Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18

| 1000 strong, under command of Colonel
| Yoyer. The Spaniards lost 200 men and
would have been annihilated had it not
been for the timely arrival of Lieutenant
Tirso with reinforcements.
For these brilliant acts Maceo was made
| major general 1t seemed as If this new
honor put additional spurs on his heels.
| In rapid succession he engaged the Span
| iards in series of brilliant and bloody
| fights at San Felipe, Baragua, Hato del
Medic. Sabana. Miranda and Cayo Rey.
| 1t was in the latter battle that Antonio
| Maceo had one of the narrowest escapes
| from death that he has ever had. In the
midst of the fight, and with the guns
| rattling around him in quick volleys, he
| saw the Spanish colonel in command out
| in front Of his troops cheering them on.
| In an instant Maceo had drawn his ma
| chete and rushed forward to engage the
| Spanish commander in a sword combat.
| The latter saw the Cuban leader coming
and fiourished his sword in defiance.
| Shot Through the Lungs.
At that moment Maceo received rifle
| bullet through his lungs. He reeled in the
| saddle and would have fallen had it not
been for Lieutenant Colonel Pacheco. who
| caught him as he fell. At the same time
Colonel Rodriguez perceiving Maceo's peri
| louS plight, made a gallant charge, and,
| under sweeping fire. the Spaniards were
checked, and under the rolling curtain of
| smoke, Colonel Pacheco carried Maceo to
| place of safety.
| For three months in the mountains Ma
Geo fought battle for his life. with but
meager attendance and slim chances for
| recovery. At last his naturally rugged
| constitution triumphed, but his roaring and
| trumpet like voice had vanished. Even to
the present day his voice does not possess
half the compass it formerly did.
1 xtN- hnepD kN
adopt new methods of crippling Spain. He
began to destroy Spanish property and to
| burn Spanish plantations. In comany with
| his brother Jose, now grown to manhood,
and 500 guerillas. he invaded the Guantan-
amo district, leaving behind him blazing
| waste. On every hand he spread deSola-
tion with fire and sword: He was the first
to adopt the TACTICS that have o SO seriously
while he was in the midst Of his fiery
crusade the Cuban and Spanish leaders met
The news came to Maceo as he was prepar-
| ing to invade Holguin. The messenger was
authorized to procure his signature 10 the
"Teli them,". said Maceo. in reply, that
will never sign any compact with Spain
other than compact for the freedom OF
So Antonio Maceo kept on fighting. He
not only fought, but he called a council OF
document aa ne known known as s the :Protesta de Bar
aqua" After issuing this document the
| undaunte leader again took the field. 1t
backbone Of the war had been broken. Ten
| years of starvation and exposure in all
sorts of weather had broken the spirit OF
Unable, to obtain supplies he was reduced
to complete want Then hi,n the eSap15niation Smnns
naughty letter, in which he agreed to lay
down his arms, disband his forces and
submit to exile. on the condition that
Spanish man-of-war be placed at his dis
| him and his OfnCSrS TO
This offer was readily accepted by Cam
lied the impossibility Of catching Maceo in
a country where he knew every tree ana
bypath. -
dawn under big tree. near guantanamo.
This tree Is stil ;, standing M and 81 Is anown INoTn
Maeeos There The 1--WE were eosbt men am9ng ndeg
Maceo for almost ten years. They were
ragged and unkempt, and half starved,
Of many hard fought battle, and it was
| no wonder that tears were IN the eyes
of many as they bade their leader good-by.
| For them 1t was a return to the black
ened sites of their burned homes and their
| ruined plantations. For him it was exile
forever to foreign country huS and CUBA ad stu
dened him.
Yet those who saw him on that day say
that the iron had entered his soul; lie
eounseled patience industry and obdienss ID
folloW 70 Hs the thew will ef fate M that leads M blind
ly. onward. Will 1 come again? Quien
sabe?" Then there were hand clasps. en-
braces and good-bys. and Antonio Maceo
The Spanish warship took him to ia
maica. where he remained for about two
| months. Was he, conquered? Had the
dream Of free Cuba faded? Note his course
of conduct. A comparatively uneducated
fondness for booksNespeciaily books reiat,
ing to wars and military tactics. He read
Early in 1873 a brown skinned, weather.
| beaten man arrived in this city on one of
he lived sone without or other %ente
panionship than that of books. 1t was
Maceo and the fire of liberty still smol-
favorable opportunity. to burst into flame.
In a few months he made his way to
SoateT S0os as in the
shoulder shouldered ID dark broWed % man ana who f handled d
| horses so easily had ever smelled the
smoke of battle or heard the song Of rife
bullets.
Day after day on the parade grounds
Of the cadets, listened to the commands of
the officers; studied the discipline OF the
p s sd G to
of other great generals.
Then the dark skinned hostler. who was
regarded as book mad, gave up his posi-
ton and returned to New York From
New, York he went to Costa Rica. taking a
| hundred or more weighty volumes with
him. Some wealthy Cubans had settled in
Costa RIGA during the war, and they now
offered Maceo tract of land on which to
colonize his brave followers.
Becomes n Student.
Here for ten years the exiled Cuban
worked and studied and dreamed and in
structed his fellow veterans in the modern
theories of war. At times he would lecture
them. At other times he would give them
practical lessons in drilling and in cavalry
evolutfons. With each day, each week,
month and year his dream of the freedom
of Cuba was brighter than before Never
points of his purpose.
In 1883, ten years after the close Of the
war ne began to scheme for another up
rising in Cuba He took his former officers
into his confidence. and the little band of
revolutionists spent almost a year in max
ing plans for the overthrow of Spain.
Finally Maceo sailed for Jamaica, and
from Jamaica to Santiago de Cuba, dis
guised as laborer. Not for a moment
however, during the entire ten years that
government lost sight of Maceo. The
Spanards knew him too we'll.
Consequently when he disappeared from
Costa Rtca. there was a hue and cry.
rid, Look out for Maceo" was the wora
sent to Havana. Search was made through.
out the island. Finally the government goe
word of him around Santiago. Under tor
ture Cuban confessed that he had seen
Maceo in Ell Cristo, disguised as mule
teer. In the meantime Maceo had become
aware that his whereabouts had been dis
covered. His schemes were consequently
frustrated.
A fisherman who had fought under him
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