The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-17
Big MOVEMENT OF United
STATES TROOPS TO BORDER
Many Carloads Of United States
Troops Pass Through New Or
leans. War Material, Etc.

New Orleans. La.-That war Is
thought of in Mexico by the United
States was brought home Monday 10
New Orleans, particularly the clerks
and other officials Of the Southern
Pacific railroad when they received
word to be ready to handle twenty,
four carloads Of troops, including in
tantry, cavalry and artillery, with
fourteen cars Of material for the use
CT the troops and ten cars of horses.
Word was also given the railroad Of
ficials that a second contingent OF
troops, consisting of siXty-fOur car.
loads Of men, with ammunition Wag-
Ons.and other cars would follow with
In two to four days. Great secrecy
surrounded the movement OF the
troops which will take place at New
Orleans. However, when questioned,
Southern Pacific officials admitted
that the big allotment of men was
coming over the Louisville & Nash
Vile, the first of them being from
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and
South Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee
posts and forts and that the others
would be from Middle, Central and
Eastern posts or forts. The men will
be brought in under cover of night
Oh Elysian Fields street, transferred
across the river to Algiers to the
Southern Pacific terminus and sent
on their way to San Antonio, their
point of Decentralization, before day.
light. They will not be allowed to
leave the trains in New Orleans. The
Southern Pacific railroad has brought
some Of their biggest engines to New
Orleans to handle the troops, and they
will leave aud be rushed right through
to Fort Sam Houston for disposition
on the border along the Rio Grande.
The second contingent of troops,
expected soon, will consist of all of the
crack commands of the regular army
in the East and Central posts and
forts. The first to go through will be
those from the nearby forts in the
surrounding states.
Other railroad officials, especially
the Texas G Pacific, which also runs
into Texas, admit that they have been
asked to handle troops, but will not
say how many. 1t is believed that H..
600 men will pass through New Or
leans this week On the way to the
Mexican border.
The major portion of the state of
Tabasco has revolted against the Car
rama government. Street fighting in
San Juan Bautista, the capital of the
state, and in Frcntera, town on the
coast, resulted In the killing of Cen
eral Colorado, the Carranza govern
ment chief OF police, and the secre,
tary of state.
Many women and children were kill
ed on the streets. The Carranza Of
ficials remaining seized boat at
Frontera and escaped to Vera Cruz.
According to reports, Tabasco is
making an effort to join the state of
Oaxaca in maintaining independence
of Carranza. Oaxaca revolted last
June and has since refused to recog-
nize Carranza. Americans arriving
overland from Oaxaca say that thou
sands of natives are starving and that
some have died as a resultso eating
poisoned roots.
Railroad communication between
Vera Cruz and the City Of Mexico is
precarious, this condition resulting
from bandit raids. The latest details
regarding blowing up of trains at the
town of Cameron, twenty miles out
side Of Vera Cruz, by forces opposed
to General Carranza, show that 270
constitutionalist soldiers were killed.
Some of the wounded and the bodies
of some of the dead were brought to
Vera Cruz.