The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-23
Entire Brigade Ordered out.

! Entire Brigade Ordered Out.
!, WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-~Afthough
| dispatches given out at the state de-
! pHrtment this afternoon indicated that
/ the Mexican situation 10 much re-
| Heved, the entire Fifth brigade, Sec
/ end Division United States army, will
/ be naobilized at Galveston. Texas, at
i once to await possible transporta-
/ ton TO Mexico. The entertainment of
/ the troops OF this brigade, all OF which
I are located in the Middle Western
! States, was expected to begin this af-
ternoon
Major General Leonard Wood, chief
of stair. said that nothing new had
arisen in connection with the Mexican
situation to cause alarm in WaRh-
inEton. He insisted that the mohili-
zAtior order was merely another pre-
cautionary measure adopted for the
purpose OF having all In readiness for
quick movement OF troops to Mexico
in case the situation should require II
later.
Second brigade In Readiness.
being ordered to Galveston, orders
| were today sent TO the Fourth bril-
gade, commanded by Brfgadier-Gen-
erals IA ID. Potts, at Chicago to pre-
pare far orders to go to Galveston.
Z. This brigade consists of.three in
fantry regiments, the Twenty-third,
at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind; the
Twenty sixth at Fort Wayne Mich,
and Fort Brady. Mich. and the Tween
/ ty-seventh. at Fort Sheridan, III, 1t
/ is believed likely that this brigade
! will be ordered to mobilize in a few
I days unless there lie very material
Improvement In the Mexican ,situa-
I ton. ss ar F-,'.-.' - N
/ Keep Huerta Reminded.
/ The more immediate purpose of the
j mobilization at Galveston, however. is
/ 70 keep the Huerta government in
/ Mexico keenly alive to the possibility
OF Intervention. and the necessity for,
| the TeEtorRtiQn. OF peace and order
Throughout ali Mexico.
| Just now the. Mexican capital is
aglow with good feeling toward AM
hassadof Wilson. and the United
Jtributed to the fact that the United
states aid nots isitervstia during the
Battle In Mexico City. 1t Ia expected
ffnow that perhaps General Fuerta and
4 his associates, IN, the government. they
have formed. may assume that the
danger Of intervention is over. This
assumption, 1t liz believed here, would
be serious menace to the interests
4 the United States has in Mexico that
IL. the prompt restoration of peace and
order. In that country. and the at
HIVES
/ and property of foreigners.
X Mobilize at Galveston
The mobilIzatfon at Galveston will
/ be the first actual movement OF troops
under the new tactical organization of
the army. The troops of. the Fifth
! brigade, all located In the central de-
partmeft, include the Fourth iufan-
j try. at Fort Omaha, and Fort Crook,
Nebraska, and Fort Smelling, Mimi !;
the Seventh infantry, st Fort Leaven-
worth: the Nineteenth infantry, at
Fort Iseaxenworth. and Fort Mead,
s. D., and Fort Sill. Okla, and the
Twenty-eighth infantry, at Fort
Smelling, MINI. The brigade is IN
der command OF Brigadier General
Frederick a. Smith. at Omaha, Neb.
He and his staff and headquarters
force will go. to Galveston with the
troops ~
1 The four infantry regiments will be
supplemented hg. the, Fourth ftId
I artillery fnountair artillery, at Fort
D. A. Russell, Wyoming; battalion
4 Of engineers to be selected by Major
General Carter. commanding the GER
trail department. Field Hospital COM
pany No. 8. Ambulance company No.
s. and ID Company. signal corps, at
Fort Leavenworth.
AT Galveston the brigade and SUD
Elementary troops will go int, camp
/ with an effective forces OF about four
thousand mem
Il In case a movement of troops to
Mexico actually becomes imminent, IL
is expected the cavalry division. com
j manded by Brixadier-Generai Tasker
n. Bliss, at San Antonio, Tex, will
also be mo5iiiEed at Galveston.
I Iucipient RebelIions End,
! According to state department dis
patches today. the incipient rebellion
against the authority OF the Huerta
/ government at Vera Crux and In the
State of Tamaulipas, have ended
| Governor Caranxa. who was author
T iaed by the State legislature of Ia
maulipas TO pat armed forces into
the field against the Huerta govern
ment, has informed the United States
consul at Saltilio that he will act in
/ accordance with the wishes OF the
new administration at Mexico City.
The attitude OF the rebels in the
vicinity of Acapulco towards the new
administration is thus far unknown.
according to state department dis
patches. The disorders of the last
few months In that region are con-
! tinuing. IL Is reported.
/! Consul-General Shanklin, at Mexico
\ City, reported today that railway con-
nections between the United States
and Mexico are still unbroken, and
advises that goods from the United
States for interior points be sent by
water TO Vera Cruz