Show ARMY NOW PREPARED FOR INVASION OF CUBA transports in commission awaiting troops that are arc ready to sall sail for island land at moments moment notice washington the army on friday took steps to share with the navy in the american in cuba early in the day the general staff gave a preliminary test to the machine it has haa constructed when it issued orders to the quartermaster general to put la in rea readiness dines 0 tor or cuban service tho the tour four ble big army transports at newport news and at the same time notified the proper officers off acers at the various army posts where are located the organizations which go to make up the expeditionary force to have the men ready to entrain at a moments notice within six hours word came from quartermaster general aleshire Alesh lre that transports had been put in commission with full supplies and coal and augmented crews and were ready to sail the moment the troops were on board t tho the order for the transports to sail or for the troops to entrain was no not given and it was said at the state department part ment that word would not be given until the marine forces now being distributed in eastern cuba proved insufficient to prote protect ct thereat ened plantations or conditions on the island had assumed such ft a phase as to demand political intervention |