Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-15

aHll dCClHaGoQ dHu IAGely SulIof lrOH
disease. Our discipline is as perfect
under the circumstances as it possibly
could be. The movements of the
enemy are never unknown to us, and
we watch our opportunity and seldom
miss our mark. For instance, the
Spanish forces come along on the at
tack We never repel, but let them
march ahead. Without note of warn
ing they are met with a shower of
bullets, but where they come from
they seldom ascertain without greater
loss You have doubtless noticed the
denseneas of the woods, which in most
places are almost impenetrable.
Through most of these the insurgents
have paths, known only to themselves,
and once the Span;ards attempt to
force passage they rarely see the light
again Thus the war is waged. We
are worrying the Spaniards to death,
and will continue in that line if it
should take twenty years. You see
plainly it is the only chance we have,
and cannot think Of abandoning it.
Time after time the Spaniards have
followed in pursuit Where one Gu
ban falls thirty Of their enemies are
killed. They are unable to follow us.
and ID this manner we can defy them
for years to come"
"T This is certainly an advantage"
" Ii is everything, sir, rejoined the
President, warming up with the sub
ject "and what is more, we intend to
hold it ct all hazards, But how is it
with the Spanish troops? Why, sir,
mo re of them haveperished by disease
than were ever killed Not being ac.
climatedy they soon fall off aud you
know what drain this war has been
on the Spanish Government. The
hospitals are crowded with Spanish
soldiers to-day, and the remainder of
The army is enervated and and disgust
Ell, ! tell you our prospects are by
no means SO poor as they are generally
represented by our enemies. On one
point you may fully rest assured, that
we can carry ON the war for an inde-
finite length Of time, and will @never
surrender" " ....
SPANISH ATRootItEs,
President Cespedes next -adverted to
what nc termed the savage barbarity
of the Spaniardsj but did not hesitate
| to admit that the Cuban patriots were
bound to show no mercy. His chief
ground of complaint was their treat
nent of the women and children, whom,
he said; had been r1tthlessly butchered.
''We take 10 prisoners, having no
place TO put them, and SO, after all, you
see our warfare is simple, though
in hospitals are killed. In fact, no
quarter is observed anywhere Lately
the Spaniards have been more barbarz
Gus than before, while we have been
making ali effort to inaugurate more
civilized and humane system. Upon
Several occasions, recently, we have
spared the wounded that have fallen
into our hands, and when we were com
PEELED to leave them on the field have
furnished them with food and water.
But this has had no effect upon the
BnehiY. Indeed, ten days after we had
thus acted in the past stimn6t,
the SpanIards found in the same
neighborhood one Of our hospitals con-
tanning our SICK aid I.tttnded, ali OF
whom were killed. Now, the poor
Cuban farmers who live in the country
particularly in the region of the in
hllltt bN bllS
wherever found, simply because they
are supposed to esmpathiae with the
movement, but ostensibly because they
failed to surrender themselves to the
Spaniards. | have come across many
q body with this notice attached:
PoR NO HABERsE PREsENTADo,'
as warning to others to come for
ward and declare their allegiance to
Spain. Let me add, sir, that many of
the villages, including Les Yegues,
Divinieo, Vista Hermosa, and Others,
are completely at our mercy.
THE REVENUE OF SPAIN FRcs1 cUB2.
"Now, sir, President Cespedes went
on to say, "I come to another point
which IS Of no Importance to us, as YOU
will perceive. A war such as Spain is
now wag1ng against us cannot be car
fied on Without money. But what has
been done to augment the revenue of
Spain from Cuba? Cuban patriots-the
rich and wealthy Cubans that Joined
our cause-have destroyed large por-
ton OF the property ON the entire is
land, burning their own sugar estates
among others, iii order that Spain might
be deprived OF the revenue from them
] tell you the revenue from Cuba now
is so much less than the expenses of
the war that Spain cannot follow it up
much longer. We can continTae for an
indefinite period, having no expenses
to meet, and the troubled condition of
affairs IN Spain at the present time will
surely not contribute to her victory in
Cuba. The revolutions there will pre-
vent Spain from sending out any more
troops, and those now on the Island
cannot last very long. Nearly half the
Spaniards that came to Cuba have died
from disease
g Are your troops never afflicted, Mr..
President?"
Nothing more than an occasional
intermittent fever, and they have dis
covered what is claimed as an excellent
substitute for quinine. 1t is called
aguadlca, and in many respects is as
good as the Other-at least it has served
us Just as we'll, For dressing wounds
we have substitute for nitrate of sill
yer III vegetable known as guao.
The guacacoa bark is made into
blankets by a simple process, and we
never want for leather while 50 many
wild cattle abound. We have our
shoemakers, and, in fact, we want for
nothing"
Gen. Agramonte subsequently in
formed me that he had $500 men in
the Central Department. Some of the
soldiers, at his order, at once pro-
ceeded to show me the skill with which
they used the lasso TO capture wild cat
tie. Having thanked President Ces-
pedes for his kindness, took my leave
IN the afternoon, accompanied by the
same party with which I had started
out. We travelled for seven or eight
miles, visiting several camps precisely
III appearance to the one I had seen in
the morning. At nearly 6 o'clock in
the evening we encountered Major
General Vicente Garcia with 200 men.
A SooTCH paper gives one of the best
specimens OF popping the question"
we have seen for some time. Jean, the
ma1d-of-all work in a Galloway farm
Kitchen, is nalxinp the &C DOrritch -