The Marines in Haiti - A History of the Marines

The marines faced no resistance from the population, but no jolly welcome parties either. The admiral in charge of the occupation then dug up a compliant puppet to serve as haite's new president and dictated a convention that would technically be signed as a treaty between two sovereign powers. This administration would be run by a receiver general and a financial councillor,. who basically had unlimited authority to do whatever they wanted through a mix of carrots and sticks the us. Induced the haytian senate to ratify the convention in november 19 15.