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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
March 28, 192628 de marzo de 1926 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · March 28, 192628 de marzo de 1926
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1926-03-28/ed-1/?sp=81

In contextEn contexto

The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura · 1924–1960

Rafael Trujillo ruled for 31 years. US papers reported the 1930 hurricane that leveled Ciudad Trujillo, the 1937 Haitian massacre, sugar commerce, WWII U-boat sinkings, Tito Mella's Compañía Naviera Dominicana shipping fleet, and Trujillo's Washington lobbying.Rafael Trujillo gobernó durante 31 años. La prensa informó sobre el huracán de 1930, la masacre de 1937, el azúcar, hundimientos de submarinos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la flota de la Compañía Naviera Dominicana de Tito Mella.

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More on The Customs ReceivershipMás sobre La receptoría de aduanas

SummaryResumen

The *Evening Star* reported on efforts to prepare Haiti for eventual American withdrawal by training native personnel across various government departments. Haitian nationals were increasingly staffing public works, sanitary services, customs administration, and agricultural engineering, while Haitians comprised about half the commissioned officers in the gendarmerie. Concurrently, the American military presence had been reduced to an 800-man marine force.

El *Evening Star* informó sobre los esfuerzos para preparar a Haití para una eventual retirada estadounidense mediante la capacitación de personal autóctono en diversos departamentos gubernamentales. Ciudadanos haitianos se incorporaban de forma creciente a las obras públicas, servicios sanitarios, administración de aduanas e ingeniería agrícola, al tiempo que conformaban cerca de la mitad de los oficiales en la gendarmería. En forma paralela, la presencia militar estadounidense se había reducido a un contingente de 800 infantes de marina.

Where this standsEn qué punto está

The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

From the original pageDe la página original

The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

j ultimate withdrawal, with all the ele

ments necessary for its self-govern

ment.

I The yearly reports made to the State

j Department are eloquent In the in

j cceasing number and sphere of Haitian

j participation in the various fields. The

j department of public works is each

year training a growing number of

I Haitian engineers, architects, artisans,

I office executives, hydrographic aids,

steam gauge readers, telephone and

telegraph operators and inspectors,

j The sanitary service Is turning out

i Haitian physicians, surgeons, nurses,

j dentists, pharmacists and sanitary in

spectors. Practically all the force of

the financial adviser and general re

j ,-eiver of customs is purely Haitian.

The recently formed office of the chief

j agricultural engineer is enrolling and

j training a Haitian personnel. In the

I ranks of the Haitian gendarmerie

j there are now approximately 60

I Haitians of the best type who are

either commissioned, acting or aspir

ant officers, or practically one-half of

its commissioned strength.

A LL these departments are organ

j ized into departments with district

j and subdistrict divisions, so that

I throughout Haiti the nativ# Haitian

j is working shoulder to shoulder with

j Americans in the rehabilitation of the

country-

Coincident with this sound expan

sion has gone the gradual reduction

of armed American forces to a mini

mum. The former marine brigade of

full strength, with aviation and other

attached special units, three years

ago was stationed throughout the

island. Today it numbers but 800,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1926). Washington, D.C., 1926-03-28. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1926-03-28/ed-1/?sp=81

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1926-03-28.

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