Special Squadron Maintains Occupation of Vera Cruz
A large U S Navy and Marine force controls Vera Cruz from water line to Sand Dune and from Sand Hill to Sand Hill with little organized opposition. Admiral Fletcher promises civil affairs to continue under military supervision and asserts protection for peaceful citizens. 50 Mexican soldiers looted Waters Pierce Oil, while 5000 U S sailors and marines guard streets, search homes, and detain suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Dune
Sand Hill
New York
Admiral Fletcher
United States
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Details on Americans killed and wounded at Vera Cruz
Navy Department released a revised list naming the killed and wounded. It includes Dennis J. Lane of New York City and Elzie C. Fisher of Hayes Mississippi among the dead, with numerous others listed as wounded and their next of kin. Ensign Paul Augustus Stevens is noted with his birth, service dates, and duty history.
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Vera Cruz
San Juan de Ulua
United States
Stickney
the Prairie
Navy Department
Dennis J. Lane
45Th Street
New York City
John P. Lane
H. Frohlichstein
Conti Street
Mobile
Ala
John Frohlichstein
Elzie C. Fisher
Hayes
Miss
James D. Fisher
Mount Peasant Street
Burlington
Town
Vincent Walter
R. O. Jans
Seaman
Iowa Avenue
Muscatine
Iowa
Hanna Jans
Walter L. Hawk
St. Louis
Mich
Sherman Hawk
T. W. Biskup
Winona
Minn
Julia Bishup
East Third Street
J. L. Harris
Tracey City
Tenn
J. A. Harris
Claude C. Wilcox
Irving, Mich
Adelbert Wilcox
S. J. Everett
St. Cloud Street
New Orleans
Newport
R. I
Minnesota
Huerta's Chief of Staff Escorts U.S. Charge to Coa
Nelson O'Shaughnessy the American charge left Mexico City for Vera Cruz tonight aboard a special train. He was escorted by General Huerta's chief of staff.
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U. S
Washington
Nelson O’shaughnessy
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
General Huerta
Firing Ceased at Vera Cruz After House to House Search
Washington reports Vera Cruz fighting ended after desultory shelling and armed resistance ceased. Rear Admiral Fletcher stated by wireless that a house to house search and disarming of all inhabitants halted the engagement as of 9 oclock tonight following Tuesday landings.
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Byron McCandless
Badgar
McCandless
Washington
Vera Cruz
Fletcher
El Paso Guards Tighten Surrounding of Juarez
El Paso remains calm but vigilant as 10 000 Mexicans in the city buy pistols and cartridges under an embargo on handgun sales. Refugees crowd border routes and a bridge failure delays crossing. American plant shutdowns prompt mass moves to the U S as Mexican families flee back toward rebel territory. Battery C Sixth Field Artillery positions guns in Sunset Heights.
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EL Paso
Texas
Juarez
Madero
Pearson
Mexico
Sixth Field Artillery
Sunset Heights
Warlike Preparations Spare El Paso Quiet Streets
The article notes that despite extensive warlike preparations the Western El Paso area remains calm with residents asleep in their homes and streets scarcely crowded, signaling a contrast between security measures and daily life.
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el Paso
Senators Volunteer for Army in Mexico War Effort
Senators Fall of New Mexico and Sheppard of Texas offered their services to the President for operations against Mexico. Weeks of Massachusetts had already volunteered. Fall would resign to go to the front. Williams of Mississippi sought his son Robert Webb Williams's appointment as a second lieutenant in the volunteer service. All offers go to the War Department.
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Washington
Fall
New Mexico
Sheppard
Texas
Mexico
Weeks
Massachusetts
Senate
Senator Williams
Mississippi
Robert Webb Williams
War Department
Situation Critical In Ensenada
Lieutenant E. H. Dodd in San Diego announced a telegram from Consul Guyant reporting that the situation at Ensenada is critical with Mexican troops and locals menacing the American consulate where residents have sought safety. Ensenada lies about 90 miles south of San Diego and Cheyennes reach the port by daybreak as wireless info is awaited.
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San Diego
Cal
E. H. Dodd
San Diego Harbor
Guyant
Ensenada
500 Citizens Volunteer as Special Police in El Paso
Five hundred El Paso residents volunteered to serve as special policemen under Chief Davis. In Mexican quarters, police detail was doubled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Police Davis
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New Jersey
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Kimber
Carlos V
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The
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Annex
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Mexican National Railroads
Thomas J. Ryder
Harry Archer
Mary Crow
Tozzer
Cambridge
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Harvard
Vuerta Territory
Galvesto
U.S
Georgi J. Soden
Warren, Mich
Eugene Soden
Rochester
Fred H. Fridth
North Gratz Street
Philadelphia
Charles F. Fridth
W. O. Keas
Bacon Street
Hillsdale
Alfred M. Keas
R. E. Lee
West 25Th Street
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Edward Carl Walter
Rhode Island
Mercier
Peabody
J. P. Gallagher
Baltimore
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Chicago
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Fen
Conn
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Excello
Jaynes’ Perfecto
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Boston
Maiko
Ker-Jaynes Drug Stores
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