Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-09-18
TROOPS RECALLED
FROM VERA CRUZ
AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND MA
RINEs WILL SAIL HOME UPON
ARRIVAL OF TRANSPORTS.
Action Is Taken in View Of the Entire
Removal Of the Circumstances
Which Were Thought TO
Justify Occupation.

Washington.--Eva Of Vera
Cruz was ordered Tuesday by Presi-
dent Wilson American soldiers and
marines under General Funston, who
have held Mexico's principal seaport
since 1t was seized by the feet April
81 last, will embark for home as soon
as transports can go after them, and
shortly afterward all of the war fleet
except a few light draft vessels will
be withdrawn.
The order for evacuation was for
mally announced at the White House
Tuesday after long cabinet meeting.
1t is the concluding chapter of the
second armed conflict between the
United States and Mexico, in which a
score of Americans lost their lives,
nearly hundred were wounded and
upwards of three hundred Mexicans
were killed or wounded.
The reasons for the step we're set
forth in the following statement from
the White House:
The troops have been ordered
withdrawn from Vera Cruz. This &C
tion is taken in view of the entire re-
moval of the circumstances which
were thought to justify the occupation.
The further presence Of the troops y
deemed unnecessary"
Specifically the American forces
were withdrawn at the urgent appeal
of General Carranza, first chief of tine
constitutionalist army, who is In
charge OF the executive power in Mex
leo City. Through Paul Fuller, per
sonal representative Of President VIII
son In Mexico, General Carranza set
forth that the presence of American
troops instead of being a safeguard
against further revolution and peace
with the United States constituted a
constant menace to friendly relations.
The Mexican chief contended-and he
was supported by Generals Villa and
Obregon--that the Mexican people
would not understand the continued
presence of American troops on Mex
lean soil and would be bound to cher
ish resentment no matter how we'll
intentioned the American government
was or how acquiescent the Mexico
City administration itself might be.
Preparations were begun Tuesday
for turning the custom house at Vera
Cruz and the municipal government
over to the Mexicans again.
THE troops at Vera Cruz under Gem
eral Funston, including 1900 soldiers
and marines, are expected to begin
their departure in about two weeks.
Orders were sent Tuesday to trans
ports now at Newport News and Gar
weston to proceed to Vera Cruz to take
the forces on board. The transports
! include the Sumner and fitzpatrick
and the chartered boats City of Den
yer and Cristobal. Boats for carry
ing horses and freight are now at
Galveston.
I The marines on duty at Vera Cruz
will be sent back to the warships and
stations from which they were taken
and the troops will be sent to Texas
3 City, where the Second army division
: is stationed
+ Formal orders for the withdrawal Of
r the ships in Mexican waters will not
+ be issued for several days. These
ships include the battleships Virginia
: North Dakota. Arkansas, Delaware
Kansas, Vermont and New York and
, the cruisers Des Moines and Salem
and the Patuxent, Solace, Vestal and
Ozark.