The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-15
TIE VERY LAST CAMPAIGN.
lRRIVAL or THE GREAT PEACE
MAKER IN CUBA.
Gen. Martinez Campo- and his Aid--Cuba
and Her Captain-t;enerais-T Thinning the
Spnnish RRnks-A Very CORY Army.

HAVANA, Nov. AT last the long ex-
pected deliverer has arrived. Gen. Martinez
Campos. one Of the eight Captain Generals In
the Spanish army, who outranks Gen. Joyellar,
the latter being only a Lieutenant General.
landed here on the afternoon of the 81 instant.
and Of course the island Is safe. Gen. Campos
was accompanied In hts Decentralization by four
BrIgadier-Generals, eight Colonies, four Lieu
| tenant Colonies, seven Majors, Ave Captains.
and one thousand and twenty-five rank and file.
l did not see them land; the crowd was too
| gre II and too-welI, objectionable-but believe
the figures published In the ne wspapers.
why shouldn't /? For the last Ave weeks
have seen or known Of troops landed here from
| spain which sum up to date over seventeen
| thousand men, and there are now at sea, on
their way nither. not under four thousand more.
| All the world knows that Spain invariably Keeps
| her promises; she promised to send twenty
| four thousand men, and she will send them.
She did not, however, promise to suppress the
revolution. and she won't do 1t.
Even this last, eleventh. grand pacincaior,
Martinez Clmnos, when bidding adieu to the
| troops in Barcelona, said pubhclv, " The pacin-
| cation OF Cuba Il a most dificuit task, and one
which | know not whether shall be able to
accomulish.'
| However, when Weighing the possible effect
| thtt the arrival II thu. large number of Ieen-
uuon the solution OF the question. see no
reason to regard II IN any other light tim That
! Of an acceleratiye motor to the nnal extlnctio n
| II Spsin's rule on this island. To TIT. view
am induced partly nv the present relai lively
| ionarv forces to any they have ever vet been
| justly Athletic boast Of partly by the number of
| men with which for eight successive years Sonin
| has annually reinforced her srnv here TOT which
| subioin the ngures). and prrtlg bv the very
| critical condition ~ the spanish finances In this
| Isl nd which render u a cOuundrum not easy ~
| solution whether the arrival Of each successive
| regiment he benefit or a detriment.
| when the rebellion broke out mere. or rather
! In the Eastern Department, in October, 1868,
] spain had about l5.OO regular soldiers spread
| ali over the island. Captain General Lersundi
| VINO then commanded here. was died-in the
! wool lsaheilino. He sarcastically ignored the
revolution OF September OF that wear IN Spain.
received IN Havana on the deposed and exiled
! Queens birthday the military and other crown
ed officials In tue mime OF ner Majesty. treat
portant AFFAIR." perturbation cdmpcSre," rural
| commotion) he styled it-aDd was recalled by
| tie Provisional Government established In
| Madrid after the battle Of Aco,ea. He was not
man TT to undefst nd. much less cope with
reople for their rights. When he left the island,
| Instead OF going to Madrid he Proceeded to
| Paris. where the exiled Isabella had fixed her
residence. and died tnere.
Gen. Dulce. VINO mad previously held COM
mlnd u the island, was appointed 10y the Pro-
| Nsional Government Of Madrid to relieve Gen.
! Lersundi. DulCe had married Cuban. and was
supposed, not atosether erroneously 10y the
| folks IN Madrid to have some knowledge Of and
! influence win the different political parties 10
the Island. Troops Mere st nj out to and win
! Dulce $50 me beit nded here previous 10
| tue 1T of october. 1859 Gen Dulce, who
rived here IN January. 1859. stirted very ener.
getically. HIS first proclamation 10 the inhlhi-
tants Of this island began: " The revoluuou'-
| he alludes to at OF spain, Of course" has
swept away the Bourbon dynasty. teafing up Ia
roofs, plant 50 poisoaous that 1t putreued the
Dulce, however, did not last long. He saved
| the lives OF a few hundred Cubans. by arrestitg
| tuem, and shipping them with lnnuneraole hor-
! ror- to Fernando Po, dtspieased the volunteers
OF this city, whose brutal excuses he yainly at.
| temuted To stay, depose1 by them and
packed "A To spain, jane 2, lejg.
Gen. Espinar was appointed by the volunteers
| Capt iin-General ot CUBA ~ Dulcc's place.
! during the revolution In spain which doposed
Isabella, man had risen to considerable noto.
! rieN 10y reason II his excessive brutality. FOR
particular cold bIoOded ana general slaughter
| Of innocent and mostly non-cOmD atant people
| IN the city of Malaga, he was surnamed the
Butcher Of Malaga" Otherwise he was known
a. Caballero De hoda.. Ine Madrid people
revolution to which the deposition OF Dulce mad
! opened their eyes. De Rod sent out with
! the double mission of discerning the volunteers
! Of THIS tltS and cxterininatiug tue whole Cuban
! 10 help Tim in his task troops we're furnished
! by Satl without STINT. Inc numter e mcn
| hnded acre fr IN OCT. /. lSD, TO February. 1870.
J looted IN l5.4o5 In Marcn. 1870. the spanish
! Coffe-. IN when he stated that Of the regular
army there were then IN the island &j0lOnen
! exclusive OF ar expeG itionary corps of $500
men, also regulars, aud 400 militia total, oJ,VOO
men.
lie huuds. however Nlu nothing toward sup
pressing either tue volunteers OF the Cue rev.
| olution. After feehiy attempting to euro the
excuses Of the former, he was made To mount
guard IN tue balcony 81 the p lace here 10 the
uniform OF the First Regiment OF Volunteers.
and STYLED himself " the lrst private OF the nrst
| company Of tue First Regiment OF Havana Vol
unteers." Then the volunteers packed him on,
a. tney had poor old Dulce, aud appointed Their
| idol Gen. Nalmaseda, Ia his place. Gen. Val
maseda took possession VI the Government Dec.
| 10, 1870.
| severely deClmateQ Dy Cuban macletes and ne
| Cuban climate. that to keep up a show OF reten-
| ton OF dominion over the island. fresh rein
| forcements were constantly being furnished by
Between October 1870, and June, 1871, there
| were landed from Ssan on TINS Island IL .252
| men, aud before Nalmaseda resigned. on June
20 1872, there were received by him, to assist
| him IN the suppression Of the revolution, l7.sl5
| more. Total men landed IN Cuba while Vslna-
| seda in comuand, 35,O67. Meanwhile the
| Cubgns were not annihilated.
Gen. Piei'ain succeeded Nalmaseda, and from
| October, lSI2 to June. 1873, spain landed here
9,3i3 men, u whom 25le we're surrendered or
| captured Carlist prisoners. Nothing done to-
| ward bre lkins up the revolution.
Tnen came Jovellar, and from the winter cam
| paign Of lola-ls'4 he was furnished with reen-
| forcements OF 6,so+ men. stll no success. Ihe
| Cubans had been actively prosecuted, aud very
| man, been forced TO surrender in the Villas De.
| paftment. But IN Camague and IN the l. tern
| Department the war spint was as ardent as ever.
| Coucha. IL anybody knew ANYTHING about the
| island, II must be Concna; he had ruled II on
Two previous occasions, on each with a rod OF
must at last be 1.-THE real "Pacincator." The
troops he got He says In his memorial that he
| didn't get enough; but figures do not lie, and
| from September ls14. to August. 1876, there
| landed on this Island from spain 1915 soldiers
| ConchA went home dsg listed. Vain .seda came
| back, ami for the campaign Of 1866 spain fur
nished no less than Il so men,
| Jovrllar came out with the Grand Royal Com
missioner huUi In January, got whipped IN Fen
rlary last at the cafetal Gonzalez, ran back
here, aud has never been near the smoke Of
Dafllc since.
Iu-day he tJoveliar) contesses his incompe-
teucy to conquer tue revolution by allowing
Gen. Martinez CampOs 10 take complete charge
OF military operations. There hay- been landed
here during the past hve weeks 1900 men. III
am CORE tly informed as to the state OF the
military hospitals IN the Interior, these men
VIII barely supply the vacancies in the ranks oc-
| ca-loned by disease, privations. and tine oc-
caIonal bullet VI the Cubans subsequent 10 tn c
last campaign.
However, ia view OF the so frequently repeat-
| ed assertions Of all the Spanish otnciais and u
a. their organs, that the CUBAN trmy consists
merely Of runaway Cninamen and negroes, with
some few whites, tie addition Of the figures
| given above Of the rtenfor ements furnished nv
| spain e. lis army mere for each of the successive
| campaigns, IL important. lenumeTate them By
| Campaigns, when are nOminally supposed to
| commence here as soon In November as the ces-
sation VI rulns make the roads moderately pas.
saUle
There were on the island In October. 1893,
| Landed be sren OctOO r., 1865. and October.