The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-28
If We Ever Do MoUe

THE recent threat Of Intervention in Mexico
y by United States forces as a sequel to the
shocking murder Of American miners in that coun,
try by Vilista troops, has revealed the informa-
ton that elaborate >and complete plans for the
entry into Mexico by the American army are re-
posing in a convenient pigeon hole in the war
/. college at Washington These plans have been
drawn up by the officers of the war college upon
the basis of detailed information obtained by army
observers in Mexico and long study at the war
college. T., .s E 4~tf.l -e..E <
If armed intervention in Mexico should be or
dered by congress the army would be despatched
into that country in accordance with these care
fully considered plans. With the assistance of
two blockading fleets, one in the Gulf of Mexico
and the other guarding Pacific waters, an army
OF two hundred thousand and seventy thousand
troops, it is estimated, would be required to ac-
complish thorough job Of pacifying the entire
country and to establish an orderly government
as was done iii Cuba. 49,. d. ss% .& s&.. &c..
Considerably less than this number of men
would be required to pacfy Mexico if intervention
were undertaken in cooperation with Carranza,
OF the force of two hundred and seventy thousand
men named in the war college plan, fifty thousand
would be regulars; two hundred thousand would
be volunteers and military organizations of the
several States sworn in volunteers so they could
be rushed across the border and twenty thousand
would be marines. 8s#ts ~
The regulars would constitute the entering
armed wedge and would be expected to bear the
brunt OF the real fighting. The two hundred thou
sand volunteers would be expected to occupy the
country and to be OF use in treble purpose; that
Of completely subjugatng the hostile forces broken
up by the regular army, to do the work of estab-
fishing stable government and to overawe by force
OF numbers the residents of the territory occupied
The marines would be employed in conjunction
with the regular army and in the task OF occupy
ing and holding ports and coast cities.
According to the plans there would be two main
troop movements into Mexico. One would be
through Texas and into Mexico by land and the
other by sea to Vera Cruz and from there over
land to the capital '.
This movement via Vera Cruz to insure success
the war college officials claim, would require at
least one hundred thousand men.
After the capture of Mexico City from six to
ten thousand troops would be able to hold the
city, while twenty thousand could be despatched
south against Zapatistas and other scattered out
law bands who operate in this region. The
naming force OF seventy or seventy-hve thousand
would be led in drive westward and northward
to crush any resistance between it and south COM
ing troops from the American border For the
drive through Northern Mexico the greater portion
OF the cavalry force now on the border would
be employed
. The war college officials hesitate about express
ing an idea of the length of time it might take to
pacify Mexico, but plans call for the employment
of this great force for at least two years and
force of one hundred thousand troops for some
time thereafter. IA
y, General Leonard Wood is believed to be the
general officer selected to lead the advance from
the North, and General Funston the choice for
the commander of the Vera Cruz expedition The
plans do not contemplate an advance in force from
the Pacific side owing to the difficult country over
which il would be necessary for the troops to
operate. -&'S. p
But, war colleges may plan and bandit may
murder, each at their leisure from all appearances