The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-07

bans. IN their esssr.e.s, continuing nsrcs Gre.
forced him 70 90 back.
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PsraIts Reported personally nst AS pictets d.
covevsd DAT .he spaaisrds ver. advancing IN tiro
.oSsy sad is sssssasreps Tor that Alleged pSr pSr
that the enemy were actually advancing, for no had
seen them close at hand and upon road leading to
command; and when correct Information was re.
eeiyed showed no enemy had been nearer than
| cuAxax or PLAN
| The General now felt very much disheart-
| ened lie saw that while he was entirely un.
without directly overt proceeding in oppositioo TO
his efforts at organization and to dsperse the whole
force as before Into petty deachments. In fscc OF
dached all but 500 In bodies OF 100 each and
signed them to posts Of observation then moved
| with the remainder In the direction OF Las Tunas.
In the interim the cholera again broxe fearully
Al least nny Of the men fell under It at Camassn.
the south and within .iI miles Of Hosuin 70 Gala.
basas on the royal road TO Las Tunas, where he
chiefly from Bayamo who reported By special orders
IRON the President. Agenerai Inspection being now
Vce sna ~ sr sr wars ,at. .e i,am thsu snd
| given 70 the m"n ffom Bayamo. Al once eight or
ten OF the hoguineros disappeared every night. TAX
| Ing their arms with them.
| eEs. FIGUEREDo An INTREPID oyricER.
Meanwhile It became known that the enemy y were 10
| tile habit OF sending detachment TO forage a
| plantation twelve miles eastward OF Calabasas The
General specially armed and detailed my OF Ills men
| TO capture the forayers. Simultaneously the COM
mand was ordered TO be under arms ready to sup
port the movement. The detachment soon, how
ever, encountered heavy column Of the enemy,
cavalry, artillery, and inIantry and an immediate
| collision occurred The hring was heard at head
quarters Gen. Peralta again disobcyed wildly scat
| tering rn the trooDs but about 40 Bayamos
eRie Mho renamed %lh Gcn jordan SSE psteP1S Tse o
| DaTamos were placed in o favorable position to
await the advance o. the enemy 40 strong deployed
in line OF battle Their artillery opened, but they
did not advance to where an ambush was prepared
for then, and bivouaeked.
rnE STORY OF HENRY EARLE.
Among the Americans of the execution to E
been clerk In dry goods store on Broadway In
this city. Severely wounded at n Ramon, with his
serving The artillery At Cua1a, In consequence OF
| which ucn Jordan promoted him and attached him
headquarters while advancing TO The front, young
Eare found himself 10 te presence OF at icast ATTY
escape his ssadl. siTh broke, and he va. prone oD
the ground. Spanish soldier Intellectually cut at
him with padchsk. Another soldier shot through
| the sleeve OF nis coat, grazing his arm, and yet
| another through and through the neck. lie was
@ for dsrs The people sS, S & W. yiasss sia n The
passed, and, finding Earle, stanc ed his wounds,
aud nearly healed them lie is nov Lieutenant OF
| cavalry on the stan OF BriF.-Gen, Ryan.
TUE ARREST OF GEN. PERALTA.
Amer the affair at Calabasas, General Jordan fell
| back tn San Lorenzo about twelve mites eastward
| OF Las Tunas. There the cholera again broke out
scattered them somewhat Another nov vemcnt was
therefore necessary, aud made to Guaranamano. IN
the direction OF the const, healthy position, and In
the vicinity OF which the woocs were filled with
| refugee Cuban families. At Gurannmano the Gener-
| al determined to relieve and arrest Peralta. whose
troops he therefore ordered on parade. stripped
item all but about % OF their rifles, Which he gave
to the Bayamos. That night man was intercept
| ed entering the camp with a letter rom the Span
iards for General Perata, who was at once ed
| and seat to the seat Of Government In Camaquey.
CHANGING HEADQUARTERS.
Circumstance seemed to make II expodient for Gen
Jordan TO transfer lis headquarters TO the jurisdic
ton OF Santiago de Cuba, whittier he repaired from
| Bjlru with well armed force. The cholera clung
to the command until they crossed the Cauto, when
1t left them as II BY magic. Gen. Jordan had con-
tauto as the latter was about to undertake certain
operation, with which the General did not interfere,
but retaining under his own command the men
whom he Lad brought sith lin, and among others,
formed force to operate against the rich coffee es
tates neIr Cobre, occupied oy the spaniards, who
II Was soon clear that the local commanders,
like those IL Iolguin. we're opposed TO the con-
centratun and organization Of their forces into
army 'o general operations. In tie course OF these
movements, and during an engagement. the Geuernl
and accom- pshed youg Officer rom Santiago dc Cuba
-mortaily wounded ni his side. After campaigning
With some minor successes IN tle vicinity OF Cubre.
which was only 600 strong, safely away from a
valley in which the spanarls had 800 regular troops.
Ggs. JoRDAS's LITTER TO cEsPIDEs.
When at Calabasas in Hoiquin the General addressed
the President elaborate, earnest letter, urging the
concentration and mobilization OF The orces ana re-
|
strategy Of the enemy-their wide dis pers ion-whch
enabled the Cub ans TO unite their own forces into
inyincihe mass upon the enemy's fragments, As
these views not accepted, tie General nsked to
be relieved from tho command OF the Department OF
the East and assigned to some other duty Mean
while the Congress Of the Republic had created the
Office of Chief OF the General STAFF, wLo, with the
rank OF Lieutenant General, was TO be charged with
the organization discipline, AMI administration OF
the army, and to command In the absence or sick
ness OF the Generan CHIEF; and Gen. Jordan Was
called to Camaguey TO take the position.
GEN. JoRDAS's LETTER TO GEN GRANT.
Before leaving the vicinity OF Santiago de Cuba he
sent through that place letter to Gen. Dent In Wash
ingtUn, giving care ul review OF the military po-
litcal situation and resources OF the country. In
that letter he said that the Cubans In general on the
island were enthusiastically In favor of annexation to
the United States, according 20 what he heard them
say himself. lie also wrote in another letter the
following;
+" 7heLdme nat today there Is sIrery In Cuba
rests upon the GOUerAmohf Of he Uhited States IN ia
blind and hdrh enforcement Of an m-AmsTicdn
neutrality fdW."
GEN. JORDAN MEETS cEsPEDEs.
Entering Camaguey. Gen Jordan Tor the first time
met President Cespedes on the 26tn OF August, 1869
at q sugar plantation called Palo Quemado. The
General explained in clear terms bis views of the
military and what ought to be done to make the
casS lle revolution