The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05

All Ior Lne lONe OF the freedom OF their country.
begged mo to assist him with my men to change
the hospital that night to another part OF the
and hc feared every day a raid from the Span
iards, for the plnce was becoming known to
many, and, besides, 1t had already its aurero
,an uhIero is u congregation OF buzzards Ihat
hover over the camps or hospitals alter they
haze peSn existing for a few Days, and maj
Willingly consented. The orders wcrc given 10
my men to come to camp, and at dusk, when
everythinE was ready and packed ana ana 1me
rounding country had returned to say that no
spanish forces were in the neighborhood. we G
procession that | have ever taken part In.
The change Of hospitals is generally done AZ
bb s oros espSec, ia when hen an open per SSpInr the nsS day
there is danger Of meeting Spanish forces.
which as a rule never move at night
" the twenty-five sick mon, fourteen coMId
walk, although some OF them not very VOL. Inc
others had TO he carried on stretchors when
had been improvised with hammocks and lqng
were placed in them, and after each man was
repeatedly cautioned to keep as quiet as posi-
forts Or ~ we '' Started t" T%''S Those e'S who o. led had iiItlo
cages OF cocuyos which served NOT 9niy 10 ngnt
c ensbI Pst those %h who w Ssmo y SsSin a"t tx follow SIo "t them no
The procession moved very slowly. One man
who had both, legs. fractured gave us 3 good
great pain and repeatedly begged DR., Ceuiino
to abandon him or kill him, as he preferred to
c capr ESih in IN, {nah endure the n SHaer these OF rir ps,ns
stances, as on battlcfelds. men pay little atten-
ton to the, complaints and groans OF others, es.
pecially when 1t Is beyond any ones power TO
alleviate their misfortunes.
We continued our march until az last the
open savanna was reached; w mar arrived al
TO cross an open space about a mile VIDE before
reaching the other woods in which the new
mounted our horses and made a detour 70 see
IL there was any danger, but finding nothing
we started TO cross arriving IN p Spopt van an t ho hs
made. II was "A pleasure to me when saw inc
men entering tho woods again, for had we been
savanna few would have escaped. DIR. Ceulino
and the guides decided to remain there for tho
night and continue the march the next morn.
owing to the darkness and the underbrush.
Being OF no more use to them bade goodby
to my friend Rodriguez and to DR.. Ceulino, ana
mounting our horses we rode to Gen. GomcZ's
camp, some sixteen miles away.
Such are the suifcrings and hardships which
1t is the lot Of the Cuban patriots TO suffer when
wounded; and such scenes are daily occurring
in Cuba, where the situation grows worse AS
the Spaniards become more and more cruel
and relentless, owing to the Encouragement and
rewards which they receive from Weyler for
In the province OF Matanzas the guerrileros
now use dogs to discover the hospitals, and
Capt Alberto, Brooch, who Is at present in New
for this assertion, as he had the experience Of
being attacked by four dogs while in a hospital
near Calinete.
Quite a number of doctors, nurses, and hun
dreds OF sick soldiers have been murdered in
the hospitals since the beginning Of the war.
As a rule the Spaniards. after they raid the hos
pitfalls, set fire to everything to hide or obliter-
ate their crimes, but as murder will out the de-
t @bi.b Of m ssyeF Se m sssss nes T sse f6I1owinsx aT %ipB
the number Of the victims:
DIR. Gonzalo Roig, Matanzas-Three women
and twelve wounded soldiers.
DR.. Buenaventura Diaz, Las villas-Two
women and thirty-two wounded soldiers.
men, two children.l and twenty-five wounded
DR.. Miguel Bacellao. Matanzas-Eighteen
Bacallao was captured alive, but when discov-
cred to be the doctor was tortured to death and
then hacked to pieces.
/ do not pretend TO mention or enumerate tho
number OF, cases where one or two men have
been found sick and wounded and have been
renee. Not more than a month ago q young
man well known in New York, and Havana,
where he was connected with the best Cuban
families. met his death in such g manner not
Monte. Having had one Of his legs amputated,
place to place. One day he was left in a small
woods with two men TO take care Of him. He
WAS discovered by the Spanish soldiers. who
know. OF many cases OF terrible experiences
endured in solitude in the woods OF Cuba by
%o more c ans '' tha men the su sa n@ne 81 PePFa abIo e s fSaat a
young man whom / knew. Being wounded in
wounds. Which injured his spine. he was given
taken snA care Of. ffhee man refused to have him in n
his house, as that meant death to him and his
family II discovered there by the Spaniards, SO
he hid him in the woods about a mile away,
and once a day at dusk he would go to take to
him food and water. Owing to his paralytic
condition he could not move from his hammock,
which had to be tied very high up, because tho
gots got into his wounds this Is n frequent oc.
currcnce in Cuba in all wounds in men and
s snseiIne,' II @ "nd pFPhRis s Condition SSHsFsa T Growing Piasn'sdH atty
from bad to worse, he was advised by the
pgcidco TO let the spaniards know that he
rather than submit to, the spaniaris., Tho
lor + KIM to- thi rixs ftibpp rq1 6fo4Ts tha1 IT we %ss to better tier
village of Cascajales, not far off, and informed a
Spaniard, a friend Of Silva, of the door mans
condition and whereabouts.
The Spaniard asked the Captain Of the guer-
rillas to go and get him, They went to Silva and
killed to save the trouble Of carrying him. Sit
vas friend. although a Spaniard. was indig-
nant at the barbarity OF the guerrt'eros and
abandon Cascajales. The pacidco had to take to
the woods to save his life; he Joined the insur-
gent forces and It was from him / learned the
The Spaniards say they have a Red Gro 8 So
ciety, but the only persons to whom this Sc
cicty gives Its services are The Spanish soldiers;
ifthey find a wounded Cuban they turn him over
to the authorities, as happened to Braulio Laza,
WHO was executed IN the Fortress OF LA CaDana
on May I, 1895. with his wounds not yet healed
and, hardly able to walk to execution.
Tho wcll.known Cuban surgeon ,Casuso of
Havana was put In prison for rendering his ser.
vices to a wounded Cuban who came for treat
mont into the city, and DR.. Pima Is serving q
twenty years sentence for the same offence.
1t Is useless to comment upon these acts of
Tie Spanish Government. as they speak for
tsinF%sslv re- tb but t thS spaniaEsa ns, are :. e cnI.S by
them la 0enerosa y noble Espdnn. and the
Americans whom they despise and pretend TO
bacon; yet in what page Of the history OF the
civil WAT OF this country can be found a chapter
In which the 'mercenary Yankees" murdered
the wounded Confederates, and what historian
Of that great war has depicted such deeds OF
butcheries and barbarities as are daily per
petrated In Cuba by tho Hidalgos OF Spaini
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