Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-18
BIG FORCE TO CUBA
Two Thousand Marines Ready
for Mexican Service.
ARMY BUSY WITH PLANS
Transports Ordered to Galveston
Ready for Emergency.
MORE BATTLESHIPS WILL GO
Admiral Badger to Have Fleet of
Fifteen Big Vessels in
Cuban Waters.
ARMY BUSY WITH PLANS
MORE BATTLESHIPS WILL GO

Further preparations for cooperation
between the army and navy for any ex-
igency in the Mexican situation went for
ward today with the assembling of 1000
marines at Norfolk and Philadelphia,
from where they are to be transported to
a concentration camp at Guantanamo. 1t
was expected the two regiments would
sail tonight. At Guantanamo they will
be seventy hours from Vera Cruz
While a veil of secrecy was thrown
about preparations for mobilzng an
army eXpeditionary force at Galveston
from thetroops now on the border, it was
known that troops as far north as Leav-
enworth, Kan, had been ordered in read
mess.
Transports Go to Galveston.
The order last night to send two army
transports at Newport News to Calves
ton disclosed that the general staff was
actually organizing for the possibility of
a movement from the latter point.
This would leave the 1st Brigade of the
1st Army Division, already under march
ing orders, without ships, but it Is as
sumed that the War Department has ar
rangements with merchant lines under a
mail subsidy.
The four battleships Of the Atlantic
fleet which are now under slight repair in
the Atlantic coast navy yards are ex-
pected to follow the Connecticut. which
sailed early this morning from New York
for Guantanamo Their arrival Will give
Admiral Badger fifteen battleships at that
point, excluding the four ships he has al
ready sent to the gulf coast of Mexico.
When these vessels have taken aboard the
2,OOO marines starting today from Phila-
delphia and Norfolk the commander-iu-
chief at Guantanamo will be in position to
meet demands for naval force. either
afiOat or ashore, at a moments notice.
Col. Karmany to Command.
Above LOO marines will sail from
Philadelphia and 500 more from Norfolk.
The brigade will be in command of Col.
Lincoln Karmany. the first regiment,
which leaves from Philadelphia, being
in charge of Col. George Barnett of
Philadelphia, with Lieut.. Col. John A.
Lajeune of New York second in COM
mand. The second regiment, sailing from
Norfolk. will be under Col. Joseph III.
Pendleton and Lieut.. Col Charles G.
Long, who also was in Nicaragua, Will
be second In command. .,s9sss -.
Much SATISFACTION was expressed by
Marine Corps officers here today at the
speed with which that branch of the
service responded 10 the OGucI lSSucu SS-
terday to rush 1000 marines from the
various barracks aIong the Atlantic coast
to Guantanamo.
Some Started Last Night.
Word received here shows that the ma
rines from Portsmouth, n. H., and Bos-
ton left last night for Philadelphia, where
they arrived early today, to sail tonight
for Cuba on the transport Meade, along
with marines from New York. Philadel-
phia, Annapolis and part Of the Wash
ington force The rest Of the Washing
ton marines started today for Norfolk,
whence. with comrades from Charleston
Port Royal and Norfolk, they will be on
their course to Guantanamo tonight or
tomorrow OH the navy transport Prairie.
81 tar as known, no orders are to be
issued to remove the nearly 800 marines
now on the Canal Zone or the 1O5 who
still remain in Nicaragua as legation
guard.
Quick Work on Connecticut.
NEW YORK, February 1s.-The bat
tleship Connecticut, flagship of the North
Atlantic squadron. steamed out of the
Brooklyn navy yard at daybreak today,
bound for the United States naval sta
tion at Guantanamo, Cuba. where emer-
gency forces. including 900 marines. are
being concentrated while developments in
Mexico are being watched.
Although the big battlcship was i'll
drydock when orders were received yes
terday from Washington for her to pro-
ceed to Guantanamo, the warship was
hoated. provisioned and manned within
eight hours, and she moved out OF Wall
about bay at the navy yard punctuaLy
at $50 O'Clock, the hour set in the orders,
under command Of Rear Admiral Wins
low.
At the same time, before the city was
awake, there was hustle in the bar
racks, where 300 marines were making
ready to entrain for Philadelphia to
ship on the transport Meade for Guam
tanamo. ALI but seventy of the ma
rines at the yard were mustered for
this service, under command of Col. j.
III. Lejune.
Army Transports Sail.
NEWPORT NEWS Va. February 1S
The United States army transports
Meade and Mcclellan sailed early to-
day, the Meade for Philadelphia and the
Mcclellan for Galveston.
The Fitzpatrick and Sumner are still
here. They have sailing orders for
southern ports and will probably get
away today.