OCR Text |
Show TROOPS NOT TO LEAVE M CRUZ Washington. Sept. 25 Secretary-Garrison Secretary-Garrison today ordered Brigadier General Gen-eral Funston. commanding the Amerl can forces at Vera Cruz, not to withdraw with-draw during the next ten days Secretary Garrison announced that the order was caused by a delay in the adjustment of many details Incident Inci-dent to the transfer of funds and the customs house. It is understood President Wilson and Secretary' Garrison have not yet considered the possible effect of the Villa revolt on the American eacua tion. and as Mr Garrison plans to leave Washington today for the week end, it is probable the question will not be taken up until the cabinet meeting Tuesday. Many Questions to Settle. There are so many other questions to be settled, officials take the view that there is no occasion for a hasty decision concerning the troops General Funston in a report todu confirmed news of the cutting of rail and wire communication between Vera Ve-ra Cruz and Mexico City. He added that it was not known whether the constitutionalists along the railroad were fighting among themselves or whether the work of destruction was by former federal soldiers An American officer on the Arizona Ari-zona frontier, in a report today, described de-scribed the manner of Villa's proclamation procla-mation of independence. He said a notice declaring the concentration of the Villa forces for a march on Mexico City was written in chalk on a blackboard in front of the Nogales customs office b "persons unknown." |