Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-01
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
IN CONTROL OF CITY
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of powers had been completed yes
terday, the retiring naval forces passed
in review before the naval and mill
tary commanders.
The review over, soldiers, sailors and
marines exchanged hearty cheers for
each other the spectators joining in.
AS the small boats began moving from
the shore towards the warships with
the bluejackets returning to their ves-
sells, one of the ships bands struck up
Hail, Hail, the Gangs All Here"
While the boats carried the seanen
to their ships, Brigadier General Fun
ston held little formal reception on
the pier. American men and women
crowded about him to greet him as an
old friend or to be introduced.
Fletcher Honored
Rear Admiral Fletcher was the last
man of the naval force to leave the
shore. AS he did so a battalion OF
Brigadier General Funston's troops
presented arms and the scene was
most impressive.
Hundreds of refugees, together with
a throng of natives, had gathered on
the piers and most of them took off
their hats and cheered for the sailors
who had borne the brunt of the fight
ing.
In turning over the health service
of Vera Cruz to Surgeon Guitteras. of
the United States Public Health Ser
vice, Fleet Surgeon l.. w. Spratling,
who had been medical inspector since
the American occupation, disposed of
rumors of q possible danger of pes
thence. He reported less than twenty
cases of smallpox in the city, only two
of which were not in the pesthouse or
hospitals before the Americans
landed. He said there were no cases of
spinal meningitis and no other serious
illness in Vera Cruz.
Among the sailors there has been
no sickness except heat exhaustion of
a trivial nature and not even one ma
larial patient has been reported by the
the danger of this will not entirely
disappear until the bluejackets have
been on board ship for several days.
For the present the men of the fleet
are to be denied shore liberty as they
will have much work to do in cleaning
their equipment and the doctors are
desirous that they be given change
in the cool air of the outer harbor.
Baseball For Recreation
When liberty is granted them, Lieu
tenant Alfred nj. Cohen, of the Arkan-
sas, an athletic officer who has been
acting as ordnance officer on Rear Adj
miral Fletchers staff, hopes to start
a baseball league and will issue chal-
lenges to army teams. This may re-
suit in giving Vera Cruz a champion
ship series as it's first Introduction to
the American national sport.
Consul William w. Canada received
further CHEEKY reports to-day as to the
few scattered American refugees. Ten
Americans are believed to be making
their way down the river above AL
varado to Southern Vera Cruz The
Consul has tried to arrange with the
British officials to send a launch to
pick them up, as 1t Is feared that the
sending of an American boat might
lead to reports that a further landing
was in progress and complicate the
work of getting out other Americans.
Forty-two refugees who arrived last
night on the Leland steamer Dictator
from Puerto Mexico were transferred
to the steamer Monterey, which steam
er anchored outside the harbor late
in the evening to await the arrival of
the transport Hancock with other ref
ugees from Puerto Mexico.
Will Go to New Orleans
The Hancock arrived off the harbor
at midnight and transferred her pas
sengers early to-day. The Monterey
will take the refugees to New Orleans.
All of the steamer Dictator's pas
sengers were from the oil fields and
districts about Minatitlan. State of
Vera Cruz
The transports Sumner, Mcclellan,
Meade and Fitzpatrick, which brought
Funston and his Fifth Brigade to Vera
Cruz, sailed at daybreak for Galveston.
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