The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-04-16
FORCE HUERTA TO SALUTE
46 FIGHTING CRAFT WILL AS
SEMBLE OFF TAMPICO.
Orders for Movement Issued by Navy
Department After Cabinet
Conference.

Washington, April 14.-President
Wilson to-day ordered virtually the
entire Atlantic fleet to Mexican wat
ers to force a public salute to the
Stars and Stripes from the Huerta
government as an apology for the ar
rest of American marines at Tamplco
last Thursday. No ultimatum has
been issued, that is, no specific time
has been sent within which the Huer-
ia government must comply, but the
naval demonstration has been order
ed as a concrete evidence of the fix
ed determination of the United States
to back up Admiral Mayo's demand
for a salute. Up to tonight Gen.
Huerta had not made satisfactory
response to that demand.
Future developments depend on
Huerta himself" was the way a high
administration official close to the
president summarized the situation.
Conference With Lind.
The decision to send the fleet was
reached after the president and Sc
cretary Bryan had conferred for an
hour with John Lind, personal re-
preventative of the president in Mexl-
co, and after a two-hour cabinet
meeting, during which dispatches
from Charge O'Shaughnessy revealed
that the Huerta government disputes
the right of American marines to be
ashore at Tampico, and contended
that it's recent public statement OF
apology was ample.
Immediately after the cabinet
meeting adjourned Secretary Daniels
issued his order to the Atlantic fleet
and wireless messages flashed up and
down the Atlantic coast to put the
fleet under steam for Tampico.
1t will be the largest fighting force
the American government has as
sembled for positive action since the
Spanish American war. Eleven great
battleships, with auXiliaries, carrying
in all about 5 900 men will comprise
the force at Tampico.
Believe Huerta Will Accede.
Everywhere, at the White House,
the State department and the navy
department, the hope was expressed
that the dispatch of the fleet would
not lead to serious consequences, and
there was a confident prediction
among administration officials that
Gen. Huerta would satisfy the Ameri-
can demand and close the incident.
Officials were careful to point out
that negotiations with the Huerta
government had not ended, and the
way was still open for Huerta to
make amends.
Meanwhile, the navy department
sent complete instructions to Rear
Admiral Badger, commander-in-chief
of the Atlantic feet, on board the bat
tleship Arkansas, at Hampton Roads.
Rear Admiral Fiske, chief of the
bureau of operations, left here for
the Roads tonight to personally ex-
plain to Admiral Badger the diplo-
matte side of the situation and dis
patches from Rear Admiral Mayo.
Indicating the exact ships which will
accompany Admiral Badger, the navy
department issued the following:
Six More Battleshps Going.
admiral Badger will take with
him the battleships Arkansas, Louis
lana, New Hampshire, Michigan, Ver-
mont, New Jersey and South Caro-
lima, which last ship has been inter-
cepted on her way from Haiti to
Hampton Roads.
The gunboat Tacoma, now at Bos-
ton, Mass, has been ordered also to
Tampico by way of Newport, R. l.,
and will start to-day or tomorrow.
1.-The gunboat Nashville, now at
Monte Christi, San Domingo, has
been ordered to Guantanamo, to coal
and thence to Tampico.
THE Rhode Island, Nebraska, Vlr-
ginia and Georgia are now docking;
it has not been decided yet whether
they will join Admiral Badgers
forces.
THE transport Hancock will leave
New Orleans for Tampico to-day with
the 1st regiment of the expeditionary
force of marines"
The foregoing ships are in addi-
tion to the Utah, Connecticut, Mime
sofa, Des Moines, Chester, Dolphin
and San Francisco, at Tampico, and
the Florida and Prairie, at Vera
Cruz.
The torpedo boat flotilla at Pensa-
cola, Fla, has been ordered to stand
by for orders.