The record-union., 1896-04-04
Army Preparations Are Being Pushed
With Great Yisor in Cuba.
General Weyler Gives the Officers and
Men No Rest.
The Result of the Active Movements
Causes the Complete firing Out
Large Portion of the Troops In the
Fie1d-Insurgent Camps Destroyed
and q Dozen of Their Hospitals
Burned-More Tales of Horrors
Committed Than Battles Fought.

| HAVANA, April 3.-Army prepara-
lions have been pushed with great
vigor for the past month. General Wey-
/ Ter has given the officers and men no
rest His orders have been peremp-
tory, and many a General has incurred
his displeasure by hardness The result
of these active movements has been to
completely tire out a large portion of
the army in the Geld The insurgents
have been kept moving, their camps
have been destroyed and dozen of
their hospitals have been burned during
the month that has just passed, but
the Government has not forced a single
battle upon the rebels. The only seri-
Gus engagements have been those in
which the insurgents have had the adj
vantage of position or numbers, as at
lCuyajabos and Candelaria, where they
assumed the offensive and defeated the
regular troops of Spain.
There have been many rear guard
skirmishes, which appear in the Span
ish official reports as battles and VIC
tories for the crown, but which, upon
investigation, number Of them proved
| to be massacres of unarmed citizens,
and there have been more tales of hor-
rors committed than battles fought in
this island Of Cuba during the month of
March.
II one-hundredth part of the stories
that reach here of the operations of the
columns of Generals Melquizo and Ber-
nal and Colonels Moline, Sequera and
others are true, the reason why Gen
eral Weyler Cancelled all passes held by
II OreSD0ndantS G of
tates report excuses committed by de-
tached bodies of Spanish troops in all
parts of the island, and there is no fur
Their talk of attempting to grind sugar
this year The problem is how to pre-
serve the lives of employees and prevent
wanton destruction by the troops
The insurgents have gained more in
| the past month than in any two that
have preceded it. Weyier's decree COM
pelling people to abandon their homes
III the interior has driven many peacea-
ble inhabitants into the rebel armies.
The harsh measures adopted toward
suspects in cities and towns have also
increased the number of recruits from
families of the better class in cities.
The landing of four important expedi-
| tons has gwen inspira ton to the in
surgent army
Ihe1r hopes were never brighter Hot
weather is already here, and the rains
are not far off. The limited time re-
manning for military operations makes
1t plain that Spain cannot crush the re-
bellion before the wet season sets in.
and the serious problem of caring for
the lives of her soldiers presents itself.
Spanish officer says that losses to the
army through fever and other sickness
have been 1900 since September. and
over 10000 during the year ended in
March,
Genrals Andrea and MADAM have been
sent back to Spain, making nine Gener-
ais who have been returned since Gem
eral Weyler arrived. General Obreion
IS also booked to return, and General
Pando, commander of the First ARMY
Corps, has been ordered back for al
lowing Gomez to enter Santa Clara
without fighting battle. General Sua-
reZ Valdez is also on the coast. He is
also in command of Pinar del Rio, and,
beside failing to suppress the rebellion
in his section, he sent an impertinent
message to Weyler by Telegraph Wey-
Ter says he can get more active work
out of Colonies than from Generals. and
the exodus continues.
There is much dissatisfaction among
officers of higher grades. General View
Ter has been in highly nervous state
for several days, and many stormy in
tervlews between him and his Minis
tiers have taken place. His troubles
with the politicians are just beginning.
He has assured the home Government
that elections can be held in Cuba. and
the Reformists and Autonomists re-
fusing to take part leaves the Union
Constitutional, or Conservative or Span
ish party, alone in the field
Rumors that Weyler will be recalled
are persistent. Since advices that the
United States will not recognize the bel
ligerency of the Cubans, General View
Ter has begun open executions of pris-
oners of war. Three have been shot at
Calabanas Prison within a week, and
more are doomed to the same fate.
j. FRANK CLARK.
REBEL SYMPATHIZERS OUTRAGE
OUSLY TREATED.
NEW ORLEANS, April 3.-The fol-
lowing information has been received
from Cuba by Nelson Polhemus local
representative in this city of the Cuban
Junta. Mr.. Polhemus vouches for it's
authenticity:
I'm the township of Jaruco, on the
plantation of Morales, the troops of
Colonel Tort, in command of three rural
guards, arrested four men and one
woman on the charge of being insur-
gent sympathizers, and then took them
to the armory, where the men We're
beaten and nearly killed, as was also
the woman, who refused to state that
she was in connection with the rebel
forces. The crime is more horrible, as
the woman, named Margarita Pearosa,
was soon to become a mother.
I'm the village of San Antonio de Los
Banos a man named Benito Lozada,
suspected of insurgent tendencies, and
who had brother in the rebel lines,
was arrested and shot to death by the
soldiers, being reported as trying to
escape and the forces being compelled
to fire upon him.
ION the plantation Salvador, the
property of the Count of Baretto, the
soldiers of General A1decoa's division
rayished the women, wives and daugh-
tiers of the laborers, after having threat
ened their male relatives with death,
many of whom we've tied. witnessing
the deed. This same thing happened in
the village Of San Matias, near Jacuro,