The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-27
American Soldiers Under
Funston Board Transports as
Mexicans Take City.
WARRIORS DEPART
WITHOUT DISORDER
Mexicans Fearing Evacuation
Would Start Trouble Rescued
By Americans.

NTuZ To-Day, a1Jor having DeeH III pos
session of the city for seven months.
The withdrawal of the Americans
progressed without disorder. AT II
o'clock they commenced going on the
waiting transports and by 1:3G they
were practically all on board.
AS the Americans withdrew and
Mexican Constitutionalists took pos
session of the city, there was little en-
thusiasm, little excitement and no
trouble of any kind.
Brigadier- General Funston has
turned over to Consul Canada copies
of all records of military administra-
ton of Vera Cruz, but no single de-
partment was turned over formally to
the Constitutionalists. Brigadier-Gen-
eral Funston went over the situation
with Col. Edmundo Martinez, who has
been in Vera Cruz for some time as
: the personal representative of Gen.
Candida Aguilar, on whose staff he is
serving. Canada called on Col. Mar
tinez and the two had friendly con-
ference at which a working agreement
was decided on, the efforts of each to
be bent toward maintaining peace.
Canada exacted a promise from
Gen. Aguilars agent that no Amer
oo,. Mould bo bo+bo,oJ ~, apxy Nov
and that the safety of all Americans
be guaranteed. Col. Martinez appears
to believe there is no cause for appte-
hension on the part of Americans or
any foreigners. Five United States
battleships will remain at Vera Cruz.
There were no flags to lower, nor
was there any ceremony of any kind
on shore. The American flags that
came down at retreat last night were
not raised this morning. AS each
transport received her allotment of
men, she shipped her cables and drop
ped out into the channel. Here they
formed in two lines, through which la
ter in the day the Cristobal, with Bri-
gadier- Funston and his head
quarters staff on board, passed in re-
view.
Funston established his headquar-
quarters on board the transport Girls
tobal at an early hour and all the or
CARNATIONS of his command began, at
daylight, the work of moving OFT th,d-
equipment preparatory to final evacu-
alton.
Everything passed smoothly. Be-
yond the American outposts there had
been modified during the night
force of Constitutionalists. AS the
Americans withdrew, first from the
outlying districts and then from the
city itself, the Constitutionalists fol-
lowed them and nominally occupied
the territory vacated.
The city is quiet. All saloons re-
manned closed today on orders of Bri-
gadier-General Funston, and many
commercial establishments decided not
to open their doors.
The government of Vera Cruz is
not being turned over to any faction
, of Mexicans.
The American army officials are tax
ing with them the moneys collected
for customs and from other sources
of revenue. These will ultimately 90
to some Mexican government which
the United States deems a proper one
to receive them.
The transports Denver, City of
Memphis and San Marcos carry the
marines whose destination is Phila-
delphia. Col. Willard F. Waltz, COM
manding the Fifth Brigade and bri-
gade headquarters are on board the
Sumner. The Nineteenth Infantry
and the field hospital are on board this
vessel. The Twenty-eighth Infantry,
company of engineers, and the Sixth
Cavalry are on the Fitzpatrick, while
the Fourth and Seventh Infantry and
the Fourth Artillery are on the Girls
tobal.
To this list of transports should be
added that Antilla, chartered from the
Ward Line and loaded with refugees
to the number Of about 500. Among
these are large number of Mexicans
who have been in the service of the
Americans at Vera Cruz; scores of
men who fear for their lives on ac-
count of their participation in politics
of brand other than that of the new
army of occupation, and few Next
cans whose association with Americans
in business or social way makes
them believe they might be the VIC
tins of reprisals.
During the evacuation somebody set