Richmond planet., 1920-10-23

ing in Righ, and JUSTICE" Lewiston
Itrachcd 10y Harnctt. Much Still
Withheld. Navy Gives out But
Two Paragraphs of Resume OF
Military Operations.
Especial Despatch to The ll"rald.D
Washington. Oct. l&,- Publication
OF fragments uf an official report on
the activity OF the Marines in liaNti,
madc public by She Navy Drrtrt-
m"nt to-day. has resulted in bring
Ing tn" courS" OF the administration
in lIayti and Santo Domingo into
startling relief.
Only two paragraphs Of tn" report.
which WAS maur 10y Brig. .-Crn. Geo.
Barnett. formerly commandment Ct
the Marine Corps. ar" given to the
public. but this small revelation Of
what it contains carries the startling
information that in the five years
OF American occupation "approNi-
matcly" $3.50 natives OF iiayu
were killed by marines and the gen
darm"ric OF llayti.
Gen. Barnett says it is impossible
to fin tn" number OF wounded. lie
gives indirect testimony as to the
experiences Of marin" craftsmanship
crr and twelve enlisted mon were
killed in action with lIaytian ban
dts.
Tn" number OF ".21o killed shows
the completeness with which She sit
ualion was dealt II means that
about one out Of every TOO inhahi-
tantS WAS "Ntrrminatcd to bring
about the reign OF peace that is said
to prevail now.
Much OF Report Withheld.
The uncertainty about the wound-
ed probably also applies To the num-
Der actually killed. During tn"
whole period Of ocuDation it was
next to Impossible even to approNi-
mate the number OF natives wound
ed. as they either were carried of
or would drag themselves away.
How many Of the Wounded died in
n"iEhhorinG woods can never be
known. and if the facts wrr" attain
able it is assumed the number of
killed would total a much larger fig
ur" than those given by Gen. Bar
nett.
Tho report at Cen. Barnett in
cludrS dispatches and orders. not
mado public, winch would tell the
story ot this application of force 10
various conflicts with ua\;ian% All
OF these facts are ignored in tn"
summary given ont hN the N&NH ~
partmrnt The Department sum
mary says.
'G"n. Barnett reviews III" "ntlr"
activities, OF tn" marines in llaNti in
restoring order. protecting cities and
Inhabitants FROM alt@rk*. ORGANIZING
the IIaytiaN grudarmrric aud COM
batting the hIndltti who pr"Nrd ON
tn" peaceful population. He pre-
SCENTS official d"Sp"tch"% aud orders
and gives details of the many con-
nict% with bandits and engagement"
Fought IN d"i"ndinE rltl"% ami towns
lhat were attacked, ANA in destroy
ing tn" bandit #lr"n&holdS. In con
rludlnE his report Gen. liarn"tt
says:
Marln" 'orr% records at head
quarters show lhat al lh"S' armed
lia\llah h2ndlta VINO actively op-
posed IN" Government oi IN" Nrpuh-
II" OF ilaNt IN III" h"Id operations
ana lhcldcht" described ahoN' APP
pFoNlhatrlH $40 W"r" Killed "llh"r
nN marines or tho pcrSohh"l oi IN"
'"huafIhcrc llaI'l. IL - lhprac-
lranl" to state now many were
Killed by tn" marines ana how many
hy the gcndarm"rlr k"p"ftS re
received OF laN'lah handltS Wonhdcd
IN the operations ana incidents con
Slst IN the majority OF cases either
OF mere estimates or general state
mchtS' ana are not SnilclehtlE com
plete upon which even to approNi-
mate the total nnmber wounded.
I. >. Casualties Slight.