File No. 838.00/1275.
Admiral Caperton to the Secretary of the Navy.
Port de Paix occupied by our forces Wednesday; landing force now established and maintaining order. Have assumed charge custom house and port service Port de Paix. Continued reports of pillage and disorder coming from interior. There is no doubt that there is now a fairly strong agitation to incite hostility toward American occupation. Castine left St Marc for Gonaives on reconnoissance duty this morning. About 1,000 ex-Government troops vicinity Ouanaminthe willing to disarm and return to their homes but cannot get to our lines on account of Cacos around Cape Haitien.