Show I t I riU 6 Uso YE MARINES SLAIN B BY l' l More Devil Dogs' Dogs Ordered to Sail for Battle Sector TOTAL DEATHS DEATHS' 20 O Fighting Frequent Since Sincer r Last L st May 15 I II I WASHINGTON Jan 2 AP AP- AP More marines were ere under sailing orders today for Nicaragua a battleground bat bat- that for years has claimed the blood of Americans and natives who have clashed in pitched battle Orders for or five officers and and f marines marines' JQ sail from New on thc the ic Chateau Tl Thierry evi- evi evidently dently dently- issued some days ago ago were were made public last night at marine liea on the tho heels eels of pf f vs ne news that the corps h had bad d suffered the theand he mot t ser us I C fi o n fi an and twenty three ina d i att engagement Friday with rebels commanded by by General Sandino Th Tho marine nt rino headquarters rs an- an said the new sailing had been ordered recently and there was no Indication that it was waa Inspired by the latest battle battIe The navy department itself was without an official report of f the fight until some hours after atter receipt of press dispatches Whether Whether- ma marines marines ma- ma rines will vIlI serve as s replacements or reinforcements also was not clear TOTAL 20 DEATHS Tho The five marine d d' d brings the corps' corps total since last May to approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately twenty with about as many wounded in clashes clashes- with Nicaraguans Nicaraguans Nicaraguans Nic Nic- variously identified as members of the liberal party party- army and as bandits and rebels since was declared as between the liberal and the conservative f forces On the other side of ot the ledger the marines and the Nic Nicaraguan national national national na na- na- na guard have acc accounted for the death of several hundred bundred natives In scores of minor and major ajor clashes Before the Friday engagement the most serious battle was vas on Jul July 16 16 wl when en the marines by land and air all beat off an attack by ly General Sandino Sandino Sandino San San- dino dino at Oc Octal Ocotal tal At that time one was killed and and another wounded but rebels were killed of them falling under a a rain of bombs and machine gun bullets from marine planes plane BATTLES FREQUENT Since last ast May 15 when a I marine captain and a th the first fatalities battles have havo been Ire fre quent In almost all of them the Nicaraguans suffering heavy losses In Ia the May 35 15 battle tim the marines were outnumbered ten to one but killed fourteen liberals E Early in October two marine aviators Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Earl A A. Thomas and Ser geant l Frank rank E B. Dowdell failed to tore re return ur from a flight ht was ter J t. t was va lean learned that th iV-ero iV killed by rebels atter after their lr pl plane ha had crashed During the marine search for them the bandits were en encountered Continued on page 5 6 More Devil Dogs' Dogs Ordered to Sail for Battle Sector t Continued from page L 1 on October 18 iS and sIxty seven of them were killed Six more were killed or wounded on November 2 and a a. few days das later fifteen more were slain lain blai Early in December thirty seven others fell before tho the marine rifles Most of the clashes have been with bandits under General General General Gen Gen- eral Sandi Sandino no a 3 former liberal leader loader who refused the peace terms accepted by the warring political parties at the instigation of 01 Henry L L. L Stimson former secretary of war and now governor general of th the e Philippines who was appointed by President Coolidge last April to ef of- ct- ct feet a a. peace ON DUTY UTY When 1 Mr r Stimson returned t tilia to o tile the United States In May fay more ilia than n on marines duty in Nica Nica- ague lagua The peace terms stipulated stipulate d that the bulk bull of the he force would b be e withdrawn awn leaving only enough t to o protect Americans and maintain or order order or- or der at the recen recent municipal elec elec- election tion and the national elections nex next t August The marI marines es wen went to Nicaragua a in force December 1926 1925 after minor mine r landings had lied been made during th thone the theone theone e one year since 1912 that found the e clear of American soldiery The occupation that began In 1912 during one of the most t violent revolutions ris ended in 1925 In May 1926 marines and ets returned to Bluefields when th the e recent revolt broke out The They y landed there again in August Augustof of that tha t year return returning in for a l long ng campaign n In December when the liberal con war assumed serious pro pro- portions The December 1926 handing fol r lowed th the Insistent plea of or President President Press dent Diaz the conservative fo for r American Intervention n declaration declaration dec dec- that he could not adequately adequately ade ode protect Americans an and d their theft Interests He Ho He also suggested d the retention of marines to supervise supervise supervise super super- vise the elections |