The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-17
T1AY7-I AND THE WEST INDIES.
BY Major WIN. E. Doyle-Article Mo- a.

BY Major Win. E. D
AT Kingston I found Captain Charles
Williams, m old Maine shipper who,
authorized, with me, to purchase a.
steamer to use ns gunbont, the Solo
mon ooysrnment having three, ono Of
which w,as d beautiful steam yacht
which had belonged to Leon Say. tho
French banker They were named the
''Idberte and Egnlite,'' tho IL Ouvcr-
ture9 and tho Solomon" We purchased
through De Cordova d Side wheel steam.
er OF albotit COZ tons. which had belonged
pany, ana was named " ~ Elder which
was changed by us to ia Putria1t'
Through the same Arm we purchased
two old 60 poufder iron cannon, and four
90 FOUNDERS which strongly suspect
had been drawn 4 out Of tho streets Of
Spanish town, where they had been doing
duty AZ corner posts. had met mn OK
artillery captain Of the British Army at
IIayden's on Trorbour Street, named
a very capable man, and onger to enter
the revolutionary service. / telegraphed
to New York tat $150 per word). and
received authority to employ him on
tho same terms as myself. He was a
splendid fellow, his trouble having oc-
cured from a gambling craze In which
he hypothccated his pay too often and
was dismissed from the army. Leaving
Williams and Hudson to Mt out the war
shin returned to New York and from
there was sent to Norfolk to take
charge Of arms and ammunition on an
English brig, tho Intona, bound for
Kingston. Jamaica y.
Thc frst intimation the people Of the
United states had OF any revolutionary
movement in TIayt Gwas by the following
article in the New York Herald Of
April ~, 1888: The steamer Trop,lc
t(American) Captain Aug. G. Rand, in the
service OF Warner and Merritt, frulters,
while repairing a Neafie and Levy's
shtbyard. philadelphia on the Delaware,
took on board 800 Springfield rifles,
1000, 600 rounds OF cartridges, two field
pieces, saddles and uniforms on March
f15th. and reported to go out In ballast
AT Inagua took |, on 50 Insurgents, and
outside Inague Bay tried to get 50 more
New York, but the Atlas steamer would
not allow them to board the Tropic d.
rectly, but put them ashore at Inagua." /
There they remained day. under
watch Of an En- glish rnan-of-war, until
they obtained small schooner and
reached the Tropic, when she steamed
for N1lragoanes (TIaytD, the deck being
used for drilling purposes. At midnight
on March 2eth the Tropic entered Mirag-
Games. and put off sixty armed men s
in boats. who captured the town. On
the following morning the arms, ammuni-
ton and equipments were landed and the
revolution proclaimed, and at noon the
Troplc sailed away to Port Antonio. The
President Of Hayti, Emile Solomon, Issued
q proclamation, declared martial law
throughout thegrepublic, and sent down
the steamers; gEgalite and Liberte to at
tack Miraoanes. April 9Th. General Paul
Emile was placed In command of8the
government troops and orders given to
execute all insurgents captured.
At Kingston, when II arrived with the
I.atona, transferred the 400 SPRING
field rifles, 100000 rounds of ammunition,
500 machetes and two pieces Of artillery,
with equipments and ammunition, to the
schooner Fergus. whose captain laughed
as he shipped the groceries and grl-
cultural Implements" remarklng that no
had handled such goods before. Then
with Hudson and sixty colored revolu-
tionists under General Epanulndos Des-
roches, we sailed for Miraoane s, where
the revolutionary President Bayer5 Baze-
lais had arrived before we reached there.
al
tnelghboring towns. many OF whom
brought arms. over 1900 well armed men
and q four-gun battery, and we armed
the surplus men with machetes.
The machete Is very necessary. in the
tropics for cleaning route thrugh for
ests, where the vines obscure n trail In
a grove, and Is much on the style Of a
corn knife with longer and wider blade,
andsis dangerous-weapona at close quar-
tiers, but of9no much force In fight
when firearms are used. except to
sfrighten By a charge.
Large quantities OF blue denim un-
forms had Specn brought on the "Latoria"
and Fergus" for the men, and a guam
tity of cloth also. Hudson and myself
as we'll as several others had our uni
forms made in Kingston, where we also
obtained belts. sa bres and pistols. and
where I also obtained a pair Of field
glasses, pocket compass and surveying
materials. i3 II IA II n
# Buzalaris had brought about two tons
Of proclamntions. denouncing the black
tyrant, Solomon, and calling on the peo-5
ple TO rise and overthrow him. and these
were sent to Jacmel, Jeremie, Aquin, Aux,
Cages, Logane and other towns, some Of
them even reaching Port au Prince.
where they We're read In the streets and
created great excitement. Scouting par.
ties were sent out and some skirnlish-
ing took place, In which a number Of
prisoners We're taken, who were held for
exchange. Buzalaris at the Same time no.
tifylng Solomon that he intended to treat
prisoners humanely, but would retaliate.
for all outragcs. 1t Is a custom In this
island, \ III all revolutions, to take no
prisoners; it saves the trouble. OF feeding
them. Recruits kept coming in and reg
liments and battalions We're formed, and
we threw UP u small earthwork, in
which we mounted the four guns. SO
that when the Solomon steamer Liberto,
and Egalite came down and commenced.
sholllng US, we were ready for her II
she came close enough In, but after fir
ing few shots she withdrew. ProvI-@
sions were plentiful. being mostly brought
up from points on the bay In goletas,
these being q sort OF Il mud scow with
IA sail, in which nearly MI the coastlng
trade is done. The principal ration OF a
5TIaytIen soldier, Is sugar cane. He cuts
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