The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-27

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-Dr. Joaquin
Castillo. a. Cuban general, has just ar
rived in this city on mission from the
insurgents IN the field Dr. Castlllo
states that the insurgents have lnSn-
tinted q service of coast inspection I'M
dor which careful outlook is constantly
maintained for arriving expeditions
from foreign ports. There is a care
fully organized band Of coast inspec-
ton with armed assistants, which pa
troll the beaches and watch the gulf
and ocean from the hill tops. Thus 1t
Is that approaching expeditions, al
though not heralded in advance are
reasonable sure of finding compatrlots
soon after landing. at any point on the
island. :
new organization of
THE ISsURGENT ARMY
and of the different divisions of the
army. The army Is composed OF nVe
l,o5ies. The first and second are IN the
eastern and the third in the CANA
s1Iav. the fourth Is IN Las Villas, ana
the fifth in Havana and Pinar del RAo.
These bodies are divided into sectlons'
the sections into brigades, the br1gadeS
into regiments and the regiments into
battalions, They have also annexed TO
tie bodies or military engineers the
health sections and military admins
tration, Livery important column has
an engineers section, which directs the
construction of trenches and makes the
designs OF the different localities. Each
column. according to its Importance,
has one or more physician
Antonio Maceo had five when he in
vaded Las Villas. Every physician has
three practitioners at his command and
each of the latter has three litter car
riers. With each doctor goes mule
laden with two medicine chests and
the necessary surgical instruments.
The wounded are never kept crowded
in one place When circumstances per-
nit, huts are built where four or more
wounded are placed in, thus avoiding
accumulation of persons so contrary
to sanitation and favorable results.
The
MILITARY ADMINISTRATION
is complete and is in charge of projects
who provide the columns of their pre-
lectures with vegetables meat and
salt. The projects also have care Of
the postoffice stations, each Office hav-
ing one chief and several messengers
Icduy " CddlI ol9 AAiCS0dS5C VI hOSh-
anent whenever necessary, said mesSen-
gers ALWAYS requiring a receipt Of the
hour in which they deliver documents.
Projects take care also of the depots
Tor horses, which are many, some de-
pots having 700 horses IN good Seondi-
ton They also oversee the farms
worked by the rebels. The employees
of these farms make Najagua ropes
and mats for the cavalry. The projects
keep books in which they register the
births, marriages and deaths IN their
respective jurisdictions. and lega1ize
marriages with their presence at such
ceremonies. They also keep books in
which are the names Of
ALL MEN USEFUL FOR WAR,
thus easily replacing the men who die
or are killed in the ranks, always pre-
ferring single men to those who have
families. They have tan yards, shoe
and leather factories, carpenter and
ironsmith shops and aTmories, said to
be as good as in the cities, one IN
Camaguay deserving special mention.
There is a Jody OF auditors or war
Judges Every brigade has one audit
or. The order and discipline Of the
Cuban army is said to be good. The
camps are in good condition; the
drums are beaten at iaybreak and also
at p. m At the general headouar-
ters these exercises are rendered lively
by the bands Of music, of which there
are several. General Castillo saws the
Spirit of the patriots in the field ia
enthusiastic and they sustain homes of
final victory.