The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-10
General De Cnmpos Reviews His
Fresh Soldiers and Gives the OH
GERS n Reception mt Night.
CUBANS BESIEGE A FORT
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ENCOUN-
TER WITH MACEO AND GOMEZ.
Statement from the Latter Regarding
view with Lieutenant Churchill.

DodrU tHe steamers Colon, Oluuau, CdulZ,
Cristina. Marie and Santiago. Also on
board were Generals Sabas Marin. Luis
Pando. Pedro Pin. Adolfo CASTILLO. Domin-
| go Basan and Xavier Obregon. The troops
consisted of the Barbastro Cecilia. Castillo.
San Quintina. Navarro and Meredia battal-
ions. The reinforcements were met on
board the steamers by General Arderius.
the chief of the staff, and committees from
| the different municipal and civil bodies
or Cuba When the troops landed they
were greeted in the most enthusiastic
manner and were reviewed by Captain
General Martinez De Campos, from the
balcony OF the palace, having by his
SIDE all the newly arrived generals, who
were loudly cheered by the populace. At
the reception tonight to the officers Of the
newly arrived forces Captain General De
Campos was assisted by the generals of di-
vision, Pando. Marin, Pin. Arderius and
Castellanos: brigadier generals Toral OBJ
RECON. Aizpurua, Bazan and suero; the
chiefs of the political parties, the faculty
OF the university, the foreign consuls, the
heads of the banks and leading business
men, the bishop and members of the press
| or all shades of opinion.
In the engagement which took place near
| Iguara, on the frontiers of the province of
santa Clara and the province of Puerto
Principe. between the column Of troops COM
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| convoy Of two hundred mules loaded with
| arms and ammunition and having with him
other war material. and the insurgents un,
/ der Maceo and Gomez in addition to nine
killed, the Spaniards had sixteen wounded.
| But the troops succeeded in saving the
| greater part of the convoy and the war ma
terial. The insurgents lost seventy killed
| and wounded.
At Palma de Sola. province of Santa
| the bands of Laceret and Pancho Perez.
| The insurgents lost heavily and the troops
had FIVE killed and eleven wounded.
| dispatch from Santiago de Cuba an
nounces that sixty-seven insurgents have
| surrendered there. While diminishing in
the Santiago district the troops lost four
killed and captured seven insurgents, be-
| sides DR.. Alguilera.
Advices received here from Bayamo.
| province of Santiago de Cuba, say that ex-
Mayor Casterl Cabeson, a leader of the
| Reformists party and other prominent per-
| sons of that city have been imprisoned on
| the charge OF conspiring against the gov
eminent.
| Fort Besieged by Insurgents.
| PITTsBURG, Pa, Dec 9-Sylvester Sco-
| vel, the staff correspondent of the Pitts
burg Dispatch in Cuba. and the only news
| paper man inside the lines of the revolU-
| tionary army sends the following, dated
| Guinia De Miranda, province Santa Clara:
| For three days the insurgents have been
| besieging this village. garrisoned by de-
| tachment of fifty Spanish infantry. On Fri
| day, the 18th, the insurgents left their camp
| at Canada Oscura at daybreak, and by IL
| o'clock a. m. the Cuban forces had estab-
| lshed guards over all it's approaches and
! completely surrounded the town. The
| Cuban forces are under the command OF
| Brigadier General Sine Perez OF the Third
| Brigade First Division of the Cuban gen.
eral army, and chief of the iona or j,iris.
| the Cuban forces were deployed Skin
mishers, and by crawling through the long
prairie grass that covers the small I, nils at
| ting within range of the fort, and desul-
tory fire was kept up all day without effect.
| During the day flag of truce sent 10
the Spanish commander. and the burning of
| the town threatened in case he refused 10
| surrender his arms and ammunition. This
| he refused. although offered free egress for
himself and men. About 9 o'clock the
| Cubans fired about fifteen houses about the
fort. The next day, the 10th. the Cuban
| ish outposts into the fort from their posi-
| lions in the houses, which they burned that
night. One OF these proved to be the prin-
cipai store OF the village which was looted,
| ceries. IS
On the 18th Lieutenant Colonel Alleman
| arrived with one hundred men we'll armed
and having an average of seventy rounds
Of ammunition per man. thus making the
rez laid plans for the assaulting of the
| fort last night. but, on account OF the ig-
norance OF guide, the attacking columns
failed to connect. So far to-day nothing
| has been done. and the Spanish forces are
stu safe In their forts awaiting reinforce
ments. IL these 50 not arrive within day
account of their lack of food. and addition
al guards have been sent to the river to
prevent the Spanish forces from getting
any more water. The Cubans in general
are. greatly handicapped by their lack of
ammunition. The impression Is general
throughout the rank and file OF the Cuban
4 WI he oh 10
Of arms and ammunition as soon as the
ency. e
Statement from General Gomez.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9-The World TODAY
| says: General Gomez has issued the fol-
lowing explanation of his order to burn
| plantations:
TO the Honored Men. Victims of the
| the revolution for the redemption of this
lana, drenched in innocent blood (from
Hatucy TO our own times) by cruel and
merciless Spain, will bring misery upon you
| As general-in-chef OF the army of ibera>
| ton. II Is my duty to lead Ii to victory
without permitting myself to be held back
or terrified by any means necessary to place
! Cuba in the shortest time in possession OF
her dearest ideal /, therefore, place the
responsibility for SO great ruin on those
who look on impassively and force us to
! these extreme measures, which. fools and
dolts as they are. they condemn. After so
tume.y, extirpation and death, when this
people of its own will has arisen in arms.
there remains no other aim but to tri-
umph- 1t matters not what means are
employed TO accomplish Ii. This people cam
not hesitate between the wealth of Spain
and the liberty of Cuba. Its greatest crime
would be TO stain the land with blood with>
out effecting Its purpose because of puerile
scruples and fears, which do not accord
with the character of the men whom We
meet in the field challenging the fury of an
army which is one of the bravest in the
word, but which in this war is without
enthusiasm or faith. without food or hope
of glory.
THE war did not begin Feb "a: 1t is about
TO begin now. The revolutionary spirit, al
ways magnified at the beginning by wild
enthusiasm, had TO be organized calmeo
and led into the proper channels. The strug-
gle ought to begin In obedience to a plan
more or less methodically studied out, but
which may be accommodated to the Pc
culiarities OF this war. This has now been
done. Let Spain at once send her soldiers
TO rivet the chains OF her slaves, now that
the children OF the land are in the field
armed with the arms of liberty. The strug>
gle viii be terrible, but the end will crown
the resolution and courage Of the oppressed.
''MAXIMO GOMEZ, General-in-chef."