, 1885-04-29
AMERICAN MARINES.
They Hold the Fort on the
Isthmus.
And Guard American Interests
in That Section.
More Troops Arrive at the Scene
of Action.
More Troops Arrive at the Scene


senger of the diplomatic corps of Bogota,
arrived at Panama this morning with ma
tional troops, who consist chiefly of vol
unteers from Cauca, under command of
Montoya, who has sent Aizpurn notice to
leave the city in forty-eight hours. Aiz-
purn now says he will fight. If he does
not evacuate the city, the national troops
will try to dislodge him, and unless the
United States troops interfere, the city
will stand a poor chance. If Aizpurn re
mains in the city the struggle will be in
definitely prolonged.
On the morning of the 18th inst, the
Pacific Mail steamer City of Para arrived
at Aspinwall from New York with the
first battalion of United States marines.
Col. Haywood, commanding officer, i'm
mediately proceeded to the United States
steamer Tennessee, n flag ship of the
North Atlantic squadron, for a conference.
with Rear Admiral Jouett, who had ar
rived the day before from New Orleans,
via Pensacola. where he called to embark
the marines at that naval station under
command of Capt. Robert L. Meade.
George 4. Bnrt, superintendent of the
Panama railway, was invited to this CON
ference. 1t was promptly determined to
reopen transit at once. Orders were given
for the marines to be landed, and they
formed on the dock of the steamship
company at noon, in heavy marching or
der, with forty rounds of ammunition
each, and prepared to take a special train
at o'clock for Panama. Passengers, ex-
cepting a few destined for South Pacific
ports, were directed to remain on the
steamer, and the commanding officers of
the men-of-war in the harbor were ordered
to furnish Col. Haywood with Calling
and Hotchkiss guns and fifty sailors to ae-
company the battalion.
Two trains, the first consisting of one
mail and baggage car, six passenger and
two iron armored cars. one at either end,
and the second Of the paymaster's car, two
eabooses, two platform and three box cars,
were made up and at 3 O'Clock moved of
amid the cheers of a great crowd of peo-
pie of all colors and nationalities, largely
of the dark races, aud the strains of mar
tial music furnished by the band of the
flag ship Tennessee, which accompanied
Admiral Jouett, who reviewed the expo
dition from the balcony of the office of the
steamship company. The marines en-
tered the train in the order of their bat
talon formation 50 that they could get out
aud form q line of battle on either side of
the train at the slightest alarm and with
the least possible delay. The few passen-
gers permitted to 20 were placed in the
rear cars.
The second train was guarded by details
of marines from the north Atlantic squad
ron and conveyed the tents, tools, rations
and spare ammunition of the battalion.
Capt. Mead's company was left at Matu-
chin to preserve order and protect the line
there. Matuchin is the highest and most
important station on the road and is the
center of extensive canal operations, which
give it a mixed, and at times Sundays
particularly a very disorderly population.
Both trains cautiously continued the tran
sit, expecting to find the track removed or
the bridges destroyed near Panama,
Nothing, however, occurred to delay them
and at & O'Clock the force arrived safely at
Panama and was Immediately bivouacked
in an immense warehouse, where they
spent the night.
A complete Gordon of s%entinels was es-
tablished around the property of the
Panama Railroad company, Pacific Mail
Steamship company, and the Interna-
tional Canal company. Twenty sentinels
constituted the Gordon, and the daily
guard, mounted. consists of one captain,
two lieutenants, two s%ergeants, six corpo-
rails and sixty privates. These men, in
fact the entire command, have strict or
ders net to interfere with the political or
social affairs of the citizens, and are not
allowed to leave the limits o the camp,
which has been christenel Camp
Jouett."
Under three conditions their orders re-
quire them to shoot. These are: in the
event of discovering any one attempting
to set fire to property they guard; in case
a prisoner or person challenged and
halted three times attempts to escape, and
last in self defense, should they be as
saulted while ON duty. The isthmus is
patrolled six times daily. three each
way, by a train of guards
composed OF ten enlisted men
under a commissioned officer and
frequently an armored car with three guns
and a crew of blue jackets added to the
guard.
A large, mixed and rough population is
; working along the line and often give the
conductors much trouble, especially afteI
pay day. There are in all 527 marines
| and twenty-eight marine officers now OIL
the isthmus, and 200 more with six off
GERS belonging to the ships OF the Nortl
Atlantic and Pacific stations who could b.
instantly landed.
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