Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-04-24
ORDERS TO EMBARK ON BOARD THE TRANS
PORT WERE RECEIVED EARLY LAST
NIGHT FROM WASHINGTON
Other TROOPS Will FOLLOW IN A FEW DAYS
Fifth Brigade Will Be Used to Reinforce the Naval De
tachments Now Holding the Port of
Vera Cruz

GALVESTON, April 23-Rush orders to embark
immediately the Fifth brigade Of infantry here and as
much artillery and cavalry available III the Second
division of the army here received from Washington
tonight Artillery order created deep impression for 1T
is this of the service upon which army men say sue
cess in campaign against important international and
stronghodS depends.
The orders were to take ammunition and other supplies
for at least 80 days The four transports Meade McCIel
lam Sumner and fitzpatrick loaded and waiting to 90. ear
y already supplies for 1900 men for at least sixty days
The orders impress the fact that infantry and artillery
must arrive al Vera Cruz at the earliest possible moment
An extra transport is to be chartered IN addition to-
the four army transports already here This transport
will probably be commercial steamer
The navy will either furnish convoy for the troop
transport will send men of war ont to meet the trans
ports in they get away from Galveston before the
convoy arrives here There are already three torpedo
boat dcsroycrs available here for CONVOY duty the Pres
ton. Reid and Flusscr.
The troops will not start TO board the transports un-
Ill tomorrow morning at dayblcak The transports are
expected to begin to get away by sunset tomorrow posi-
bly, a little earlier
No cavalry will go aboard the four regular transports
which leave tomorrow according to tonight plans at d
vision headquarters here This is because of lack OF ac-
commoda ions and the fact that the boarding of the cav
airy would probably interfere with and delay the move
mcn Of the infantry and artillery. 1t planned also
tonight put aboard only one battery comprising four
Guns of the Fourth artillery Here again there not
sufficient accommodations for more than one battery on
the first sailing it said, autholatlvelV.
There are twcntyfour guns of the Fourth artillery
now here All these guns including the batter to be taken
tomorrow fthe mountain type that their parts
,re detachable being packed on mules and adjusted
that they can be removed from the mules set up and
fired all within minute of the time when orders to halt
and clear for action given The record for unmberng
and firing of these guns General Funston said today
is about 30 seconds.
The olartermascrS department was busy tonight
negotiating for good sized commercial steamer to be
used as the fifth transport which may not get away until
after the regulars the Meade Mcclellan Sumner and Xii
patrick are gone These four transports have been wing
here waiting for nearly year SO thorough has been their
preparedness that hay for the necessary animals for the
Officers and such artillery may be transported has
hecn stored ON board several times and then removed after
if had begun to get stale 1t taken to the camp here
for immediate consumption fresh hay being put aboard
1onghs orders found the transports not only with new
hav but all other necessary supplies weighing them down
and all timed so precisely in storage that there seemed
little chance of loss through deterioration even in the
tropical coast climate where the soldiers must land.