The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-29
THE ISTHMUs.
Preparing for the Rebel Dep
redatOrs.
THE q. S. FORCES AT PANAMA.
the Isthmus and Protect
Property There.
At Panama.

AT Panama.
PANAMA, via Galveston, April o.
Cambria. the messenger of the diplom-
attic corps of Bogota, arrived at Panama
this morning, with the national troops,
who consist chiefly Of volunteers from
Cauca, under command of Montaya,
who has sent Aizpura notice to leave
the city in forty-eight hours. Aizpura
now says that he will fight. If he does
not evacuate the city, the national
troops will try to dislodge him, and un-
less the United States troops interfere.
the city will stand poor chance If
Aizpura remains in the city, the strug-
gle will be indefinitely prolonged.
PANAMA, April 2S--On the morning
of the 18th inst, the Pacific Mail
steamer City Of Paris arrived at Aspin-
wall from New York with the first bas,
talon Of United States marines. Colonel
Haywood, the commanding officer, i'm
mediately proceeded to the United
States steamer Tennessee. the flag ship
of the North Atlantic squadron, for
conference with Rear-Admiral Jouett,
who had arrived the day
before from New Orleans, via
Pensacola, where he called to
embark the marines at that naval
station, under command of Captain
Robert L. Meade George a. Burt.
superintendent of the Panama railway,
invited to this conference, promptly de-
termined to reopen transit at once.
Orders were given for the marines to be
landed and they formed on the deck of
the steamship company at nooa, i'll
heavy marching order, with forty
rounds of ammunition each, prepared
to take a special train at o'clock for
Panama. Thee passengers, except
ing a few destined for the South
Pacific ports, were directed to remain
on the steamer and the commanding
officer of the men-of-war in the harbor
were ordered TO furnish Colonel Hey
wood with Calling and Hotchkiss guns
ard fifty sailors to accompany the
battalion. Two trains, the Srst con-
sisting of one mail and baggage car, six
passenger and two iron armOred cars,
one at either end; the second of the
paymaster's car, two cabooses, two plat
form and three box cars, were made up,
and at 8 O'Clock they moved off amid
the cheers of great crowd Of people of
all colors and nationalties. largely of
the dark races, and the strains of mar
tial music, furnished by the band
OF the flagship Tennessee, which &C
companied Admiral Jouett, who re-
viewed the expedition from the balcony
of the office of the steamship company.
The marines entered the train in such
order as their battalion could get out
and form line of battle on either side
of the train at the slightest alarm and
with the least possible delay. The few
passengers permitted to go were placed
in the rear car. The second train was
guarded by details of marines from the
North Atlantic squadron, and con-
veyed the tents, tools, rations and
spare ammunition of the battalion.
Captain Meade's company was left at
tect the line there. Matuchin is the
highest and most important station on
the road and is the centre of extensive
canal operations which give it mixed
and, at times, Sundays particularly,
very disorderly population. Both
trains cautiously continue the transit,
expecting to find the track removed or
bridge destroyed near Panama. No
thing, however. occurred to delay them,
and at O'Clock the force arrived safely
at Panama and Immediately bivouacked
in an immense warehouse, where they
spent the night A complete Gordon of
sentinels was established around the
property of the Panama Railroad Com
pany, Pacific Mail Steamship Company
and the Internal Canal Company.
Twenty sentinels constituted the cor
don, and the daily guard, mounted,
consists of one captain, two lieutenants,
two sergeants, six corporals and sixty
privates. These men. in fact the entire
command. have strict orders not to in
terfere with the political or social affairs
of citizens, and are not allowed to leave
the limits of the camp, which has
been ehristened Camp Jouett." Under
three conditions their orders require
them to shoot These are: In the
event of discovering anyone attempting
to set fire to the property they guard, in
case prisoner or person. challenged
hailed three times. attempts to escape,
and lastly in self-defense, should they
be assaulted while on duty. The
Isthmus is patrolled daily, thrice each
way, by train of guards composed of
ten enlisted men under commissioned
officer, and frequently an ar
mored 4 car with three guns and
a crew of blue-jackets are
added to the guard. The large
mixed and rough population working
along the line often give the conductors
much trouble, especially after payday.
There are in all 527 marines and twenty
eight marine officers now on the 18th
mus and 200 more with six officers be-
longing to the ships of the North At
lantlc and Pacific stations, who could
be instantly landed.