New-York tribune., 1872-01-15

sTATEM.NTS OF TIE CT8AN C1NHi~>JoNEHS--
sTRESGIH OF TIE SPANISH AND lhStRGENI
TOKCTS--COST or TIE WAR 10 sPAlN--STBoNG
ARCUWUNTs TOR TIE Rt 1OGNTlON OF The
INDEFFNUENCE OF TIE ISLAND.
iFROM n REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRlIuNEl
WASHINGTON. Jan. lathe Notes about
tula" recently printed by the Cuban Commissioner, IN
Hev-Yo1I ana circulated here with the special purpose
Of informing Cong of the history and Irescut
condition OF the for independence. furnish somc
facts OF not before published The Commissioner
profess have information which enables them 10 give
with considerable accuracy tie strength OF the Spanish
end revolutionary forces engaged in suppressng the
,nsurrccuon ana the losses they have sustained They
gay that October, lass. spain had army Of 1900
Of ali arms in Cuba at least 10000 of whom were ct
tof active service leaving 900 tI garrison duty From
Dec l. 1853 10 Dec l. 1871, Spain landed than 6OOO
.oliels-ab0ut 10000 year. Since that time other
troops have aTrved, and Is reported that 30 600
are 70 be sent tine island in hrCe divisions each of
which 20 De nmanded 10y general officer. To these
forces mUst he added nine regGonts and about 80
pauics Of coutra-gncrlas, which year ago numbered
over 1900 and also the Volunteers which are said never
to have been more thau 10000, although the Havana
papers nave tan asserted that they amounted
10 co. From The Of the up to Feb.
l. IsIl according the Madrid newspapers of October
ast Spain lost In less than TIVE years and half 297O0
Ine LAS ohceTs Othe regular nearly per
cent OF the whole number which arrived from the penin
sula during that period. In3 Government OF Spain ha,
never pub saod an official statement OF the on the
sand neither has 1t denied the statements made by the
Bsdid journals Thee large losses explain the
city Spain j. Of sending 10000 10 Cuba every
year.
In ls7O before receiving The 90 CtDbOsts built In the
United states Spain had vesselsofwar. Of all classes
Carrying about 40 gDs. Tile Commissioner say they
have no trustworthy data which to estimate
any subsequent Increase, either In SHIPS or guuS
but assert that is Wen known that almost
~. whole neet 81 Spain, including her best iToncads,
sre employed to-day IN watching the Cuban coast. From
Nov 1863 % the middle Of December 1871 the spaIsrds
imported 10 Cuba nom New York as follows: For
ths Army and Voluneers4o2si teIuington rifles 5bOl
peabody rifles 1875 Peabody carhnes; the artillery
department for voluBtccrs-l9,7ls Remington rifles
14sI Peabody rites 6G29 Remington Ihes for cavalry
102 Peabody res for cavalry &C carbnes OF other pat
terms CAL muskets Of Other patterns, sea pistols ant
reyolvers Of various patterns In addition these
there were imported by corporations volunteers ant
private persons 6co firearms Of various patterns fro
TIC United states and $500 from Spain II will BE- seel
from these figures that, during the iiue stated above
.Lout 922ee arms we're sent Cuba the use OF M
spanish army and the volunteers, the cost Of which tu
Dar.o de Ia KariRa the official paper Of Havana, est
states at &, ,450,eC0
The COMMISSIONER state thatihe expenses on the
non Nov a. 1855 Ito the end Of October 1871, pull
bsbed by the official journal Of Havana. amount 4
40 or s234e5S2 50 for each of the three years
l. to lie borne In mind that neither forced contrib
tone of the people the support Of the Volunteers tn
int@best on the debt due by the Government TO tn
sVsBsh Bank Of Havana mol the amount due to TN
steaioshp Company OF Antonio Lopez Co.. for trans
torafion OF troOps is Included IN this amount Were
stese items added the expenses OF the war would be In
sfessed BY saoooo TO 100000 year. The amount con
ssed, szAt,s32 81. sunicss, however. 10 prove that
spsh requires %cs iresh each year where"itb tc