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Show UDf POBTBOUBIE OYS IN BLUE ORDERED TO BE IN READINESS TO MOVE AT MOMENT'S NOTICE. Recent Trouble In Mexico May Result In Entire Army Being Sent to the Border, Two Thousand Soldiers Hsvlng Already Started. Washington. In anticipation of se rlous trouble along the border of Mexico, the war department on Mori say for the first time since the Spanish-American war ordered the 'entire mobile army la readiness to move at a moment's notice. Thirty-four thousand troops are directly affected by this order, which doos not include the coast artillery. It la understood that the order Is. based on Information Informa-tion from Embassador Wilson more alarming than any yet made public. Two thousand soldiers now at Fort Whipple, In Arlzoua, were dispatched to the Rio Grande on Monday. They will reinforce the commands that operate op-erate from San Antonio. It la not stated that the situation In Mexico derrfunds that the entire array be entrained immediately. It Is felt, however, thut the Madero government. gov-ernment. Is not so strong as might be desired and that It Is best to be prepared pre-pared for any emergency. As explained by a high officer at the war department, the object of Monday's order Is exactly the same as that, of the recent ultimatum' served by President Taft upon Cuba only a few weeks ago, when that Island was threatened with a revolution. revolu-tion. "It was the certainty." said this officer, of-ficer, ":ha the war department would land five thounnd troops In Cuba within eight days of the outbreak that stopped the proposed revolution. In this case, as In Cuba, the United States Is not taking sides but has warned both insurgents and regulars ill at shots must not be fired into American territory or American citl-tens citl-tens injured in Mexico. |