New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-01
CarranZa'S Actions Not TO
Change Sending Men
TO Border.
FOUR CAVALRY
UNITS OFF TO-DAY
Lack Of Supplies Delays the
Departure of Some Or
CARNATIONS.

The steady tide of National Guard
troops to the Mexican border is not 10
be halted by Carranza's release Of his
twenty-four American prisoners, Major
General Leonard Wood. commander Of
the Department Of the East. was in
formed yesterday by the War Depart
ment. His orders are to rush every
military unit southwark as rapidly as
It can be equipped.
for Brownsville either late to-day or
lst Cavalry, with Troops c. G. II and
VI of that division, will entrain at
Nonkers for Texas this afternoon. Bat
terry b, Isl Field Artillery. will entrain
The telephone and telegraph wires
early tomorrow. under the command
Of Lieutenant Colonel Merritt II. Smith.
BY Wednesday night next Major
General Organ and his entire staff will
be en- route for the border. The 47th
and 23d Regiments of Brooklyn both
are expected TO move southwark within
less than a week.
Will Start from Armory.
General Organ announced yesterday
that orders moving the 23d TO camp AZ
PeekSkill had been countermanded, and
that the regiment would be mustered
in al its armory and sent directly 10
the border from Brooklyn not later
than Tuesday. This statement was
denied by General Wood.
Half of the New York State National
Guard is now en- route for Texas. The
lack of equipment and the hardness
with which it is arriving, the difficulty
that is being experienced In gathering
i'm a sufficient number Of horses, mules
and automobiles and the disorganized
condition Of several of the National
Guard units are all given as con-
tributing causes 10 the delay.
After General Organ and his staff
have left New York Brigadier- General
John q. Eddy, commander Of the I'd
Brigade. will be left in charge here.
The telephone and telegraph wires
crossing TO Governors Island buzzed
all day yesterday. carrying official
orders 70 General Wood from the War
Department and transmitting orders in
turn from the general TO the troops in
the East.
News Censorship.
Orders indicating a more strict Fed
eral censorship of news came early IN
the day from Washington. when q ban
was laid on the further giving out of
information regarding the movement of
troops 90 Texas, or 70 tell of their
routes or destination. In another
order the War Department extended
recognition" 20 one division supply
pack train. one ammunition train, one
field bakery, and one aero company, all
New York City organizations.
The field bakery is already turning
our 10000 loaves of bread a day at
Camp Whitman. The aero company is
equipped with four fast scout planes
of the latest design, and is now train
ing az Hampstead Plains under Cap
tain Boiling.
When it came General Woods turn
10 issue orders he directed six field ar
tileries in his department to entrain
at once to Tobyhanna, Penn. for target
practice, preparatory 20 going to the
border. Four OF these are batteries OF
the Yale Battalion. a fifth is from
StoninCton. Conn. and the sixth is
from Baltimore. Two hundred and fifty
guns. IL was announced, have been or
dered from the Savage Arms Company
BY cancelling European orders the
company will be able TO deliver the
guns Immediately.
From the list Regiment Armory yes
terday came the announcement that
the lst Signal Corps. composed Of sew
enteen officers and III men, is com
nfetelv eOuiDped