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HOUSk ODoIbumi

APPROPRIATI6T VOl TRAXSORTTON TO CHtNA OF

UERTAtN CflIX.BE AtFtJdEJg PROM MtXIbO.

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURYj

TRAN8MItrIrG

COPY dF A OdtN tATtON PAO* THE NCART'ARY OF WAR

SU3)kIrTXNTN AlN XST1XAIt Oi APkROP'RIATION FOA D'ptAyING THE dOST Or TUANSOORTATtOx A*D iVASUISTE1OR TO
CHINA OF CERTAIN CHINESE UNFUGIMMS *A0X JMXICO WHO
AAVt BEEN UNDEA wIwAitY JURIBDICTIbS 8Iiwk i917.
AuCu..T i2,

i9io.-l'Diforred to tlhe Cormniitie oil Aj)piptions alnd ordered

printlA.

to be

TRiOASURY D)PARTMFENT

Washington, Augjl 8, 119.

the honor to transmit herewith cop)y of a communicaSgi; 'iI have
tim6fhb
tI~h
0606tl of Waf of July 20i; 101, subffiltting all
6wlih-Atj of
its h Ailq of fsoo,(0 ws iiluo*g':
khQ
of
A. litince to C(bi% of cortihi
08t
f'P4 A4r9yhig
b)ip;rt4~ton
i IC17,
(3
~b d~fi nn Wf~dtko Wvhik
1^a3 mb'on hti(hW nt1itait' SJtrIA41eth

ANi~pfopt~ilK (,If

tk I3 jP))'elldxl V~i' thb di(cwAl'n of thb Mlh0ttry of War, 480,W.

rj1j0 ilose~iiy totk U t4ajipoj)riat1i a iml thth64O118i or

AIMb
rt~lo
tli
mission of thoe estimate at this time aro fully et LIor
thleotor
of tho Secretary of War,
CAIpt(UrIGLJAss,
Secretary.
The SPiAsm OF nm HouoSEOF R13IMSENTATIVES,

TRANSPOR1TATION OF CHINESE REFTJOEIEIS F1RONT MEXt0O.

JuLY 29, 1919.

Sin: Themr are transmnitte(l herewithl deflolionuy estimate appronot to approlri ate the su1m1 ,of
p)r'itiolil aH(n a (ldaft of itp)loosed
andsull)sistOllco to China of certain
$80,000 for tho transportation
Chinoso reofugos who woro )rought out, of Mexico with Gen, 1Porshing's
Army upon its withdrawal from tlhat, country ill 1917.
Thoso ClinllosO, numbering 409 aro at Oafnyl) Stanley, near San
AntollIio, Tox,, and(1 liave )oo, n0d(i still are, onpl oyed under military
supervision, It is (loulbtful if this elnl)loyment call ho indefinitely
con tinue(l an(l theo S lcrotary of Labor states that it will not be either
sfeo or' just to retu11rn1 thloese refugees to Mexico, Furthermore, thloso
lineso call not1)o legally detailedd ill this country indefinitely, silence
tille a1re 1Lot citizens of thfeo United States.
'I hte Secretary of Stato urges '"nll viewv of thlo un1lusual conl1ditiolns
un11der which they enteord this ,country an( have since b)een omployod,'
that those liWfug(ees bo returned to Chlinai atthA e OXfoloso of the War
Department. It appears that whilo the Cost of the repatriation of
tlese refugees woul(l 1)0 a proper charYge against the funds of tho Stato
D)epartmient, theiore are now 110 filim Is available to that (lel)artmelnt
for this p)urp)ose, an(l, in accordance with tho request of thle Secretary
of State, the accompallying ostimato is Hsu)mitto( Iby tlo War Departmont, Owving to the purpose for which this appropriation is desired,
lhowvoer, it is believed tUlat it should not be classified as a charge
against the Military Esitablishlment.
Submission of this estimate ait the proeont time is necessary for the
reasons indlicate(l above, rrho necessity for the appropriations of
funds for this purpose could not have 1)0011 foreseen at the tiimo of the
sulbmnission of the regular annual estimate for 1920 as con(litiois
existing at, tlat time did not warrant the anticipation of the present

sttils of these melon,

Very respectfully,

NEWI-ON D. BAKER,

T.1O the0 SEIOUatRY

OFxrmI'mh TitPASUitY

ASecretary q l 1'a.

Be it enacted by the7 Senate (anad House ofiRepregsentatiVes of the United

States fnmerica i'n Congress assembled, Tllat thelor in heei'Oby ap)Uropriate( o11t of any moneys thlle(3 Treasury not otherwise Appl'o.'ittate(l, $86,000, t~o 1)0 oxpolde(l(l fl1dole thie (liretioll of theo Seretartin y
of Wav, to (lefray thre lost, of tr1an8sl)or0ation1 an11d subl-sistelnce0 to Chillna
\
Meic(o
of certitin Chitne'se 1refugoes Nfl'om
Who have be(en under3t Imliiitliuy
(uv isd(ictionl since 1 91 7,
.J'Stimate Qo

the servei'w
(appropritionl reqfuiledfor
by thn 8ccr(lary

o the /isc(l year ending Juno 30, 1V20,

(YJ War.

WVARl D)EWA IRTMIMT'.

Z-'1'ansportation to Chbia of hldnese refuties:
1"or (dofrayilng tho C(it of traimportation a(lHdil)miStollco to 0huilna of cor.
taill Chinueso rofuigoei from Aloxico wvho) lavo hoon itudor military jurisdiction tihico 1917, to ho oxpiml(d-d wirdor tho (iroctilolnof tho 8ocrotary
............... $80,000
of War (oubn1itted).$8.
.