepared for
anything that might happen, and any
thing is within the range of possibili-
ties.
Plans For invasion.
If by any chance invasion of Mexico
should become necessary, the United
States would be as prepared as it is
possible for the United States, with its
non-military policies, to be, according
to the blue-printed plans of the War
College, invasion of our Southern
neighbors would be made via Ell Paso,
Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, to Mexico
ter port would probably be attacked
by the fleet first and after submission,
troops would be landed, and the ad-
vance to Mexico City begun. The two
columns would then meet somewhere
near the capital of Mexico.
Down at Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
is located the headquarters of the
Southern Department, U. S. A, with
Brigadier-General Tasker H. Bliss in
command. If Congress should author
ize the President to act against Mexico
and the President should direct that
American troops cross the Mexican
border at once, General Bliss and his
men would do the crossing.
Probably they would be reinforced
by regiments from other departments
after they had crossed the border, or,
if there were time enough, before
crossing.
Commanding Officers.
Besides General Bliss, the officers
who would be in command of this first
invasion of Mexico, would be Brigadier
General James Parker, commanding
the First Cavalry Brigade of the South
ern Department, Brigadier-General
Hugh l.. Scott. Commanding the Sec
ond Cavalry Brigade of the Southern
Department and General Bliss's staff
consisting of the following line of if
ficers:
Aid-de-Camp, First Lieutenant Matt
c, Bristol; Chief of Staff, Major Rob-
ert A. Brown; Adjutant, Lieut. Col
John w. Heard, Inspector, Major Alon-
20 Gray; Judge Advocate, Major Hen
ry NJ. Morrow; Quartermaster, Col
Gonzales Bingham; Surgeon, Col. Will
liam d. Crosby; Engineer, Captain
Henry H. Roberts; Ordnance Officer,
Major John H. Rice; and Lieut. Col
William S. Rice, Officer in Charge of
Military Affairs.
All plans of procedure of the pro-
Visional army of invasion would be
In the hands of these officers. Of
course. all of the principal instructions
for the movement of the brigade would
come from the General Staff CORPS of
the army at Washington Many minor
matters would have to be settled on
the scene of action, however, by Brig
adler General Bliss and his staff. call
ing into action the colonies and ma
jors commanding the individual regi-
ments and the brigadier generals COM
handing the brigades.
General Stairs Duty.
Not only would the general staff
corps direct the movements of Gener-
al Bliss, but it would, under the direc-
ton of the president and the secre-
tary of war. direct the movements of
troops all over the country and act
ually do all of the planning of the
campaigns. The president, as COM
mander-in-chief, would be supreme, of
course, but inasmuch as he is not a
military man, as neither is the score
tary of war, practically all of their di-
rections would be given at the sug-
gestion of the officers of the general
staff.
Here is the personnel of the might