Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1914 — TRANSPORTS FOR U.S.TROOPS [ARTICLE]

TRANSPORTS FOR U.S.TROOPS

Secretary Garrison Orders Six Ships ito Vera Cruz to Move American Soldiers. Washington, Sept.- 18. —Six transports were ordered by Secretary of War (iarrisoti to proceed to Vera Cruz to move the American troops back to the United States. These vessels are the Buford and Kilpatrick, at Calon; the City of Macon and City of Denver, at Newport News; the Kansas, at Galveston, and the Cristobal, at New York. Scretary Garrison said he expected it would take about ten days for the transports to assemble at Vera Cruz.