The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-30
Approaching Border Fear Of
Train Wreckers Grows.
Mexicans Are Experienced In
Use of Dynamite.
CAN'T TELL TRAIN MOVES
Expects All State Troops at
Border by End of Week.
Two of Missouri Motorcycle
Squad Seriously Injured

San Antonio, June 3O.-while thou.
sands of national guardsmen were
moving over converging lines today
towards border stations extraordinary
precautions were being taken to pre-
vent the exact routing and schedules
of the numerous special trains from
becoming widely known. General
Funston was instructed by the secre-
tary of war to exercise the utmost
preca utfon in concealing details of the
mobilization and as train after train
neared the state of Texas, railway
operating men grew uncommunicative
regarding their schedules. General
managers of all railroads carrying
troops had been requested not to make
public the movements of trains and
the request was sent by the general
manager down the line to superin-
tendents- and in turn by them to dis
patchers and minor officials.
1t was explained at headquarters
tnat the unusual measure in move
ment OF trains was not taken to pre-
vent news of just where the American
troops would be stationed from reacf1-z
ing Mexicans. but to render more diff
! ilcuit any attempt that might be made
10 wreck one of the trains Inforu,a-
tfon secured by the intellieenee Of
! 1lcers has indicated that such an at
tempt might be made. Train wrectx-
ing either by the removal of rails or
! py the use of dynamite are so common,
/ to warfare in Mexico, both by the ban
olt organizations and the government
iofees, that the general staff at Wash
ington and the military authorities
! mere regarded as almost essential sucf,
secrecy of movement.
No New Outbreaks Reported
Ii was hoped at General Funston's
headquarters that the greater part
fof the troops now moving wo,,ld hes
on the border by Saturday night and
tnat early in the coming week such
+ disposition would have been effected
as TO render available for prompt ac-
ton the heavily reinforced army along
the international line Close study of
All reports from General Persring and
from officers at border posts was
made by staff officers last night and
j today for indications of hostility by
M MeXlcan troops but they contained
nothing of the kind.
Censor Camp News.
I Nevada, June 30.-The only infor-
nation concerning troop movements
! of the Missouri National Guard that
was allowed to become public today
was that the First infantry regiment
from St Louis would depart from
Camp Clark this afternoon for the
border A rigid censorship was i'm
posed at Camp Clark this morning and
in the future it was announced no de-
tails concerning troop movements.
time of departure and routes will be
made by officers.
This order followed the receipt of
message to brigade headquarters from
Washington and caused the with
drawa1 of information that previously
had been given to newspaper men. 1t
already had been announced that the
4 First regiment would entrain today.
The three batteries of field artillery
and the signal corps company are ex-
pected to leave tomorrow for Laredo
the border station, assigned several
days ago by Maj Gen. Thomas Barry,
commander of the central department
1t is presumed these orders have not
been changed.
squad of F company, Fourth regiment
were admitted to the field hospital to-
day as the result of accident last night
that resulted in fractured legs for
both. The men are J. S. Collins.
=! Columbia, Mo, prosecuting attorney OF
Boone county, and j. o. Rankin. for
merly Of Tarkio. Mo, but now of
the department of publicity college of
agriculture of the University of Mis-
souri,, Columbia.
"Change Cars at Chicago.
Chicago, June 30.-Chicago con-
tinued today to be the Change cars-
or rather "change roads, point in the
movement of federalized national
guards from the Eastern department.
U. S. A, to the border. During the
H4Snl lHe flISl connecticut cavalry
and the Connecticut signal corps ar
rived on the Nickel Plate railroad and
transferred to the Chicago Grea.
Western tracks Shortly afterward
: Battalions I. 2 and of the Eight,
j Massachusetts infantry came in over
the Nickel Plate and switched to the
Chicago & Alton railroad. PennsyI-
vania troops are due today over the
= Chicago G. Eastern Illinois.
fS Trains Through X G.
Kansas City. Mo-, June 30.-.-Some-