The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-25

BIZ Spaniards. IL seems strange that al
though all the sugar estates, coffee pidn-
tatlOuS. cattle ranches, ana oLhcr business
enterprises were conducted last season
apparently under Spanish protection and
well garrisoned, the proprietors IN reali-
IS were under insurgent protection, sums
varying from 5000 10 SJD.yt having pecn
paid tC the insurgents. y tax or e. =
thousand feet was imposed on lumhef
and one Of s. a head on cattle allowed 10
enter towns for slaughter. A contribution
or tax was levied on cane carts ana their
yOkcs Of oxen king in the nelds, ana
ID monthly tax was imposed on all stores
situated or the estates. All these contll,
buttons were payable IN American so'o
or its equivalent
An the districts under the civil gov
ernment Of the Cubans nave governors
projects. sub projects, secretaries put
veyOrs and sub-purveyors. Under inns
m4naeemtnt perfect control Is MAINTAIN
ca Work is distributed and provisions
and meat supplied 10 families OF the IN
surgents dwelling in the monte. a sys-
tom Of 'pOstas exists when IS feWitih"-
be for the speed with which despatch"5
and orders are transmitted All inns
saw with interest ass We made SLOW pro,
press SO as not to tire out our boasts ana
the pack train or supplies. W men we
reached the general encampment WneIs
Gen. Gomez and the Government nau
united | was filled with surprise II was
the busiest scene possible. ana 50 ulici-
ent from what my Imagination hau PIC
turod that ] stood spellbounu. sdzi.s -.
this human beehive. There was larry
GOOD house surrounded by what az one
ti,,, ,ni0bt have been stOckade enclos-
inc q weed grown garden. Every part OF
mis- house was taken up with the dlleT-
emf DEPARTMENTS On the Neranud' Whi.n
was tastofully decorated ana shaded WIN
ualrn boughs sat the President sutIVuhu
ad NV his Secretaries. ! was introduced
90 bie Fvcellencv Salvador Cisneros. or
as he is more familiarly known the Mar
,l,fs NJ 81 Lucia. President OF the repup-
Dc of cuba. and also 10 the Secfct1.le9 ~
War of the Treasury, ana OF Sll'e, an
Of whom treated me IN the most 'y vs
t,ous manner. lending me every liciiisS
for my purpOse 7 met many omcetS anu
,.,l.,,,- former acquaiutanceS nad Known
In New York In looking BACK one 'dnn"'
holm but admire the Sacrlhc'- lutsc ~
,,ict. have made giving mp everything iH
order 10 free their land from oppression.
-n~tbermoro I found them anything nut
tho bandits they are called m the Spin-
Ism papcrs. ON the contrary. nor even Hi
M salons Of Paris have | had the pleas
mr.. of meeting more courteous gentieIh,l
or r,cr, determined men. ON one slae ~
oppressed few striving tor freedom Wild
ali against them. on the other mana. tle
veal vandals Of the country-such We're
my impres sions OF 'h' P'iN'
struggle.
Leaving the Presidents headquarters.
which were situated near one end Of an
immense and fertile pasture studded here
and there with groups OF palm trees. the
whole surrounded by dense and impenc-
trable forest we went 10 Gen. Gomez $
headquarters. l had read so many re-
ports Of his age. iniirmity. sickness. and
even death that | expected 10 ma some
kind OF an old carcass in the last stages
OF some fatal Illness or other. In fact.
/ hesitated little fearing that for some
oil ar no. milo lhnkxpT "A
of maledictions on me and keep me pris-
Oncr. / vas 1grceably surprised. | found
a kind-if cei and most respectable-looklng
old gentleman under a fly tent sitting
astride OF hammock picturesquey ar
ranged IN the shady edge OF the forest
the floor thickly strewn with fresh quincy
grass. The situation was admirably Sc
lected. controlling a full View OF the en-
campment. IL was then for the nrst time
that realized the extent OF the place and
the number Of men between 3o,0 and H.
COZ OF which about 200 were cavalry, but
such We're the order and discipline tnat
hardly q sound was heard. Gen. Gomez
Is q wonderfully eight years old, was
told about 1870 pounds in weight. thin,
erect possessed OF an iron Will and con-
stitution, an indefatigabe worker from
4 A. NJ. till night. quicker than creased
lightning I'm grasping situation, cy-
clone when his temper is aroused with
good cause. worshipped by all his men,
and q terror TO the Spaniards.
For four weeks Gen. Gomez had been
attending TO business. reorganlzing and
resting from the fatigues OF a long win
ter's campaign within twenty-five miles Of
n strongly fortified Spanish town. having
over O1c troops under several Generals.
and all facilities for re-enforcements, and
not one attempt had been made bv the
Standards in all that time TO attack the
man they are all so anxious 10 CAPTURE.
Instead many pacificos were arrested. and
many were accidentally shot while al
their work
II ind with few exceptions that the
Spaniards have little idea Of the country