The morning times., 1895-12-13
REVIEWED BY GEN. GOMEZ
He Outlines the Situation in a
Letter TO Palma.
Has FIFTY THOUSAND MEN
Campo,. lie Says, Is Not Active ana
Would Need II Bigger Army To Sup-
press the MovemeW-Future OF the
Cause Looks Bright and Men ana
Leaders Are Hopeful

of the Cuban Revolutionary party in the
United States, who is now i'll Washington
for the purpose of establishing an un-
official Cuban legation here, has received
a most interesting communication from
Gen. Gomez, the Cuban general.
The letter is a complete review OF the
operations or the Insurgents, and shows
fully the military situation in the island.
The letter in full is as follows:
HeauuGarters OF the Army OF Llhera-
tion, Saucti SprituS, Nov. IL. lSSc.
Tomas Estrada Palma, ESD, New York.
MY good rriend-It gwen me pleasure
To address you these lines, from the west
ern part uf the island, as To thc statc "i 'he
war.
NV march las been slow, and 1t had TO lie
so in order to toe sure. Without previous or
ganization no human work can be sticceSs-
fui.
If ] can develop my plan such as have
conceived it, 6u,Uu0 men VIII not sufiice
Spain to even weaken Tie revolution, And
If the de0ility y and want oi ialtii IN heI ariiis
is taken into consideration, II Will he lnI-
possible for Spain TO send thtt army at
once, anu sending them from time to time
they will only arrive 10 take the places
OF her losses, which are very great.
Gen. Campos, perhaps, because he wishes
TO strengthen his lost faith, permits him
self to inink of his triumph. not IN the justice
of his cause or in his agercssivcness. hut
what he calls our Inferior organization.
Never before has there existed more union
and faith in our cause us now eSists III t'e
ranks of the Cubans.
A great deal Is said here about belliger-
ency, but without giving much thought 10
events that VIII have to arrive, we rely on
our efforts and resolutions.
CUTTING OF REVENUE.
As YOU viii see by the circular iuclose,
L have decided TO stop all grinding OF
sugar, even IL we lose some money bs IL.
This loss is quite acceptable, as our cue
tnies would have received i larger sum,
l.ag 10 hat
the revolution was SO weak that il could
not destroy the fountains of wealth and
power of our enemies
have the appreciation of some o: the vic
tins OF this extreme measure, knowing that
IL is justified by the greed OF Spain, who
does not stop in her ideas OF eternal usurpa-
ton. such IS tue abBegaiion of generous
hearts who applaud ami admire an. re.
call such patriotic abaeEation when the
destruction of the Cuban, Numaucia, Bay
amo, was undertaken by its Inhabitants,
giving IL over themselves To the fiames.
Ii was on its ashes that the fierce Bal
maceda, with his army of assasslns and
bandits, was able to make his camp.
Cur army OF liberty is as well organized
as can Unexpected. We have four army
cCrpS nr.aniZed and Wen armed, ana cuin-
manded by expert generals anu brave men
like Maccos, Mass'. iiabi Pedr" Perez
Ceiyeco, Rodriguez RuiOfI. sanchez. CAS-
tiJlo, ZayaZ. SatreZ. BCrmudcZ, Francisco
Perez; and the brigadcs, regiments aud
divisions that compose these corps are c''in-
in such short time make expert and vet
eran soldiers, but we have done ennnSh
And. using their vaior hy degrees. with
out doing ioolhardy deeds, they now fight
with vaior, and pay M attention, IN open
battle. to the useless and costly ire 'f
Thousands of SpaniadS when Il few Gu
bans are sent out {" harass them.
PERS oNNEL OF THE ARMY.
You cannot imagine how many good
peonle we have with us, and Cuba may well
f,,J mr. the llsfSl.lS OF SCIENCE size
has gwen to her army, such as The doctors,
Eugenio Sanchez AgromoHte, Eusenio
Molina. fermin DomInguel, Bruno
Daniel Gispert, Santiago Garcia Cani-
zarcs. Federico Latorre, Rcgelio Robalna,
Juan Pons, Nicasio soIer, Joaquin Cas-
fillu Duany. Guiilermo +. Mascaro, Jose
Nicolas Ecrrcr Poriirio =. FaIicntc,
Hipoluo Gatana n. y. biaz, Tomas Prldo
Guiuau We have also organized the
evil government, which you already know
is rendering great help 20 the amy. We
have alrtudy begun The instructions in
ihe camp ana i'll Tie prefecturcs.
1t is very hard Tor Gen. Campos to un-
.ierstand the war of today. and would not
dare to express this frank and honest opln-
ION (trcd,ing of ii Spanish officer who has
always had my good VII! and respect as
an honorable officer and gentlcman) If he
himself. in his interview with the editor
of The Imperial, of Madrid. and with re-
purters of the Times and the World, of New
York had not shown military self CON
fidcnce in Judging us weak and towards,
and not able To organize ourselves. l
could askc Gen. Campos a question which
he would find II difficult la answer win
exactitude. How does he explain that,
having arrived iii the Island of Cuha at the
same time as Gems. Macco, Marti and my
Self, when the small force OF tens. Pedro
Perez in Guantanamo, of Guillcrno Mon
i,ala, poisoned in Santiago: Col. Miro, in
Hoguin, and Gen. Bartolonee Masso in
Nanzaniiio, how does he explain, | re-
peat. that he could not put down "a grow
r,.yRiutlpn which, not WltDSl augllrgr his
military talents, his great resources and his
influence in the island. has extended like a
sTca; fire all over the country?
FIFTY THOUSAND MEN.
And if Gen. Campos could not in those
day. take hold of a situation less diff
rul, and of less danger. how does he expect
nav. having in front of him an army uf
so 600 men. well organized, Ia sustain an
-.ntiiesS campaign? Why did he not sufTo-
rateii in the beginning. wien we Were weak
and Iip strong. before ten. AutOniu Mlcco
had defeated him in Valenzucla." with
all his prestige of warrior. aud before Gers.
Ksiofr and Sanchez and Rodriguez had
landed their expedition and transported it
in couuiry wagons in bread daylight? And
having lost his head. lie now pretcnds Ia be
able to kill or make surrender 10000 men,
not being able TO capture twenty. | think
ibai Mir. Canoyas del Castillo should think
II little about this.
have never denied the logic of facts
;nd perhaps, friend Estrada. that being
IN love with the just cause of this great
s,eDplc / may be optimistic; hat 4 u.I.,n.
without going 10 extremes, we shall very
sosf, reach the end that we have laid uut
Before Let us leave Gen. CampuS,
naking has useless efforts, his useless re-
sassS ana always travelling by steamers on
lhr coast He has only mnde two marches
snso the interior, one sadly notable to
Bayan," and Now TO CicEo de Avila TO Sancti
SpiTitus-- which have had for
their object, according as he him self has
said TO show his generals how TO march
with small columns (?J''-2000 men.
do not know 10 what triyrcr his SjIb1itcrnS
tosss Uunu such appreC l.; tions, but / do
know illHI tu many h0nDra ble and braN.mili-
taEy Tpcn like the ones that accompany Gen
Glniln-s in this campaign without glory
AMI without bread that such Sef-.dffi-
.ifzcy has a very grave character.
When Gen. Campos said this TO the re-
poEterS he forgot how the brave Santoscil-
Gtsiied Ht the head of his forces in the ba tile
e< Venezuela, and what is more strange