Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-16
CUBAN COMMISSARY
The Patriots Find Rations Under
The Greenwood Tree.
After Camp is Pitched The Men
Forage in The Forest.

One of the most disappointed men
in town is captain Bueneo of the Cuban
army. The captain, who is member
OF the largest banking house in San
Diego, Cuba, came to New York last
Jnty On special mission. He soon
finished his business, and has been
trying ever since to get back to fight
with his company. Twice he has at
tempted 70 get away, once, it is said,
on the Hawkins and again on the Ber-
muda.
Il was all through with my bust,
hess on July 20, said the captain,
'tand here | am still. Every time I've
tried to get away something has hap
pened. If the people in charge of the
| Bermuda had labeled their boxes the
government would not have stopped
| the steamer aal / should be back with
my friends by this ;imc, with q chance
.to. help them. Here | can do nothing.
l am useless.
'LoOk at colonel Perez there. He
and began together. We were old
scloolmates, you know He stayed
aud fought and now he is n colonel,
1ffcould have got back, I'd be a
colonel too, or dead. Oh, we'll, the
rainy season is coming on and after
that the fever. That will make the
Spaniards sick. III the last war thir-
ty-Nght percent Of them died Of fever
-to say nothing of those we put out
Of ,he way with our machetes and bull
letl
"Of course they cannot ride at all.
Petez has told you about that, but we
cai outmarch them, too.Vs One night,
atput year ago, We broke camp and
stirted to meet Maceo and Marti.
We knew that they were to land about
fort Leagues awaJ. By noon the next
day we had marched eighteen leagues
but we were not too tired to attack a
Spnish column that came down on
oul flank, little to the rear. We
hat lively fight until five o'clock
WIEN Maceo and Marti came up. Then
together we drove the enemy out Of
siglt.
we ought TO have been pretty
tir.d by that time. Don't you think
SO Well, we were not very fresh,
bu orders were given to return by
til, route we came and. hunting ul
something to eat from what the Span
lads had abandoned in their flight,
We marched back the whole cightecI
, leagues, reaching our starting place
the next afternoon. io4 won't fine
; a,v Spaniards to do that. We couldn'
if we weren't used to the food and tt
The climate and hadn't lived out oi
doors all our lives.
AUOtuSl III y u ldNpl, CcpS
cially in the hillv country, where the
: | woods are dense, IS that we know
what plants and roots are good fo
food and what poisonous. Almos
anywhere in Cuba there IS enough
stuff growing wild to keep any ma,
alive, if he knows how to get 1t. w
do; SO we can 60 about without
commissary department. When W
halt for breakfast or supper. there i
n bugle call as a signal TO prepare t
hunt-get our sacks ready, etc. The
a second call, meaning disperse to th
woods. In half hour, perhaps, yo'
will see all the men back in camp, eac
with some fruit or vegetable that b
has plucked or dug out Of the ground
, We eat those things and they agre
with us. ii the Spanish eat ther
much they have a pain IL the stom
ach.
"Al We neel to drive the Snan
iards out Is supplies. We've NOR
:, men than we can arm. SO If IS 4
g use for anyone to come 70 us lookln
!, for a job, unless be knows eomethin
about artillery. Then we might us
him. but ! do not know certainly. =
New York Press.