Show use U 10 airplanes Air to IP 10 cr ight r ola acl JL di ts machine gun method of warfare being tried in santo domingo LATEST STUNT OF MARINES distinct surprise to macaris gang of outlaws hiding in inaccessible parts of island frequent bush fighting new york hunting bandits with Ina machine elline guns in airplanes Is tho the latest stunt of the united states marine corps it is said to bo be a distinct surprise to the gang of outlaws hiding in ill inaccessible parts of the san pedro macaris district of sano domingo news of the adoption of this up to the minute method of discouraging revolution olli tion and pillage lu in the turbulent republic ill bite carne came in private advices advises from porto rico where it Is said the outlaws obtained their firms arms arid and ammunition at marine headquarters here there Is no knowledge of how effected wc well 11 directed gunfire from the soaring planes has lieen been but a report front from colonel breckenridge in co command minand of one ot of the companies on the island indicates that the latest crop of jungle buccaneers bucca will soon be harvested lie ile wrote to thank the originator or oc the the idea vili which feli he be said was proving ir in alile find and added send doin down n conle more airplanes there are now 13 lying flying machines inachin ps with the marine corps lu in santo do bulliv and 11 id hayti these forces consist of the first brigade of 1500 tuen men under Gel leral catlin at port in au lir prince lace rind and the Second Se conil brigade of 2000 men under general Ge fuller at san domingo city attached to ill those se forces is tile the fourth ai lation squadron under captain All minims nini of men divided into info two divisions frequent bush fighting tile the one in hayti lias hat seven hydro planes rind and the other lit in santo dolln go has six machines in both caun countries there is 15 a very bad situation v with ith constant outbreaks of revolution rind and outlawry T no 0 o regular battle has bits taken place since tit the arr arrival ivill of the rua marines rines but there has been frequent bush lighting with tilli the marines the alie first find and the last to fight an ali idea of what the ina marines rines are facing and how thoroughly they are arc preparing to do 10 their job Is given lit in I 1 nil an article in the times ot of sari san juan roto porto 1 itaco ico of recent into date under lie he headline airplanes to smash new band of bandits it says according to reliable reports the latest hand band of bandits in santo domingo numbers about young and active men and they are well armed and have plenty of ammunition the haunt of the gang Is in the san pedro macaris coris district and w nalle alle they adopt the old profession of being re revolutionists they are proving to be as ready for murder and pillage as their prototypes who are gone there has been nothing like a pitched battle with the outlaws as yet but marine officers baring commands lit in tile the district ore are expecting serious trouble at any time it has been authentically stated that a squadron of five or six airplanes with a force of 35 trained pilots and mechanics has recently been landed on the lie island and Is being mobilized at tile the conuelo consuelo sugar estate in the san pedro district where tit wide cleared area ind and level plains make the ground ideal for the building of nir air ironies and the maneuvering of the machines expected to check lawlessness although no official fitial of information formation lii has been given out it is currently reported that tire lie airplanes when put in proper shape will be armed with mahine machine guns and will play n conspicuous part in the hunting out of lie file bandits lurking in tile the jungles tind in properly cleaning them up with the leathernecks leather necks afoot and the air full of 11 humming in ing birds there does not seem to be niu much it hope for the would be bad men and the fertile plains of san domingo may soon be made safe for honest men news from other sources is to the that several flights have been made over tile the territory to which the gang has been driven for concealment with the he result that was immediately made doubly sure lit in tile lie tall grass and timber to e escape denpe from the lie rain 0 of bullets from the skies what e execution xe cution was done la not known here |