The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-06-05
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With HE NEW YUKk |
Chapter One of the Great Warship's
Diary.
STOP AT SAN DOMINGO
The Tomb Of Columbus Splendid and
SquaIor of the Black
Republic.
PUBS. Notwithstanding to announcement
we publish herewith part Of {! Chapter One 1e
any OTTER papss periodical, i xilI 6s 8
viii well repay the readers time. Chapter
Two takes the reader to Puerto Rico and
gives much new information about Uncle
Of holding these Islands permanently is one
0. the questions of the day, added interest
is given the opinions OF this non partisan
and unbiased naval writer. This series is
published by permission of Mr.. s. NJ Kelly
of Denison.
The u. s. Flagship New York; lett
the New York Navy Yard at 500 a. m.
~on Saturday, the 18th day of December,
1899, to follow out cruise proposed to
and approved by the Navy Department,
as given in an intinerary published be.
fore our sailing. The complement of
officers and crew was complete, an
abundant supply of fresh provisions
had been taken on board by many of
the messes to last for some time, and
with prospects of beautiful weather
and tropical scenery in place of the
freezing temperature and probable deep
snow of the coming winter at home,
every one had occasion to be pleased
with the winter cruise before them.
A constant rolling, due to a long swell
from the eastward, was about the only
out of common occurrence during our
passage south to the islands. The max.
imum roll was 81 degrees to starboard,
which occurred on the afternoon of De-
cember 10Th. AT 900 a. m. on the 22nd
we passed Monito Island off the port
beam, and at 5:15 p. m. anchored off the
city of Santo Domingo, the capital of
the republic OF that name, and also the
Oldest city of the Western Hemisphere.
The usual saluues were fired at this
place and on the following day the adj
miral and his staff called upon the
President of the Republic, and this visit
was returned by state officials the same
afternoon. There we're no men-of-war
present except two inside the river fly
ing the flag of the Dominican Republic,
one the IA knot seven gun cruiser
ssPresidente, !" which has been recon-
structed from the famous yacht ''Deer-
hound.'' the vessel present at the battle
between the U. s. ship "Kearsarge"
and the Confederate Cruiser ALA
bama,n in 1864, and which picked up
some of the men from the latter ship.
AS Santo Domingo is only part of
the Island Hayti,a short description of
the Island will here be given. Hayti
is, with the exception of Cuba, the
largest of all West India Islands, hav-
ing a length of 407 miles, a breadth Of
$50 miles and covers an area of about
2S.O0O English square miles, or nearly
the same size as Ireland. 1t is very
mountainous, some of the peaks reach
ing an altitude of over 5000 feet. The
population OF the whole island is at the
present time about 100000, of which
$50, 900 are subjects Of the Haytian Re.
public on the western end of the island
and 10000 subjects of the Santo Do
mingan Republic, on the eastern end of
theaisland. Of the Haytian republic
nearly 500 900 are of African descent.
and of the Dominican about 25, 900. OF
the mixed races about 125.O0O are
Spanish and $4,000 of French descent.
As no Haytian port will be visited until
the latter pa1t Of this cruise. will con-
fine myself to a short description of the
Dominican Republic and its capital.
San Domingo The republic of San
Domingo has an area of about 900
square miles. which is nearly double
that of the Republic Of Hayti,
while its population numbers only $780,
y COO about one-half that of the Negro
nation. There is also wide difference
in the character of the people of the
tive republics. Those of San Domingo
are to considerable degree Spanish in
their origin and traditions, and retain
the Spanish language without any de-
generation while the Haytians use an
impure patOis. About one-tenth of
the present Inhabitants are of pure
CaStilian blood, and the rest exhibit
every degree of mixture of white and
! colored, with comparatively little Of the
unadulterated negro.
Santo Domingo began her indepen-
dence in 1921, and was later coerced
into union with Hayti, which lasted
until 1874, when the new Dominican
republic was established, and the first
presidents was chosen. In. 1861 the mo
ther country, Spain, resumed control,
but this only made the then bad con.