The San Francisco call., 1897-06-29
Robbed by Superior Officers,
They Decide to Join
the Patriots.
TEN THOUSAND MORE TROOPS
TO BE SENT OUT.
General Gomez, Commander-In-
Chief of the Cubans, Wounded
During a Skirmlsh.

HAVANA, CUBA, June 2S.-Since 100
soldiers OF the Spanish battalion of Pi-
zarro Joined the insurgents in Havana
Province, there have been many similar
desertions. Last week a company of the
battalion at San Quintin joined the Gu
bans with all the arms and the ammuni-
tlon they could take away from the bar
racks The guerrilla forces OF Guanabo,
$50 strong, also deserted to the insurgents
at the same time. General Molina, at
Matanzas Province, noticed several sol
diers missing from his column who were
not in the list of the dead, wounded and
sick. Subordinate officers reported to him
that the soldiers had deserted to the revo-
lutionists, joining the forces OF General
BetanCourt.
The cause of all these desertions is the
Ill treatment the Spanish soldiers are suf-
fer5ng- They are badly fed and six
months in arrears il" salary. The little
pay they get is in paper money, notwlth-
standing the official declaration of the
=: Minister of the Colonies that 90 per cent
:;is:paid in silver. Paymasters OF battalions
really received silver late in May 10 paw.
soldiers for the month of December of last
: year, but exchanged the silver for paper
I'D pocketed the d ference,
:. The town of San Luis, Pinar del Rio
. province, was surrendered Friday to In
Euraent Leader Machado. The garrison
. Of San Luis consisted of $50 men, besides
those in the four forts which protected the
town. After the forts surrendered the
garrison and Spanish residents took
refuge in several houses, from which they
:. opened fire on the Cubans. Machad c. gave
orders to sack the town, which was done,
the insurgents capturing a large supp.y Of
arms and ammunition. The Insurgents
then retired.
a Cuban officer named Angel CruseI-
las was captured by the Spaniards near
:.Punta Brava. The guerrillas of Miro, a
p Spanish captain well known for his
cruelty, were carrying CruseIlas iettered
to Punta Brava, when one of the soldiers
remarked that the prisoner had some
money in his DocKets. Crusellas was
searched, and $50 centenes, or gold pieces
OF $5 30 each, were found on him. Miro
ordered the men TO shoot Crusellas. When
the N murder was accomplished be teok so
centenes for himself and divided the rest
. among the soldiers. The guerrilas entered
Punta Bravo and openly boasted OF The
crime.
MADRID, SPAIN, June % -Canovas
stated to-day that in the event of the
army in Cuba suffering heavy losses
through sickness, 10000 fresh troops
would be sent in October to maintain the
army al lis full strength and finally crush
the re bells.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 2S.-Prom-
inent members OF the Cuban party here
now admit that General Gomez was shot
in the arm by Spanish guerrilla on Jlee
2. There had been rumors to the effect
that the Cuban leader had been wounded,
but all these rumors were strenuously de-
MED. Now it is stated that in a skirmish
on that day Gomez received a wound.
- The surgeons who treated it say that it is
not serious, and that the wounded m an
will soon be able to use his arm as well as
ever.