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bit haety, but well. It was all In the

game.

'I wai eourt-martlalled, of course.

But the artion against me wasn't very

Hpirited. Our tellows knew that the

Ilaytlans were taking advantatce of

every oportunlty that presented It

self to bump off marine, and that'

why, I trues", the only punishment I

receive wan a reduction from a top

sergeancy to be a buck private."

He boasted of another exploit. Thin

one was enacted In Santiago, near

Fort Han Luis, where the marlnea

wer? stationed. He waa guarding Ave

Dominican who were making a road.

The Ave broke for freedom. None

got away. To quote him again:

"T knew they were going to try

and I waa ready. Before they had

gone thirty yarda I had dropped every

one of them, and not one required

'more than one ahot."

He la quoted here merely to ahow

tho condition that obtained at the

time of the writer' presence In the

country late in 191. At that time

armed marine were aearchlng every

where for evidence that the Domini

can were poaaeaaed of arm. There

were no criminal courta; everything

waa attended to by the judge advo

cate In the northern aectlon of the

republic.

He wasn't especially enamored of

hla Job, either, A decent, fair minded

man, withal a good soldier, he did

not believe In doing aa aome of hi

predecessors had done Bending a na

tive to prison for from twenty to

forty year merely becauae a rife or

revolver had been found In that na

tive' house or possession. He tried

to temper Justice with mercy: and

the same was true of the commandant

of fho northern province of San Do

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The Dallas express. (1920). Dallas, Tex., 1920-11-13. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025779/1920-11-13/ed-1/?sp=5

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Dallas express, 1920-11-13.