The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-12
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ARMY SLATED
. FOR MEXICO


or Major General Leonard
Wood.
The order for the Second Division OF
the United States Army to embark for
Vera Cruz, which was announced In
Associated Press dispatches, is regarded
here by army mep as the forerunner
Of the order creating the first field
army for service, in Mexico. which, ac
eQrding to war department plans, is to
be commapded BY Tia. Gen. Leonard
Wood, recently relieved as chief of stan
of the army and assigned to the com.
mand OF the First Division.
General Woods command for the
Mexican service will be a field army Of
four complete divisions, three of regu,
lar troops, and one Of volunteer troops,
the latter 50 be made up of national
guard forces Of the State Of New York
an auxiliary division of regulars TO
guard the communications from the
coast TO the interior Of Mexico aud a
cavalry division.
~ 2yeoi,u Ii.ls n1 ~ leR1la,s VII
IN, BelI now hnyryirg across ~ pa
ci1c by liner from the philippines, and
the Third Division Of regulars win be
under the command Of Ma. Gen. Arthur
Murray, now in command at San Fran.
cisco.
The command Of the volunteer diyi,
sion, to be known Ms the Sixth Divir
RYAN of The New York National C,rard
an extremely ranablc YOUNG nat;onai
gnardsman who bas besn recontlv NJ.
tending the Army War COLLEGE M Wash.
iuatons 2 n. "a
Z THO commanding generals az tbe my.
iliarv anil cayalry divisiops hava not
been made pnblie.
TO eompIete the foymations of In.
Efantrv divisions which tbe demands ~
forei9n service have horatofore nrevent.
cd eonsiderable number az Qoast ArtiI.
Ierv troops win no organized into pro.
visionai Regiments and brigades.
The foliowing a. the detailed com.
posltion ~ tbe drst 6eld armv ami thc
points az embarkntion selected nv the
General star: II
:, Pi,,. ,i,iv,s,on. -Rogr,.r
=, !. +,
- riIse Drig'iae -. tnhiIu, rim ana
aWenty-nlnth infantry regiments, ems
e = ~. sew , nork. ....
second brigadeZ-Ninth ana seven
teentn lniantry regiment now on border
patrol. EinDaik uhlveston.
strst i, lt9.e a coast hrtlliery Pr,
gaue = Ninety,nrst, one hundred ana
SiNty Iourth, Imrty- ninth, Ninety,
ntnth, bieyenth, one hundred and SIX
sy-seeonu; y Seventy,second, seventy
houlth ana Dattaiion from rort par,
Iarsss,s ana Eishth Deno, 70 compose
tne NTH provisional regimen1
y patiailon iIom Eort monroe, sihlr'
S syfse Sg s Slxtn, -. iihi p,,
ntn, one IiundIed anu oiAteehthI une
E;ahth q "a orc HnnSrad ,nd Forty
ifth comnanies and tbe Isonrth Rand.
ID eompose tho aixth moyisionaI regi.
ment. The one Hundred and sixty.
sixth, One Hundred and Sixty. eighth.
Forty fourth. one Hundred and Nine,
teenth. Twenty. first. Foftieth. Third.
Ninety EIGHTH. One Hundred and TWEEN,
.ty.second. One Hundred and Twenty.
third, Fofty-eighth and Fifth Band to
compose the seventh provisional repi.
ment. Entire brigade TO embark at
Pensacola. "
Divisional cavalry-Second Cavalry.
Embark New York.
Third Field Artillery- Headouarters
and first battalion 10 embark Galveston
and Second Battalion 10 embark Now.
port News. '..
: First Battalion. Enginecrs. less Com.
pany d, to embark Newport News
COMPANY / Signal Corps. 10 embark
Galveston,
Two ambulance companies. two field
hospitals, two wagon companies for ami.
munition train and two wagon com.
panies for supply train. TO embark
at GALVESTON,
Second Division.
Fourth Brigade -Twenty.t TWEEN.
,ty.sixth and Twenty.seventb Infantrv
regiments. Embark Galveston.
Fifth Brigade - Fourth, Seventh.
Nineteonthi and Twenty.eiobth Infantry
regiments now AZ Vera Crnz
SiEth, Brigade A-Eleventb Eiobtaenth