Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-13
A CHARGE OF COWBOY CAVALRY IN CUBA.

there another reception was held. You
see, all the men l took over were as tough
as sole leather, and their new allies knew
this and knew what a great help they
would prove tn be rs fighters.
"Hou should have seen the boys eyes
when the order came to them Offering so
much for dead general, major general
and so on mp to the captain general of the
island. The reward started at 81 600 and
stopped at $1,000 the latter amount being
for that cross grained excuse of a human
being, Weyler. Every mothers son of
them wanted to go hunting ut once, and it
was hard to hold them in line Talk about
hunting for bear and antelope, it is not to
be compared with hunting for an objec-
tionable human being. especially when so
much money is added TO the spells.
Tub White captured one of the 81, 900
prizes the third day out, and the man that
held the spyglass on him swore the dis
lance was over half a mile and that he got
his man as clean as n whistle, the ball
striking the commander of the Spanish
plump between the eyes.
During the several actions the men
have been inland one of them was n
corker-they have I'll acted like thorough
breds, but escaped unhlrt. The Cuhlns
cannot understand their cool nerve. Start
n Cuban in fight, he must yell like crazy
and brandish his devilish looking machete
like windmill to keep his courage at tor
pitch. Not so the gang took over. They
are ordered into battle like the rest. but
with the option that their commander can
distribute them after the fighting CO m
mences rs he thinks best. TT
1.-The captain that has charge of them Is
a native of Cuba, but has been educated in
this county and passed several years in the
far western states. He thoroughly under
stands the men, and il is no unusual thing
to hear the order scatter, boys" after the
fun has commenced. In this way they ge,
down TO the old Indian fighting tactics,
and, without losing many OF their number,
will do terrible execution among the enc.
my. We captured several prisoners during
the big engagement, or rather deserters
came into our lines, and they told us the
company l took over has already become
known throughout the spanish ranks, and
they believed band of a hundred could
get away with the best army brigade the
enemy had.
THE Spaniards call them the ID
! dummies because they do no yelling and
| take everything so cool You know q
Spaniard is great on n yell when In action
many of them believing they can frighter
the Cubans by their noise
II have letters here from several agent:
down in Texas and Arizona telling me an
other gang can be easily raised. and after
have seen the Cuban leaders in New York
| I'll 20 directly TO that section. The nser
down there are SO used TO rough livine
that tougher experience can hardly b
realized
How much do / realize out of my serv
ices Well, that 5 not a fair question. 1t:
all speculation with me l have to get
| down into Cuba and secure receipts for 10y
| men and then return and present them al
headquarters before / realize on the under
taking. You can see from this that an
/ taking great chances in passing from thil
country % Cuba, and ] would much rnthei