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Show SENDING SOLDIERS TO CUBA. Boys In Blue to be Sent to the Island to Keep Order. Washington. President Roosovolt, In a wlroless, mcssngo received at tho wnr department Saturday, authorized tho sondlng of tho first American expedition ex-pedition to Cuba. Preporatlon of tho military occupation occupa-tion of Cpba moved nt a rapid rato after tho receipt of a dispatch from Secretary Taft urging tho sending of an nrmy to Cuba. All tho organizations organiza-tions making up tho first expedition arranged by tho gcnoral Btaff wore advised of tho request of tho secretary secre-tary of war nnd Quartormnster Humphry Hum-phry nnd his nsslstants begnn to hire transports nnd to order supplies delivered de-livered immediately at Newport Nowb, whero tho, first expedition will do mobilized. mob-ilized. SulTiclcnt supplies to last D.500 men for thirty dnys aro being rushod to Uint point with full speed. |