The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-15
His Strong Army Has Entered
the Havana Province
TO COOPERATE WITH GOMEZ
Gen. Weyler Is Getting Ready to
Crush the Cuban Armies.
What He Needs Is More Troops-Re-
Inducements on Ihe WAY From
spain and More volunteers 10 BE
Armed-Ihe Captain General STAYS
in Havana and Thinks About His
Job.

Havana. Feb. I4.-It is learned here that
Antonio Maceo, after his engagement WITH
the Spaniaryis al CayalahoS made 4 char
acLeT-Stic coantermarch. going fTss south
ward west os Artenisa, and then eastward
along the southern coast, passing south OF
Mangas. Canas and Gnira. Canas IS On
the lime between Pinar del R.o and Havana
provinces. Maceo has thus passed cut CT
the province OF Pfnar del RIO. and is close
20 the Irozcha running from Havana 10
BataoaRo. IL he has not already passed X
20 the southwark.
Capt Gen. Weyler continues his exhans-
tive inyeSst i.ysstion into the conditions and
resources OF his forces IN Cuba. and : max
ing some experiments of methods as iH-
tends to employ when he enters casa-
paign- A crate Of carrier pigeons was senI
from Havana with a detachment OF troops
TO Rio B.anco. situated ninety miles from
Havana, ard they returned here IN two
hours. bringing news OF the safe arrival OF
the troops at their destination.
Gen. Weyler is apparently convinced that
the force OF volunteers in Cuba is not as
large or as effective as il can be made. and
be is devotlng a great deal Of attention
10 plans for enlarging this arm Of the serv-
ice and employing it IN active service. lie
seems 70 feel that the familiarity with the
country which mas been acquired by long
residence and the knowledge Of the methods
make the volunteers especially available
against the peculiar methods Of the enemy.
HE has Indicated his purpose in various
ways to put the volunteers into more ef-
fcent condition and TO rely upon them
more for the active work Of the war. He
proposes TO mobilize the native volunteers
in very short time and dispatch them 10
the field.
Gen. Pando has gone TO Villa Clara, by
way of Sagua. 10 take command Of the
Second army corps. 20 which he has been
assigned.
Word has been received here by cable
that 3. 400 soldiers debarked from Spain
yesterday for Cuba 10 reinforce the army
here
The noted bandits, Socorro and Sohrado.
who have become leaders among the in
surgents. are operating about Bahia Hon
da, in Pinar del Rio. They burned some
houses at Bahia Honda. on February s,
and they are said 10 have been guilty OF
sacrilegiOus excesses in the neighborhood-
Not content with burning the church and
desecrating the churchyara at Las fosas,
they rafded the church at C1enguanaho
and carried the images OF the saints out
side Here the Insurgents formed them
solves into mock religious procession,
some negroes dressing themselves IN the
priests garments and carrying tue sacred
ernblems among their. hilarious compan-
ions amid shouts of rihald mirth. The
fanaticai masquerade being ended, theF
cut the images Of the saints to pieces
with their rnachetes and hacked 10 pieces
the furniture Of the sanctuary and then
burned the church.
4 famous ex-bandt. Olivia. led raid
! against the town OF Baia on February ?.
Horrible stories are circulated in Havana
| of the outrages this band has committed
| upon the defenseless country people. with
/ out discrimination as to age or sex. Rob
| berry is said to have been their pastime.
4 while murder and outrage on women we're
! left in their trail, and they committed
/ acts Of such shocking sacriiege that the
| inhabitants are alleged TO have been driv-
I en- crazy by the mere contemplation of
them.
| Antonio Maceo three days later en-
| camped in the same town for a whole day.
| Gen Rehague. coming up. overlook Ma
| ceo's guard as they were leaving the town,
/ and twelve OF them were wounded.
| Antonio Maceo. who has 500 men. half
| of them mounted. Is in Havana province.
| less than twenty-five miles from Havana
| city. He can unite his forces with those
/ OF Maxine Gomez in few hours when
ever he chooses. II may be said. then.
| that Gomez and Maceo are together. The
/ news that Weyler is 10 arm more vOlun-
| teers is good news foF the patriots. They
huv rifles from the volunteers OF capture