Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1889 — Heroes of Hayti. [ARTICLE]

Heroes of Hayti.

New York World. The Haytian soldier is a thing unique in military annals. Conversing the other day with one who has been in camp at St. Mary, he told us he had been in charge of one of the advanced redoubtsand was very often brought into collision with the enemy’s outposts. On inquiring whether accurate aim was taken in firing, he said: “Why, no! if we sighted on anything we would have to put our heads over the barricades, and might get hit”