activity.[RL30172]1907 Honduras:From March 18 to June 8, to protect American interests during a war betweenHonduras and Nicaragua, troops were stationed in Trujillo, Ceiba, PuertoCortes, San Pedro Sula, Laguna and Choloma.[RL30172]191019191910 Nicaragua:From May 19 to September 4, Occupation of Nicaragua. U.S. forces protectedAmerican interests at Bluefields.[RL30172]1911 Honduras: OnJanuary 26, American naval detachments were landed to protect American livesand interests during a civil war in Honduras.[RL30172]1911 China: As theTongmenghui-led Xinhai Revolution approached, in October an ensign and 10 mentried to enter Wuchang to rescue missionaries but retired on being warned away,and a small landing force guarded American private property and consulate atHankow. Marines were deployed in November to guard the cable stations atShanghai; landing forces were sent for protection in Nanking, Chinkiang, Takuand elsewhere.[RL30172]1912 Honduras: Asmall force landed to prevent seizure by the government of an American-ownedrailroad at Puerto Cortes. The forces were withdrawn after the United Statesdisapproved the action.[RL30172]1912 Panama:Troops, on request of both political parties, supervised elections outside thePanama Canal Zone.[RL30172]1912 Cuba: FromJune 5 to August 5, U.S. forces protected American interests in OrienteProvince and in Havana.[RL30172]1912 China: August2426, on Kentucky Island, and August 2630 at Camp Nicholson. U.S. forcesprotected Americans and American interests during the XinhaiRevolution.[RL30172]1912 Turkey: FromNovember 18 to December 3, U.S. forces guarded the American legation atConstantinople during the First Balkan War[RL30172]191225 Nicaragua:From August to November 1912, U.S. forces protected American interests duringan attempted revolution. A small force, serving as a legation guard and seekingto promote peace and stability, remained until August 5, 1925.[RL30172]191241 China: Thedisorders which began with the overthrow of the dynasty during Kuomintangrebellion in 1912, which were redirected by the invasion of China by Japan, ledto demonstrations and landing parties for the protection of U.S. interests inChina continuously and at many points from 1912 on to 1941. The guard at Pekingand along the route to the sea was maintained until 1941. In 1927, the UnitedStates had 5,670 troops ashore in China and 44 naval vessels in its waters. In1933 the United States had 3,027 armed men ashore. The protective action wasgenerally based on treaties with China concluded from 1858 to 1901.[RL30172]1913 Mexico: FromSeptember 5 to 7, a few marines landed at Ciaris Estero to aid in evacuatingAmerican citizens and others from the Yaqui Valley, made dangerous forforeigners by civil strife.[RL30172]1914Haiti: January 29 to February 9, February 20 and 21, October 19.Intermittently, U.S. naval forces protected American nationals in a time ofrioting and revolution.[RL30172] The specific order from the Secretary of theNavy to the invasion commander, Admiral William Deville Bundy, was to"protect American and foreign" interests.[citation needed]1914 DominicanRepublic: In June and July, during a revolutionary movement, United Statesnaval forces by gunfire stopped the bombardment of Puerto Plata, and by threatof force maintained Santo Domingo City as a neutral zone.[RL30172]191417 Mexico:Tampico Affair led to Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico. UndeclaredMexicanAmerican hostilities followed the Tampico Affair and Villa's raids .Also Pancho Villa Expedition) an abortive military operation conducted by theUnited States Army against the military forces of Francisco "Pancho"Villa from 1916 to 1917 and included capture of Veracruz. On March 19, 1915 onorders from President Woodrow Wilson, and with tacit