Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-23
-Four Thousand American Sol
diers Hurried to Galveston
Fully Equipped for Transpof-
lalion to IampIco,
INTERVENTION WILL
BE UP TO WILSON
President-EIect is informing
Himself as to Conditions in
Country of Quick Revolutions
and Sudden Death,

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nv Warming Journai Special Ieased Wlre.i
Washington, Feb. 22.-About 4aVu
soldiers were ordered today 20 Cal
,aston Tex. and vicinity, the nearest
seaport adapted to the embafkation
al troops for Mexico. They are not
under orders to proceed to Mexico,
ana ii IS the expectation aud the hope
III tho administration that Il Will not
b. necessary to issue orders Tor such
movement The situation in that
country. however, Is regarded as sur
Heient 10 warrant the concentration
of d force strong enough 10 take
possession OF a seaport and open the
wa4 for an invasion of the country. IL
viii be for President Woodrow Wilson
to determine whether such an expe-
dilion shall be despatched, althouEhs
0f course, il Is assumed that he lifst
will seek the guidance OF congress.
Through trusted agents. though not
directly, the presdent-elect Is under
stood to have expressed his interest In
The situation and has placed himself
in 4 position to acquire specific knowl-
edge as 10 all the details before he
comes to Washington on March 3rd.
t.p 10 today the war department
with the issue Of preliminary orders
to Two hrigades of troops the First
brigade, First division In New York
state, and the Firth brigade, Second
division In the middle west. in the
ordinary course. Il would require at
least eight days. and perhaps longer,
To gather these divisions at one Of the
gulf ports, ready for emharkation. II
has been decided that this Is greater
period Of TIME than properly can Oe
allowed to elapse before despatehing
troops to Mexico. If great emer-
gency should arise. Therefore, Il was
with the purpose of saving this time
that orders were issued today for the
entranment of the entire Fifth bril-
gade. Second division, for Galveston.
the troops being under command OF
srieadier General Frederick A. Smith,
and comprising the Fourth, seventh,
Nineteenth ana Twenty eighth regi-
ments of infantry; y company, Sec
oud battalion of engineers. Field hos
pital No. 3, Ambulance corps No. 3.
and one signal corps company from
Fort Leavenworth.
4 subsequent order attached to this
brigade. three army pack trains, each
Of sixty mules, one from Fort Ogle-
thorpe. Ga. one from Forth Robin
son. Neb., and one from the preside
Of San Francisco Also to supply a
sufficient force Of cavalry to protect
the TANKS and reconnoiter for the in
infantry, an order was despatched to
Major General Carter, at Chicago, to
send 10 Galveston, the fourth, or
mountain battery, of field artillery,
commanded By Colonel Alexander
Dyer. stationed at Fort D. A. Russell,
Nyo. orders were also issued to Gen
eri Carter to prepare the Fourth bril-
gade, Second division, for transporta-
ton to Galveston but not TO despatch
them. This comprises the Twenty
third, Twenty y-sixth and Twenty sew
enth regiments Of infantry command
cd by Brigadier General Ramsay d.
Potts
Meanwhile the First brigade, First
division, comprising the Third, Fifth
and Twenty-ninth regiments Of in
fantry, commanded by Brigadier Gem
eral Marion p. Maus with headquar-
fers at Albany, y. \, Is also held un-
der preparatory orders.
The three army transports. Sumner,
fitzpatrick and Mcclellan. now en-
route from Newport News for Gal
weston, where they are due about
tuesday next, will be joined At that
port By the army transport Meade,
rs soon as that vessel has discharged
at Guantanamo the l,200 marines she
embarked at Philadelphia, early in
The week. This is believed to af-
lofd AMPLE transportation facilities
Tor the Fifth brigade This represents
al the preparations that will be un-
aertaken In the closing days of the
present administration to meet any
emergency In the Mexican situation.
considerable surprise is expressed at
the heavy expense involved in today's
orders mainly under the head Of
transportation charges. but the Off
Gals believe this is justified by exist
ing conditions
II is believed, too, that the moral
effect probably produced upon the
extreme elements in Mexico by the
demonstration of a disposition Of the
United states to deal firmly with any
relapse into semi barbarism in the
treatment of President Madero and
nus adherents, will prove economical
N the end as obviating the necessity
LOT an actual invasion of the country