The Washington herald., 1916-04-03
By T.. b. JOHNS.

The army made a new record in send
ing troops to the border under recent
orders issued by the War Department
Naturally the department officials are
not advertising the rapidly with which
the troops were modified from many
scattered posts and dispatched to the
border. Many of the organizations were
on their way before the announcement
was made that they were TO move. I'M
mediately after the Columbus raid Gen.
Funston was advised that all the troops
in the United states were at his dis
posal and he was authorized to order
them to the border through the depart
mental commanders without communi-
eating with the War Department.
This accounts for the fact that Mai
Gen. Hugh L. Scott was one of the last
to be advised that the Fifth Cavalry
had been ordered to the border from Fort
Myer, although the general resides at
the fort. Even the generals own son
border before he knew it and the gen.
eral learned of the movement OF the
troops when his son came in to say
goodby to Mrs. Scott
All of the organizations moved with
the precision and the rapidity that the
belligerents did at the beginning of the
European war. The officers had been
studying the movements of the Euro
pean armies and were prepared to take
the field for a long campaign the min
ute they received the order. The rail-
roads were never better prepared and
there was no delay in furnishing trans
portation facilities for the troops. Regi-
ments and small orga nizations went for
ward from Forts Russell. Wyo.: Sheri-
dan, H.; Leavenworth. Kan; Myer. Va:
Oglethorpe, Ga, and other stations with
such promptness that some OF them were
at Gen. Funston's disposal before he
expected them.
An example of the preparedness OF the
army and the railroads was shown at
Fort Russell, where two big systems had
passengers and freight cars assembled
for the entire Twenty fourth Infantry to
entrsin inside of twenty-four hours after
the orders were issued At other posts
the service was equally prompt and sat
isfactory. The railroads could have
transported twice the number of troops
In the same time had they been avail
able. In this connection attention Is
called to the fact that the distance that
the troops moved was equal to that OF
the Russian army. Had Russia anything
like the railroad service this country
has it would have been an even greater
factor In the European war.
Maj Smidley d. Butler. who will be
appointed commandant of the Haytian
gendarmerie, is in Washington confer
ring with the Secretary of State and
Secretary of the Navy relative to the az
fairs of the island. AS soon as the bill
now pending in the House is passed the
gendarmerie will be organized Aside
from Maj. Butler the following officers
will be detailed to the new force: Capt.
4. S. Williams, Y. S. NJ. c.: Capt. r. o.
Underwood, U. S. NJ. c.; Capt. p. f.
Archer. A. Q. NJ, U. S. NJ. c.: P. A. Sur
geon F. X. Koltes, First Lieut. John
Marston third, u. S. NJ. c.; First Lieut.,
A. a. Undergrist. u. S. NJ. c.; Assist
ant Surgeon ]. 7. Borden and Assistant
Surgeon ]. T. Boone, L. S. N: First
Lieuts. T. S. Clarke, L. S. NJ. c.; c. G.
Sinclair, u. S. NJ. c.; Second Lieuts. A.
II. Turnage. U. S. M. c.; II. P. Torrey,
u. S. M. c.: L. Z. Pagan, L. S. M. c.;
r. E. Brumhaugh. U. S. NJ. c.; d. H.
Miller, U. s. M. c.; R. o. B. Burwell.
u. S. NJ. c.; o. E. O'Neill. U. S. M. c.:
l. L. Davis, U. S. NJ. c.; Dew. Peck, u.
S. NJ. c.
The following enlisted men of the Ma
rine Corps will be made first lieutenants
Of the Gendarmerie. Quartermasters Ser
geants Edwin p. McCauley, William A.
Mckinley, Frank L. Bride. Chas. A. PEN
nington. Gunnery Sergeants Theodore @.
Laitsch. Carl Svenson, Patrick F. Kelley,
Thomas F. Malloy, Silas NJ Bankert.
Homar A. Howell, sergeants Harold e.