Evening journal., 1896-12-17


runs from Moron TO .ucaro in the western /
part of Puerto Principe, are to the effect .
that many scattered insurgent parties are I
crossing il TO the westward, taking adyan- I
tage Of the darkest portions Of the line, I
those Parts not yet lighted by electricity
letter From General Carrillo.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17--The following /
letter, dated at La Campania, in Sancti /
Spiritus, province of Santa Clara, Cuba, /
was recently received by prominent Unit /
ed States senator from General Francisco /
Carrillo of the Cuban army, who was
tried and acquitted in Wilmington, Del,
for supposed violation of neutrality laws:
The general condition of the reyolu-
ton cannot be more satisfactory for us.
We are more powerful every day, while at
every step and at every moment the abso-
Lutte incapacity of Spain TO vanquish us is
put in evidence. Our forces cover nearly
all the island moving freely from one end
TO the other conducting offensive tactics
everywhere ana repeatedly striking good
blows at the cnemys forces and towns, as
much as the special character of this wax
allows and tho manner in which tine span
iards carry on the campaign.
''Wo can say that the country belongs
10 us. In the greater part of the island 10
is ours absolutely, as il happens in the
cast Camaguey Remedies, Sanch Spirit
us. Trinidad and Pinar del Rio. In these
zones the Sraniards live completely shut
mp, almost besieged in the scapcrts and
towns of importance, and i'm the rest ot
tho island they DO not command any moro
trrrit ry than the one they tread upon
when tdoy are operating.
I'm the first mentioned regions the cne-
mys operations are limited to carrying
conveys every four or five months. The
enemy goes out in large columns of in
fantry, cavalry and artillery, avoid all
battle and march rapidly to their objective
points, and they do so after trying by all
means to outwit our forces so that we will
not know when they 90 out and how they
march, so that it can be said that the nu-
merous soldiers of the enemy constitute a
true army of occupation only
y 'Our effective army consists of 30, 600
men. fully armed, and more than double
this number ready to receive weapons, all
under command of the renowned, indefati-
gable General in Chief Maximo Gomez.
Cuba's Form of Government.
.sThe supreme power of the revolution,
as Won win have seen from our Constitu-
tion. voted Sept IS. 1895, by the represent
atives Of the Cuban people in arms in
meeting assembled, is vested in a govern
ment council consisting of a president and
four secretaries, of foreign affairs war,
treasury and interior.
.sThe island is divided into the following
states: Oriente, Camaguey, Las Villas,
y Habana and Ocoidente, each of which Is
divided into as many districts as there
were under the Spanish division. The
treasury is i'm charge of a secretary, whC
! has under him superintendent of finance
i'm each state, and under this delegate OF
the treasury in each district and under
rhis the suhdcscgate. The commissary de
partment the workshops, the citizens po
lice arc under the secretary of the interior
4 sd who has a civil governor In each state
Immediately under the governor there
is a Iieutenant governor Of each district
and this one has under him the Inspector
of workshops coasts and communication
8 and the projects, subprefects and the post
masters of the district, employing the fore
man and the worl2men of the shops Tor IN
best service as well as the employees o
the preiectures and subpreiectures and tn
mounted mail carriers. All this Is com
pleted, with the herds Of horses and cattl
held in reserve and the cultivated zone
that we have also established
"You will see that we are CONSTANT
fighting and preparing ourselves for Ion
resistance If necessary, and we are layin
the foundations Of the new organizatio
for the country, so that the day Of our il
dependence will find us lcsdy to proper
manage the public affairs.
N 1T is useless for me 60 tell you tn
there Is not single person in our RAM
who thinks of or will accept aught el
but the absolute independence of Cub
and we will soon obtain IT, All our labo
are directed TO place Spain in such a co
4 dition that she cannot keep up the stru
gle. while we are able TO carry on tho iig
with more strength and advantage eve
day.
''If tho Unitel States would recogni
our bclligerency, our triumph would be
immediate one.
This war viii not terminate until
have obtained our indcrendcrco, and
longer it lasts the grcatcr Wil Pc the q