New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-25
AMERICAN MARINES IN SAN DOMINGO
Captain Wainwright Tells of the Firing On
the New-York

Washington. Feb 29.-Ry order % Secretary
Moody the report % Captain Richard wainwright
commanding the Newark. regarding his recent
reconnaissance about san Domingo. vas made
public at the Navy Department to-day. Captain
Wainwright found on his arrival al SANCHEZ That
the daughter and brother-Iu-law % the American
consular agent had been wounded 10y the same
bullet in the fighting there. As IL was expected
that the attack February would he repeated
the following day, he wrote q letter 90 the com
1nanders OF ne government and iusurgsnt forces
protesting against further firing !u The streets or
tho city or toward tho houses oi She Inhabitants.
and 10 make his protest effective. landed twenty
marines and company Of buejeckets who took
up their position On general merchandise store
for the night The night passed without an at
tack. The following day the Montgomery ar
rived and landed marines 10 relieve the forces
ashore from the Newark. Captain Wainwright
had an interview with President Morales on
board the Newark that day as 10 conditions in
Panama Bay.
Regarding the firing on the American steamship
New-York By the Insurgcnt forces while she was
unloading her cargo, Captain Wainwright says;
President Morales returned 70 sarchez I'm the
NAMED until the next morning. la the mean time
] had learned from the report OF the MONTGOMERY
ia SANTANA that President Morales had violated
asylum bistLleq y! oui S-s,I 49, ~ 80 81
board the Newark and Informed me that he had
rot taken the men from the consulate at SANTANA,
but from a farm outside the town which belonged
TO the consular agent / Informed him that DE
the consulate. He informed me thai he had passed
a decree closing Monte Christi and Mac"rlS- ad-
American or foreign commerce. but iid not question
the doubtful validity Of his deere. - theTe was a
got under way at about o'clock a. m on Feb
ruary TO- leaving the Mont6omery IN Shat6e %. OF
Americans in SANTANA Bay. ard steamed directly
for san Domingo city. where arrived at about
10 O'Clock on the morning or inc nun me , -NtN
having cargo FOR that place. but that General No
n adj
his cargo me EeW-lo OK Wti-t 20 Io5to i"t'.'
where "a written agreement was entered mt De
tween General Norales and the clyde agents that
the cargo for Monte christi. win me execution OF
arms and ammunition. should be deposited there
in the custom house, and later sent overland 10
The whole southeastern peninsula Is in the hands
rounded and closely invested by twelve hundred
men OF the insurgent force. 40,
Columbia. and al once reported 20 Captain Miller.
The steamship Now-YOrk arrived shortly after me.
TO unload her cargo. about one thousand nine hum
dred barrels Captain Miller had made a written
forces that there would be no firing on that side
Of the city while the New-Yor was at the sock.
eeeSiSg he %@vvyorly also ewing an American nag
The Insurgents from the east bank Of the river
fired upon the New-York and upon the Columbia =
steam launch. After consultation with captain
Miller and by his direction. ! moved TO a position
Gair ~ ne river in order 70 drive back into the
pairing the way for landing battalion composed
Of the landing force OF the Columbia and the New
The battalion under command OF Lieutenant
CommandeT Parker equipped in light marching
town about half mile in the interior the insur-
mand Of General Jose Tburzier The eneral VSg
warned 20 remove his forces at once back into tho
that he should not FIRE on the town again from
that side He sisned another written agreement TO
that effect and az once collected his forces and
marched his men into the interior.