Evening star., 1897-01-02

tn-S country long enough to stanch his
war-5attered body" and build il for hat
tie again He has served as aiS-de-camn
TO the elder Maceo. and to him the death
or that real hero comes with the force of
a crushing blow.
on know, continued the wounded ma
Jor. that nowhere more than in the An.
tl!es does the feeling against negro blood
prevail Tire present war has done Won
ueis toward stamping out color prejudice
however ana, IN my case, at least it served
u make me thoroughly ashamed of nv
senSeless objection to the rnulatto as n
chieI- L hrst Joined Antonio Maceo in Mat
anzas. shortly after his elevation to the
rank OF lieutenant general. 1 had preferred
serving under Gomez, but duty called and
had to obey. However 1 had only to
spend ten minutes with Maceo to become
completely won over In the first nIaca be
upset all my preconceived notions of mis-
personality OF course he was brown skin
hed. but his features were handsome his
eyes fine and his figure and hearing GO
graceful and commanding that one saw
IA nun al once the well-mar nered man as
wen as the dsshing cavalry commander
Maceo the Man.
His manners. even in the field were nar
iect- have seen him sitting on a SOAP
hoX al a hastily improvised supper table
atler ddys hghting. and l do not think
mat the Duke of Tetuan or any other
sp~hlsh srandee could play the host with
greater polish and kindly dignity. He was
admirably educated-a Jesuit's boy. I be-
neve-and his acquaintance with Spanish
Ehshsh and French literature surprised
me- For instance. / have heard him ouote
from Rudyard Kipling's 'Barrack Room
balIads- He expressed a wish on one oc-
Iasloh that some Cuban could translate
hlphng INTO the vernacular.
Il have been with Maceo in several on
easements- On one occasion during an
encounter at Niagara. near where the tro-
cha Of 1895 loses itself in the seacoast
marshes OF Pinar del Rio We fell in with
body OF Spanish They far outnumbered
as. but one could tell by the irregular way
IN which they made their Mausers crack
lhat they We're not veterans. AS events
proved they were. in fact, a lot of recent
recruits-boys almost. Maceo had US in
me shelter of some palms before Won could
cross Yourself, and here We awaited tine
next Toll@y. II came-the shot rafting
among the leaves. and bowling over very
few OF Us. Then suddenly Maceo gave the
order to charge. We whipped out our
machetes and went for them with WnOons
anu yells l saw Antonio a good horses
iehgth anr1d OF the next man. He was not
shouting, but he seemed to be calmly knot
tins the ccrd OF his machete handle more
firmiy 10 his wrist one of the Spanish Of
ncers let fly a brace of revolver bullets al
him but missed each time Next moment
Antonio was upon him, and 1 heard
lhe sheing of a machete. We sent those
Spaniards r{ght-abOut-face and chased them
within -Sr yards of the trocna / was in
hot pursuit GCr ii was my first lively fight
and | had just cut man DOWN when /
heard a nigh voice sing out Alta II was
the general. ard when l refined in and rode
back. there he was once more fumbling
at his nIachete cord.
After the Attack.
- This inf cOrH- SaJd
cd. i think 1t must have been made in
Spain captain
We took few prisoners on that occa-
sion. Now the Spanish showed our pris-
oheIs 10 mercy; 50 Fin afraid that we were
i.tHcr inconsiterate with those poor fel-
I."s. Toward evening we camped On a
limitation near Candeldria, the owner of
r.;ich tan American) was our frie..i
MsceO had good dinner and a couple of
III" prisoners brought before him to learn
fJnetfinS of Weyler's movements and
very ready those SpaniGrds were 10 tell
all they knew. There is not much patrio.-
Ism in a recruit prisoner thousands OF
miles from his native Andalusia. Antonio
got plenty of information and felt In high
good humor. One of the prisoners was
roSuish-looking broad-shouldered fellow
who seemed to act as spokesman Finally
tie general asked his name, and what was
our surprise when be answered Antonio
Maceo' He was our leaders namesake.
ana on his account the whole of that sorry
gang was sent back to the trocha under
cover of darkness
n Daredevil Exploit.
haceo was proud of both his names. In
swoop across the trocha we rode by
forced marches to the outskirts Of San
Ahtonio-de-los- -Banos, in Habana. 1t was
most dangerous and difficult trip, but that