The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-09

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any evident excitement. Havana, 81
| far as revolution goes, has her head IL
the sand, and like the ostrich seems *
have no notion that the world sees hel
tail feathers disturbed and tossing IL
full view. To be sure, uniformed mer
areSso thick In Havana as we'll nigh Il
be under foot. Soldiers are the police
men, and are constantly in view. In ar
apparently slumbrous and indulgent
way, the people know that some 5000
new soldiers have come from Spain
and the officers and men with their
ugly glazed caps and their baggy red
trousers have been much In view. A
banquet was rendered the officers
Thursday night at the Casino and the
tobacco men have made pool of this
product as q gift to the officers and SOL
diers. But there are no ripples of ex-
among people to whom the tailoring
department. of war appeals strongly.
The rebels, 1t is believed, have ma
tured their plan of campaign which in
volve quietude of the main body of sym
pathizers and participants until tie
rains come and fever shall have re-
duced tho ranks of the Spanish troops.
Meanwhile, the men in the field are
expected to harrass and alarm. They
are acclimated the Spanish military
are not. These plans are fully under
stood by the government, and 1t has
been announced that great bodies of
troops will be pushed into the disturb
ed districts to crush out the rebellion
by sheer force at once.
The fear of fever is active, too. San
chez Varsol, an officer OF the regular
army and private secretary to the lead
20 NJ nj
that the volunteers of Havana aud OF
Cuba shall be sent into the field be-
cause they are acclimated and because,
In this view, they should bear tho bur-
den OF war in their own island. The
volunteers OF Cuba are exempt from
compulsory enlistment, but they are
not as closely under control as the mill
tia OF the State. There are about six
thousand Of these and they can be put
to fighting within two weeks. Besides,
there are guerillas who enlist only for
q time and purpose, and who enlist
themselves In groups like tho separate
companies of American militia. There
would be about six thousand of these
available, and Varsol is urging that
these twelve Thousand men shall be
sent to the front whore they know the
country. while tho strange and unac-
to garrison the towns.
Utterances of Martinez Campos indi-
eating pacific purposes toward the Gu
ban people have caused an easier feel
Ing among the revolutionary sympa-
thlzers. The paper, La Lucha, refers
to Sen0r Campos rs loved pacificator.
Governor General Calicia has not only
been directed to await his successor but
also to fill vacant Offices in the interim.
Brooks, the American mine owner anl
rebel sympathizer, is said to have dis
appeared. Whether voluntarily or
otherwise Is not stated.
HAVANA, April AT daybreak this
morning, battalion of Spanish troops
marched out from the fortress of Can
aba, which lies westward on the hills
above MorrO castle. They were led to
the railway from which trains travel
south across the island to Batabanno.
1t Is at this port that the government
troops are being forwarded to the east
ern districts of Cuba; and, when the
battalion on route today shall have
reached Santiago de Cuba, all the
troops newly arrived from Spain will
have been mobilized at that point.
When all are there. there will be q
grand review and then the hunt for the
Insurgents will begin. Meanwhile the
of the troops by com
mands is being effected.
There will be two grand divisions
and two brigades in each division.
The first division will be commanded
by General La Chambre, now military
governor of Manazillo. This will be
his base OF operation and for the pres
ent he will be expected to presevc
quiet, or mako battle against rebels in
the districts of Principe Neuvitfas,
Bayami and possibly part of Holguin.
Within his territory, chiefly in Prin-
cipe Tor Camaguay as it may be re-
ferred toy some Of the bitterest business
of the late rebellion took place. Cen
eral Salcedo will command the second
division, and will have his base of oper-
ltions at Santiago de Cuba and his
forces are expected to put down any re-
bellion in the districts of Jiguani Cuba.
BaracOa and the eastern
part OF Holguin.
These two commands with the forces
indicated Will number something over
4 900 men. At the palace of the gov
ernor general the writer was today in
that when all the troops that
are now expected to come from Spain
shall have arrived, there will be avail
able against the rebellion about 81, 900
men. This number covers the troops
arrived here, the standing
army of Cuba and all volunteers and
guerillas. The last named are not the
guerrillas familiar in the states, but
IRE separ ate companies enlisted for a
definite time and purpose. Regular
army officers and men are to be assign
ed among these troops to drill and lead
them in battle. These officers receive
for their service $50 per month and the
men receive $25.
TLere are cries OF humiliation from
the press OF this city, because IL seems
likely that the government may accept
the offer Of patriotic citizens of San
tiago do Cuba to wash the clothes OF
some of the 5000 troops ut that point
who may now indulge in laundry SER
vice, as some 5000 new uniforms have
been received from Spain. The papers
here demand that the government shall
wash its own clothing and not leave it
to be done privately though patriotic
ally. While awaiting the arrival of
the troops leaving here today, the
forces now in the disturbed districts
yesterday began searching In the chap
aral for insurrectionists.
An interesting bit OF news comes
from Santiago dc Cuba. A correspond
ent writing March 25th states that he
has been looking into the Alliance af-
fair, and he makes the statement that
the Alli&nca whom hailed displayed the
America flag and not that OF england
as reported by the cruiser Conde de
Vananidito.
On Saturday last the government
here freely announced that the rebel
chief Maceo had sailed from Costa Rica