Santo Domingo Affair

Santo Domingo Affair
	Part of the Dominican Republic, Caribbean Sea
Result	American victory

Belligerents

United States

Dominican Republic

Commanders and leaders

Richard Wainwright

Albert S. Mclemore

Carlos F. Morales

Juan Isidro JiminezStrength Land:
80 marines
250 sailors
Sea:
2 protected cruisers
1 auxiliary cruiser
1 steamship 100 militia
1 fortCasualties and losses 1 killed
1 wounded
1 steamer damaged
1 launch damaged Unknown
1 fort captured

The Santo Domingo Affair, or the Santo Domingo Crisis, refers to an incident in 1904 involving the

Dominican Republic. After the death of a seaman from the USS Yankee on February 1, the U.S. military launched a punitive expedition

which routed the Dominican forces.

Background

During the

Richard Wainwright, was placed in charge of the operation on board the Newark.^[1]

Incident

Wainwright arrived at Santo Domingo on the 10 February, finding that the USS Columbia had arrived on 8 February. The Columbia was under the command of Captain

Captain Albert S. Mclemore.^[2]

At least 100 armed rebels were using the old Fort Ozama as a base. The Americans received some enemy rifle fire while still on the water and when they landed at 4:30 pm, they attacked and routed the rebels. When the men on board Columbia observed the gunfire, Captain Wainwright ordered his gunners to open fire until 4:47, though the Newark continued the attack until 5:00. With the battle over, the Americans returned to their ships between 9:00 and 10:00 pm. Morales, Jiminez, and Wainwright signed another armistice and later a peace treaty which ended the hostilities. Only one American was hurt in the engagement when he accidentally fired his revolver into his foot; Dominican casualties are not known. The United States Marine Corps maintains a small cemetery in Santo Domingo. Seaman Johnston was the first to be buried there, followed by other men killed on the island during the Banana Wars.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Ellsworth, pg. 67
^ Ellsworth, pg. 68
^ Ellsworth, pg. 69
^ Jeannia Zamora. "militarygraves". Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

Sources

Ellsworth, Harry A. (1974). One Hundred Eight Landings of United States Marines 1800-1934. Washington D.C.: US Marines History and Museums Division.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

18°28′35″N 69°53′36″W / 18.4764°N 69.8933°W / 18.4764; -69.8933

[1] Ellsworth, pg. 67

[2] Ellsworth, pg. 68

[3] Ellsworth, pg. 69

[cox-4] Jeannia Zamora. "militarygraves". Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

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