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Show uu II FLETCHER ORGANIZES CITY GOVERNMENT Vera Cruz, April 24 Five divisions of the civil administration were organized or-ganized today police, sanitary harbor, har-bor, finance and customs An effort ef-fort was made to place Mexicans as the heads of all the departments This was found to be Impossible at least In two departments and American Amer-ican officers were assigned. They are Lieutenant Commander McNeely of the battleship Louisiana, who was appointed chief of police and the fleet paymaster who was made collector col-lector of customs An American will be made inspector over each department depart-ment headed by a Mexican. The police provisions call for a continuance of the patrol of Americans, Amer-icans, although the Mexicans have been invited to co-operate in the organization or-ganization of a native force. The customs receipts. It is said, may be placed to the credit of the United States. Close scrutiny will be maintained |