66th Coi94,di HOUSk R R tb Apt.ODoIbumie8t88;0n. 1 No. 181.

APPROPRIATI6T VOl TRAXSORTTON TO CHtNA OFUERTAtN CflIX.BE AtFtJdEJg PROM MtXIbO.

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURYjTRAN8MItrIrG

COPY dF A OdtN tATtON PAO* THE NCART'ARY OF WARSU3)kIrTXNTN AlN XST1XAIt Oi APkROP'RIATION FOA D'ptAy-ING THE dOST Or TUANSOORTATtOx A*D iVASUISTE1OR TOCHINA OF CERTAIN CHINESE UNFUGIMMS *A0X JMXICO WHOAAVt BEEN UNDEA wIwAitY JURIBDICTIbS 8Iiwk i917.

AuCu..T i2, i9io.-l'Diforred to tlhe Cormniitie oil Aj)piptions alnd ordered to beprintlA.

TRiOASURY D)PARTMFENTWashington, Augjl 8, 119.

Sgi; I have the honor to transmit herewith cop)y of a communica-tI~htim 'i6fhb0606tl of Waf of July 20i; 101, subffiltting all6wlih-Atj of ANi~pfopt~ilK (,Ifits h Ailq of fsoo,(0 ws iiluo*g':f'P4 A4r9yhig khQ 08t of b)ip;rt4~tonA. litince to C(bi% of cortihi(3~b d~fi nn Wf~dtko Wvhik1^a3 mb'on hti(hW nt1itait'SJtrIA41eth iIC17,

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 orrt~lo AIMb

mission of thoe estimate at this time aro fully et LIortli thleotorof tho Secretary of War,CAIpt(UrIGLJAss,

Secretary.The SPiAsm OF nm HouoSEOF R13IMSENTATIVES,

2 TRANSPOR1TATION OF CHINESE REFTJOEIEIS F1RONT MEXt0O.JuLY 29, 1919.

Sin: Themr are transmnitte(l herewithl deflolionuy estimate appro-p)r'itiolil aH(n a (ldaft of itp)loosed not to approlri ate the su1m1 ,of$80,000 for tho transportation andsull)sistOllco to China of certainChinoso reofugos who woro )rought out, of Mexico with Gen, 1Porshing'sArmy upon its withdrawal from tlhat, country ill 1917.

Thoso ClinllosO, numbering 409 aro at Oafnyl) Stanley, near SanAntollIio, Tox,, and(1 liave )oo, n0d(i still are, onployed under militarysupervision, It is (loulbtful if this elnl)loyment call ho indefinitelycon tinue(l an(l theo Slcrotary of Labor states that it will not be eithersfeo or' just to retu11rn1 thloese refugees to Mexico, Furthermore, thlosolineso call not1)o legally detailedd ill this country indefinitely, silencetille a1re 1Lot citizens of thfeo United States.

'I hte Secretary of Stato urges '"nll viewv of thlo un1lusual conl1ditiolnsun11der which they enteord this ,country an( have since b)een omployod,'that those liWfug(ees bo returned to Chlinai atthAe OXfoloso of the WarDepartment. It appears that whilo the Cost of the repatriation oftlese refugees woul(l 1)0 a proper charYge against the funds of tho StatoD)epartmient, theiore are now 110 filim Is available to that (lel)artmelntfor this p)urp)ose, an(l, in accordance with tho request of thle Secretaryof State, the accompallying ostimato is Hsu)mitto( Iby tlo War Depart-mont, Owving to the purpose for which this appropriation is desired,lhowvoer, it is believed tUlat it should not be classified as a chargeagainst the Military Esitablishlment.

Submission of this estimate ait the proeont time is necessary for thereasons indlicate(l above, rrho necessity for the appropriations offunds for this purpose could not have 1)0011 foreseen at the tiimo of thesulbmnission of the regular annual estimate for 1920 as con(litioisexisting at, tlat time did not warrant the anticipation of the presentsttils of these melon,

Very respectfully, NEWI-ON D. BAKER,ASecretary q l 1'a.T.1O the0 SEIOUatRYOFxrmI'mh TitPASUitY

Be it enacted by the7 Senate (anad House ofiRepregsentatiVes of the UnitedStates fnmerica i'n Congress assembled, Tllat thelor in heei'Oby ap)Uro-priate( 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 Seretartinyof Wav, to (lefray thre lost, of tr1an8sl)or0ation1 an11d subl-sistelnce0 to Chillnaof certitin Chitne'se 1refugoes Nfl'om \Meic(o Who have be(en under3t Imliiitliuy(uv isd(ictionl since 1 91 7,.J'Stimate Qo (appropritionl reqfuiledfor the servei'w o the /isc(l year ending Juno 30, 1V20,by thn 8ccr(lary (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 juris-diction tihico 1917, to ho oxpiml(d-d wirdor tho (iroctilolnof tho 8ocrotaryof War(oubn1itted).$8................. $80,000

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