Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 838.00/1226.

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American Legation,
Port au Prince, July 30, 1915.

Two bluejackets killed by snipers last night. Urgent need that the American forces in the city be augmented by at least a regiment of marines. This seems advisable on account of the moral effect of increased numbers and also because it would permit a patrol of the city which under present conditions is desirable but not feasible on account of the smallness of the force. City outwardly quiet today but there is quite an undercurrent of excitement and unrest. Disarmament continues slowly.

Davis.