Evening star

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French gunboat, and as soon as this was i

done an armed launch was sent ashore

with an ultimatum for the surrender of

the Republic anil a demand for damages, j

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ashore with the demati<J returned. We

could see the Haitian navy clearing for

action, and the nine hundred American

sailors in our squadron heard, the call

to quarters and trained their guns on

the little black gunboats of the enemy.

"That was the longest three hour*

I ever spent. The heat was terrific,

even if it was February, and every man

lay sweltering in his place, tor some- f

how the trade winds seemed off the

job that morning. The blacks shaved

the minutes, and when Admiral Lace

had .just about decided to send in a

few shells as visiting cards, they came

across.

"We placed a guard on the .Haitian

Republic. I was one of them. Her

cargo at that time was rum. I didn't

see any mitrailleuse, but then if she

had carried any they would have been

landed long before, any way.

"A few days after that Legitime cam#

aboard and apologized, and the squadron

tired a salute of twenty-one guns as he

left the ship. You see. the Mole St.

Nicholas part of the problem still remained

beneath the surface. Cas>t. _

t'ompton and bis men were allowed to I

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1 heard afterward that Compton went

back to Boston, and later, in 1KSS.

was given command of a converted sea- j,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1914). Washington, D.C., 1914-07-26. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1914-07-26/ed-1/?sp=51

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1914-07-26.