The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-25
quake. and Sir Alexander swetseuham.

quake, and Sir Aiexander swettenhan. governor of Jamaica.
 Prom this correspondence 1t appears that Admiral Davis landed party of six men Tor the purpose of guarding and securing the archives of the Amer ican consulate and another party Of ten men for the purpose of clearing away the wreckage. Later. upon the earnest entreaty of the colonial sec retary and the inspector of police. who spoke for the governor (the governor being absent from the city and at Kings House. some three miles dis tant) fifty men were landed under arms from the Indiana to overawe an alleged mutiny at the penitentiary, containing five or .six hundred priso- ners.
 Admiral Davis tben proceeded by carriage to visit the governor at Kings House and found him living with his family in tents and was accompanied to the city by the governor That same afternoon upon request of the gover- nor, the men were withdrawn from shore and returned to their ships.
 Precedent For Action.
 The action of Admiral Davis in landing, under the circumstances is not without precedent there being numer- ous cases to justify it, and as an inci- dent a copy of report by Rear Ad- miral R. w. Meade, U. s. N, in landing at Port of Spain, Trinidad. in March, 1895, to suppress fire. and a letter by the governor of the Island of Trinidad expressing his gratitude for the action is shown herewith.
 The presence of the vessels of the American fleet at the naval station, Guantanamo. only 130 miles away from Kingston, at the time of the sufferers and our own experience in the San Francisco earthquake and fire of last April showed clearly the need of suf- ficient police protection and the great benefits which result from the use of the naval forces in such an emergency.
 "The Chief acted promptly under these circumstances. and sent immediately vessels having the largest number of men and sup plies to the aid of the sufferers, and offered such help in the way of medi- can attention and food as lay in his power. which action was further helped by the department destpatching two more ships. laden with large quantities of food supplies intended for the fleet, and which were diverted from this duty and despatched to Kingston.
 After the men were withdrawn from ashore and returned to their ships, a telegram was received from the Brigadier General commanding the army of pacification in Cuba"
 Secretary Metcalf here quotes Gov ernor Magoon's statesments that tents had been sent from Cuba to Kingston upon the request of the acting British Minister, and continues:
 At the time of the aforementioned request by the acting British Minister at Havana for tents for the sufferers at Kingston, Admiral Davis had on board the vessels under his command, then in Kingston harbor, and for several days prior thereto, many of the tents asked for and which were available for use had the Governor desired them, and had the remaining ships at Guantan- amo with more than 200 tents of the kind, asked for--many more than actu- ally needed to supply the wants--all of which could have been obtained by Admiral Davis from Admiral Evans upon request by wireless within few hours"