The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-23

| Washington. February 2o.-About
1000 soldiers were ordered to-day to
Galveston, Tex. and vicinity, the near
est seaport adapted to the embarka-
ton OF troops for Mexico. They are
not under orders 10 proceed TO Mex
leo. and IT is the expectation and the
hope Of the administration that IT will
not be necessary to Issue orders for
such movement. The situation in
that country, however. Is regarded as
SUFFICIENT to warrant the concentration
OF force strong enough TO take pos
session OF a seaport and open the way
for an Invasion of the country
! 1t will be for President Woodrow
Wilson TO determine whether such an
expedition Will be dispatched. although.
| OF course. ii is assumed that he first
Will seek the guidance of Congress.
Through trusted agents, though not d.
Irectly. the President elect is under
stood to have expressed his interests
/ In the situation and has placed him
self in a position to acquire specific
! knowledge as to all the details before
he comes to Washington March g.
Means Time Saved.
/ Up to to-day the War Department
officials had contentcd themselves with
the issue OF preliminary orders to two
brigadcs OF troops-the First Brigade,
First Division in New York State and
/ the Fifth Brigade, Second Division. In
the Middle West In the ordinary
course IL would require at least eight
days and possibly longer to gather
these divisions at one OF the Gulf ports.
ready for embarkation. II has been
declared that this is a greater period
of time than properly can be allowed
TO elapse for dispatching troops TO Mex
leo If a great emergency should arise.
Therefore, it is with the purpose OF
/ saving this time that orders were
+, issued to-day for the entrainment OF
4 the entire Fifth Brigade, Second Di-
\ vision for Galveston. the troops be-
ing under command OF Brigadier- Cen
! eral Frederick y Smith, and compris-
! ing the Fourth Seventh, Nineteenth
j and Twenty-cighth Regiments OF in
fantry: n Company. Second Battalion
| of Engineers: Field Hospital No. 8,
Ambulance Corps No. and one signal
/ corps from Fort Leavenworth. a sub
! seuuent order attached to this brigade
three army pack trains, each of sixty
I miles. one from Fort Oglethrope
! Georgia, one from Fort Rovihson
February /, from the Preside of San
| Francisco. Also to supply a sufficient
force OF cavalry TO protect the tanks,
and reconnotter for the infantry, an
order was dispatched TO Major General
Carter at Chicago to send 10 Calves
ton the Fourth Mopntain Battery Of
Field Artillery. commanded by Colonel
I Alexander B. Dyer, stationed at Fort
d. A. Russell, Wyoming.
Orders were also issued to General
Carter to prepare the Fourth Brigade.
Second Division for transportation
for Galveston. but not to dispatch
them. This comprises tho Twenty
third, TwentX-siXth and Twenty -sev-
enth regiments of infantry, commanded
by Brisadier- General ramsey d. Potts
Meanwhile the First Brigade. First
Division, comprising the Third. Fifth
and Twenty ninth regiments OF nfan-
try. commanded by Brigadier- General
Marion P. Maus. with headquarters at
Albany, y. y. is also held under pre-
paratory orders.
Ample Transportation.
The three army transports. Kilpat-
rick. Sumner McClelland, en- route
from Newport News for Galveston
where they are due about Tuesday
next. will be Joined Mt that port by the
army transport Meade as soon as that
vessel has discharged the 1900 ma
rnes she embarked at Philadelphia
early In the week ut Guantanamo.
This is believed to afford ample trans
portation facilities at least for the
Fifth Brigade.
HIS represents pEoDdplS All inc pre-
parations that will be undertaken In
the closing days Of the present admin
istration to meet any emergency in
u the Mexican situation.
Considerable expense is involved in
to days orders mainly under the head
of transportation charges but the Of
ficials believe that this is justified by
existing conditions. 1t Is believed, too,
that the moral effect probably to be
produced upon the extreme elements in
Mexico by demonstration Of dis
position of the Unitn States to deal
firmly with any relapse into semi bar
barism in the treatment OF ex- Presi-
dent Madero and his adherents will
prove economical In the end in obviat-
ing the necessity for an actual invas-
ion of the country.
FIAt Troop Train To-Day.
Galveston, Tex, February 22.-Cap-
tain Lorenzo D. Gasser. Fort Smelling
Mimi, assigned by the War Depart
mcnt to Galveston as depot quarter
maste" during the mobilization OF
troops n I this port, arrived to-day and
j. Continued on Third Pagc.}
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