The evening times., 1895-10-28

The, Union Veteran Legion will turn out
Thursday night. 1t will attend the great
Cuban rally in a body. Along with the
yeteE;,ns, yau .go the Henderson Fife and
Drum Corrs, the boys of the organization.
- TIE LSgI6n IS Just back FROM the Buffalo
trip, but SO much enthusiasm was mani
tested for Cuba that 1t las not died out.
The veterans, too are determined that Corp.
Tanner shall have an old time escort, and
80 they turn out.
i. The Henderson boys were going 10 volun-
teer their services for the meeting and every
thing was all ready. but the Onion Vet
eran Legion claimed their services for
the same date. As the boys belong TO the
Veterans by adoption, nothing was left
but to go with them. The music Will be at
the gathering; that is all that is wanted.
1t is expected tnat n large delegation
from the Grand Army will also turn out.
The Invitations have all been received and
the various bodies will be able to act on
them at their meetings the early part OF
, this week. 1t is hoped that so many Grand
Army men will decide to go that n respect
able parade can he formed. Other mill
tary organizations have been invited, and
II Is more than probable that number of
Them VIII attend. IL such be the case, the
veterans OF each organization can have
most handsome escort
THE MEETING.
Several new speakers have been Sc
cured, and the talent IN this direction Will
be something the peoplc>can feel proud of.
Snort, snappy. tcn-nEute addresses are
TO be the oruer OF the evening. This rule
may he broken in the case Senor Que
sada and his friends, VINO Will, or course,
speak with more personal knowledge tEan
any one else. Every one is anxious 10 hear
them, and there Will not be the slightest
objection TO the extension.
At the meeting of the executive COM
mittee at the office of MIR. Wolf to-
morrow morning at II O'Clock the final
arrangements for the programme OF cx-
erceises will be completed. Already two
poems have been presented to the COM
as being first-class. a Cuban lady Will
sing i'll costume and there Will he plenty
of other music. Five speeches are on the
list and two more prominent local gem
uenien will be placed on il tomorrow.
The list of vice presidents will comprise a
number of the leading women OF the Dis
trict. They are being notified OF their
appointments AS rapidly as possible and a
large number of them are expected 10 be
present. They Will represent all the So
cieties of women " hich are working for the
good Of mankind. So they will not be con-
fined alone to-the representatives of patr-
otic bodies.
The committee on resolutions meets this
afternoon. at T. O'Clock, at the office OF
Mr.. Tanner, in the Loan and Trust build
ing. The res0lstiops which will be adopt
ell will be dtgnified but at the same time
will SPEAK IN terms that cannot be misun-
derstood. Coming from the citizens of
the Capital they will be watched with
great intRreAt. For this reason the coDi-
mittee Is exercising the greatest possible
care ia their construction.
NEED OF ARMS.
A Cuban patriot with whom the Times
talked asst night divulged plan for
furnishing the armies OF Maceo, Gomez,
Rego, and the other defenders of the
sunlit island. with the instruments of war
needed-sna1l arms and light ordnance.
His design coptemplates the manufacture
Of them there. He proposes TO work in
a small steel casting plant, and locate 1t
inside the insurgent lines. He will then
utilize the steel rails of the steam rail-
roads in making gun barrels.
Rifles are badly needed. or the thirty or
forty thousand men who are in the field
against Spanish authority scarcely 90 per
cent. carry firearms. Only small num-
Der of the projectile weapons carried by
the revolutiouists are of modern make.
muzzles leaders of variety of gauges.
There are some muskets of various styles
and calibers. There are some rifles, many
OF them as out of-date as the old Kentucky
patch" The leading rifle in the in
surgent armies Is the single-shot Reming-
ton, of heavy calibcr. A considerable
body of the army carries only side-arms,
aud the remainder of the patriotic host is
equipped only with the macheta. The va
riety Of the projectile weapons and the va
rieties of their calibers make it exceedingly
difficult to keep them supplied with ammu
milton.
The same plan is to be pursued with re-
gard to field pieces. OF these the insurrec-
tionists stand sorely in need. The Spanish
design is to build a Gordon of Notifications
around the territory mainly occupied by
the insurgents, and close in on them slowly,
aud when the corral has been reduced to the
proper size. to attempt to overpower them.
With this end in view, they are erecting
small forts as strategic points. These are
only adobe forts with wood backing, and
are proof against rifle balls, but could soon
be demolished by light field pieces
CAUTION-REwARD.