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S Troops Leave Vera Cruz FUNSTON'S MEN GO TRANSPORTS Five Amer American can Warships to Remain in Harbor of V I Mexican Port for forI Some Time I VERA CRUZ CRU cRuz Nov 23 The 23 Tho American Ameri can forces of ot occupation under Gen Geu Frederick Funston n after a stay in Vera Vcra VernI VeraI I Cruz of r BOven months today began embarking em cm- barking on Oil thc tuc steamships which will mu return them them to the United States State Tho The outpost began falling back at 9 o'clock in inthe the morning and aud two b hours baum u later later- the tho first American soldiers wore going over the tha sides aides of ot tho the waiting transports General Funston established his headquarters headquarters head head- quarters on board tho transport transport Cristobal Cristobal Cris Cris- tobal and all aU tho the organizations of bi his comm command nd began at daylight tho the work of f moving mo ou out their equipment preparatory preparatory atory to final evacuation c Ever Everything thing progressed smoothly Beyond the American outposts there thor had been mobilized during tho the hight night a of constitutionalists As the Am Americans ricans with withdrew rew first from the thc outlying outlying out out out- lying jin districts and then from tho the city itself t Y tA the Constitutionalists tcp tio s f followed Ye o T o the thet t territory The The city is quiet but tho th-o inhabitants tants are ner ous ana apprehensive Lug concerning J s the tho final outcome Of this transfer of authority All Ail saloons in Vc Vera Vcra a Cruz remained closed tod today r on orders or or- ders dors of General Funston and many commercial com corn mercial establishments deci decided ed not to open their doors The government of Vera Cruz is not not being turned over to an any faction of oJ Mexicans The territory is being evacuated evac and und as al fust fast as too the Americans go out t constitutionalists aro arc comin coming in ic The Tho American army officials arc aro taking tak taka lag ing with ith them tho the moneys collected for customs and from other sources source of rev rov These ultimately will go to somo some Mexican government which h the tho United States deems a proper ono one to receive reech-o them The American quartermaster cm department depart depart- ment has arranged td take tako away awny trout rom I Vera Cruz Crum something liko Mexicans who ho did id not caro care to DO no in the tho eit city when I their countrymen again came camo into po pea poa session s FIVE WARSHIPS WILL REMAIN AT VERA CRUZ WASHINGTON No Nov 23 American American occupation ot of Vera Vcra Cruz was to come cometo cometo cometo to an en end today The nith withdrawal of ot the military forces under Brigadier General 1 from tho the Mexican port hat had been ord ordered red by bv Pres President Wilton cm Approximately ely ely- 60 GOOD O infantrymen and marines score ero to board transports and chartered steamers today bound for American shores li Five vc United States warships now in in Mexican waters however however how how- I ever will remain there indefinite indefinitely to protect American citizens and ami to meet any olner emergencies that mi might ht arise I It was believed here that the tho action I of the Washington on government o nt in withdrawing withdrawing with with- I drawing its military forces would remove re move mo from that country a possible cause for international friction as well I as aB an nn important factor that mi might ht maisa raise raiu a domes domestic ic i issue sue between factions in Mexico co American occupation of Vera Vcra Cruz be began an la last t A April w when oa military forces I under Rear Admiral Fletcher seized I that port h by orders of the Washington I government o as ns en an act of reprisal in retaliation for affronts t to tho the American Ameri Amen can flag at Tampico when American n j were arrested arresto G General who o controlled the forces at Tampico had hail refused to comply camph- with Adl Admiral Mayos Mayo's d demand that a salute of twenty ono guns bo be tire fired American can forces fore were ero ordered to seize Vori Yom Cruz Crus in April of this year Jar on account account ac ac- ac count of a series of nets on tho the part tho the Mexican authorities s 's to which Was iD ington ton had bad protested hd In iu vain nin Among these was an nn incident ent at Tampico when a n boat hoat load Joa of American Ameri i can were cro arre arrested teI Am American ri m marines marines and ond landed at Vera Cm Cruz April Ul 21 l and tho the city was occupied with a loss of seventeen soy sev enteen American lives In due time tho the American ets eta and marines were removed od anti and forces of the army under General Fuss Funs ton took po possession At the tie time Vora Vona Cruz was as occupied Victoriano Huerta was provisional pro president pres ident of the re republic Today Todar Huerta il is in Europe and nuJ the constitutionalists ts who opposed him arc in control of Mexico Mex Mex- cx ico leo City Tho The American force embarked at Vera VeraCruz Onus Cruz today numbers about men OGDEN Nov 0 ICId Kid Carter col- col ored arrested for s. s ba haM ban conle con con- le ee-d ee to burglarizing the room of oC Robert McCann a transient of or n a gold watch and some change chance When hon searched Marched Canter Cart Carter Car Can t ter r had haft a 0 pawn ticket on his hilS person Investigation at nt the tho PO pawn wn hop shon showed tho the watch to bo be tha one McCann t nn C had liati report reported d at na stolen etolen A charge of ol burglary will be placed against t Car Carter cr |