New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-25
.,,u Relieve Bluejackets
w. .nd Marines Now on
Duty at Vera Cruz.
,opTHERN PORT AT
w MERCY OF FEDERALS
Ian Craft in Peril from
'n 49,. Guus-Puerto Mexico
Situation Serious,
.--o-, IRE tribune Bure'ul


,,nr,on April 24.-The real rea-
=. me dispatch Of an army brigade
galveston. orders for which were
lac, night. and which got away
n,dsr the command of General
vas the dangerous situation
,.ss exists at Tampico'
,,.-. are hundreds Of Americans in
that point and in the surround
n,,rv. The navy is occupied at
-, There are neither sailors nor
- available for service at Tam
no one to protect either Amer
Or other foreigners Of the
:, foreign oil property in the Tam
district. II therefore became
.rv 70 rush the army to Vera
sppplant the bluetackets and
"- =. who are holding the town
- hermit them to return to their
~. and proceed to Tampico. When
-. INV arrives the men now ashore
!, -, aboard the ships and proceed
!, Tsmpico, there TO repeat II neces-
~. their action at Vera Cruz.
n.oor.s tell that Rear Admiral Mayo
..rmsrd al Tampico, moved the
-,nsr ships IN the river front OF the
,,-ther toward the sea. The rea-
that there are in Tampico from
,ao 70 5000 Federal troops. Most or
r. ,nsss troops have siege guns or
=. csubre. and. should they desire
/. a so. they might make 1t exceed
.,lv hot for the small American craft
II. waterfront. The gunboat Dol
-, which has been in the river. could
!, ,r,ppled by one shot from big
Mexican gun.
eunbost Sent to Puerto Mexico.
-bs situation at Puerto Mexico is
,lD serious. Puerto Mexico Is the
ry terminus Of the English-owned
-.,uan,spec Railway. There are re-
,v,s Of an American outbreak
here and Americans at that point
ms, be protected, while the United
States is also looked TO by England TO
s-nlsh protection for the railway IT.
~ The gunboat Nashville has been
ont from Vera Cruz TO Puerto Mexico.
re British cruiser Berwick is already
csre Reports state that refugees
ave gone aboard the Berwick and also
merchant ships now in the harbor. The
ysyv DEPARTMENT has heard rumors
,tst the Tehuantepec Railway is out
q commission.
Sixty miles south from Vera Cruz
ua twenty-five miles inland there is
hrge American oil gusher, which has
ben gushing for the last eleven years.
TIE owners have been making frantic
s,psas TO the Navy Department for
rs,ec,ion. As soon as possible de-
a,hment Of marines will be sent to
hat point. as we'll as 70 others in the
ii fields.
There are reported TO be between
80 and 5000 Federal soldiers in the
ucnl,y Of Tampico. II action there
= forced the Tampico occupation may
scorle a more serious matter than the
zpture Of Vera Cruz, although the ad-
-tnis,ra,ion believes that when the
Es1icans at Tampico discover what
srpened 70 their comrades az Vera
Oh they viii not offer resistance.
Lsrs. Landing Force Impossible.
Rear Admiral Mayo now has at Tam
10 the gunboat Dolphin. the cruiser
lss Nones and the destroyers Henley
DAYTON Mccall. Warrington. Pauld-
eg Ammen, Burrows. Patterson
lrpqe, Tanning Beale. Jarvis. Jenkins
ri Jouett. While the number OF
rps Is large. they are all small and
a''y few men. u would be Impossible
. send landing force Of any size
more from this feet. When the army
US ashore al Vera Cruz-or sooner If
. situation there warrants and there
= 10 danger q attack from the Mexi-'
~ iorces-Rear Admiral Badger Will
~osTk some o. his landing force and
~ hen northward 20 Tampico. It is
6Doaole that two or three battleships
~ 70. The big ships will be obliged
: - several miles out Of the town, but
: position whore they can. II necessary.
NOV shells into the city