Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1896, Page 8

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The object of this club fs to provide ways and means for securing the largest representation possible of Grand Army men from Washington to the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at St. Paul) which takes place next September. President Dinsmore occupied the chair, with Mr. Arthur Hendricks as secretary. Reports were received from the various committees in connection with the work, and were most satisfactory in every detail. During the discussion as to the best means of raising money to defray the expenses of the trip and to secure the services of a band to accompany the Old Guard and members of che G. A. R. to St. Paul a pro- ject was brought up and adopted to give a series of four entertainments. The society is anxious to raise at least $1,000, and from the nature of the reports and the interest taken in the coming entertainments it Is though: that the sum will exceed that amount by a good margin. Capt. Anderson made a short speech on the subject of the memorial bridge across the Potomac to Arlington after the busi- ness of the evening had been disposed of, in which he asked the society collectively and individually to use all its efforts in order to induce Speaker Reed to have the bill brought before the House for a vote. He felt confident that should the matter be urged the Speaker would comply with the request and the bill receive the sanction of the House by being passed by a large ma- jority. The members present signified their entire willingness to participate in such a movement, and an official letter will be STRUGGLING -CUBANS Mr, Mannix Tells of the, Oondition of Insurgents and Spaniarda, FRIGHTFUL MORTALITY FROM DISEASE : eeeRTa ae The Rebels Well Digciplined and Brave to RasHlfiess. See THE CUBAN PRESIDENT In Saturday’s Star I told of the per- sonnel and general make-up of the Spanish army as I learned it in the city of Havana. Seeing them in the field did not Improve my firat impressions of this grand eggregation that was the hope of Spain— once the proudest and most glorious of na- tions, now feeble and childish in its old age. The rebel forces under Gen. Gomez had astonished the government by the audacity of their invasion of Santa Clara province. During the ten years’ war the insurgents were never able to leave the province of Santiago de Cuba for more than a few hours at a time, and this only for sudden spurts or raids into Puerto Principe. The government was therefore alarmed to think that Gomez would dare march through Puerto Principe and enter Santa Clara. Campos hurried to the front. All available troops were forthwith dispatched to that province to arrest’ the onward march of the rebels. Gen. Campos estab- =r Ses pM It was expected that Maceo, whose force of 8,000 was known to have been in the district a week before, had moved on Re- medios, and, therefore, no attack was feared. The troop train was somewhat in advance of the cavalry detachment. At break of day, in the most lonely part of the lonely road, the sleepy cavalrymen were aroused by the firing of light arms ahead, and shortly a dozen mules came tearing down the road. Col. Segura at once ordered his horsemen forward, and a mo- ment later the deep and narrow valley was filled with confused soldiers. The Cubans attacked the Spanish force on either side and from the front, and a fierce hand-to- hand encounter followed. The 200 mules and their attendants crushed together, and animals and men were trampled to death under the hoofs of 2,000 cavalry horses. The fighting, which lasted several minutes, was indeed fierce, the machete of the rebel and the saber of the Spaniard being wielded with terrible effect at close quar- ters, At this point I lost both my camera and my head. The latter, however, was not severed from my body. Col. Segura plainly saw that he was out- numbered and trapped, and he ordered a hasty retreat.. By this timely order he saved several hundred of his men. Seventy Spanish troopers were killed, and nearly 200 wounded, while the rebels captured early the entire transport train. They did not follow the routed column, but were evi- dently satisfied with their rich prize. The rebel loss I could not learn with exactness, but a Spanish officer passing over the same road later in the day informed me that he had counted forty-two rebels who had been left without burial by their compan- ions. I was not allowed to make any report of this battle at the time, and sent in but a brief account when I reached Havana sev- eral weeks afterward. The correspondents in the city were surprised to learn that a fight had taken place, and declared that at the palace not one word had been given out regarding it. Leaving Segura, and before returning to WITH THE DEADLY MACHETE. ‘ lished his headquarters and base of opera- fons at the city of Santa Clara. That he was very much worried appeared to me evident from the fact that he began prepa- rations for the defense of the place, not- withstanding that he had between 20,000 and 22,000 troops there under, his immediate command. ee The rainy season was not then over, and thousands of the soldiers, were down with yellow fever, smallpox and other diseases. The infirmary corps, patfent’ and nurses, included, perhaps, one-third..of the entiré force. Still there were, siy, 45,000 men fit for active duty. is I could not quite understand the situa- tion. There seemed to be no intention on anybody’s part of making offensive move- ments against the revelS. Different com- manders would take columns: of from 1,500 to 2,500 men and make ide ‘marches into the surrounding country, but-there was no general advance against =the’ enemy. The latter made nightly sorties.from the near- by woods and thickets, but for, some un- accountable reason two large forces never seemed ‘to clash. The Interview With Campos. Then I interviewed Campos. He explained that the rainy season in Cuba was some- thing to be dreaded by foreigners, and espe- cially by troops that were compelled to be at all active. Therefore, he must wait a ecuple of weeks before beginning a vigorous campaign. It would only be the matter of a month or two, or three at most, after the dry season had commenced when he would have driven the rebels back to Santiago province, if, indeed, ae had not by that time killed or captured the greater number. I believed what Gen. Campos said. He appeared to me like a frank and kind-heart- ed man, as well as one whose reputation as a soldier was too great to allow of rash promises. He was not boastful in his speech or manner of acting; talked as a true gen- eral might be expected to talk, and gave to those about him the impression that he was first a Christian man and then a Spanish soldier. He Certainly was very tender of heart. Oftentimes when referring to the soldiers sick and dying about him his eyes would fill with tears, and he would walk away. Again, he would speak of Cuba, telling of her beauties, her resources and her won- derful possibilities, and he would bemoan the war and all its consequent horrors and sufferings. He said he loved the island and its people, and that there would be no gregter pleasure for him on earth than to witness peace reigning once more. The campaign in the immediate vicinity of Santa Clara was of brici duration The sent from the society to the Speaker, ask- ing that the bill be brought up for final consideration. : ———————— Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee bave teen filed as follows: Ann M. Coskley to Jno. S. Larcombe, lot 41, 80. 512; $3,340. Grace Fleming to Mary %. Fleming, north half of lot 20, blk. 8, Washington Heights; $10. Joseph Enthoffer et ux. to Jas. M. A. Spottswood, lot 127, sq. 623; $6,750. Louise J. Otis to Ella M. Fox, lot B, sq. 121; $10. Fred. W. Reeves et ux. to Geo. W. Barry, lots 36 and 37, blk. 10, Le Droit Park; $10. Chas. A. Sautter et ux. to Franklin P. Nash, lot 16, sq. 423; $10. Redford W. Walker et ux. to W. Henry Walker, lots 104 to 114, sq. 2, West Ecking- ton; $5. Henrietta Sackerman to Simon Guggenheim, lots 21 and 22, bik. 5, Buena Vista; $10. Florence Dunbar to Adams D. Raub, lots 27 to 32, sq.-810; $10. Thos. W. Gilmer et ux. to Jas. G. Traylor, lot 19, bik. 14, Le Droit Park; $3,300. James G. Traylor et ux. to Thos. W. Gilrner, lot 49, bik. 3, Le Droit Park; $6,000.. Wm. Cham- berlain et ux. to Jno. W. Mockabee, lot : al, trustees, to Wm. W. McDonald, lot 28, bik. 8, Trinidad; $1, + David B. Gottwals to R. Parker Crenshaw, part lot 59, bik. 43, Holmead Manor; $10. Harry S. Haight et ux. to Wm. C. Grinder, part original lot 12, sq. 493; $10. Gordon Don Harris et ux. to Jas. C. Bird, lots 31 and 32, sq. SSY; $10. Maria R. Moxley to Wm. C. Grinder, part original lot 12, sq. 498; $10. Wm. J. Palmer et ux. to Wm. H. Stevens, lot 64, bik. 5, Le Droit Park; $10. Jno. F. Rodgers and Edw. J. Stellwagen, trustees, to Frank H. G. White, part of Kalorama Hts.; $00. Jno. T. Rudy et ux. to Edw. A. Taylor, lot 90, sq. 190; $10. Edw. A. Taylor to Bridget A. Rudy, lot 90, sq. 190; $10. Trustees of Limited Real Estate Investment Co. to Herbert W. Porter, east half lot §, bik. 47, Holmead Manor; 3100. W. Mosby Williams et al, trustees, to Jno. F. Allwine, part original lot 1, sq. 984; $150. Joseph Man- ning et ux. to Clement Dorsey, part original lot 26, sq. 411; $1,600. Thos. E. Waggaman et ux. to Wm. W. McDonald.lots 19 and 20, bik. 1, Cleveland Park; $10. Wm. H. Yerkes to Jaccb P. Clark, lots 5 and 6, bik. 6; lots 6 and 7, bik. 7; pt. lots 11, 14, 16 and all lots 15, 17 and 18, blk. 11, White- haven; $i. Philip H. Christman et, ux. to Geo. R. Arrington, parts lots 112, 114, Long Meadows; $10. Frank G. Ely et- ux. to Selden M. Ely, lots 31 and #2, Long Meadows; $10. A. M. Green et ux to Ella R. Middleton, lot €92, Anacostia; $1,550, = i} a A Spanish Ckaylain. rebels, somehow or another, did not ac- commoidate themselves tothe §pantsh plans, and before the governmentchad realized that they had vacated }he fountry about Santa Clara Maceo was at the other, north- ern, side of the island, invading the province of Matanzas. ee Gen. Campos’at once returned to Havana and ordered that a change of the base of operations he made from Santa Clara to Colon, the latter place in Matanzas prov- ince, but a few miles over the border. : Saw a Litile Fighting. I did not return to Havana at that time, but joined the column of Col. Segura, operat- ing in the eastern portion of Santa Clara. I was quite anxious to see a little fighting— at long range—and my desire was rather fully and unexpectedly gratified. Col. Segura-was ordered to proceed from a little place called Iguara with a trans- pert train of 200 mules laden with arms, ammunitions and provisions. for advance detachments of the army. The start was mude at 3:30 in tke morning. Eight hun- Havana, I visited Sancti Spiritus, one of the oldest and most aristocratic elties of the island. There was a large Spanish force ther2, and I was desirous of going across country to Colon, instead of being obliged to return to Havana and make a new start from there. I remained at Sancti Spiritus eight hours. Just at that time it was the pest house of Cuba. Four thousand yellow fever pa- tients, soldiers, were there to die if they must; to get well if they could: The churches, which included'-the cathedral, the Sancti Spiritus University, public schools, convent and a number of private dwellings were all used for hospital purposes. Rows of once white tents told where hundreds of other unfortunates were battling the dread- ed malady. In the streets and about the town were pools of water covered with slime, and in themselves breeding more death. | ing gain. Spanish Artillery. sands of his men, and he knew full well that there could possibly be no compensat- He was aware of the fact that the rebels, 99 per cent of whom are born in Cuba, wuld not fall victims to the fever even though they marched, slept and mess- ed in the rain from summer's beginning to summer’s end. Weyler and Hix Record. I do not think Weyler will be avie to con- tinue active operations from this time on. He was sent by Spain to nutcher the Cu- bans, and his record thus far has been al- most up to expectations, but the people of Spain vill not allow him to carry on a war- farce during the summer that will mean ten deaths in the Spanish ranks to unc -in the ranks of the Cubans. ‘ Maceo, in-his last letter, tells that there will be no cessation of hostilities. Maceo is wise. He knows that the main body of his force welcomes th: heat and the rain, the fruit and the renewed vegetation. | He knows that soon again, in every section of Cuba, oranges, bananas and yams will be as plentiful as ever they were in times of peace. He knows that soon the new cane- fields will be rich in the sweet product that has for weeks at a time been the food cup- ply of the rebel armies, If Weyler carries out the plans he has laid down, the rebel leaders will rejoice thereat, for waen the winter season is again around Spain’s army will be but a skeleton of its former self. The peculiar character of the soil of Cuba renders marching by infantry in the rainy season almost impossible. It is ge erally of clayish loam, but highly tinctured with iron and alkali. Even in dry weatrer grains of it getting into the pores of the skin cause immense sores and boils to de- velop, In several places I saw whole com- panies of Spanish infantry unable tu march because of feet swollen to a surprising siz: The cores thus caused are not easily cured, and may, and cftentimes do, remain for weeks and months. In the wet season the soldier, marching from point to point, sinks into this peculiar, sticky soil, and his limbs as well as feet become covered with sores and botis. Were the Spanish troops sup- plied with strong, high boots, there would not be the same difficulty and inconven- fence from this particular source, but as the government has been’so sparse in its attention to the soldiers’ stomachs, I fear their feet will continue to remain neglecte: The Spanish army in Cuba lacks cavalr: Its present cavalry force is a sort of a “one-horse” affair as compared with the mounted branch of the revolutionary forces. The sum total of the government's cavalry in the island would not reack 8,000, while two-thirds of the Cubans are riding good horses, at least the best the country affords. First View of the Rebel Forces. My first daylight view of the rebel forces of any consequence was at Colon, to which point Gen. Campos had removed his head- quarters, and from which point he removed them only a fortnight after. At Colon a large force of troops, about 17,000, I think, had been concentrated. Go- mez and Maceo were crossing the border THE FIGHT AT COLON. There were no sanitary restrictions. Sol- Giers died and were buried by comrades as carelessly as though a bullet or saber had caused the end. Citizens of the place af- flicted with the disease were visited by their friends, who, also, when the cases proved fatal, accompanied the remains to the cemetery. There appeared on every hand an unexplainable indifference to the s2ourge that was thinning the ranks of the soldiers and the population of the city at a rate of eighty per day. Here I was a witness of an incident ex- ceptionally touching and cruel. A certain Spanish lieutenant, named Feinoo, with forty or fifty soldiers, came into Sanct. Spiritus after surrendering to the rebels a and aching to reach the cane fields that stood in luxuriant richness for miles to- ward the province of Havana. Campos had determined to stop the advancing rebels at this point and he hoped for a decisive bat- ile. As it appeared later, the rebel leaders had the same desire in mind, for they threw their several divisions upon Colon, drove back the outcr lines, captured several pieces of artillery and actually broke several Span- ish squares that were formed to face them. Campos fell back with his army, makin; stands at Jovellanos, Roque, Perico an Limonar. But they were all futile, and the victorious rebels swept the country before them. On all hands the country was on fire and thousands of tons of beautiful cane small outpost fort, which they had been Pwent up in smoke, while Spain’s army hui garrisoning some twelve leagues away. The tieutenant and his little party had made a gallant defense of the place for seven or eight days, but were finally compelled to surrender because of a total lack of food, water and ammunition. The rebel leader, Col. Mirabal, whom Spain calls a bandit, admired the pluck and bravery of Feinoo’s men, and after disarming them allowed the entire band to return to Sancti Spiritus. Feiroo was stricken with the fever, but his general ordered him court-martialed im- mediately, hawking into his ears that every man of the party should have suffered death rather than allow the fort to fall in- to the hands of the rebels. Feinoo’s plea that his men were nearly dead from hunger and thirst when he at length surrendered was of no avail, and the luckless young .| officer was brought into the court-mariial room lying upon a stretcher and rolled in a thick canvas blanket. The court-martia! was held on the second day after his re- turn to town, and the poor iellow was so far gone with open his eyes or speak during the proceed- the fevér that he did not | roic battles of ried for protection behind the guns of Ma- tanzas. It was an ignominious rout for the one, a glorious advance for the other. The People of the province, long waiting the op- portunity, cheered the invaders and enrolled themselves beneath the banner of liberty. Well Disciplined and Brave. At several points I had opportunity of viewing the rebel forces. I saw that, while they were not uniformed and carried but few flags, they were organized, disciplined and brave almost to the point of madnee-. I saw the white cavalry of Gomez end the black infantry of Maceo eharge side by side against the Spanist lines of bayonets and in the face of a withering fire from thousands of Mauser rifles. I saw them advance as men determined upon a pur- bose and ready to face death for its ful- fillment. The story of Colon has not been written, but it is worthy of a place among the he- history. I can still see 1 fore me the Spanish lines of infantry, co figs. A miserable farce was enacted, and | ered by a half-dozen batteries of light ar- Feinoo was then and there sentenced to| tillery, waiting for the assault of the foe. death. Yellow fever carried out the sen-|1I can see the Cubans coming over the tence the following morning, and the heart- | Tolling country tn well-ordered lines, slowly less brutes who wore Spanish shoulder | 4t first, then faster as they nearer cam straps of a high grade were robbed of the | 2nd finally breaking into a wild charg fiendish satisfaction they would have had| Machetes shining in the surlight, hats of seeing this brave young officer shot down for doing what any soldier who had man- hood would do. The death, diseas2, want and suffering at Sancti Spiritus, all combined, did not im- press me one tithe as much as did this court-martial scene. I said this be a sample of Spain’s methods in Cuba I am forever and eternally against to myself if | falte wn to the ground, and cheers of “Ci “Cuba!” “Cuba!” ‘as the patriots threw themselves against the Spanish steel and bullets, Nor can I forget how sul- lenly brave that charge was met. The boys from the vineyards of Spain did not : but they had not the thoughts of right nor the hopes of liberty to give them sufficient strength against the madly pa- her and her hirelings upon this fair island. | ‘lotic. enemy. Physically weaker, men- The Rainy Season. Returning to Havana at about the close of the rainy season I was tempted to look for the official records regarding the num- ber of deaths in the army during the sum- mer. I had heard Gen. Campos, Gen. Ar- derius and other prominent officers refer so tally discouraged, their heart's valor gave way, and the rout of the best force Spain has been able to concentrate outside of Havana began. I was among the routed. If my memory serves me well, I reached the city of Ma- tanzas a little ahead of schedule time. There were several reasons why I hurried. Some of them can be guessed. From Matanzas I sent a few brief mes- often to the summer season that I was ! sages, describing generally the events of the ready to believe that it Indeed was a tel!l- ing one against Spain’s forces in Cuba. week previous. They are probably on the road yet—at least none of that batch ever But I was not prepared for the figures | arrived to tell the tale. Later on, in Ha- spread before me. With the. xine months vana, I wrote the account again and for- ending November 1 @ total of 23,313 deaths | warded it to The Star, via Vera Cruz, Mex- in the army were record=d. Of this number 21,200 were due to yellow fever and small- ox! that the terrible ‘season is past, I thought, But bringing the matter to its application as regards the summer now opening in ico, but some Mexican, perhaps a pi ess- ogre ive fellow studying English, kept it as a They may, indeed, feel very happy| sample of how poorly rcme people could write. Just at this point it would be interesting to many to detail some of the methods em- | Cuba, what a power in favor of the re- | ployed by correspondents at Havana in get- bellion will disease wield as against the | ting out true reports. The schemes are greater army that Spain now has quartered | many and unique, but the readers of The in the island. Weyler says there will be no | Star must on this occasion think out the rest during the summer months. He pro- puzzle for themselves—remembering that peses, 80 he tells us in later dispatches, to | there are still one or two representatives continue aciive operations agal my. ranks wh. next Novembe> comes around? it the ene- | of the Amerfcan press in Cuba and whose What will be the death record in his | trials and tribulations are already manifold. Meeting the Cuban president, I ! of the enslaver, and while there w: Meeting the Cuban President. Working upon this plan, I first went to Cub‘tas mourta'n, where I understood the executive headquarters of the Cuban gov- ernment were located. Before leaving Ha- vana, I was told by persons who knew, | that Cubitas was a natural fortress, and was called away on matters connected with the administration of his office. The trip to the cloud-land cap'tal of the republic has already been described in The Star, and the ringing words of the brave, talented and energetic executive of the Cuban republic have long since been published far and wide thrcvghout these United States. I did not meet a pandit when I met the president of Cuba. Rather, indeed, dtd I mect a man who would be an ornameri to any home, any profession or any land, a man of education and of great natural abi ity, a man of experience, a patriot, an American citizen, a Christian. President C'sneros was a most agreeable and entertaining conversat'onalist, and the story of his life, as told by himself, was lke unto the recital of a romance. When he talked of Spain and the wrongs she had heaped upon his beloved island the spark of patriotism and anger that was in him lightened into a fire the flame of which could be discerned in the bright and pene- trating eye. Cisneros was once very wealthy. the He owned vast estates in regent Cavalry. province of Puerto Principe, and his wealth extended to manufacturing enterpri in Havana and the United States. He was honored in every way by the crown, and at last the ancient and historic title of Marquis of Santa Lucia was bestowed upon him. But Cuba groaned under the hea no sign of an impending outbreak, Cisneros could no longer bear the ignominy of living beneath such a flag. Me disposed of a large part of his landed properties in Cuba, moved to the United States, and informed the Spanish monarchy that he renounced the tities and decorations it had given him. Then it was that he became a citizen of the United States, a fact of which he & proud, to use his own words, “than other connected with earthly things. Cisneros’ Abilities. Mr. Cisneros spent many years of his life in the United States. He studied English, and is today a master of the language. He speaks and writes it with equal fluency, grace and polish. While in New York he studied engineering and surveying, and takes much pride in those branches. His maps of Cuba are the best extant, and he corstantly at work upon new sections for the use of the leaders in the field. President Cisneros at his mountain home Was surrounded by about 80 intelligent Cubans, the majority of them natives of his own province, Puerto Principe. General Carlos Roloff, also an American citizen, but a native of Poland and a graduate of the Moscow Military School, was in command of the capital garrison. Gen. Rolo, at the time of my first visit to Cubitas, was suf- fering from a severe wound, and was de- Ploring his inability to take charge of the command in action assigned to him by Gen. Gomez. Later he was acting secretary of war of the republican government. is possessed of much mi i is a veteran of the ten years’ war, as well as of the civil war in the United States. He is a chemist also, and the dynamite that has been turned out at Cubitas under his direction has on more than one occasion proven to be very effective against the troop trains and railroads of the enemy. Effect of Campow’ Resignation. Some weeks after my trip to Cubitas the panic In official Spanish circles came, and Gen. Campos was asked by the Madrid gov- ernment to resign. His resignation had a tremendous moral effect throughout Cuba in favor of the revolution, and for vicinity of the capital, and an attack upon the city was daily expected. The government troops did not go out to meet the Cubans, but a threatening array of artillery of every de- scription was placed, covering all the ad- vances to the city. Z The people of Havana were panic-strick- en, The exchanges were closed, and but little business was transacted by the gen- eral mercantile establishments. Gen. Cam- pos himself expected un attack, for he an- nounced that five shots in quick succession would be fired from the castle to warn the people when the conflict opened. Loyal Spaniards at this critical period lost faith in their government's strength, for they fully appreciated the feeling of insecurity and anxiety that permeated the palace itself. Gomez hovered in the vicini- ty for a week or more, drew his army away to I saw him there a fey after and in- the forced resignation of ZAM FRANCIS MANNIX. a A CONSULAR INSPECTION, The Object Being to Place the Service on a Higher Plane, In anticipation of the passage of the con- eular and diplomatic appropriation bill in its present shape, the officials of the State Department are making preliminary ai- rangements for a thorough inspection of the more important consylates, with a view to placing the servic. on a higher plane of efficiency. The bill contains an appropria- tion of $10,000 for the expenses of the pro- posed inspection. It is said to be the Presi- dent's intention to detail an official of the State Department, probably one of the ag- sistant secretaries, with one or two subor- dinates, to visit several of the more im- portant consulates and commercial agen- cies, as well as those where the adminis- tration of affairs has not been wholly satis- factory to the department. Consular officers have been apprised of the proposed inspection, and have been in- structed to afford the inspectors every fd- cility in their power for the successful pros- ecution of their work. It will be the special duty of the inspectors to ascertain how the consuls stand among the residents of their districts, and to carefully investigate their business methods. The consulates at re- mote places will be inspected by the resi- dent ministers plenipotentiary. The ap- propriations will be devoted solely to de- fraying the expenses of the inspectors, who will receive no additional compensation for this work. No general reorganization of the service is contemplated, bui it is more than probable that changes will be made wherever it is believed to be for the best interes's of the government. ——_+-e. Elect ot Officers. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Columbia Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, held today, the fol- lowing trustees were elected to serve for the ensuing year: James A. Baics, Chas, J. Bell, A. T. Britton, H. Rozier Dul 'o Robert I. Fleming, J. Eakin Gadsby, Thos, M. Gale, Chas. C. Glover, R. O. Holtzman, James M.Johnston, John 8. Larcombe, F.B. McGuire, M. M. Parker, B. P. Snyder an@ W. R. Wilcox. > ‘W. T. Hornaday of Buffalo has been elected director of the Zoological Park t@ he established in New York.