The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-26
HE WEARS GEN. LEES HAT.
Refugee Quinn Says the Consul. General
Gave 1t to Him.
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two OF the three men formerly IN the
Cuban army, who left the patriot army
and arrived Monday on the steamer
Orzaba, came up to the city yesterday
from Hoffman Island, where they had
been quarantined.
h Quinn aad McNally say that they left
Cuba on account of their health. Quinn
was formerly fireman for stationary
engines in Boston. He is about 80 years
old and looks as healthy as can be. Nc
Nally comes from Denver.
All three of the alleged deserters &C
companied General Ruiz's expedition to
Cuba made on the Laurada last May
Quinn says he wanted to help the
patriots. 1.-THE Laurada expedition was
miserably managed" said Quinn yester-
day. General Ruiz has violent temper
and selfish disposition. He swore at
and abused the men. Captain Hart, of |
on board to represent him, while Captain !
Morton was the actual navigator The
two were always at loggerheads, and
Captain Dickinson more than once
showed the white feather.
"The landing was made or. the coast
of Camagued, twenty miles from Marti-
nellos General Ruiz YVES ratified. Boats
l, 2 and 3 left the uaurada with only
men and the rifles. with which they were
personally arJned and not a cartridge.
Boats and , went with two men in each
and few cartridges. Boat No. started
to return for rifles and ammunition, but
captain Dickinson was weeping, and a
Spanish gunboat, it was reported, was
be,.ring down. Away ran the Laurada
with the thousands of rounds of precious
I, ammunition and the thousands of rifles
and the two rapid fire guns that had cost
| so much and We're so badly needed.
| 1--WE found on shore only an old shed
| and two barrels of stale water. We
marched inland for two days without
food. We found pacifico on the third
day going to market with meat and got
food. Some cattle grazing were also
| slaughtered On the fouth day we stun
bled upon Colonel Pena Mt the head of 500
cavalrymen. General Ruiz ordered Colo
mel Pcna to carry forward his own bag
gage, but commended us to throw away
ours. There was prompt insurrec
ton. Colonel Pena rode up 20 us, dis
mounted from his horse, and helped into
the saddle one of the nearly exhausted
Americans Then he ordered some of his
men TO turn over their horses to the
weary strugglers from the Laurada.
"We soon met n largerferce of cavalry,
and finally joined President Cisneros at
l'Crbitas, and were incorporated into his
'bodyguard. General Ruiz became such
an object of hatred that he ran away for
his own safety. General Gomez saws
that he will shoot him if ever he can
catch him.
1.-The Cuban armyare lot of Indians, {"
continued Quinn. "They are wretchedly
and miserably organized and march like
savages. Jealousy.does not exist among
the generals. That's a Spanish false
hood. But the officers are pickering all
the time. The blacks allege that they do
all the fighting and ought to have the
principal commissions. The whites
| fiercely contradict these claims and the
feeling is very bitter between the two
races
"Heaven pity the Americans who try
| to tight with the Cubans We were mis-
trusted and in-treated at every turn,
forced to forage and cook our meals. 1t
was understood from General Ruiz that
the Americans were to be promoted to
places of command. President Cisneros
kept promising. That's all it ever
amounted to.
when McNally and told President
Cisneros that we couldn't stand it any
Longer, he said You are Americans 1
cannot compel you to fight. will give
you passes to leave the country
I'VE crept into one of the little forts
about Neuvitas and told the Spanish
and wished to see the American consul
After several days of surveillance the
consul told us that we could go on a
small steamer TO Habana, but the Spanish
commandante got on to us and sent us
by rail to Porto Principe. The Ameri-
can consul there managed to get us out of
the caliboose and sent us back to Neuvi-
tas whence we came to Habana on a
lighter.
I'VE still wore the uniform and hats
OF the revolutionists when we arrived
If you don't throw away those hats YOU
are likely to be shot in the streets said
the American consul-general General
fltzhugh Lee, to whom we went direct
after leaving the lighter
General, have no other hat was
my reply. The consul at once took off
his own hat and placed it on my head. -
As an instance of Spanish cruelty
Quinn gave the following incident: Cen
eral Gomez had a batch of Spanish pris-
oners of war. He wrote to General Cas-
teilanos, at Porto Principe, to ask if he
would exchange
No." was General Castellanos' reply.
eA"What shall do with them?n incurred
General Gomez.
kill the sons of Beelzebub." General
Castellanos is alleged to have replied.
I'VE have plenty more of such trash in
Spain"
MODERATE BEARING.
j. H, Hale, one of the greatest peach
growers in the United States, in sneak