Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-04-24

the plan. With the establishment OF
the general staff General Carter was
appointed to serve on it with Lieuten-
ant General S. B. NJ Young and Major
General Henry c. Corbin The execu-
tive ability that he had previously dis
played came into full play in his new
duties
While on active duty with his caval-
~ regiment General Carter wrote two
valuable books upon the cavalry
branch. While detailed in Washing
ton he was sent on tour Of Spain.
England and France to inspect army
horses. General Carter was married
In 1880 to Miss Ida Dawley in San
Francisco.
Warships Were Assembled.
The movements of the ships of the
American navy have been significant
for months. AS the situation became
more acute there was gradual as
sembling Of warships in Mexican wa
ters. But the navy did not expect any
gun action. The ships were there SIM
ply for blockade purposes. The Next
can navy is negligible quantity.
War experts said that it was safe to
say that within two hours after the
sending of telegraphic instructions
from Washington the guns of Uncle
Sans field artillery would be in po-
sition to wipe Juarez off the map in a
case Of no surrender and to raZe Mata-
moras. Nuevo Laredo. NacO. Cananea
and every other Mexican town along
the border.
These same authorities claimed that
American troops would hold all these
outlets within half a day. if that were
necessary. and control the termini of
the railroads. national or private.
tic and the gulf of Lower California
would be moving up to capture every
Mexican port.
a full day would see 10000 infantry
men and artillerymen. full division.
ut Texas City on transports waiting
for them. bound for Vera Cruz. the
first important strategic point toward
Mexico City. The following day. the
experts said. would see every United
States soldier on the mainland on train
from Washington Oh the western coast
and Vermont on the east. moving to-
ward the posts assigned to them.
Figure Out Plan Of Action.
OF course it was given to no one in
private life to say that such and such
was the definite and authorized plan
of the United States. That was known
only to the war college and the general
staff at Washington and to the heads
Of the navy. but enough of the general
plan was known to say that there
would be no repetition of Cuba in the
Mexican campaign. No horde made
up of trained soldiers. unframed mill
tia and irregular troops was to wage
the campaign. We were not going to
inundate Mexico with United States
soldiers. We were going to embargo
Mexico
Every available warship of the Unit
ed States prepared to blockade and pa
troll Mexican waters until not IL steam
ship or boat of any kind could land a
rifle or a cartridge on its coast. In this
way we had the moral assistance of
practically every world power.
Mexico Country Of Wealth.
Although Mexico has been famous
from the days of the first Spanish in
vocinn for tha auormOI1c prnluctiOn Of
precious metals. yet the agricultural
wealth of the country and the natural
resources Of the soil have been of equal
value. Even in the time of HidalgO
the annual agricultural output was
$29.O00.O00. exceeding by 100000 the
annual average of the mines.
So well known was the country for
its mineral wealth-the silver produc-
ing country par excellence-that for
eign students of its affairs have paid
less attention to it's other resources
| than its possibilities in this respect
fairly warrant. 1t Is acknowledged
that agriculture has not been system
atized and that there is room for i'm
provement and development. while.
owing to inattention to natural supply,
there have been occasions when the
country's production proved INSULT
cient for the needs Of its inhabitants.
The area Of the republic. officially es.
timated. Ia 765.537 square miles, OF
this about 154.4OO square miles may
be described as land unit for cultivn-
ton. The remaining area, about 617.'