File No. 812.00/17062
The Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy
Washington, January 17, 1916.
Sir: The President has directed the Department of State to prepare a reply to Senate Resolution dated January 6, 1916, requesting certain documents, letters, reports, orders, and so forth, in regard to the Mexican situation.
One paragraph in the said resolution reads as follows:
Tenth. Information concerning the occupation of Vera Cruz by our land and naval forces; duration of such occupation; our administration of affairs during such occupancy; and the date and cause of the evacuation of Vera Cruz; with all correspondence concerning such evacuation.
I shall appreciate it if you will have prepared for me a statement embodying the pertinent facts, as above indicated, concerning the occupation and evacuation of Vera Cruz by the naval forces of the United States.
A similar letter, mutatis mutandis, has been sent to the Secretary of War.
I have [etc.]