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Show STORY OF SHELLING OF DOMINGAN TOWN Capt. Wainwright of the Newark Makes Report to the Navy Department, Explaining: Why He Unlimbered His Guns. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L The report of Cap.t. Richard "Wainwrlght, com- ( manding the Newark, regarding his recent re-cent reconnolsance about Santo Do-mingo, Do-mingo, was made public at the Navy dopartment today. Capt Wainwright found on his arrival ar-rival at Sanchez that the daughter and brother-in-law of the American Consular Con-sular agent both had been wounded by the same bullet in the fighting there. He wrote a letter to the commanders o the Government and -insurgent forces, protesting- against further firing in the streets of the city or toward the houses of the inhabitants, and to make his protest effective landed a force of twenty marines and a company of blue jackets. There was no further firing. Regarding the firing on the American Ameri-can steamship New York by the insurgent insur-gent forces while she was unloading her cargo, Capt. Wainwright says: "I arrived at Santo Domingo City about 10 o'clock on the morning of the 11th. . "The New York reported that she had entered Monte Cristi, having a cargo for that place, but that Gen. Morales had flrd upon tho lighters coming out to tike this cargo. "The New York went to Puerto Plata, where a written agreement was entered into between Gen. Morales and the Clyde agent6. that the cargo for Monte Cristi, with the exception of arms and ammuition, should be deposited depos-ited there in the custom-house and later sent overland to Monte Crletl. "The whole southeastern peninsula Is 'In the hands of the insurgents and Santo Domingo City is surrounded and closely Invested by about 1200 men of the Insurgent forces. "The steamship New York arrived shortly after me, and at noon went nlongslde the dock in the river to unload un-load her cargo, about 1900 barrels. "Capt. Miller of tho Columbia had mado a written agreement with the Commanding Generals of both forces that there would be no llrlng on that side of the city while the New York was at the dock. "The Columbia's steam launch, with a large United States Hag In the bows, went into the dock preceding the New York, also flying an American flag. The Insurgents from the east bank of the river fired upon the New York and upon the Columbia's steam launch. "After consultation with Capt Miller, and by his direction, I moved to a position po-sition directly opposite the river and shelled the cast bank of the river in order or-der to drive back into the interior all insurgents in that neighborhood, preparing pre-paring the way for landing a battalion battal-ion composed of the landing force of tho Columbia and Newark. The battalion bat-talion landed at about 4:30. At a small town in tho , interior the Insurgents were found in some force under the command of Gen. Jose Tiburzicr. The General was warned to remove his forces at once back into the interior away from the east bank of the river, and that he should not fire on the town again from that side. He signed another an-other written agreement to that effect and at once collected his forces and marched his men Into the interior." |