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28.02.18. Geyer, Patrol
Report No. 4, Amort's Plant, Jinotega
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T R A N
S C R I P
T I O N
FIRST MOUNTED BATTALION
AMORT, NICARAGUA
18 FEBRUARY 1928
PATROL
REPORT NO. 4:
MAP: Willy.
Patrol number 4 consisting of Lieutenant
Humphries and 24 men, Captain Geyer in
command, on mission to capture or
exterminate, reported Sandino's outpost
at El Valle de Las Escaleras. Moved at
night on foot. Total distance covered
nine miles. Weather overcast, visibility
zero, trails bad.
Patrol surrounded houses at 0500. Found
only indian occupants, no signs of
bandits. Then thoroughly reconnoitered
the village. Escaleras is an Indian
pueblo, all people laborers. No signs of
bandits or their activities. Natives
were friendly but shy.
/s/ P. C. GEYER
Captain, U.S.M.C.
127/204/4
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Summary & Notes:
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The first of many combat patrols in the
coffee district east of Jinotega;
Marines-Guardia fanning out across the
country's rural districts "to capture or
exterminate" the rebels, in an early version
of what, decades later in Vietnam, were
dubbed "search and destroy" missions.
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"Amort's Plant" a coffee plantation east of
Jinotega, north of Matagalpa.
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Report offers a glimpse into a broader
theme: that many Indian communities in
Jinotega-Matagalpa highlands are still viable, coexisting with a rapidly developing coffee
economy dominated by wealthy Nicaraguans and
European and Asian immigrants (British,
German, Italian, US, Chinese, others).
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