The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-18
Two Regiments Will Be
Held in Camp at
Guantanamo.
READY TO MOVE
TOWARD MEXICO
Their Further Destination De-
pends on Development of Stu
alton in Southern Republic.
Taft Worried Because Con-
ditions There Show No
Signs of Improvement.

| Wushinxtou, February I..-'ruo
/ Thousand United Statex marines from,
/ various barracks along the Atlantic
Coast to-day ordered to Cubn
there To be held I'm readiness for pos
/ sib'c Hsc In Mexico. HnIf of them will
! leave tomorrow night from PhIIadcI-
T phla ON the nrmy trnnbport Meade, MI
ready on it's wuy from Newport News
for the purpose.
The second thousand Will start from
Norfolk on the naval transport Prairie,
which IL is expected, will clear we'd
neSday. The marines will BIC drawn
from the barracks at Norfolk, wash
tnEton, PhilRdciDhia. New York. Ports
| mouth. Boston and Chnrlcston.
/ BESIDES the movement of the ma
! rines, two army transports were or
dered tonight TO proceed at once from
! Newport News to Galveston. Texas
: where they might be close AT hand for
lhe movement OF troops from the bor-
( der should an emergency arise Early
IN the day the Third Cavalry. at Fort
+ sam Houston. was directed TO hold it
self in readiness to entrain for Gal
weston, prepared for foreign service
Inc government has no transports
! available in Gulf waters, and inVcsti-
/ CATION disclosed that to engage com
nercial vessels III time of emergency
/ would entail enormous expense, and
delay would result in preparing them
Z
therefore determined to send two OF
/ the transports at Newport News to
! the Texas port to await further orders
! IL was not announced which TRANSPORTS
! would be sent, but the Mcclellan SUM
ner and Fitzpatrick are prepared for
service.
Guantanamo is the present objective
point of the marines, who will be cs-
/ tabiished IN camp in connection with
/ the fleet under the command of Rear
Z Irni iY..1 tsuI,
! will get further than Guantanamo will
depend on Mexican Developments
COiouel karmnny In Command.
/ The marine brigade will be In COM
mand of Colonel Lincoln Karmany, the
! First Regiment, which leaves from
! Philadelphia. being in charge OF Col
onei George Barnett. of Philadelphia,
with Licutenant-Coloncl John A. La
jeune, of New York, second in com
mand. The Second Regiment. sailing
from Norfolk. will be under Colonel
Joseph II rcndleton, who was active
in the recent activity of American
| marines in Nicaragua
Because OF the withdrawal OF this
large number of marines. it is said,
/ that branch of the defensive service
OF the country will be Obliged 10 go
| entirely unreprcscntcd in the inaugural
parade. II was planned TO have about
1000 marines in the long line on that
OCCASION.
racks there arc $3.50 marines, the num-
bcr At the places to be drawn on in the
present movement being:
Norfolk, 7S5; Philadelphia. 7G3: New
York, o'$; Portsmouth. y. H., s64;
Washington, 35e; Boston a47. and
Charleston. 14S In addition. there
arc with the Atlantic feet LICE ma
rincs
President Taft is plainly worried by
the fact that although he has only
hitecn more days TO serve in the
White House the situation in Mexico
shows little signs of becominr less
troublesome. The President has no
desire TO leave over for Mr. Wilson
the settlement of this country's rela
tons with Mexico. but he is decidedly
opposed to taking any measures him
scli unless extreme provocation and
, wholesale murder OF Americans driy.
him TO it.
Situation Is Dfmcuit.
Inc President told friends to-day
that lie realized what difficult thing
wouiu DC Tor new administration
10 gather up the rcins of government
ana understand the conditions in the
! southern republic in few weeks or
IN 4 few months. He is of the opin
ION that ii would take At least six
months for Mr. Wilson and his Cabi-
net 10 grasp details of diplomatic ne
. EQUATIONS, of troop and battleshjp
movements and OF international nice
Ties that he and his Cabinet have ac-
/ Cured III two years close study OF :,
condition that never has ceased TO
confront them. He has Informed
.,lehus lie would he President up to
the time Mr. Wilson takes the oath
OF office, and if Intervention is ordered
on the last day of his administration
ne would not hesitate to act. but he
hopes he Will not have to act.
,, e resIueht mas made no prcpara-
IONS 10 send any communication to
f, congress touching Mexico He homes
i that he will not feel comnclIed tn
speak to Congress on the ouestion
nut II conditions requiring his advice
arose he would be ready in a few MN
utes 10 dictate his suggestions and TO
idE before Congress the vast fund ut
Information on conditions there that
are in the possession of the St.te Dn,
partinent.
Night sessions of the Cabinet 20
consider late developments from Mex
lco probably will not be held in the
iuture. i,, several of the Presidents
Cabinet suggested to him to-day INA,
these meetings might be misunder
STOOD throughout the United States
and In Mexico and that their sir,,iti-
cance might be magnified. Cabinet
oihccrS felt that the frequent reports
Oh .hese iatc meetings, which appar-
entity brought little tangible action
might lead to suspicion that the "ld"
mad been clamped down; that the pub-
iic was being misled and that back
OF them many secret orders we're
beins framed and issued from tn,
state war and Navy Departments.
The President agreed with the al,
visers and practically decided TO hold
no more such conferences.
Further Precautions.
After President Taft's message TO
President Madero disclaiming any pur-
non a 81 10 tft,.4 81
Mexico, further precautionary meas
ures were taken TO safeguard lives
and property Of Americans in Mexico
so. far as that could be done without
l ac diona fch