San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-30
HERE IS ANOTHER MACEO
General BanderaS Is AS
Fearless and as Brave.
LEADS HIS MEN ACROSS CUBA
IN DEFIANCE TO WEYLER
AND HIS EDWARDS.
Issues An Appeal To His Race 10 AID
In The Fight For Liberty And
Compliments The SraniariS
Who Are Aiding
In the Cause.

| New York, Aug. 3O.-The Journal
and Advertiser says; 4a
The sensationally victorious march
of the Cubans under Maxine Gomez
and antonio Maceo, the entire
of the island in Martinez Campos' time
has Just been duplicated by Quintin
Banderas.
This negro war captain, than whom
no Cuban of the colored race, except
Gen. Maceo perhaps, has won greater
honors in the present struggle for in
dependence, led $4,000 men from the
eastern end of the island, to the west
ern end, where the patriots in arms
are strongest, where, since Antonio
Maceo s death, through the treachery
of his body physician, DR.. Zertucha,
the Cuban cause has not prospered so
well. These $4,000 men represented
all branches of the Cuban army SER
vice. They penetrated into the pro-
vinces of Matanzaz, Havana and Pinar
Del Rio, strengthening the existing
forces in each of those provinces to
/ such an extent that the coming winter
fcampaign there may be expected to be
Ieven as disastrous for the Spanish
army as in the time of the redoubt-
able Maceo.
The news of the brilliant achieve,
ment was brought to the Journal and
Advertiser by the mail from Havana
in an autograph letter from Banderas
himself In it he requests the publ
cation of proclamation that he issued
on taking charge of the department.
Banderas says that second invasion
of the west was made in compliance
with plans that were completed by
Maxine Gomez, the general-in-chief
himself in June last, and that the
march was effected with little or no
trouble or molestation from the
Spanish troops.
1--WE crossed the island again." he
says, "but there was no fighting and
we had no battles. Our men behaved
nobly in the face of constantly pos
sible attacks by larger forces. There
was no faltering at any time and once
more l have been able to admire the
heroism of our soldiers who have
fought, are fighting and will continue
to fight for the freedom of the country
they love, / am convinced until the IN
dependence of Cuba shall have been
attained, they will fight"
The proclamation intimates that
there have been wholesale desertions
from the Spanish army in Havana
province into the Cuban service, say
ing: "In taking command of this pro-
vince send greeting to all its forces,
but more especially to the brave
Spanish soldiers of the Pizarro caval-
nv regiment whom 1 reviewed yester-
day, and those who, filled with SYM
patty for an oppressed people fighting
for their liberty, have come over to our
files, in this way giving most direct
lie to those who say that the Spanish
soldier exist only to serve as food for
the cannon and for the purpose of af-
fording means TO their officers to get
the decorations"
The rest of the proclamation is di-
rected ito the men of my race" and
concludes as follows: at only re-
mains for me to appeal to the men of
my race, to point out to them that
their posts of honor is here, by my
side, reminding them that we owe the
liberty Of our fathers to the revolution
of 1898, and it is my duty to present
to them the example of that noble