The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-14
MARCH OF MAcEO's MEN.
An Interesting story of the Army's
Movements.

New Orleans, April 13.-J. Nelson Polhe-
mus local representative of the Cuban
junta, furnishes the following letter, re-
ceived to-day from a reliable Cuban au-
thority in Havana: IT have received a
most interesting letter from Alfredo Boix,
in which he details some OF the results of
the work accomplished by the army of op-
eraltion under Maceo.
Alfredo BoiX Is personal aid-de-camp
to Maceo, and his detailed account will
prove of much value. He says as follows /:
we continue our forward march, pass
ing all the military lines and destroying
the plans of the Spanish generals. who are
at a loss as to our whereabouts. Roloff
and Seraf1n Sanchez met us before going
to Pinar del Rio and Roloff returned to
president and cabinet, while Seratin San
chez returned TO Santa Clara.
With respect of the fights which we
nave had l viii give you detailed ac-
count. (He then gives a list of fourteen
lights, with their duration.)
: 1 have compiled or you a list of the
towns We have taken with the arms and
ammunition we captured, and by it you
VIII see that the victories reported by the
Spanish censors are not as true as they
would like to make the world believe.
We have had some losses, fortunately no
leaders, while on the Spanish side Gen
erals Cornell and LuQue have been both
severely wounded.
" The results are as follows: The cap
ture OF % towns, 2794 stands of arms and
3l4,OO0 rounds of ammunition.
The column which we were attached
to did not retain the town taken for the
reason that we wished to go to the fur
ther extreme of the island and raise our
brethren who were waiting for us. We
traVersed the entire island from the west
ern end TO the city OF Nfantua, which is the
last town in the province of Pinar del
Rio From there we returned increasing
our forces and obtaining more arms and
ammunition which we will put to good
use. We were 800 yards from the city of
Pinar del Rio and the Spaniards fired ten
cannon shot at us without hurting u.s.
Maxine Gomez returned to the prov
ince of Hayana and Matanzas to operate
and we will soon join him. We have had
eleven columns of Spanish troops pursu-
ing us and they can never find us
In the towns which we captured we
were received as victors and the cries of
Viva Cuba Libre! 'Vive Maxine Gomez!'
and Viva Maceo! resounded on all sides.
The streets were all covered with flowers
and bunting and the lone star banner
fioated from its high Flagstaff, giving cour-
age to its brave defenders.
% The coming Of Weyler has had more
influence to increase our army than any
other act on the part of the government
and we hope he Will commence once more
the merciless warfare he so cruelty con-
sumated during the last war, the massa-
ere of Santa Domingo
This letter is copy of letter writ
ten by Mr.. Boix to his mother, and with
her permission copied those parts which
might be Of interest to the world. The
action of the United States is worrying
the Spanfards very much for they are
afraid, knowing as they do, their weak
ness, that If belligerency is recognized
that the Cubans will only take about six
months to year before they compel Spain
to .evacuate. Such being the case, it is
to be hoped that an American man-of-war
will be in the harbor so that it will pro-
tect us here, for God knows, right now
we are in sufficient danger"