The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 1, 1898, Page 18

18 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, S INDAY, MAY 1, 1898. | | | I | | 000000000000000 HOW WE e First L?:zh(‘ 0000000000000000000OOGOOQOOGOOOOOODOOOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO00000500000000000000000 ..-California Militia, tain Apany -oft to the for " the November, “aptain heid infarmed Governor of M husetts ; would be accepted | t together one hundred men | equip - themselves, . fur- | n own transp ation and in to the Government Boston. This offer ree weeks' 2 L W \ I % ,,'\\ _ 70 THE FAMOUS |$ KEY TO TE i/ ‘MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIAR X : a s i AND DELEGATE OF THE. F‘C-({_ i JUBAN REPUBLIC ABRo4o” _ | matic household constitutes the delega- 7| tion of the Cuban Republic. {| The term “Junta” has been applied | because such a body ar council was at- | tached to the diplomatic department of Cuba during the ten years’ war. As Secretary to the > authority of the Junta frequently | Revolutionary | | restricted the action of the delegate | | the promoters of the present revolution | | decided to eliminate it; yet the name | } 1-J. Antonio.Gonzales Lanuza, LL.D., Sec- | | tary to the Cuban Delegation. Nicolas Hernandez, Private Secre- | Chenard, of the Cuban trada Palma, Delegate. i of the Souncll {| romaing, and is used and accepted to | | designate Mr. Palma and his asso- ¢ | ciates: Sub-Delegate. | mpe Junta, as the representative of = 5 ~ssnmdarot | the Cuban_ Republic. acts on high au- E: ; | thority, for the delegation was ap- HE Cuban Junta, with its ‘head- | pointed on September 19, 1895, by the founded by Jose Marti, who is regarded by Cubans as the apostle and master { mind of the Cuban revolution. Mr. Palma is not only the head and front of the Junta but he is the one have control of all of Cuba’s diplomatic relations and representatives through- out the world. Besides this Mr. Pal- ma is the duly accredited Minister | from Cuba to the United States, Bndi in the event of the Cuban Republic be- | tereqd. He was born in Cuba about sixty IuBhreeogmzed would be received as|years ago.. So direct, gentle, yet deter- such. | mifted are his methods, and so unas- Under his authority Mr. Palma has | suming and, plain is he in speech and appointed sub-delegates, or diplomatic j manner that he soon became Knowr as af('n(lfl. in ]Fru,x:]('oé lln),‘ly,A ‘»lexlmfl and | ;\h: ';\exb;‘lng:r:lx)nk!\n}\ '?,trg r;fi;etflr:}ly the’ Central and Sout! merican re- | has e become attached to him publics. Cuba’s independence not he- | since the potent influence of his diplo- ing acknowledged by these nations, her | macy has been felt -throughout the Ministers are mnot officially recognied, | World 5 7% but are often unofficially received at| During the ten yvears’ war Mr. Palina the “back door,” and exert an influence | Was President .of the Cuban Republic; for the benefit of Cuba in the countries | made prisoner by Spanish troops, and to_which they are arrointed. lity th 7| sent to Spain, where he was imprisoned e head of | until the close of the conflict. While in quarters in New York, represents | Constituent Assembly that formed the Mr. Palma is in reality the .legation of the Cuban Re- | Government and commissioned Maximo | the Cuban revolutionary party abroad, | ?ur(};h{h)fiérfi ln_x?r:lsnnmpr]lé, he ‘wa$ l?t. hublic abroad, and the head of | G. o: fef- comm 3 1 | which is one of the three departments |fered freedom if he would swear alle- s S b e R sl “l"‘fm';’l‘,:’nf‘:‘f;;; ’,f:;g;“;?;‘u.r the Cuban . revolutionary Govern- | ~'ance to the Spanish‘crown.” Patrada B Property epbalts | Palrh: Aslecate a5 Ciiban represen e T e LR TS being the civil | “No!” was his answer. “You ‘may : R dthn et >alma delegate and Cuban representa- | government and the army of libera- shoot me if you will, but if I am shot ing he is the delegate, and with the | tive abroad, with authority to apnoint | tion. it will be as the President of the Cuban members of his ministerial and diplo- | Ministers to all governments and to| This Cuban revolutionary branch. was | Repub! 2 2 B WENT TO company. When our one hundred volunteers for at the. corner of Bush on the day of de- brave looking lot By One of the Californa Hundred. | It made us all resolve right there and | then that if we were to come back at | all it must be as victors, and the rec- o1ds of the company show that in about fifty battles. participated in by the company almost all were won by | parture o rancisco was Justly | ine California hundred and the Second | proud of them. b was down Kearny | Massachusetts Cavalry. They made a e e T hom 3ariet to, Sec. | proud record for themselyes. | ond street, then to F I spent the last ten months of the thence to' the ferry, and war in Andersonville Prison and my | the way was packed with the people | memory’s rather poor in consequence. | Well, we were escorted by music, the | band playing “The Girl I Left Behind Me,” and other airs of the same kind. | Of 'course, there were many patriotic | during the leavetakings, but to | of us unmarried or had no home | it was a glorious day. All. we nted was to fight. We had our wish, who had come to wish us We broad & had no fine, on and th - only at feve tic pitch. 1 waving of hand ar and -see them CALIFORNIA HUNDRED ON ITS { bullets than that rain of fruit. J setts Cavalry. MARCH ALONG KEARNY STREET, BOUND FOR % A & 3 feis NOVEMBER, 1862. : ‘_‘Qh; the cl_)ee'r. g a_i:{d the waving of handkerchiefs; I can hear and see them still. It made us all resolve right there that if we were to g e R be as vietors. The records of the company show that it fought in about fifty battles w ith distinction.” THE FRONT FROM CALIFORNIA IN 1862. all right. | Oh, yes; and one time later on—I When the ferry was reached there | can’t just bring to mind where—we was just time for a few good-bys and | captured Fitzhugh Lee, the present then we were marched aboard the Gol- ‘ Consul to Cuba. He will remember the den Age for our trip Bast. | circumstance. He was wounded at the Then “occurred an amusing incident. | time. We were pelted with apples and| Soow after that I was captured by oranges in lien of flowers. I don’t think | Captain Mosby and remained in An- we ever got under a_heavier charge of | dersonville Prison until after the close There | of the war. were a few parting cheers and then we | . My son Alfred gave up his place yes- were off, and of all the hundred volun- | terday, and will enlist in the navy. I teers who started off that morning only | wish to say here that should there be a twenty-five answered the last rollcall. | call for men I am ready to go again. One of. the best fights we made was at | It would not be so easy for me now Sante Ana bridge in Virginia, We not | s it was in ’62, for now there is a wife only took the bridge, but over two hun- | and the children to leave, but they dred prisoners.. We -were acting as | Would be willing to let me serve my Company A of the Second Massachu- country if my help be needed. ABRAHAM LOANE. o=ty gy BN s * 0 it Ryl | D ¥ & [ 43 2 THE FRONT AND THE CIVIL WAR, comoa back at all it must person in whom its authority is cen- | "THE CUBAN JUNTA AND WHAT IT IS DOING IN THE BATTLE AGAINST Besides Mr. Palma, the only members’| ,of the delegation appointed by the Cu- | ban Government are: Dr. Joaquin D. Castillo, the sub-delegate; Benjamin J. Guerra, treasurer of the Republic| abroad, and Gonzalo de Quesada, | | Charge d'Affdires at Washington. Dr. Castillo is vice-delegate and would take Mr. Palma's place in case of his death or inability to act. Before en- tering actively into the Cuban revolu- tion he was a surgeon in the United States navy and was aboard the cut-| ter Rodgers on her northern expedition to the relief of the Jeannette. He was a leading physician in Cuba, and wrote a treatise on yellow fever that gained for him the titie of member of the Aca- | demy. of Science in Havana. | ‘When the present revolution broke | out Dr. Castillo was appointed surgeon- general of the Cuban army, with the title of brigadier-general. He was after- ward transferred to his present post | in_the United States. 2 Mr. Guerra, treasurer of the republic abroad, who has charge of all the for- eign funds rai: d for the revolution, is | a tobacco merchant of New York, who has been one of the most active spirits | in the Cuban révolutionary party since | its formation. He was intimately as- | sociated with and much relied upon by Jose Marti in his great work of or- ganization. Gonzalo de Quesada, Charge d'Af- | faires, is a lawyer, a graduate of the Colu-abia Law School, and a writer of note. i Horatio S. Rubens, who was an inti- | mate friend of Jose Marti, zives his | services free as counsel to the Junta. He is the head of its law department. He and the assistant counsel, Leon J. Benoit, are graduates of the Columbia | Law School. With them is associated | Charles RicLmond, chief eclerk of the | department. Besides these there are as secretaries | to the delegation Dr. J. A. Gonzales Lanuza, .duardo Yero Buduen, Federi- co Perez Carbe, Luis M. Garzon, J. Nicolas Hernandez, Manuel Ros, Octa- | vio A. de Zayas, D. M. Mayo and B. | Giberga. 2 Dr. Lanuza was Judge of the Su- preme Court at Havana and professor of penal law in the Havana University. | Shortly after the war broke out he was | sent to Ceuta, the Spanish penal col- | ony in Africa, on account of his connec- tion with the revolution, and was after- | ward released under an a..-nesty decree. He went to New York and was ap- pointed secretary of tke delegation. Mr. Hernandez was Chancellor of the Cuban republic during the ten years’ war, was made a prisoner at the same time Mr. Palma was captured, and, with him, was.sent to Spain, where he remained until the close of that revolu- tion. At the beginning of the present war he attached himself to Mr. Palma, his friend in peace and war, as his sec- retary. > Wit}h the exception . of Dr. Gustillo, Treasurer Guerra ~and the Charge Q'Affaires at Washington, who were 3 SPA others received -their appointement from Mr. Palma, who made- his selec- tions on a nt of special fitress, in nearly all s made evidert in pre- vious service on the field or in the council chamber. Then besides: these there is' a .corps of journalists under the direction of the Junta that has charge of the Pat- ria, the official organ -of the delegation. The Junta is the organization through which Cuba’s friends reach- the Cubans in the field. In many places these friends are banded together and work for the Cuban cause as .organizations. In the United States and Europe there are 300 Cuban revolutionary clubs, with @ membership claimed to be more than 50,000. These clubs were the outcome of a suggestion inating ‘with Jose: Marti, and. their organization has been accomplished by the delegation, with whom. they are all in closest touch, to whom they all -account, ana through v.hom they all make- contributions in money, clothing, provisions, arms and munitions for those who are -enduring the hardships of the war. Before the revolution began these clubs had- $100,- 000 in bank as a war fund. These most vital contributions must reach the army:in the field, and it is the ‘business of the delegation to see that they get there. And they have been getting there under most adverse and trying circumstances and amid perils of land and sea where enemies are watching ‘and where —a -friendly Government has had to guard against the violation of neutrality laws. For accomplishing its work the Junta has in no way been restricted in au= thority, the Cuban Government having even granted special authority allowing Mr. Palma to issue a limited amount of bonds, coln'money and grant letters of marque. It has further been the business of the Junta—attended by risk of life to its agents—to keep in communication with the insurgents. This has been done by secret agents, who. come and go from New Yo to Key West, from Key West to Ha Havana into the Spanish cities of Cuba and through the provinces of 'he island. The headquarters of the Junta are in a narrow, unpretentious _five-story brick business block at 56 New street, New York, where no outward sign shows its presence except that the stars and stripes and the single starred flag of Cuba wave from the third story window, where is Mr. Palma’s office. A narrow hall and tortuous stairs lead to the office of the delegate, where on every side are signs of active business. with shelves, tables and desks holding heaps of letters, books of, accounts and documents of various sorts. Here the delegate works, receives his friends, co- workers and agents. Off the main room is a private office, where secret agents report and ‘are in- structed, and where councils of mo- ment are held, and decisicns of vital import to the Cuban cause reached, to be followed by orders that are of im- commissioned by the home government on nominations by Mr. Palma, all mense importance to the army of liberation. HERE has been much talk of late about putting vessels of the navy “into commission.” The full meaning of the term is something of which few have any adequate conception. To put @ modern warship into commission involves an enormous amount of work which can be fully ap- preciated only by one who has observed the process from beginning to end. ‘When a vessel of the navy Is laid up in resefve, ‘“in ordinery,” as it is called, it is far from .an attractive ob- ject and could hardly be recognized-as the same ship when 1in thorough trim with crew aboard. * The ship is an- chored at a convenient navy-yard; the stores are sent ashore, her engines and guns covered with oil and an anti-rust paint, her decks are allowed to be- come dirty, her sides dull and stained from rusty chains.- Thus she lies per- haps for months, ard then an order comes from the Secretary of the Navy, through the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, directing the commanding officer of thé yard to get her ready for sea. The first thing to be done is to bring as many men as possible from the re- ceiving ship which lies hard by, and these, with the force of . the yard, under the direction of what- ever . officers are available, begin [ at once to put things to rights and re- move the accumulated dust and dirt from the different parts of the equip- ment, the engineer’s force goes at once to. the engine and boiler-rooms; the anti-rust paint is removed from the engines; new packing is put in the valves and joints; the pumps are test- ed; the rust and dirt knocked from in- teriors of fire-boxes and boiler tubes and te bars renewed. Outwardly everything is now in fair condition, but this is only the begin- ning. It remains to get up steam in some of the boilers, turn over the en- gines to.see if they are in proper trim, start the dynamos, test the electric lights and the pilot-house signals; turn on the searchlights, start the fans, work the steering gear and steering engines, set the hoisting machinery in motion, and put the boat cranes in op- eration. Every engine, boiler, pip wire, tube, rivet, bolt, nut and plate is i carefully inspected, and if found un- PUTTING A MAN-OF-WAR INTO COMMISSION serviceable from any cause, repaired. Next th¢ equipment storehouse is vis- ited and a full allowance of beef, pork, beans, potatoes, coffee, sugar, salt, flour, meal, clothing, shoes, hammocks, blankets, paint, tobacco—in short, the whole miscellaneous assortment of the commissary de~drtment is placed on board. The paymaster of the ship is responsible for every article received, and a strict account is Lept of each. Then the galley or cooking store has to be examined to see whether it is complete in all its findings. The out- fit of a galley usually consists of two copper kettles of thirty rallons each, a fifty-gallon kettle with cast iron jacket and copper-hinged covers, two steamers for vegetables, each with a capacity of thirty-two gallons, two sets of .saucepans, a fine set of teols for Jifting and firing and the ordinary cooking implements. The line officers look after the condi- tion of the guns, the rigging, the boats, the cables, the anchors, the flags and signals, the charts, the nautical instru- ments and other parts of the ship's equipment. What this means can only Be appreciated by one who has actually undertaken the task. A volume might be written in regard to the signails alone. When all this work has been done the ship is ready to go into commission, and up to this time everything has been under - control of the commandant of the yard, so that when the captain of the ship arrives, and reports himself to the yard commander, little remains for him to attend to. In the meantime men have'been brcught together t6 consti- tute the crew. Sometimes they are enlisted particu- larly for the ship which is about to go into service, at other times they are withdrawn from other ships which have just been put out of commission. The crew and marines report aboard with bags and hammocks; the captain or- ders the cfew to be drawn up on the spar deck promptly at noon upon the day on which the ship is to be put for- mally. in commission, reads to them his orders’ from the Secretary of the Navy - detailing him to the command,: hoists the commission pennant to the mm““ truck and the stars and strips to the gaff or staff at the stern, and all is ready. The shio is now in commission. -*