consent by VenustianoCarranza General John J. Pershing led an invasion force of 10,000 men intoMexico to capture Villa.[RL30172]191534 Haiti: FromJuly 28, 1915 to August 15, 1934, United States occupation of Haiti. US forcesmaintained order during a period of chronic political instability.[RL30172]During the initial entrance into Haiti, the specific order from the Secretaryof the Navy to the invasion commander, Admiral William Deville Bundy, was to"protect American and foreign" interests.[citation needed]1916 China:American forces landed to quell a riot taking place on American property inNanking.[RL30172]191624 DominicanRepublic: From May 1916 to September 1924, Occupation of the DominicanRepublic. American naval forces maintained order during a period of chronic andthreatened insurrection.[RL30172]1917 China:American troops were landed at Chungking to protect American lives during apolitical crisis.[RL30172]191718 World War I:On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war with Germany and on December7, 1917, with Austria-Hungary. Entrance of the United States into the war wasprecipitated by Germany's submarine warfare against neutral shipping and theZimmermann Telegram.[RL30172]191722 Cuba: U.S.forces protected American interests during insurrection and subsequentunsettled conditions. Most of the United States armed forces left Cuba byAugust 1919, but two companies remained at Camaguey until February1922.[RL30172]191819 Mexico: Afterwithdrawal of the Pershing expedition, U.S. troops entered Mexico in pursuit ofbandits at least three times in 1918 and six times in 1919. In August 1918,American and Mexican troops fought at Nogales, Battle of Ambos Nogales. Theincident began when German spies plotted an attack with Mexican soldiers onNogales Arizona. The fighting began when a Mexican officer shot and killed aU.S. soldier on American soil. A full-scale battle then ensued, ending with aMexican surrender.[RL30172]191820 Panama: U.S.forces were used for police duty according to treaty stipulations, at Chiriqui,during election disturbances and subsequent unrest.[RL30172]191820 Russian SFSR:Marines were landed at and near Vladivostok in June and July to protect theAmerican consulate and other points in the fighting between the Bolsheviktroops and the Czech Army which had traversed Siberia from the western front. Ajoint proclamation of emergency government and neutrality was issued by theAmerican, Japanese, British, French, and Czech commanders in July. In August7,000 men were landed in Vladivostok and remained until January 1920, as partof an allied occupation force. In September 1918, 5,000 American troops joinedthe allied intervention force at Archangel and remained until June 1919. Theseoperations were in response to the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and werepartly supported by Czarist or Kerensky elements. [RL30172] For details, seethe American Expeditionary Force Siberia and the American Expeditionary ForceNorth Russia.1919 Dalmatia(Croatia): U.S. forces were landed at Trau at the request of Italianauthorities to police order between the Italians and Serbs.[RL30172]1919 Turkey:Marines from the USS Arizona were landed to guard the U.S. Consulate during theGreek occupation of Constantinople.[RL30172]1919 Honduras:From September 8 to 12, a landing force was sent ashore to maintain order in aneutral zone during an attempted revolution.[RL30172]192019291920 China: OnMarch 14, a landing force was sent ashore for a few hours to protect livesduring a disturbance at Kiukiang.[RL30172]1920 Guatemala:From April 9 to 27, U.S. forces protected the American Legation and otherAmerican interests, such as the cable station, during a period of fightingbetween Unionists and the Government of Guatemala.[RL30172]192022 Russia(Siberia): From February 16,