Show STAFF OFFICERS BUSY All Necessary Preparations for War Being Made Washington Sept 20 Preparation is the watchword of the army regarding Cuba Not only have complete plans been prepared but every eVer department has made arrangements to meet the emergency of ot Intervention If It ft should occur General Crozier chief of th bureau of finance is 15 isnow Isnow now at the th Rock Island arsenal in Illi Illinois Illinois nois and a few days das ago ngo he visited the Frankford arsenal at t Philadelphia a result activity has been displayed ed in getting ammunition for small arms and light field guns ready read for movement In case orders rs for such action are Issued The jhc ordnance bureau has tn t n hand a n supply to equip a small army arm but not enough for a large army and it Is supposed that General Cro lers visit Is with a view to supplying the deficiency It is stated d in other bureaus of or tho the department that the plans for Cor a possible movement have been progressing for some sometime sometime sometime time and that any Rn necessity neco can cnn be e promptly met Protection Requested The navy department has received other requests from those having plantations in n Cuba asking that forces be sent for the protection of different places The de do department department with the th force under command is unable to comply with this request The information of the navy department at It Cienfuegos is that Commander Fullam has landed all Ill the available and ami utilized to the best bet advantage for pro protecting protecting the threatened interests in the vicinity of Cienfuegos It is that the tnt Dixie after aCter landing the blue jackets and marines at has ha returned to Santo Santa Domingo It is ex tx that the Dixie will be replaced by br the Cleveland The navy department today received from St Augustine Fla a men mes message mcange sage ease from the cruiser Cleveland saying aln that she passed that point at sea this morning on her way to Havana Nothing has been heard from the cruiser Tacoma Iacoma but it Is thought the Tacoma is sailing with the Cleveland Acting Secretary of State Adee re received received one cablegram today from Cuba It came from Assistant Secretary Bacon and related merely to some official papers pap lS about which the department had inquired Mr lIr Bacon made no reference in his dis din dispatch dispatch patch to the situation on the island |