Millard County Chronicle | 1913-02-27 | Page 2 | Four Thousand Soldiers Will be Sent to Texas

FOUR THOUSAND SOLDIERS WILL BE SENT TO TEXAS Steps Taken to Avoid Delay In Case Wilson Should Decide to 8end ' Military Expedition to Mexico. Washington About 4.000 soldiers were Saturday ordered to Galveston. , Tex., and vicinity, the nearest seaport , adapted to the embarkation of troops for Mexico. . They are not under orders to pro- , ceed to Mexico, and it is the expectation expecta-tion and the hope of the adminlstra- , tlon that It will not be necessary to Issue orders for such a movement Tbe situation in that country, how- , .peer. Is regarded as sufficient to war- ( rant tbe concentration of a force , strong enough to take possession of , a seaport and open tbe way for an 'nvnalon of the country. , It will be for President Wood row . Wilson to determine whether such an expedition shall be dispatched, although al-though of course It Is assumed that he first will seek tbe guidance of con- , greaa. Through trusted agents, ( though not directly, the president-elect la understood to have expressed him- . self In a position to acquire specific knowledge as to all the details before . be comes to Washington on March 3.