 She took on a group of nine officers and twenty-three enlisted men along with aircraft and other equipment.She arrived there on 20 January 1914, where the men set about establishing the base.In April, "Mississippi" received orders to carry a 500-man detachment from the 2nd Marines, who had by then transferred to Pensacola, to Tampico, Mexico after the Tampico Affair that saw a minor confrontation between Mexican soldiers and USN sailors.