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Show COFFINS TIEN ON BGBJ1SP0ITS Preparations Made for Embarking Em-barking of Fifth Brigade at Galveston. GALVESTON, Tex.. April 22. Eight hundred cofllns today were taken aboard tho army transports here, which are stocked and ready to carry the Fifth brigade of the United States army to Mexico, Mex-ico, if the war department so orders, It was learned tonight thnt the transports carry two months subsistence for the 1500 men of the Fifth brigade. It was staled tonight that from eighteen eigh-teen to twenty-four hours would be required re-quired to make the transports ready i.o sail. Three torpedo boat destroyers, Flusser, Flus-ser, Preston nnd Reld, arrived Here yesterday yes-terday to convoy the trunsporls. Evidence of the watchfulness of army headquarters lmre for emergencies was seen during the day In orders to steamships steam-ships here or Inquiries about their availability avail-ability for war service. Lieutenant Commander Dcnsco Mori of the Japanese navy, who arrived here today to-day from Tamplco. said he found the treatment accorded Japanese In Mexico satisfactory. He made u trip of inspection inspec-tion in portions of Mexico. |