Washington, July 24.
The Government has ordered the immediate withdrawal of 1,350) marines from: Tientsin—Reuter.
[Confirmation of the above was received on July 25 in Shanghai, where, indeed, such an order had been expected for several days past. The men, however, will not leave Tientsin for some days yet, as the USS. Henderson, the first available transport, is not due there unt next week, and it is expected they' will embark on her and come direc to Shanghai. The Tientsin force is attached to that now garrisoning Shanghai and it is anticipated either that they or an equal number from the Settlement will embark shortly' for the United States. The detachment was sent to Tientsin just over a year ago. The withdrawal docs not _mean the evacuation of all American forces, for the regular consisting mostly of will remain for duty Tientsin and at the Legation in Peking).
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