The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-13
MARrISErTI,s yKEf SPORT.
rEe Initiative Auth,id AS D Factor in
 Central AmeriItesottion.

], netti. up from Horas wfh twenty . three trained moni. Mir. Martinett ! had entered the vice df Genera
 vasquez as asair General Boniila T and had taken wiiim n pet monke, , that had becomeiiiful in military 2 drill. At this ppire may advantag' eously take up Miartinetti's narra' tive. Mir. Martihe'aid:
 T was in Tegldpa when news ol
 n serious engagtn was received In
 the interior. netranchito. vasques
 got the worst of tbattle. and 1t was
 reported at the Ii that he had been
 defeated, and a loof troops was has,
 tily assembled lIsent to his help,
 myself forming F of 1t. Jake. the
 monkey, went ' the column. Be-
 tween TegucIgapnd olanchito we
 reached hamlAlled Santa Maria
 de Flores. wherhe ascent os the
 mountains had be undertaken. A
 very dense undeish clothes all this
 section of count and the animals
 there are very n1ous.
 "At this place t tIolumn was dividtd,
 and while a ppn pushed on nt
 once a small sqJ numbering eighty
 men. was left un(my command, with
 instructions to rB on as rapidly as the country perned, but by another
 route. which lel through the lower
 spurs of the rat and, while no: so direct, was not Hikely to lead into
 the foe. This waone in order that If
 one section of tkopce was dc,poi al-
 ized by meeting e rebel forc.s tbe
 other might red Vasquez in good
 time. After lea1 Santa Maria the
 party under my hmand pressed for ward. We bivofed in the evening In pretty gladetth the Sierras just in front. Jake, V was still with me, took great inter in the expedition, and seemed to |aware that others Of his kind wd numerous in the vicinity.
 On aWakeninfn the morning I failed to find .f, and on further search also failed find the rifles, with which the soldiehad been armed. I dld not connect |se losses with each other. but concltd that the monkey mad decamped h his friends, and that the villageI from Santa Maria must have follow and robbed us unG ,r cover of darknes We were however, Tn serious aation, but deter mined to contin our advance, espe- cially as rumorsery encouraging to our army had In brought in about the recent battle
 "On the morni of the fourth day following we VI awakened by tho sound of heavy ring some distance away, and, as Wqad been approach ing the camp of tarmy, judged, and rightly, that a. se0d engagement was taking place. Ar the battle of Olanchito there W no regular fight ing between the tWforces, but General Vasquez In condung his retreat to- ward Tegucigalpdwas frequently in actlve skirmishin&ith the enemy. It was one of these lcounters in which we participated in novel fashion.
 A srpau numb of the command volunteered to go 1th me in the direc- ion Of the firing 1 order to ascertain what was takingplace. We pushed through the underbod in the direction rom which the fling proceeded, and made slow progrel arriving about 1 o'clock in the afterpon on the brow of ln elevation whichommanded clear 'leW or broken puntry, where the wo armies were fling at each other. immediately in frot, at a distance of Ibout a half mil was established battery of how kers, and, as we they werd driven back, and ventually made aIstand within less nan 8 hundred yaRs of our position. Almost before we VI Ire aware of what 'as taking place, Hound myself and ny command mixed in the fight, and, entirely hat my men were harmed, l gave theMord to fire.
 "The artillerymen ere at the moment repairing their gus for a general dis harge, and on out side there was Ill in the uproar. But as uttered he word 'Firep a rapid discharge of lusketry broke froh the treetops and 'ith telling effect, deciminating the nemy's ranks. Thediversion came so nexpectedly that thl rebels were easi- broken and driven off.
 Knowing the unArmed situation of ly men, the firing rom their direction me great Y, and, forgetting 1e battle. I glanced toward the place 'om which 1t seemed to proceed. Judge ly astonishment wien saw the trees lirly alive with monkeys. my own ake prominent and ng them. all armed ith my stolen rif1e. wearing my sol |ers' belts. but al l firing with the eadiness of veterans And Jake was wing the motions If command as he ad been taught to dp long before. "Now. this statement seems odd, but my honor, 1t is strictly true, When le brief conflict ended Jake. perceiving le. returned readily to his master and Id not leave me during the campaign. 'e joined the main body during the lme day. but the corps of monkeys, in number. were faithful lake Thor, Akl l,.A A..- come among the men, and from that me till the close of the war acted .gularly as a portion of the army. hey became SO well trained eventu- fly in the use of firearms that it was 'ssible for 8 man to lead them, and Ting the siege of Tegucigalpa, |, ,companied by them and Jake, made equent reconnoissancss on the ene- y. thereby securing much valuable in- rmation and doing much to prolong le resistance of the loyal troops"
 MT. Martinafti op tho oloco of O ofH,,o