The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-09
ARE SOLDIERS NOW.
That Is How Gomez Styles His
Patriots.
WILL RESPECT CIVILIZED WARFARE
DenuneiAtion OF the Brutal Methods OF
castiIians by the Commander-In-
CHIEF of the Cubans.


castiIians by the Commander-In-
chief Of the Cubans.
New York.-Thomas Estrada Palma,
the representative OF the Cuban repub-
lie in New York, has just received the
+ first copy Of Las Villas, the war bulle.
tin which is published by authority Of
General Gomez at the headquarters
Of the Cuban army. Besides the Off.
cial notices and orders issued 10 the
army the paper contains a lengthy adj.
dress issued to the Cuban army and
people by General Gomez, in which he
SAYS:
i, Maxine Gomez, commander.in.
chief Of the Cuban army, take this Op.
portunity through the medium of Las
Villas, which hereafter will be pub.
lished once each week at the head.
quarters of the army of liberation, Ia
communicate with those Of my COM
nand and our people. In view of the
adoption OF the constitution of the re.
public of Cuba and the armed interven-
/ tion of the United States in our be-
half to aid us in obtaining our inde-
pendence, which soon will be recog-
nized by all the world, desire to make
/ known that hereafter our soldiers no
/ longer shall be known as insurgents,
but soldiers of the regular army of the
republic.
! / hereby direct that there shall be
issued each week war bulletin, which
shall be published at the general
headquarters OF the army and shall
begin with this issue on the 10th of
May, to be known as Las Villas. 1t
will be circulated under the direction
and by the authority of the staff officers
of the army, and in it will be published
all circulars, orders and official notes
of the War Department as we'll as in
formation which our army and our peo-
pie may desire to know concerning our
progress and our allies, the United
States.
| take this occasion to remind each
Cuban in service that he now has
country recognized, for which he must
fight with all honor and glory. He is
now Cuban soldier and not an insur-
gent, and will respect the rules of
civilized warfare. | will order pun
ished any chief officer or private who
fails to respect the rights of our prison
ers of war, and such prisoners will be
treated with respect to their rank and
according to the rules Of civilized
countries and the constitutional army.
Our soldiers will conduct themselves
In such manner as to gain for them
selves the good offices of our brethren
of the United States, and for this rea-
son it is my wish that the army of Cuba
may exhibit model discipline. | de-
sire to impress upon you that we will
not continue this war, which so valiant
ly has been kept up for the past three
years, with the idea of revenge. We
are fighting for liberty and independ-
ence, and not for revenge, and | would
call your attention to the fact that the
history of the world shows that loss of
blood has always been the price of
liberty.
Notwithstanding, we must ever re-
member our dead martyrs to the cause
of Cuban freedom and fight the good
fight, and it will not be long before
every Spanish soldier shall have left
our soil. We have had to contend
against most cruel enemy - one
which has known no honor, and its
methods have been most barbarous,
and every act of Spain has shown the
thirst for blood and desire to trample
down and annihilate the people of
Cuba. do not desire that our army
shall emulate her example but l would
prefer that our methods of war be
those of civilized nations; that we may
show to the enemy that those whom
they are fighting are more honorable
than themselves.
In recent proclamation by General
Blanco he made the statement that
it now was the duty of all Spaniards
to die for their honor in the war
against the United States. Spain does
not know the meaning of honor. Her
definition of the word is nothing but
cruelty.
Spanish soldiers have never been
known to die for honor except when
they were opposed as ten to one. Their
idea of honor has been to assassinate
defenseless women and children whose
protectors are now fighting for freedom
in our army. Their idea of honor has
been to rob, to plumber. They die for
honor drinking gambling and commit
ting crimes against humanity and
against society; but now they will die
before American and Cuban arms.
| take this opportunity to speak thus
to our people and our army that they
may be encouraged and know that we
now have noble allies, who will aid
us in our fight for freedom, which long
has been deserved, and which we can
now see will be reality at no distant
day. | shall also, from time to time,
in Las Villas, communicate with YOU
IN the same manner.
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