Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1905 — MAY LAND AN ARMY. [ARTICLE]

MAY LAND AN ARMY.

General Staff Is Preparing for Trouble in Santo Domingo. According to a Washington correspondent, the general staff of the army is preparing for possible trouble in Santo Domingo with which it may not be within the power of the navy to cope, while the Navy Department is getting ready to land marines as custom house guards on the northern coast of the island, Gen. Chaffee and his associates are preparing for the quick dispatch of troops in case the insurgents attack the marines or show themselves in sufficient numbers near the cities to become a dangerous factor in the situation. There are members of the general staff who believe that Jaudenes, the insurgent leader, and the thorn in the flesh of President Morales, will not submit to seeing cut off a source of revenue upon which lie is accustomed to rely without a -blow, even though the blow be aimed at a power like the United States. The army has just as thorough an understanding of the Santo Domingo imbroglio and its possibilities for future trouble as has the navy. In fact, a man has just returned to Washington and has given the army officers composing the strategic board all the information, including maps, which' is necessary for planning and carrying ont a sharp and quick campaign in Santo Domingo if such a campaign becomes necessary.