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Haitian Gendarmerie 1916
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:27 pm
by butlersrangers
Krag cavalry carbines in use by the (U.S. trained and officered) Haitian Gendarmerie in 1916.
The U.S. administered Haiti from 1915 to 1934.
Re: Haitian Gendarmerie 1916
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:33 am
by Doubly Reincarnated
I 'spect those carbines are still in Haiti, 'tho maybe not in the best condition. Uncle Joe says our boys & girls ain't gonna go this time. Any bets? All those descendants of freed slaves will certainly get their acts together, won't they?
Re: Haitian Gendarmerie 1916
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:19 am
by butlersrangers
IIRC - The Haitian slaves rose up against their French masters in a bloody revolt.
The Haitians weren't freed by others. They fought to gain their own freedom.
Chaos, poverty, lack of education, violence, corruption, plenty of natural disasters and disease, does not make for a happy land.
Re: Haitian Gendarmerie 1916
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:28 pm
by gew98
The Haitian "uprising" was not a normal affair. They slaughtered every white and every light skinned black they got ahold of.